| Acronym | Meaning |
| SIA | Stepwise Isothermal Analysis |
| SSFP | Steady-state Free-precession |
| IBD | Ion Beam Deposition |
| GEMS | Global Environmental Monitoring Systems |
| TCA | Traveling-cluster Approximation (a Generalization Of CPA For Electronic-structure Of Alloys) |
| SPFS | Surface Plasmon Fluorescence Spectroscopy |
| WIMP | Weakly Interacting Massive Particles |
| LPVD | Laser Physical Vapor Deposition |
| CTZ | Coastal Transition Zone |
| ACRES | Australian Center For Remote Sensing |