| Acronym | Meaning |
| CD-ROM | Compact Disc-Read Only Memory |
| AERI | Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer |
| OSS | Office Of Space Science (NASA) |
| SDS | Satellite Data Services |
| FSL | Forecast Systems Laboratory (a NOAA ERL) |
| SBUV | Solar Backscatter UltraViolet Radiometer (EOS) |
| ACRIM | Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor (EOS) |
| NOAASIS | NOAA Satellite Information System |
| HSRL | High Spectral Resolution Lidar |
| UV | UltraViolet |