| Acronym | Meaning |
| SAB | Satellite Applications Branch (old. NESDIS) |
| DOIT | Department Of Information Technology (UW-MSN) |
| NOAASIS | NOAA Satellite Information System |
| ABBA | Automated Biomass Burning Algorithm |
| MAS | MODIS Airborne Simulator |
| ESSP | Earth System Science Pathfinder Mission (ESSP) |
| ASPT | Advanced Satellite Products Team (NOAA/ORA) |
| METEOSAT | METEOrological SATellite (European) |
| BIBEX | Biomass Burning Experiment |
| EROS | Earth Resources Observing System |