| Acronym | Meaning |
| WSGC | Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium |
| AIRS | Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder (EOS) |
| GOES | Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite |
| ABI | Advanced Baseline Imager |
| ATOVS | Advanced TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder |
| ESOC | European Satellite Operations Center |
| MCIDAS | Man Computer Interactive Data Access System |
| DXS | Diffuse X-ray Spectrometer |
| HIRIS | HIgh-Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (EOS) |
| H2O | Water (vapor) |