| Acronym | Meaning |
| GASP | GOES Aerosol Smoke Product |
| MB | Millibar(s) |
| AMRIR | Advanced Medium Resolution Infrared Radiometer |
| AVIRIS | Airborne Visible InfraRed Imaging Spectrometer (JPL) |
| EUMETSAT | EUropean Organization For The Exploitation Of METeorological SATellites |
| LIDAR | LIght Detection And Ranging |
| HIRIS | HIgh-Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (EOS) |
| CCR | Center For Climatic Research (IES) |
| SSU | Stratospheric Sounding Unit (TOVS) |
| POES | Polar Operational Environmental Satellite |