| Acronym | Meaning |
| DRP | Dissolved Reactive Phosphorus |
| BRGM | Bureau Of Geol. And Mining Research (France) |
| STN | Scientific And Technical Information Network |
| CID | Configuration Interaction With Doubly Excited Configurations |
| QUASIMEME | Quality Assurance Of Information For Marine Environmental Monitoring In Europe |
| ETS | Extended Transition State (method For Bond Dissocn. Energies) |
| NESHAP | National Emission Standards For Hazardous Air Pollutants |
| IPAD | Integrated Pulsed Amperometric Detection |
| NPDOC | Non-purgeable Dissolved Organic Carbon |
| PPMA | Parts Per Million Atomic |