ALOS: Advanced Land Observing Satellite
AMSR: Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer
APE: Auroral Photography Experiment
AVNIR: Advanced Visible and Near-Infrared Radiometer
CG: Computers and Geosciences
EDITORIA: Earth observation Data InTegration and fusiOn Research InitiAtive
EODRS: Earth observation data retrieval system
EOS: Earth Observing System
ERAP: Earth Resources Aircraft Program
ERSIR: Earth Resources Shuttle Imaging Radar
ERTS: Earth Resources Technology Satellite
ESC: Earth Simulator Center
ESDAC: European Space Data Center
ESRO: European Space Research Organization
GSFC: Goddard Space Flight Center
HiGEM: High Resolution Global Environmental Modelling
IGY: International Geophysical Year
ISAMS: Improved Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder
ISEE: International Sun-Earth Explorer
JOGMEC: Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation
MAGSAT: magnetometer satellite
MERSAT: Meteorology and Earth Observation Satellite
POEM: Polar Orbiting Earth Mission
SSM/I: Special Sensor Microwave/Imager