| Acronym | Meaning |
| AOS | (Department Of) Atmospheric And Oceanic Sciences |
| AIRS | Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder (EOS) |
| JPL | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| VAS | VISSR Atmospheric Sounder (launch |
| NASA | National Aeronautics And Space Administration |
| CAC | Climate Analysis Center |
| HZ | Hertz |
| SHARP | Summer High School Apprenticeship Research Program (NASA) |
| MCIDAS | Man Computer Interactive Data Access System |
| CSBT | Clear-Sky Brightness Temperature |