| Acronym | Meaning |
| MISR | Multi-angle Imaging Spectro-Radiometer (EOS) |
| NESDIS | National Environmental Satellite |
| EDC | EROS Data Center |
| CRIS | Cross-track Infrared Sounder |
| ATOVS | Advanced TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder |
| VIS5D | Visualization Of Five-Dimensional Data |
| SDS | Satellite Data Services |
| CFC | ChloroFluoroCarbon |
| M | Meter(s) |
| ERBE | Earth Radiation Budget Experiment |