| Acronym | Meaning |
| PEIA | Programmatic Environmental Impact Analysis |
| EOSDIS | Earth Observing System Data Information System |
| DOD | Dissolved Oxygen Deficit |
| DMA | Distributed Multipole Analysis |
| NADP | National Atmospheric Deposition Program |
| ALICE | Acid-labile Isotope-coded Extractants |
| FOM | Figure Of Merit |
| LEED | Low-energy Electron Diffraction |
| CAFNA | Coded Aperture Fast Neutron Analysis |
| BMPR | Bone Morphogenetic Protein Receptor |