| Acronym | Meaning |
| OSSE | Office Of Space Science Education (SSEC) |
| AMSU | Advanced Microwave Sounder Unit (EOS) |
| COMET | Cooperative Program For Operational Meteorology Education And Training (NOAA And UCAR) |
| SAB | Satellite Applications Branch (old. NESDIS) |
| AURA | Association Of Universities For Research In Astronomy |
| CD-ROM | Compact Disc-Read Only Memory |
| MSG | Meteosat Second Generation |
| EROS | Earth Resources Observing System |
| EUMETSAT | EUropean Organization For The Exploitation Of METeorological SATellites |
| MCIDAS | Man Computer Interactive Data Access System |