| Acronym | Meaning |
| PIFTS | Planetary Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer |
| BIT | Binary Digit |
| VAS | VISSR Atmospheric Sounder (launch |
| MISR | Multi-angle Imaging Spectro-Radiometer (EOS) |
| VISAD | Visualization For Algorithm Development |
| OSS | Office Of Space Science (NASA) |
| SAGE | Stratospheric Aerosol And Gas Experiment (EOS) |
| EARTHKAM | Earth Knowledge Acquired By Middle-schoolers |
| CFC | ChloroFluoroCarbon |
| MCIDAS | Man Computer Interactive Data Access System |