AAI: Absorbing Aerosol Index
AI: Aerosol Index
AIRS: Atmospheric Infrared Sounder
AVHRR: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
BTD: Brightness Temperature Difference
CALIOP: Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization
DOAS: Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy
ESA: European Space Agency
FTIR: Fourier-Transform Infrared
GOES: Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
GOME: Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment
IASI: Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer
IR: Infrared
MLS: Microwave Limb Sounder
MSG: Meteosat Second Generation
MODIS: Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
NASA: National Aeronautical and Space Administration
NOAA: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
OCO: Orbiting Carbon Observatory
OMI: Ozone Monitoring Instrument
POES: Polar-Orbiting Environmental Satellite
SEVIRI: Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager
UV: Ultraviolet