| Acronym | Meaning |
| ECMWF | European Centre For Medium-range Weather Forecasts |
| SHARP | Summer High School Apprenticeship Research Program (NASA) |
| AVHRR | Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer |
| LIDAR | LIght Detection And Ranging |
| HIS | High-resolution Interferometer Sounder |
| KSC | Kennedy Space Center |
| HRIR | High Resolution Infrared Radiometer |
| AU | Astronomical Unit |
| XBSS | X-ray Background Survey Spectrometer |
| VISIT | Virtual Institute For Satellite Integration Training (NWS) |