| Acronym | Meaning |
| MSWLF | Municipal Solid Waste Landfill |
| NIS | Neutron Inelastic-scattering |
| GEOSECS | Geochemical Ocean Sections |
| PESTM | Photon Emission Scanning Tunnel Microscopy |
| PLUARG | Pollution From Land Use Activities Reference Group |
| ARIM | Accelerator And Reactor Improvement And Modification |
| SWE | Snowpack Water Equivalent |
| APS | Air Plasma Spraying |
| PEMFC | Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell |
| WQMSGL | Water Quality Modeling System For The Great Lakes |