| Acronym | Meaning |
| ASTER | Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission And Reflection Radiometer (EOS) |
| MB OR MB | Megabytes (or Megabits) |
| H2O | Water (vapor) |
| MHZ | MegaHertz |
| JSC | Johnson Space Center (NASA |
| HSRL | High Spectral Resolution Lidar |
| EROS | Earth Resources Observing System |
| SWAMP | Science Working Group For The AM Platform (EOS) |
| AVHRR | Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer |
| MAS | MODIS Airborne Simulator |