| Acronym | Meaning |
| COMET | Cooperative Program For Operational Meteorology Education And Training (NOAA And UCAR) |
| AOS | (Department Of) Atmospheric And Oceanic Sciences |
| IMAPP | International MODIS/AIRS Processing Package |
| TOS | TIROS Operational Satellite |
| AMS | American Meteorological Society |
| SAFIRE | Spectroscopy Of The Atmosphere Using Far InfraRed Emission |
| HIRDLS | HIgh-Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder (EOS) |
| EUMETSAT | EUropean Organization For The Exploitation Of METeorological SATellites |
| NASA | National Aeronautics And Space Administration |
| AURA | Association Of Universities For Research In Astronomy |