| Acronym | Meaning |
| ERBS | Earth Radiation Budget Satellite |
| AMS | American Meteorological Society |
| APP | AVHRR Polar Pathfinder |
| MB/S | Megabytes Per Second |
| WINCE | WINter Cloud Experiment |
| SSEC | Space Science And Engineering Center |
| MLS | Microwave Limb Sounder (EOS) |
| TIROS | Television InfraRed Observation Satellite (POES) |
| ESMR | Electrically Scanning Microwave Radiometer |
| LAKE-ICE | Lake-Induced Convection Experiment |