| Acronym | Meaning |
| SBUV | Solar Backscatter UltraViolet Radiometer (EOS) |
| NOAASIS | NOAA Satellite Information System |
| AMS | American Meteorological Society |
| MAS | MODIS Airborne Simulator |
| WINCE | WINter Cloud Experiment |
| IMG | Interferometric Monitor For Greenhouse Gases |
| OSO | Orbiting Solar Observatory |
| HIRDLS | HIgh-Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder (EOS) |
| SWAMP | Science Working Group For The AM Platform (EOS) |
| EUMETSAT | EUropean Organization For The Exploitation Of METeorological SATellites |