| Acronym | Meaning |
| APLR | Annual Pollutant Loading Rate |
| ESIC | Earth Science Information Center |
| FSCT | Federation Of Societies For Coatings Technology |
| NBSB | National Biomonitoring Specimen Bank |
| WSM | Watershed Model |
| CSP | Cold Shock Protein |
| AAO | Acetaldehyde Oxime |
| BET | Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (isotherm Equation) |
| DRIFTS | Diffuse Reflectance Infrared Fourier Transform Spectroscopy |
| NCCCS | Northern California Coastal Circulation Study |