| Acronym | Meaning |
| AVIRIS | Airborne Visible InfraRed Imaging Spectrometer (JPL) |
| ABI | Advanced Baseline Imager |
| SAFIRE | Spectroscopy Of The Atmosphere Using Far InfraRed Emission |
| EOSDIS | Earth Observing System Data And Information System |
| GOES | Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite |
| BIT | Binary Digit |
| ADEOS | ADvanced Earth Observing Satellite (Japan) |
| CRAS | CIMSS Regional Assimilation System |
| EPS | European Polar Satellite |
| NPOESS | National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System |