| Acronym | Meaning |
| MACAWS | Multi-center Airborne Coherent Atmospheric Wind Sensor |
| ITMS | Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer |
| ENSO | El Nino Southern Oscillation |
| SDGUGA | Shape-driven Graphical Unitary Group Approach |
| DCB | Distorted Coulomb-Born Approxn. |
| I-TEQ | International Toxic Equivalent |
| FLASH | Fast Low-angle Shot (NMR Imaging) |
| NHE | Normal Hydrogen Electrode |
| SCEHM | Soil Chemical Exchange Of Heavy Metals Model |
| ERCC | Excision Repair Cross-complementing |