| Acronym | Meaning |
| IHSS | International Humic Substances Society |
| IDEAL | International Digital Electronic Access Library |
| PHRED | Public Health Risk Evaluation Data |
| DASCO | Discriminant Analysis With Shrunken Covariances |
| ABSORB | Arctic Beaufort Sea Oilspill Research Body |
| MTFE | Mercury Thin-film Electrode |
| MBTS | 2-mercaptobenzothiazyl Disulfide |
| SAGE | Stratospheric Aerosol And Gas Experiment |
| DEMS | Differential Electrochemical Mass Spectrometry |
| CIESE | Combined Ion Exchange-solvent Extraction |