| Acronym | Meaning |
| IS | Ionization Spectroscopy |
| DIU | Data Information Unit (of WOCE Data System) |
| CRINEPT | Cross-correlated Relaxation-enhanced Polarization Transfer |
| MASERATI | Middle Atmosphere Spectrometric Experiment On Rockets For Analysis Of Trace Gas Influences |
| DESY | Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron |
| LLOQ | Lower Limit Of Quantitation |
| VCQD | Vertically Coupled Quantum Dots |
| APES | Atomic Plasma Emission Spectroscopy |
| APHA | American Public Health Association |
| TRSERS | Time-resolved Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy |