| Acronym | Meaning |
| CDO | Controlled Decomposition/oxidation |
| SERDS | Shifted Excitation Raman Difference Spectroscopy |
| ROSS | River Oil Spill Simulation |
| GTE | Global Tropospheric Experiment |
| DCP | Direct Current Plasma |
| OLCAO | Orthogonalized Linear Combination Of Atomic Orbitals |
| STNAA | Short Time Neutron Activation Analysis |
| AGP | Alpha-1-acid Glycoprotein |
| CTF | Common Translation Factor (for Ion-atom Inelastic Collisions) |
| SEE | Secondary Electron Emission |