| Acronym | Meaning |
| JPL | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| CAC | Climate Analysis Center |
| OSS | Office Of Space Science (NASA) |
| WINCE | WINter Cloud Experiment |
| MISR | Multi-angle Imaging Spectro-Radiometer (EOS) |
| S-HIS | Scanning High Resolution Interferometer Sounder |
| CRIS | Cross-track Infrared Sounder |
| EOS | Earth Observing System |
| GIFTS | Geosynchronous Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer |
| ESE | Earth Science Enterprise (NASA) |