| Acronym | Meaning |
| MAS | MODIS Airborne Simulator |
| ABI | Advanced Baseline Imager |
| LAKE-ICE | Lake-Induced Convection Experiment |
| HSB | Humidity Sounder For Brazil |
| ITS | Interferometer Thermal Sounder (HIS) |
| PV | PhotoVoltaic |
| MSLP | MSL Pressure |
| S-HIS | Scanning High Resolution Interferometer Sounder |
| NCDC | National Climatic Data Center |
| GIFTS | Geosynchronous Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer |