| Acronym | Meaning |
| NAWQA | National Water Quality Assessment (US Geological Survey) |
| IAAD | Ion Assisted Arc Deposition |
| EBL | Extragalactic Background Light |
| CP | Chemical Pseudopotential |
| AIROF | Anodic Iridium Oxide Film |
| COLIWASA | Composite Liquid Waste Sampler |
| SCPM | Scanning Chemical Potential Microscopy |
| CDOC | Colored Dissolved Organic Carbon |
| CCSA | Classical Cintrifugal-sudden Approxn. |
| HMIMS | Hazardous Materials Incident Management System |