| Acronym | Meaning |
| NEXAFS | Near-edge X-ray Absorption Fine Structure |
| PAWS | Portable Acoustic Wave Sensor |
| EERF | Eastern Environmental Radiation Facility |
| OIP | Optimized Inner Projection (method For Mol. Property Calcns.) |
| GCDIS | Global Change Data And Information System |
| ASP | Auger Sputter Profiling |
| JNK | C-Jun N-terminal Kinase |
| QCT-IEQMT | Quasiclassical Trajectory-internal Energy Quantum Mechanical Threshold |
| SDRS | Surface Differential Reflectance Spectroscopy |
| LNAPL | Light Nonaqueous Phase Liquid |