| Acronym | Meaning |
| ISAMS | Improved Stratospheric And Mesospheric Sounder |
| ACR | Active Cavity Radiometer |
| MJD | Modified Julian Date |
| ASTER | Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission And Reflection |
| OSTP | Office Of Science And Technology Policy |
| HAINS | High Accuracy Inertial Navigation System |
| MODIS-N | MODIS-Nadir |
| MFPE | Misson From Planet Earth |
| TOMS | Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer |
| STSCI | Space Telescope Science Institute |