| Acronym | Meaning |
| AVIRIS | Airborne Visible InfraRed Imaging Spectrometer (JPL) |
| EOS | Earth Observing System |
| ABS | Advanced Baseline Sounder |
| CCR | Center For Climatic Research (IES) |
| SAFIRE | Spectroscopy Of The Atmosphere Using Far InfraRed Emission |
| LAKE-ICE | Lake-Induced Convection Experiment |
| SBUV | Solar Backscatter UltraViolet Radiometer (EOS) |
| AOT | Aerosol Optical Thickness |
| NESDIS | National Environmental Satellite |
| GMS | Geostationary Meteorological Satellite |