| Acronym | Meaning |
| SAGE | Stratospheric Aerosol And Gas Experiment (EOS) |
| SHARP | Summer High School Apprenticeship Research Program (NASA) |
| MODIS-N | MODerate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer-Nadir (EOS) |
| MAMS | Multispectral Atmospheric Mapping Sensor |
| DCS | Data Collection System (NOAA Polar Orbiting Satellites) |
| NPOESS | National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System |
| GASP | GOES Aerosol Smoke Product |
| PV | PhotoVoltaic |
| GOES | Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite |
| OSSE | Office Of Space Science Education (SSEC) |