| Acronym | Meaning |
| AOCI | Airborne Ocean Color Imager |
| ABSORB | Arctic Beaufort Sea Oilspill Research Body |
| LEAP | Local-electrode Atom Probe |
| NOMS | National Organics Monitoring Survey (US EPA 1976-1977) |
| BLAST | Burst Locations With Arc Second Telescope |
| SEIRA | Surface-enhanced Infrared Absorption |
| CPI | Carbon Preference Index |
| SSTL | Singwi Sjolander Tosi Land (interatomic Potential) |
| PTC | Positive Temperature Coefficient [elec. Conducting Material] |
| MISPE | Molecularly Imprinted Solid Phase Extraction |