| Acronym | Meaning |
| COADS | Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set |
| PAECE | Protective Action Evaluator For Chemical Emergencies |
| DSA | Dynamic Strain Aging |
| OPAL | Optical Pumping Absorption Lidar |
| LCBO | Linear Combination Of Bloch Orbital |
| DWBC | Deep Western Boundary Current |
| DRO | Diesel-range Organics |
| WHSV | Wt. Hourly Space Velocity |
| RMPROP | R-matrix Propagation |
| TSP | Total Suspended Particles |