| Acronym | Meaning |
| MSG | Meteosat Second Generation |
| VLF | Very Low Frequency |
| EARTHKAM | Earth Knowledge Acquired By Middle-schoolers |
| NASDA | National Space Development Agency (Japan) |
| AURA | Association Of Universities For Research In Astronomy |
| GEWEX | Global Energy And Water Cycle EXperiment (WCRP) |
| SWAMP | Science Working Group For The AM Platform (EOS) |
| AMRIR | Advanced Medium Resolution Infrared Radiometer |
| SHARP | Summer High School Apprenticeship Research Program (NASA) |
| OSS | Office Of Space Science (NASA) |