| Acronym | Meaning |
| TSS | Total Suspended Solids |
| LEES | Local Excess-electron State (a Mol.-crystal Wave Function) |
| QWIP | Quantum Well IR Photodetector |
| CBIRF | US Marine Corps' Chem/Bio Incident Response Force |
| DMU | WOCE Data Management Unit (USA) (now Part Of DIU) |
| HRMS | High Resolution Microwave Survey |
| TARP | Technical Assistance Response Program |
| ANPRM | Advance Notice Of Proposed Rulemaking |
| GREAT-ER | Geog.-referenced Regional Exposure Assessment Tools For European Rivers |
| LDA | Linear Discriminant Analysis |