| Acronym | Meaning |
| SWEPP | Stored Waste Examination Pilot Plant |
| GSFC | Goddard Space Flight Center (of NOAA |
| NCBI | National Center For Biotechnology Information |
| ESM | Exponential-series Method |
| NLCR | Nonlinear Continuum Regression |
| PANH | Polycyclic Aromatic Nitrogen Heterocycle |
| CSOM | Confocal Scanning Optical Microscopy |
| AKAP | A-kinase Anchoring Protein |
| ARISS | Angle Resolved Ion Scattering Spectroscopy |
| TQEM | Total Quality Environmental Management |