| Acronym | Meaning |
| EUMETSAT | EUropean Organization For The Exploitation Of METeorological SATellites |
| ABS | Advanced Baseline Sounder |
| DOIT | Department Of Information Technology (UW-MSN) |
| EARTHKAM | Earth Knowledge Acquired By Middle-schoolers |
| BIBEX | Biomass Burning Experiment |
| NCDC | National Climatic Data Center |
| HRIR | High Resolution Infrared Radiometer |
| HIRS | High-resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder |
| MOPITT | Measurements Of Pollution In The Troposphere (EOS) |
| GMT | Greenwich Mean Time (repl. By UTC) |