| Acronym | Meaning |
| SAB | Satellite Applications Branch (old. NESDIS) |
| SBUV | Solar Backscatter UltraViolet Radiometer (EOS) |
| ESE | Earth Science Enterprise (NASA) |
| MSL | Mean Sea Level |
| ERBE | Earth Radiation Budget Experiment |
| HIS | High-resolution Interferometer Sounder |
| C | Centigrade |
| AO&SS | Atmospheric |
| EUMETSAT | EUropean Organization For The Exploitation Of METeorological SATellites |
| DCS | Data Collection System (NOAA Polar Orbiting Satellites) |