| Acronym | Meaning |
| OOA | Oxygenated Organic Aerosol |
| NPOESS | National Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellite System |
| BTEX | Benzene, Toluene, Ethyl Benzene, And Xylene |
| EIS | Electrochem. Impedance Spectroscopy |
| LIFD | Laser-induced Fluorescence Detection |
| LEAFS | Laser-Excited Atomic Fluorescence Spectrometry |
| SCE | Sister Chromatid Exchange |
| DOVAM-S | Detection Of Virtually All Mutations-SSCP |
| ACMP | Advisory Committee On Marine Pollution (ICES) |
| OKE | Optical Kerr Effect |