| Acronym | Meaning |
| SI | State Interaction Method |
| SSFP | Steady-state Free-precession |
| PESO | Potentiometric Evaluation Of Substrate Oxidation |
| WPB | Within Plate Basalts |
| GC/MS/DS | Gas Chromatography/mass Spectrometry/data System (Finnigan) |
| HEIWIP | Heterojunction Interfacial Workfunction Internal Photoemission |
| ILM | Immobilized Liquid Membrane |
| NPIRS | National Pesticide Information Retrieval System |
| ALS | Autonomous Listening Station |
| MDC | Minimum Detectable Concentration |