| Acronym | Meaning |
| S-HIS | Scanning High Resolution Interferometer Sounder |
| ABI | Advanced Baseline Imager |
| ER-2 | Earth Resources (plane) |
| LASER | Light Amplification By Stimulated Emission Of Radiation |
| AVHRR | Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer |
| ATOVS | Advanced TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder |
| AIRS | Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder (EOS) |
| MAS | MODIS Airborne Simulator |
| AVIRIS | Airborne Visible InfraRed Imaging Spectrometer (JPL) |
| OAO | Orbiting Astronomical Observatory |