| Acronym | Meaning |
| NADAP | National Atmospheric Deposition Assessment Program |
| BEBC | Big European Bubble Chamber |
| DATBP | Diallyl Tetrabromophthalate |
| SBA | Short Bed Adsorbers |
| IGC | International Geological Congress |
| IBAC | Immobilized Biomembrane Affinity Chromatography |
| LID | Lased Induced Desorption |
| TSI | Trophic State Index |
| RIOSA | Reactive Infinite-order Sudden Approxn. |
| GDAAS | Glow Discharge Atomic Absorption Spectrometry |