| Acronym | Meaning |
| COMET | Cooperative Program For Operational Meteorology Education And Training (NOAA And UCAR) |
| LASER | Light Amplification By Stimulated Emission Of Radiation |
| GMT | Greenwich Mean Time (repl. By UTC) |
| DXS | Diffuse X-ray Spectrometer |
| VAS | VISSR Atmospheric Sounder (launch |
| ABBA | Automated Biomass Burning Algorithm |
| NCDC | National Climatic Data Center |
| LED | Light Emitting Diode |
| SBUV | Solar Backscatter UltraViolet Radiometer (EOS) |
| ENSO | El Ni?o/Southern Oscillation |