| Acronym | Meaning |
| ICMR | Indian Council Of Medical Research |
| PNNL | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |
| CS | Centrifugal Sudden (approximation) |
| TOF | Time Of Flight |
| MARB | Methanotropic Air-tight Rotating Bioreactor |
| ALOS | Advanced Land Observation Satellite |
| EEA | European Environment Agency |
| CGA | Colloidal Gas Aphron |
| CPR | Chemically Perturbed Region |
| ISCST | Industrial Source Complex Short Term Model (US EPA) |