| Acronym | Meaning |
| CASAC | Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (US EPA) |
| LCDA MO | Linear Combination Of Donor-acceptor Molecular Orbital Theory |
| SPRI | Surface Plasmon Resonance Imaging |
| SHEBA | Surface Heat Budget Of Arctic Ocean |
| MOCE | Marine Optical Characterization Experiment |
| XPEEM | X-ray Photoemission Electron Microscopy |
| MALDI | Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization |
| AR | Androgen Receptorpar |
| NOSC | Naval Ocean Systems Center |
| IRAS | Infrared Reflection Absorption Spectroscopy |