| Acronym | Meaning |
| LAKE-ICE | Lake-Induced Convection Experiment |
| CONUS | CONtinental (or CONterminus) United States |
| V | Volts |
| ESOC | European Satellite Operations Center |
| AU | Astronomical Unit |
| MODIS-N | MODerate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer-Nadir (EOS) |
| GMT | Greenwich Mean Time (repl. By UTC) |
| DOIT | Department Of Information Technology (UW-MSN) |
| PPM | Part Per Million |
| WSGC | Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium |