| Acronym | Meaning |
| OSS | Office Of Space Science (NASA) |
| GMS | Geostationary Meteorological Satellite |
| EOS | Earth Observing System |
| CFC | ChloroFluoroCarbon |
| MODIS | MODerate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (EOS) |
| BIBEX | Biomass Burning Experiment |
| ABBA | Automated Biomass Burning Algorithm |
| JPL | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| NCAR | National Center For Atmospheric Research |
| ITOS | Improved Television And Infrared Observation Satellite (1970s) |