| Acronym | Meaning |
| CADE | Computer Aided Deposit Evaluation |
| FTVS | Fourier Transform Visible Spectroscopy |
| IFD | Industrial Facilities Discharge File (file Within STORET) |
| NPAR | Nonbinding Preliminary Allocation Of Responsibility |
| CART | Classification And Regression Tree (method In Statistical Analysis) |
| NDDN | National Dry Deposition Network (US EPA) |
| DSA | Doppler Shift Attenuation |
| CEUG | Continental Epeirogenic Uplift Granitoids |
| ODU | Optical Density Units |
| MIESR | Matrix Isolation Electron Spin Resonance |