| Acronym | Meaning |
| ESSP | Earth System Science Pathfinder Mission (ESSP) |
| EOS | Earth Observing System |
| SAFIRE | Spectroscopy Of The Atmosphere Using Far InfraRed Emission |
| GIFTS | Geosynchronous Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer |
| AVHRR | Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer |
| SWAMP | Science Working Group For The AM Platform (EOS) |
| LAWS | Laser Atmospheric Wind Sounder (EOS) |
| VISAD | Visualization For Algorithm Development |
| NASDA | National Space Development Agency (Japan) |
| WUPPE | Wisconsin Ultraviolet PhotoPolarimeter Experiment |