| Acronym | Meaning |
| BAF | Bioaccumulation Factor |
| SUSTECH | Sustainable Technologies Initiative [European Communities] |
| AQMD | Air Quality Management District |
| OCEE | Overlap Corrected Electronegativity Equalization |
| STEP | Stratosphere Troposphere Exchange Project |
| RSFQ | Rapid Single Flux Quantum |
| LINF | Laser-induced Native Fluorescence |
| CCSA | Const. Current Stripping Anal. |
| GWP | Gaussian Wave Packet |
| IPPC | Integrated Pollution Prevention And Control |