| Acronym | Meaning |
| COMET | Cooperative Program For Operational Meteorology Education And Training (NOAA And UCAR) |
| AOS | (Department Of) Atmospheric And Oceanic Sciences |
| SAB | Satellite Applications Branch (old. NESDIS) |
| EUMETSAT | EUropean Organization For The Exploitation Of METeorological SATellites |
| CFC | ChloroFluoroCarbon |
| C | Centigrade |
| VIS5D | Visualization Of Five-Dimensional Data |
| CRAS | CIMSS Regional Assimilation System |
| CAC | Climate Analysis Center |
| EOS | Earth Observing System |