| Acronym | Meaning |
| CFC | ChloroFluoroCarbon |
| EUMETSAT | EUropean Organization For The Exploitation Of METeorological SATellites |
| C | Centigrade |
| OSSE | Office Of Space Science Education (SSEC) |
| GMT | Greenwich Mean Time (repl. By UTC) |
| KB/S | Kilobits Per Second |
| VIS5D | Visualization Of Five-Dimensional Data |
| AIRS | Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder (EOS) |
| AMSU | Advanced Microwave Sounder Unit (EOS) |
| MSS | Multi-Spectral Scanner |