| Acronym | Meaning |
| RIOMETER | Relative Ionospheric Opacity Meter |
| SMA | Specific Methanogenic Activity |
| BAT | Brown Adipose Tissue |
| RSKERL | Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Laboratory |
| RKKY | Ruderman-Kittel-Kasuya-Yoshida (indirect Electron Exchange Mechanism) |
| CMF | Crossflow Microfiltration |
| PBTK | Physiologically Based Toxicokinetics |
| RED | Radiation Enhanced Diffusion |
| ICISS | Impact Collision Ion Scattering Spectroscopy |
| ERAD | Economic And Regulatory Analysis Division (OPPE) |