| Acronym | Meaning |
| ERSC | Environmental Remote Sensing Center (IES) |
| EOS | Earth Observing System |
| MAMS | Multispectral Atmospheric Mapping Sensor |
| HIMSS | HIgh-resolution Microwave Spectrometer Sounder |
| OSS | Office Of Space Science (NASA) |
| EDC | EROS Data Center |
| ITS | Interferometer Thermal Sounder (HIS) |
| NEXRAD | NEXt Generation RADar |
| UV | UltraViolet |
| SHARP | Summer High School Apprenticeship Research Program (NASA) |