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| Automated Biomass Burning Algorithm |
| Advanced Baseline Imager |
| Advanced Baseline Sounder |
| alternating current |
| Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor (EOS) |
| ADvanced Earth Observing Satellite (Japan) |
| Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer |
| Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder (EOS) |
| Advanced Medium Resolution Infrared Radiometer |
| American Meteorological Society |
| Advanced Microwave Sounder Unit (EOS) |
| Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences (building) |
| (Department of) Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences |
| Aerosol Optical Thickness |
| AVHRR Polar Pathfinder |
| Advanced Satellite Products Team (NOAA/ORA) |
| Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection radiometer (EOS) |
| Advanced TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder |
| Astronomical Unit |
| Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy |
| Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer |
| Airborne Visible InfraRed Imaging Spectrometer (JPL) |
| Biomass Burning Experiment |
| binary digit |
| Centigrade |
| Climate Analysis Center |
| Center for Climatic Research (IES) |
| Compact Disc-Read Only Memory |
| Clouds and the Earth?s Radiant Energy System (EOS) |
| ChloroFluoroCarbon |
| methane |
| Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies |
| Cooperative Program for Operational Meteorology Education and Training (NOAA and UCAR) |
| COMmunications SATellite |
| CONtinental (or CONterminus) United States |
| Climate Prediction Center (NWS Center) |
| CIMSS Regional Assimilation System |
| Cross-track Infrared Sounder |
| Clear-Sky Brightness Temperature |
| Data Collection System (NOAA polar orbiting satellites) |
| Department of Information Technology (UW-MSN) |
| Doppler Orbitography and Radiopositioning Integrated by Satellite (EOS) |
| Diffuse X-ray Spectrometer |
| Earth Knowledge Acquired by Middle-schoolers |
| European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts |
| EROS Data Center |
| ElectroMagnetic |
| El Ni?o/Southern Oscillation |
| Earth Observing System |
| Earth Observing System Data and Information System |
| Environmental Protection Agency (U.S.) |
| European Polar Satellite |
| Earth Resources (plane), #2 (NASA) |
| Earth Radiation Budget Experiment |
| Earth Radiation Budget Satellite |
| Earth Resources Observing System |
| ESA Remote Sensing satellite |
| Environmental Remote Sensing Center (IES) |
| Earth Science Enterprise (NASA) |
| Electrically Scanning Microwave Radiometer |
| European Satellite Operations Center |
| Environmental Science Services Administration (preceded NOAA) |
| Earth System Science Pathfinder Mission (ESSP) |
| EUropean organization for the exploitation of METeorological SATellites |
| Fire Locating and Monitoring of Burning Emissions |
| Forecast Systems Laboratory (a NOAA ERL) |
| Fourier Transform Spectrometer (HIS, AERI, etc.) |
| Global Area Coverage |
| GOES Archive and Retrieval System |
| GOES Aerosol Smoke Product |
| GEOdetic SATellite |
| Global Energy and Water cycle EXperiment (WCRP) |
| Geosynchronous Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer |
| Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment |
| Geostationary Meteorological Satellite |
| Greenwich Mean Time (repl. by UTC) |
| Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite |
| Global Positioning System |
| water (vapor) |
| HIgh-resolution Microwave Spectrometer Sounder |
| HIgh-Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder (EOS) |
| HIgh RESolution |
| HIgh-Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (EOS) |
| High-resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder |
| High-resolution Interferometer Sounder |
| High Resolution Infrared Radiometer |
| Humidity Sounder for Brazil |
| High Spectral Resolution Lidar |
| Hubble Space Telescope |
| Hertz |
| Institute for Environmental Studies (UW) |
| International MODIS/AIRS Processing Package |
| Interferometric Monitor for Greenhouse gases |
| Infrared Radiation Interferometer Spectrometer (1960s) |
| Improved Television and infrared Observation Satellite (1970s) |
| Interferometer Thermal Sounder (HIS) |
| Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Johnson Space Center (NASA, Houston) |
| Kilo, thousand |
| kilobits per second |
| kilometer |
| Kennedy Space Center |
| Lake-Induced Convection Experiment |
| Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation |
| Laser Atmospheric Wind Sounder (EOS) |
| Light Emitting Diode |
| LIght Detection And Ranging |
| meter(s) |
| Multispectral Atmospheric Mapping Sensor |
| MODIS Airborne Simulator |
| millibar(s) |
| Megabytes (or megabits) |
| Megabytes per second |
| Man computer Interactive Data Access System |
| METEOrological SATellite (European) |
| MegaHertz |
| Multi-angle Imaging Spectro-Radiometer (EOS) |
| Microwave Limb Sounder (EOS) |
| MODerate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (EOS) |
| MODerate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer-Nadir (EOS) |
| Measurements of Pollution In The Troposphere (EOS) |
| Meteosat Second Generation |
| Mean Sea Level |
| MSL Pressure |
| Multi-Spectral Scanner |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| National Space Development Agency (Japan) |
| National Center for Atmospheric Research |
| National Climatic Data Center |
| National Centers for Environmental Prediction (form. NMC; NWS Center) |
| National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NOAA) |
| NEXt generation RADar |
| National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| NOAA Satellite Information System |
| National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System |
| National Weather Service (NOAA) |
| Orbiting Astronomical Observatory |
| Orbiting Solar Observatory |
| Office of Space Science (NASA) |
| Office of Space Science Education (SSEC) |
| Planetary Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer |
| Polar Operational Environmental Satellite |
| part per million |
| PhotoVoltaic |
| RAdiosonde OBservation |
| Satellite Applications Branch (old. NESDIS) |
| Spectroscopy of the Atmosphere using Far InfraRed Emission |
| Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment (EOS) |
| Solar Backscatter UltraViolet radiometer (EOS) |
| Satellite Data Services |
| Summer High School Apprenticeship Research Program (NASA) |
| Scanning High resolution Interferometer Sounder |
| Space Science and Engineering Center |
| Stratospheric Sounding Unit (TOVS) |
| Satellite Technology Education Program (WSGC) |
| Science Working Group for the AM Platform (EOS) |
| Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (EOS) |
| Television InfraRed Observation Satellite (POES) |
| TOPEX Microwave Radiometer (EOS) |
| TIROS Operational Satellite |
| TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder |
| Unidentified Flying Object |
| Ultra High Frequency |
| UltraViolet |
| Volts |
| VISSR Atmospheric Sounder (launch, 9-9-80) |
| Visualization of Five-Dimensional data |
| Visualization for Algorithm Development |
| Virtual Institute for Satellite Integration Training (NWS) |
| Very Low Frequency |
| WINter Cloud Experiment |
| Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium |
| Wisconsin Ultraviolet PhotoPolarimeter Experiment |
| X-ray Background Survey Spectrometer |
