| Acronym | Meaning |
| SDS | Satellite Data Services |
| GLOBE | Global Learning And Observations To Benefit The Environment |
| GARS | GOES Archive And Retrieval System |
| MSS | Multi-Spectral Scanner |
| DXS | Diffuse X-ray Spectrometer |
| WUPPE | Wisconsin Ultraviolet PhotoPolarimeter Experiment |
| POES | Polar Operational Environmental Satellite |
| ESE | Earth Science Enterprise (NASA) |
| OSS | Office Of Space Science (NASA) |
| AIRS | Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder (EOS) |