| Acronym | Meaning |
| AOS | (Department Of) Atmospheric And Oceanic Sciences |
| ITOS | Improved Television And Infrared Observation Satellite (1970s) |
| VLF | Very Low Frequency |
| AERI | Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer |
| CAC | Climate Analysis Center |
| ENSO | El Ni?o/Southern Oscillation |
| BIT | Binary Digit |
| AVHRR | Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer |
| VIS5D | Visualization Of Five-Dimensional Data |
| GOES | Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite |