| Acronym | Meaning |
| MB/S | Megabytes Per Second |
| SSEC | Space Science And Engineering Center |
| VAS | VISSR Atmospheric Sounder (launch |
| ESMR | Electrically Scanning Microwave Radiometer |
| ASPT | Advanced Satellite Products Team (NOAA/ORA) |
| ERSC | Environmental Remote Sensing Center (IES) |
| PIFTS | Planetary Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer |
| EUMETSAT | EUropean Organization For The Exploitation Of METeorological SATellites |
| MOPITT | Measurements Of Pollution In The Troposphere (EOS) |
| OSSE | Office Of Space Science Education (SSEC) |