| Acronym | Meaning |
| BCT | Best Control Technology |
| NEE | Net Ecosystem Exchange |
| OSEE | Optically Stimulated Electron Emission |
| FDM | Finite-difference Method |
| G.P. | Guinier-Preston Zone |
| SAFT-VR | Statistical Assocg. Fluid Theory For Chain Mols. With Interaction Potentials Of Variable Range |
| PIPN | Pseudo Interpenetrating Polymer Network |
| ICRMS | International Chemical Regulatory Monitoring System |
| NODC | National Oceanographic Data Center (Washington |
| ALAD | Delta-aminolevulinic Acid Dehydratase (lead Poisoning Indicator) |