| VOC | Volatile Organic Compound |
| DIAL | Differential Infrared Absorption Lidar |
| SOF | Solar Occultation Flux |
| TC | Tracer Correlation |
| OGI | Optical Gas Imaging |
| QOGI | Quantitative Optical Gas Imaging |
| RDM | Reverse Dispersion Modelling |
| BAT | Best Available Techniques |
| BREF | Best Available Techniques Reference |
| LDAR | Leak Detection and Repair |
| IR | Infrared Ray |
| UV | Ultra Violet |
| NPL | National Physical Laboratory |
| FTIR | Fourier Transform Infrared Ray |
| RPR | Release Precision Ratio |
| GWP | Global Warming Potential |
| PID | Photoionization Detector |
| FID | Flame Ionization Detector |
| ATEX | Atmosphères Explosives |
| API | America Petroleum Institute |
| SOCMI | Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry |
| EPA | Environmental Protection Agency |
| WG38 | Working Group 38 |
| VERI | Environnement Reasearch & Innovation |
| CRF | Controlled Release Facility |
| INERIS | Institut National de l’Environnement Industriel et des Risques |
| CFD | Computational Fluid Dynamic |
| SLAM | Safety Lagrangian Dispersion Model |