| Acronym | Meaning |
| EOSDIS | Earth Observing System Data And Information System |
| GARS | GOES Archive And Retrieval System |
| POES | Polar Operational Environmental Satellite |
| AVIRIS | Airborne Visible InfraRed Imaging Spectrometer (JPL) |
| AOS | (Department Of) Atmospheric And Oceanic Sciences |
| LIDAR | LIght Detection And Ranging |
| XBSS | X-ray Background Survey Spectrometer |
| CERES | Clouds And The Earth's Radiant Energy System (EOS) |
| TES | Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (EOS) |
| HIRS | High-resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder |