| ASCII |
American Standard Coded Information Interchange |
| AVHRR |
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer |
| BPI |
Bytes Per Inch |
| CCT |
Computer Compatible Tape |
| CEMSCS |
Central EnvironMental Satellite Computer System |
| CRAD |
Climate Research and Applications Division |
| CVI |
Calibrated Vegetation Index |
| DPSS |
Data Processing and Services Subsystem |
| DVI |
Scaled Difference Vegetation Index |
| EBCDIC |
Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code |
| GAC |
Global Area Coverage |
| GVI |
Global Vegetation Index |
| HRPT |
High Resolution Picture Transmission |
| IPD |
Information Processing Division |
| IR |
Infrared |
| K |
Kelvin |
| LAC |
Local Area Coverage |
| LSB |
Least Significant Bit |
| LST |
Local Solar Time |
| Mbytes |
Megabytes |
| MSB |
Most Significant Bit |
| N/A |
Not Available |
| NCDC |
National Climatic Data Center (NOAA) |
| NDVI |
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index |
| NESDIS |
National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service |
| NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| ORA |
Office of Research and Applications |
| OSDPD |
Office of Satellite Data Processing and Distribution |
| PWI |
Precipitable Water Index |
| QC |
Quality/Cloud |
| SCA |
Scan Angle |
| SDSD |
Satellite Data Services Division |
| SSB |
Satellite Services Branch |
| SZA |
Solar Zenith Angle |
| URL |
Uniform Resource Locator |
| UTC |
Coordinated Universal Time |
| WWW |
World Wide Web |
Introduction Page,
GVI Guide TOC, Cover Page, Acknowledgments, Disclaimer,