| Acronym | Meaning |
| OCTA | Oxidizing Capacity Of The Tropospheric Atmosphere |
| GFAA | Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption |
| BVOC | Biogenic Volatile Organic Compounds |
| NDP | Net Driving Pressure (in Membrane Reverse Osmosis) |
| MICROTAS | Micro-Total Analysis Systems |
| TSA | Thermal Swing Adsorption |
| NOSC | Naval Ocean Systems Center |
| CONTOUR | Comet Nucleus Tour |
| DRAM | Dynamic Random Access Memory |
| GLOSS | Global Sea Level Observing System (of IOC) |