| Acronym | Meaning |
| JSC | Johnson Space Center (NASA |
| MAS | MODIS Airborne Simulator |
| NWS | National Weather Service (NOAA) |
| S-HIS | Scanning High Resolution Interferometer Sounder |
| AOT | Aerosol Optical Thickness |
| SBUV | Solar Backscatter UltraViolet Radiometer (EOS) |
| ABI | Advanced Baseline Imager |
| LASER | Light Amplification By Stimulated Emission Of Radiation |
| M | Meter(s) |
| KB/S | Kilobits Per Second |