| Acronym | Meaning |
| CMDL | Climate Monitoring And Diagnostics Laboratory (NOAA Boulder |
| GIS | Gas Insulated Switchgear |
| AISIT | Automatic Intelligent Sampler For Inorganic Trace Constituents |
| IUBS | International Union Of Biological Sciences |
| MISPE | Molecularly Imprinted Solid Phase Extraction |
| MCL | Maximum Contaminant Level |
| CFM | Central Field Model |
| SHRP | Strategic Highway Research Program |
| EAE | Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis |
| RBCA | Risk-based Corrective Action |