| Acronym | Meaning |
| BADGER | Bay Area Digital Geo-Resource |
| BCS | Bragg Crystal Spectrometer |
| CREG | Cross-reactive Group |
| PAO | Polyphosphate Accumulating Organism |
| BTB | Bromothymol Blue |
| HRMSI | High-Resolution Multispectral Instrument (EOS) |
| ECL | Environmental Chemical Laboratory |
| GEWEX | Global Energy And Water Cycle Experiment |
| APECS | Auger Photoelectron Coincidence Spectroscopy |
| FDCD | Fluorescence Detected Circular Dichroism |