| Acronym | Meaning |
| WVTR | Water Vapor Transmission Rate |
| SSRL | Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory |
| IBIC | Ion Beam Induced Charge |
| INSERM | Institut National De La Sante Et De La Recherche Medicale |
| CGDN | Canadian Genetic Diseases Network |
| DMEM | Dulbecco's Modified Eagle Medium |
| IRP | Installation Restoration Program |
| ADCP | Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler |
| RTPM | Radical Triplet Pair Mechanism |
| NIES | National Institute For Environmental Studies (Japan) |