| Acronym | Meaning |
| RASS | Ratio Acoustic Sounding System |
| CALCOFI | California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations |
| PMP | Project Management Plan |
| NLLSCF | Nonlinear Least Squares Curve Fitting |
| SNARE | Soluble NSF Attachment Protein Receptor |
| GRASS | Gradient Recalled Acquisition In The Steady State |
| ELO | Edge Localized Orbital |
| CLIP | Corticotropin-Like Intermediate-lobe Peptide |
| NSR | Nitrile-silicone Rubber |
| BMD | Benchmark Dose |