| Acronym | Meaning |
| GLOBE | Global Learning And Observations To Benefit The Environment |
| WUPPE | Wisconsin Ultraviolet PhotoPolarimeter Experiment |
| NESDIS | National Environmental Satellite |
| TES | Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (EOS) |
| ADEOS | ADvanced Earth Observing Satellite (Japan) |
| NPOESS | National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System |
| GPS | Global Positioning System |
| AMS | American Meteorological Society |
| ITOS | Improved Television And Infrared Observation Satellite (1970s) |
| OAO | Orbiting Astronomical Observatory |