| Acronym | Meaning |
| GOES | Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite |
| DORIS | Doppler Orbitography And Radiopositioning Integrated By Satellite (EOS) |
| VISIT | Virtual Institute For Satellite Integration Training (NWS) |
| MISR | Multi-angle Imaging Spectro-Radiometer (EOS) |
| ADEOS | ADvanced Earth Observing Satellite (Japan) |
| EARTHKAM | Earth Knowledge Acquired By Middle-schoolers |
| MODIS-N | MODerate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer-Nadir (EOS) |
| FLAMBE | Fire Locating And Monitoring Of Burning Emissions |
| AMRIR | Advanced Medium Resolution Infrared Radiometer |
| CRAS | CIMSS Regional Assimilation System |