| Acronym | Meaning |
| RAOB | RAdiosonde OBservation |
| ERBS | Earth Radiation Budget Satellite |
| SHARP | Summer High School Apprenticeship Research Program (NASA) |
| ABS | Advanced Baseline Sounder |
| AMSU | Advanced Microwave Sounder Unit (EOS) |
| CH4 | Methane |
| SAB | Satellite Applications Branch (old. NESDIS) |
| SBUV | Solar Backscatter UltraViolet Radiometer (EOS) |
| UV | UltraViolet |
| DOIT | Department Of Information Technology (UW-MSN) |