| Acronym | Meaning |
| JPL | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| MCIDAS | Man Computer Interactive Data Access System |
| NESDIS | National Environmental Satellite |
| TMR | TOPEX Microwave Radiometer (EOS) |
| GASP | GOES Aerosol Smoke Product |
| ATOVS | Advanced TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder |
| AURA | Association Of Universities For Research In Astronomy |
| ESSA | Environmental Science Services Administration (preceded NOAA) |
| FTS | Fourier Transform Spectrometer (HIS |
| SHARP | Summer High School Apprenticeship Research Program (NASA) |