| XBSS | X-ray Background Survey Spectrometer | - | Scuba Diving |
| WUPPE | Wisconsin Ultraviolet PhotoPolarimeter Experiment | - | Scuba Diving |
| WSGC | Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium | - | Scuba Diving |
| WINCE | WINter Cloud Experiment | - | Scuba Diving |
| VLF | Very Low Frequency | - | Scuba Diving |
| VISIT | Virtual Institute For Satellite Integration Training (NWS) | - | Scuba Diving |
| VISAD | Visualization For Algorithm Development | - | Scuba Diving |
| VIS5D | Visualization Of Five-Dimensional Data | - | Scuba Diving |
| VAS | VISSR Atmospheric Sounder (launch | - | Scuba Diving |
| V | Volts | - | Scuba Diving |
| UV | UltraViolet | - | Scuba Diving |
| UHF | Ultra High Frequency | - | Scuba Diving |
| UFO | Unidentified Flying Object | - | Scuba Diving |
| TOVS | TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder | - | Scuba Diving |
| TOS | TIROS Operational Satellite | - | Scuba Diving |
| TMR | TOPEX Microwave Radiometer (EOS) | - | Scuba Diving |
| TIROS | Television InfraRed Observation Satellite (POES) | - | Scuba Diving |
| TES | Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (EOS) | - | Scuba Diving |
| SWAMP | Science Working Group For The AM Platform (EOS) | - | Scuba Diving |
| STEP | Satellite Technology Education Program (WSGC) | - | Scuba Diving |
| SSU | Stratospheric Sounding Unit (TOVS) | - | Scuba Diving |
| SSEC | Space Science And Engineering Center | - | Scuba Diving |
| SHARP | Summer High School Apprenticeship Research Program (NASA) | - | Scuba Diving |
| SDS | Satellite Data Services | - | Scuba Diving |
| SBUV | Solar Backscatter UltraViolet Radiometer (EOS) | - | Scuba Diving |
| SAGE | Stratospheric Aerosol And Gas Experiment (EOS) | - | Scuba Diving |
| SAFIRE | Spectroscopy Of The Atmosphere Using Far InfraRed Emission | - | Scuba Diving |
| SAB | Satellite Applications Branch (old. NESDIS) | - | Scuba Diving |
| S-HIS | Scanning High Resolution Interferometer Sounder | - | Scuba Diving |
| RAOB | RAdiosonde OBservation | - | Scuba Diving |
| PV | PhotoVoltaic | - | Scuba Diving |
| PPM | Part Per Million | - | Scuba Diving |
| POES | Polar Operational Environmental Satellite | - | Scuba Diving |
| PIFTS | Planetary Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer | - | Scuba Diving |
| OSSE | Office Of Space Science Education (SSEC) | - | Scuba Diving |
| OSS | Office Of Space Science (NASA) | - | Scuba Diving |
| OSO | Orbiting Solar Observatory | - | Scuba Diving |
| OAO | Orbiting Astronomical Observatory | - | Scuba Diving |
| NWS | National Weather Service (NOAA) | - | Scuba Diving |
| NPOESS | National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System | - | Scuba Diving |
| NOAASIS | NOAA Satellite Information System | - | Scuba Diving |
| NOAA | National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration | - | Scuba Diving |
| NEXRAD | NEXt Generation RADar | - | Scuba Diving |
| NESDIS | National Environmental Satellite | - | Scuba Diving |
| NCEP | National Centers For Environmental Prediction (form. NMC; NWS Center) | - | Scuba Diving |
| NCDC | National Climatic Data Center | - | Scuba Diving |
| NCAR | National Center For Atmospheric Research | - | Scuba Diving |
| NASDA | National Space Development Agency (Japan) | - | Scuba Diving |
| NASA | National Aeronautics And Space Administration | - | Scuba Diving |
| MSS | Multi-Spectral Scanner | - | Scuba Diving |
| MSLP | MSL Pressure | - | Scuba Diving |
| MSL | Mean Sea Level | - | Scuba Diving |
| MSG | Meteosat Second Generation | - | Scuba Diving |
| MOPITT | Measurements Of Pollution In The Troposphere (EOS) | - | Scuba Diving |
| MODIS-N | MODerate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer-Nadir (EOS) | - | Scuba Diving |
| MODIS | MODerate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (EOS) | - | Scuba Diving |
| MLS | Microwave Limb Sounder (EOS) | - | Scuba Diving |
| MISR | Multi-angle Imaging Spectro-Radiometer (EOS) | - | Scuba Diving |
| MHZ | MegaHertz | - | Scuba Diving |
| METEOSAT | METEOrological SATellite (European) | - | Scuba Diving |
| MCIDAS | Man Computer Interactive Data Access System | - | Scuba Diving |
| MB/S | Megabytes Per Second | - | Scuba Diving |
| MB OR MB | Megabytes (or Megabits) | - | Scuba Diving |
| MB | Millibar(s) | - | Scuba Diving |
| MAS | MODIS Airborne Simulator | - | Scuba Diving |
| MAMS | Multispectral Atmospheric Mapping Sensor | - | Scuba Diving |
| M | Meter(s) | - | Scuba Diving |
| LIDAR | LIght Detection And Ranging | - | Scuba Diving |
| LED | Light Emitting Diode | - | Scuba Diving |
| LAWS | Laser Atmospheric Wind Sounder (EOS) | - | Scuba Diving |
| LASER | Light Amplification By Stimulated Emission Of Radiation | - | Scuba Diving |
| LAKE-ICE | Lake-Induced Convection Experiment | - | Scuba Diving |
| KSC | Kennedy Space Center | - | Scuba Diving |
| KM | Kilometer | - | Scuba Diving |
| KB/S | Kilobits Per Second | - | Scuba Diving |
| K | Kilo | - | Scuba Diving |
| JSC | Johnson Space Center (NASA | - | Scuba Diving |
| JPL | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | - | Scuba Diving |
| ITS | Interferometer Thermal Sounder (HIS) | - | Scuba Diving |
| ITOS | Improved Television And Infrared Observation Satellite (1970s) | - | Scuba Diving |
| IRIS | Infrared Radiation Interferometer Spectrometer (1960s) | - | Scuba Diving |
| IMG | Interferometric Monitor For Greenhouse Gases | - | Scuba Diving |
| IMAPP | International MODIS/AIRS Processing Package | - | Scuba Diving |
| IES | Institute For Environmental Studies (UW) | - | Scuba Diving |
| HZ | Hertz | - | Scuba Diving |
| HST | Hubble Space Telescope | - | Scuba Diving |
| HSRL | High Spectral Resolution Lidar | - | Scuba Diving |
| HSB | Humidity Sounder For Brazil | - | Scuba Diving |
| HRIR | High Resolution Infrared Radiometer | - | Scuba Diving |
| HIS | High-resolution Interferometer Sounder | - | Scuba Diving |
| HIRS | High-resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder | - | Scuba Diving |
| HIRIS | HIgh-Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (EOS) | - | Scuba Diving |
| HIRES | HIgh RESolution | - | Scuba Diving |
| HIRDLS | HIgh-Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder (EOS) | - | Scuba Diving |
| HIMSS | HIgh-resolution Microwave Spectrometer Sounder | - | Scuba Diving |
| H2O | Water (vapor) | - | Scuba Diving |
| GPS | Global Positioning System | - | Scuba Diving |
| GOES | Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite | - | Scuba Diving |
| GMT | Greenwich Mean Time (repl. By UTC) | - | Scuba Diving |
| GMS | Geostationary Meteorological Satellite | - | Scuba Diving |