| Acronym | Meaning |
| PV | PhotoVoltaic |
| CONUS | CONtinental (or CONterminus) United States |
| AERI | Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer |
| SHARP | Summer High School Apprenticeship Research Program (NASA) |
| FLAMBE | Fire Locating And Monitoring Of Burning Emissions |
| EM | ElectroMagnetic |
| CD-ROM | Compact Disc-Read Only Memory |
| UHF | Ultra High Frequency |
| DXS | Diffuse X-ray Spectrometer |
| EROS | Earth Resources Observing System |