| Acronym | Meaning |
| MSL | Mean Sea Level |
| CIMSS | Cooperative Institute For Meteorological Satellite Studies |
| MSG | Meteosat Second Generation |
| DCS | Data Collection System (NOAA Polar Orbiting Satellites) |
| SAB | Satellite Applications Branch (old. NESDIS) |
| UHF | Ultra High Frequency |
| WSGC | Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium |
| AMS | American Meteorological Society |
| GMT | Greenwich Mean Time (repl. By UTC) |
| NEXRAD | NEXt Generation RADar |