| Acronym | Meaning |
| BGA | Bundesgesundheitamt (German Health Ministry) |
| TRACE-P | Transport And Chemical Evolution Over The Pacific |
| IMA | Ion Microanalysis |
| GWRTAC | Groundwater Remediation Technologies Analysis Center |
| MDEQ | Michigan Department Of Environmental Quality |
| SIRIS | Sputter-initiated Resonance Ionization Spectroscopy |
| INFERNO | Irradiation Of Narrow Frequency Envelopes By Repeated Nutation And Orbiting |
| XRFS | X-ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy |
| OMNIS | Observatory For Multiflavor Neutrinos From Supernovae |
| MIQ | Minimum Identifiable Quantities |