| Acronym | Meaning |
| DCMD | Direct Contact Membrane Distillation |
| LAMS | Laser Mass Spectrometry |
| SWE | Snowpack Water Equivalent |
| MARK | Mid-Atlantic Ridge At The Kane Fracture Zone |
| ESM | Exponential-series Method |
| SIRS | Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome |
| RSKERL | Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Laboratory |
| QUASAR | Quality Simulation Along Rivers (environmental Model) |
| PIONA | Paraffins |
| MONES | Molecular Nonthermal Excitation Spectrometry |