| Acronym | Meaning |
| NOAO | National Optical Astronomy Observatories |
| SBCOD | Slowly Biodegradable Chemical Oxygen Demand |
| AIADC(3) | Ab Initio Third-order Algebraic Diagrammatic Construction Green Function Method |
| ED | Electron Diffraction |
| CFE | Coherent Forward Emission |
| CVD | Chemical Vapor Deposition |
| PSMS | Plasma Source Mass Spectrometry |
| SMIE | Solid-metal-induced Embrittlement |
| CIT | California Institute Of Technology |
| MRLV | Mobile Raman Lidar Van |