McIDAS User's Guide
Version 2017.2
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| Acronym | Definition |
| ABI | Advanced Baseline Imager |
| AHI | Advanced Himawari Imager |
| 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 |
| GVAR | GOES Variable Imager |
| HiRID | High Resolution Image Data |
| HIRS | High resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder |
| HRIT | High Rate Information Transmission |
| HRPT | High Resolution Picture Transmission |
| HSD | Himawari Standard Data |
| INSAT | Indian National Satellite |
| IR | InfraRed |
| LAC | Local Area Coverage |
| MetOp | Meteorological Operational (EUMETSAT Polar System satellite) |
| MHS | Microwave Humidity Sounder |
| MI | Meteorological Imager |
| 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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