| Acronym | Meaning |
| DDTA | Derivative Differential Thermal Analysis |
| XHV | Extremely High Vacuum |
| SNARE | Soluble NSF Attachment Protein Receptor |
| AES | Auger Electron Spectroscopy |
| PO-TDSE | Periodic Orbit-time Dependent Schroedinger Equation |
| CMI | Corrective Measures Implementation |
| SQC | Sediment Quality Criteria |
| NGV | Natural Gas Vehicle |
| PSU | Practical Salinity Units |
| AOTS | Acoustic Optic Tunable Scanning |