| Acronym | Meaning |
| SSEC | Space Science And Engineering Center |
| AO&SS | Atmospheric |
| GMT | Greenwich Mean Time (repl. By UTC) |
| GASP | GOES Aerosol Smoke Product |
| ESMR | Electrically Scanning Microwave Radiometer |
| ESSP | Earth System Science Pathfinder Mission (ESSP) |
| ESE | Earth Science Enterprise (NASA) |
| AMRIR | Advanced Medium Resolution Infrared Radiometer |
| BIT | Binary Digit |
| M | Meter(s) |