McIDAS User's Guide
Version 2012.2

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Acronyms

Acronym Definition
AIRS Atmospheric Infrared Sounder
AMSU Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit
AVHRR Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
CHRPT Color High Resolution Picture Transmission
EOS Earth Observing System
FY Fengyun (Chinese satellite series)
GAC Global Area Coverage
GMS Geostationary Meteorological Satellite
GOES Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
HiRID High Resolution Image Data
HIRS High resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder
HRIT High Rate Information Transmission
HRPT High Resolution Picture Transmission
IR InfraRed
LAC Local Area Coverage
MetOp Meteorological Operational (EUMETSAT Polar System satellite)
MHS Microwave Humidity Sounder
MODIS MODerate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
MSG Meteosat Second Generation
MSI MultiSpectral Imagery
MSU Microwave Sounding Unit
MTSAT Multi-functional Transport SATellite
MVISR Multichannel Visible and InfraRed Scan Radiometer
NIR Near InfraRed
NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
POES Polar Operational Environmental Satellite
S-VISSR Stretched Visible and Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer
SEVIRI Spinning Enhanced Visible and InfraRed Imager
TIP TIROS Information Processor
VAS VISSR Atmospheric Sounder
VHRR Very High Resolution Radiometer
VIS VISible
VISSR Visible and InfraRed Spin Scan Radiometer
WV Water Vapor

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