| Acronym | Meaning |
| HIMSS | HIgh-resolution Microwave Spectrometer Sounder |
| AVIRIS | Airborne Visible InfraRed Imaging Spectrometer (JPL) |
| ER-2 | Earth Resources (plane) |
| OSS | Office Of Space Science (NASA) |
| AMS | American Meteorological Society |
| TOVS | TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder |
| GMS | Geostationary Meteorological Satellite |
| EPA | Environmental Protection Agency (U.S.) |
| VIS5D | Visualization Of Five-Dimensional Data |
| VISAD | Visualization For Algorithm Development |