| Acronym | Meaning |
| GIWA | Global International Waters Assessment |
| PWIA | Plane-wave Impulse Approximation |
| TFB | Thin Film Balance |
| ASASP | Active Scattering Aerosol Spectrometer Probe |
| TSEE | Thermally Stimulated Exoelectron Emission |
| WNV | West Nile Virus |
| HSSM | Hydrocarbon Spill Simulation Model |
| ERP | Event-related Potential |
| SSA | Spherical Sector Analysis |
| LCTF | Liquid Crystal Tunable Filter |