| Acronym | Meaning |
| NCEP | National Centers For Environmental Prediction (form. NMC; NWS Center) |
| GOES | Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite |
| JSC | Johnson Space Center (NASA |
| ECMWF | European Centre For Medium-range Weather Forecasts |
| ESMR | Electrically Scanning Microwave Radiometer |
| XBSS | X-ray Background Survey Spectrometer |
| NWS | National Weather Service (NOAA) |
| AOT | Aerosol Optical Thickness |
| ERS | ESA Remote Sensing Satellite |
| LED | Light Emitting Diode |