| Acronym | Meaning |
| CFC | ChloroFluoroCarbon |
| PPM | Part Per Million |
| ABI | Advanced Baseline Imager |
| AU | Astronomical Unit |
| SWAMP | Science Working Group For The AM Platform (EOS) |
| MSS | Multi-Spectral Scanner |
| NASA | National Aeronautics And Space Administration |
| ABS | Advanced Baseline Sounder |
| AMRIR | Advanced Medium Resolution Infrared Radiometer |
| EUMETSAT | EUropean Organization For The Exploitation Of METeorological SATellites |