| Acronym | Meaning |
| K | Kilo |
| WSGC | Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium |
| ESSP | Earth System Science Pathfinder Mission (ESSP) |
| HZ | Hertz |
| ERS | ESA Remote Sensing Satellite |
| EDC | EROS Data Center |
| ERSC | Environmental Remote Sensing Center (IES) |
| CSBT | Clear-Sky Brightness Temperature |
| S-HIS | Scanning High Resolution Interferometer Sounder |
| HSRL | High Spectral Resolution Lidar |