| Acronym | Meaning |
| H2O | Water (vapor) |
| EARTHKAM | Earth Knowledge Acquired By Middle-schoolers |
| GMT | Greenwich Mean Time (repl. By UTC) |
| LAWS | Laser Atmospheric Wind Sounder (EOS) |
| NCAR | National Center For Atmospheric Research |
| FLAMBE | Fire Locating And Monitoring Of Burning Emissions |
| HIS | High-resolution Interferometer Sounder |
| JPL | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| LASER | Light Amplification By Stimulated Emission Of Radiation |
| ABBA | Automated Biomass Burning Algorithm |