| Acronym | Meaning |
| MSG | Meteosat Second Generation |
| OSO | Orbiting Solar Observatory |
| HZ | Hertz |
| FLAMBE | Fire Locating And Monitoring Of Burning Emissions |
| GOES | Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite |
| V | Volts |
| LASER | Light Amplification By Stimulated Emission Of Radiation |
| NCDC | National Climatic Data Center |
| LIDAR | LIght Detection And Ranging |
| CAC | Climate Analysis Center |