| Acronym | Meaning |
| DDT | Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane |
| CSEM | Coherent Self-energy Method |
| CATSI | Compact Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer |
| NARE | North Atlantic Regional Experiment |
| AED | Auger Electron Diffraction |
| CSOM | Confocal Scanning Optical Microscopy |
| GDA | Glow Discharge Atomization (for Atomic Absorption Spectrometry) |
| ALS | Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis |
| GIT | Gastrointestinal Tract |
| GEOS | General Earthquake Observation System |