| Acronym | Meaning |
| DBR | Distributed Bragg Reflector |
| GAO | General Accounting Office |
| ERL/GB | Environmental Research Laboratory Gulf Breeze |
| IZA | International Zeolite Association |
| CHERS | Charge Exchange Recombination Spectroscopy |
| ICAPES | Inductively Coupled Argon Plasma Emission Spectrometry |
| EAES | Electron-excited Auger Electron Spectroscopy |
| MAG | Myelin-associated Glycoprotein |
| IAM | Integrated Assessment Modeling |
| PYS | Partial Yield Spectroscopy |