| Acronym | Meaning |
| MTBF | Mean Time Between Failure |
| LREE | Light Rare Earth Element(s) |
| NDCEE | National Defense Center For Environmental Excellence |
| GFAAS | Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy |
| DTCI | 3,3'-diethylthiacarbocyanine Iodide |
| SCALPEM | Scanning Laser Photoelectrochemical Microscopy |
| EFVAO | Electric-field Variant Atomic Orbital |
| RTP | Research Triangle Park |
| SCAIS | Simulation Code For Atm. IR Spectra |
| COHMAP | Cooperative Holocene Mapping Project |