| Acronym | Meaning |
| AMS | American Meteorological Society |
| NASDA | National Space Development Agency (Japan) |
| ADEOS | ADvanced Earth Observing Satellite (Japan) |
| WINCE | WINter Cloud Experiment |
| DORIS | Doppler Orbitography And Radiopositioning Integrated By Satellite (EOS) |
| GOES | Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite |
| ERSC | Environmental Remote Sensing Center (IES) |
| PIFTS | Planetary Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer |
| ERS | ESA Remote Sensing Satellite |
| IMAPP | International MODIS/AIRS Processing Package |