| Acronym | Meaning |
| VLF | Very Low Frequency |
| GASP | GOES Aerosol Smoke Product |
| CIMSS | Cooperative Institute For Meteorological Satellite Studies |
| GMS | Geostationary Meteorological Satellite |
| PIFTS | Planetary Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer |
| HIRIS | HIgh-Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (EOS) |
| ITS | Interferometer Thermal Sounder (HIS) |
| HIRS | High-resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder |
| MB/S | Megabytes Per Second |
| AMRIR | Advanced Medium Resolution Infrared Radiometer |