| Acronym | Meaning |
| SAMOS | System For Automated Monitoring Of Org. Pollutants In Surface Water |
| ASSP | Aerosol Scattering Spectrometer Probe |
| OMZ | Oxygen Min. Zone |
| PHF | Periodic Hartree-Fock |
| VSTA | Virus-Serum-Toxin Act |
| COF | Coefficient Of Friction |
| LOCI | Luminescence Oxygen Channeling Immunoassay |
| ATMOS | Atmospheric Trace Molecule Spectroscopy |
| GD-OES | Glow Discharge Optical Emission Spectroscopy |
| NEWS | National Surface Water Survey (USEPA) |