| Acronym | Meaning |
| ASTER | Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission And Reflection Radiometer (EOS) |
| ESOC | European Satellite Operations Center |
| HSRL | High Spectral Resolution Lidar |
| WINCE | WINter Cloud Experiment |
| ESSA | Environmental Science Services Administration (preceded NOAA) |
| ABI | Advanced Baseline Imager |
| ERBS | Earth Radiation Budget Satellite |
| SSEC | Space Science And Engineering Center |
| MSLP | MSL Pressure |
| KSC | Kennedy Space Center |