| Acronym | Meaning |
| AF | Atomic Fluorescence |
| VMD | Volumetric Mean Diameter (particulate Air Pollution) |
| CEIP | Coastal Energy Impact Program |
| CORDIS | Community Research And Development Information Service |
| PIES | Penning Ionization Electron Spectroscopy |
| SDD | Silicon Drift Detector |
| MMP | Monitoring Master Plan (of North Sea Task Force) |
| MCAM | Melanoma Cell Adhesion Molecule |
| ARGOS | Automatically Represents Graphics Of Chemical Structures |
| GAXRD | Glancing Angle X-ray Diffraction |