| Acronym | Meaning |
| AVIRIS | Airborne Visible InfraRed Imaging Spectrometer (JPL) |
| NPOESS | National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System |
| COMET | Cooperative Program For Operational Meteorology Education And Training (NOAA And UCAR) |
| NCDC | National Climatic Data Center |
| GASP | GOES Aerosol Smoke Product |
| SAB | Satellite Applications Branch (old. NESDIS) |
| SHARP | Summer High School Apprenticeship Research Program (NASA) |
| V | Volts |
| MOPITT | Measurements Of Pollution In The Troposphere (EOS) |
| ATOVS | Advanced TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder |