| Acronym | Meaning |
| MHZ | MegaHertz |
| NASDA | National Space Development Agency (Japan) |
| ABS | Advanced Baseline Sounder |
| CFC | ChloroFluoroCarbon |
| GMS | Geostationary Meteorological Satellite |
| WUPPE | Wisconsin Ultraviolet PhotoPolarimeter Experiment |
| AIRS | Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder (EOS) |
| H2O | Water (vapor) |
| VISAD | Visualization For Algorithm Development |
| PV | PhotoVoltaic |