| Acronym | Meaning |
| NCDC | National Climatic Data Center |
| GOES | Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite |
| CFC | ChloroFluoroCarbon |
| GMT | Greenwich Mean Time (repl. By UTC) |
| CRAS | CIMSS Regional Assimilation System |
| GAC | Global Area Coverage |
| IMAPP | International MODIS/AIRS Processing Package |
| MOPITT | Measurements Of Pollution In The Troposphere (EOS) |
| NWS | National Weather Service (NOAA) |
| ESSP | Earth System Science Pathfinder Mission (ESSP) |