| Acronym | Meaning |
| DOFS | Distributed Optical Fiber Sensing |
| WQS | Water Quality Standard |
| POC | Particulate Organic Carbon |
| GBCD | Grain Boundary Character Distribution |
| JESS | Joint Expert Speciation System |
| RHO | Reduced Hamiltonian Orbital Method |
| NASC | North American Shale Composite |
| BA + P | Best Atom + Polarization Function |
| NHEK | Normal Human Epidermal Keratinocyte |
| AOC | Assimilable Organic Carbon |