| Acronym | Meaning |
| CD-ROM | Compact Disc-Read Only Memory |
| NCDC | National Climatic Data Center |
| AO&SS | Atmospheric |
| CIMSS | Cooperative Institute For Meteorological Satellite Studies |
| JSC | Johnson Space Center (NASA |
| AMSU | Advanced Microwave Sounder Unit (EOS) |
| RAOB | RAdiosonde OBservation |
| FLAMBE | Fire Locating And Monitoring Of Burning Emissions |
| GMT | Greenwich Mean Time (repl. By UTC) |
| S-HIS | Scanning High Resolution Interferometer Sounder |