| Acronym | Meaning |
| CTZ | Coastal Transition Zone |
| NMFS | National Marine Fisheries Service (of NOAA) |
| EDXRS | Energy-dispersive X-ray Spectrometry |
| DMS | Dimethyl Sulfide |
| HFB SCF RPA | Hartree Fock Bogolyubov SCF Random Phase Approximation |
| CCOM | Coupled Channel Optical Method |
| TTSS | Tropospheric Trace Species Sounder |
| MA | Malonic Acidpar |
| SPU | Segmented Polyurethane |
| VOIP | Valence Orbital Ionization Potential |