| Acronym | Meaning |
| MPMMG | Marine Pollution Monitoring Management Group (UK) |
| PDR | Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy |
| AOB | Analytical Operations Branch (OSWER) |
| ETA | Eigenstructure Tracking Analysis |
| NCCCS | Northern California Coastal Circulation Study |
| OLS | Ordinary Least Squares |
| EOM | Extractable Organic Matter |
| DWM | Distorted Wave Method |
| CCDIS | Charge-coupled Device Imaging Spectrometer |
| CLIPS | Chemical List Index And Processing System |