| Acronym | Meaning |
| OSSE | Office Of Space Science Education (SSEC) |
| NOAA | National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration |
| S-HIS | Scanning High Resolution Interferometer Sounder |
| ESMR | Electrically Scanning Microwave Radiometer |
| SHARP | Summer High School Apprenticeship Research Program (NASA) |
| K | Kilo |
| LASER | Light Amplification By Stimulated Emission Of Radiation |
| ECMWF | European Centre For Medium-range Weather Forecasts |
| RAOB | RAdiosonde OBservation |
| GMS | Geostationary Meteorological Satellite |