| Acronym | Meaning |
| AMSU | Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit |
| ATCM | Air Toxics Control Measure |
| UTS | Ultimate Tensile Strength |
| ISM | Interstellar Medium |
| BODC | British Oceanographic Data Center |
| UNAMAP | Users' Network For Applied Modeling Of Air Pollution |
| PDR | Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy |
| LEMF | Laser-excited Molecular Fluorescence |
| PTR | Photothermal Radiometry |
| PFGSE | Pulsed Field-gradient Spin-echo |