| Acronym | Meaning |
| CPC | Climate Prediction Center (NWS Center) |
| AMRIR | Advanced Medium Resolution Infrared Radiometer |
| DOIT | Department Of Information Technology (UW-MSN) |
| AC | Alternating Current |
| GAC | Global Area Coverage |
| EUMETSAT | EUropean Organization For The Exploitation Of METeorological SATellites |
| LED | Light Emitting Diode |
| MODIS | MODerate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (EOS) |
| AURA | Association Of Universities For Research In Astronomy |
| WINCE | WINter Cloud Experiment |