| Acronym | Meaning |
| PPM | Part Per Million |
| C | Centigrade |
| HST | Hubble Space Telescope |
| FLAMBE | Fire Locating And Monitoring Of Burning Emissions |
| HIRIS | HIgh-Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (EOS) |
| MAMS | Multispectral Atmospheric Mapping Sensor |
| VIS5D | Visualization Of Five-Dimensional Data |
| LAWS | Laser Atmospheric Wind Sounder (EOS) |
| JPL | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| POES | Polar Operational Environmental Satellite |