| Acronym | Meaning |
| AMS | American Meteorological Society |
| COMET | Cooperative Program For Operational Meteorology Education And Training (NOAA And UCAR) |
| ERS | ESA Remote Sensing Satellite |
| AURA | Association Of Universities For Research In Astronomy |
| MODIS-N | MODerate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer-Nadir (EOS) |
| ABS | Advanced Baseline Sounder |
| PIFTS | Planetary Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer |
| CAC | Climate Analysis Center |
| HST | Hubble Space Telescope |
| VISIT | Virtual Institute For Satellite Integration Training (NWS) |