| Acronym | Meaning |
| SCAB | South Coast Air Basin |
| PQCD | Perturbative Quantum Chromodynamics |
| SIMPLISMA | Simple-to-use Interactive Self-modeling Mixture Analysis |
| AQDHS | Air Quality Data Handling System |
| SCC | Squamous Cell Carcinoma |
| WATOC | World Association Of Theoretically Oriented Chemists |
| OCT | Optical Coherence Tomography |
| DOC | Dissolved Organic Carbon |
| ECSXRF | Electrochemisorption X-ray Fluorescence |
| TIGRA | Thermostimulated Inert Gas Release Analysis |