| Acronym | Meaning |
| ABBA | Automated Biomass Burning Algorithm |
| OSS | Office Of Space Science (NASA) |
| NCAR | National Center For Atmospheric Research |
| ESSP | Earth System Science Pathfinder Mission (ESSP) |
| GMT | Greenwich Mean Time (repl. By UTC) |
| SWAMP | Science Working Group For The AM Platform (EOS) |
| SBUV | Solar Backscatter UltraViolet Radiometer (EOS) |
| HIRIS | HIgh-Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (EOS) |
| MSG | Meteosat Second Generation |
| ERBE | Earth Radiation Budget Experiment |