| Acronym | Meaning |
| ALDF | Animal Legal Defense Fund |
| GLERL | Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab |
| NPP | Net Primary Productivity |
| ISM | In Situ Measurements |
| UMASS | University Of Massachusetts |
| NEAQS | New England Air Quality Study |
| SIPRI | Stockholm International Peace Research Institute |
| AAM | Air-to-air Missile |
| JICA | Japan International Development Agency |
| MSL | Mean Sea Level |