| Acronym | Meaning |
| AVIRIS | Airborne Visible InfraRed Imaging Spectrometer (JPL) |
| C | Centigrade |
| DORIS | Doppler Orbitography And Radiopositioning Integrated By Satellite (EOS) |
| PIFTS | Planetary Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer |
| MHZ | MegaHertz |
| EROS | Earth Resources Observing System |
| ENSO | El Ni?o/Southern Oscillation |
| WSGC | Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium |
| COMET | Cooperative Program For Operational Meteorology Education And Training (NOAA And UCAR) |
| ERSC | Environmental Remote Sensing Center (IES) |