| Acronym | Meaning |
| GFCR | Gas Filter Correlation Radiometry |
| PADS | Photoacoustic Deflection Spectroscopy |
| MSWLF | Municipal Solid Waste Landfill |
| VSTEP | Vertical-to-surface Transmission Electrophotonic Device |
| PIONA | Paraffins |
| NRC | National Research Council |
| BEBC | Big European Bubble Chamber |
| EISCAT | European Incoherent Scatter Radar (atm. Sensing) |
| BFGF | Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor |
| PCID | Point-charge-induced-dipole (model |