| Acronym | Meaning |
| AVIRIS | Airborne Visible InfraRed Imaging Spectrometer (JPL) |
| NASDA | National Space Development Agency (Japan) |
| GMT | Greenwich Mean Time (repl. By UTC) |
| APP | AVHRR Polar Pathfinder |
| PIFTS | Planetary Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer |
| AOT | Aerosol Optical Thickness |
| VLF | Very Low Frequency |
| H2O | Water (vapor) |
| VISIT | Virtual Institute For Satellite Integration Training (NWS) |
| AMS | American Meteorological Society |