| Acronym | Meaning |
| GIPME | Global Investigation Of Pollution In The Marine Environment |
| EFFF | Energy Factored Force Field |
| DFA | Detrended Fluctuation Analysispar |
| ERDAS | Earth Resource Data Analysis System |
| AFM | Atomic Force Microscopy |
| SONEX | Subsonic Assessment Ozone And Nitrogen Oxide Experiment |
| NLC | Next Linear Collider |
| NLTE | Non-local Thermodynamic Equilibrium |
| CVG | Chemical Vapor Generation |
| TRFQ | Time-resolved Fluorescence Quenching |