| Acronym | Meaning |
| WINCE | WINter Cloud Experiment |
| AU | Astronomical Unit |
| LASER | Light Amplification By Stimulated Emission Of Radiation |
| IMAPP | International MODIS/AIRS Processing Package |
| HSB | Humidity Sounder For Brazil |
| POES | Polar Operational Environmental Satellite |
| CRIS | Cross-track Infrared Sounder |
| TES | Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (EOS) |
| M | Meter(s) |
| VIS5D | Visualization Of Five-Dimensional Data |