| Acronym | Meaning |
| ESE | Earth Science Enterprise (NASA) |
| NOAA | National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration |
| COMET | Cooperative Program For Operational Meteorology Education And Training (NOAA And UCAR) |
| GIFTS | Geosynchronous Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer |
| AMRIR | Advanced Medium Resolution Infrared Radiometer |
| TOS | TIROS Operational Satellite |
| SDS | Satellite Data Services |
| LAWS | Laser Atmospheric Wind Sounder (EOS) |
| NPOESS | National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System |
| HIRDLS | HIgh-Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder (EOS) |