| Acronym | Meaning |
| HFE | Hot-feed Extrusion |
| ALOS | Advanced Land Observation Satellite |
| BIIR | Brominated Isobutene-isoprene Rubber |
| PLS | Partial Least Squares |
| CBM | Carbon Bond Mechanism (air Pollution Modeling) |
| PHWR | Pressurized Heavy Water Reactor |
| MSA | Multivariate Statistical Analysis |
| BCRW | Bridge Contacted Ridge Waveguide |
| DRLFP | Diffuse Reflectance Laser Flash Photolysis |
| NIWA | National Institute For Water And Atm. Research [New Zealand] |