| BOA |
Bottom Of Atmosphere |
| Cal / Val |
Calibration / Validation |
| CC |
Coordinating Centre |
| CEOS |
Committee on Earth Observation Satellites |
| CMOS |
Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor |
| CSM |
Calibration and Shutter Mechanism |
| DEM |
Digital Elevation Model |
| ECMWF |
European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts |
| ESA |
European Space Agency |
| ESL |
Expert Support Laboratories |
| FOS |
Flight Operation Segment |
| FT |
Fourier Transform |
| GCP |
Ground Control Point |
| GIPP |
Ground Image Processing Parameter |
| GML |
Geography Mark-up Language |
| GPP |
Ground Prototype Processor |
| GRI |
Global Reference Image |
| GSD |
Ground Sampling Distance |
| IAS |
Image Algorithmic Software |
| IQP |
Image Quality Processor |
| JPEG |
Joint Photographic Experts Group |
| Mbit/s |
Megabit per second |
| MCT |
Mercury Cadmium Telluride |
| MPC |
Mission Performance Centre |
| MSI |
Multi Spectral Instrument |
| MSLP |
Mean Sea Level Pressure |
| MTF |
Modulation Transfer Function |
| NRT |
Near Real Time |
| NUC |
Non Uniformity Coefficient |
| OBCD |
On-Board Configuration Data |
| OGCD |
On Ground Configuration Data |
| OLQC |
OnLine Quality Control |
| PDD |
Products Document Definition |
| PDGS |
Payload Data Ground Segment |
| PDI |
Product Data Item |
| QA4EO |
Quality Assurance Framework for Earth Observation |
| ROI |
Region Of Interest |
| SDR |
Surface Directional Reflectance |
| SPOT |
Satellite Pour l'Observation de la Terre |
| SR |
Surface Reflectance |
| SRTM |
Shuttle Radar Topographic Mission |
| SWIR |
Short Wave Infrared |
| TCO3 |
Total Column Ozone |
| TCWV |
Total Column Water Vapour |
| TMA |
Three-Mirror Anastigmat |
| TOA |
Top Of Atmosphere |
| UTM |
Universal Transverse Mercator |
| VNIR |
Visible and Near Infrared |
| WICOM |
Wavelets Image Compression Module |
| WGS84 |
World Geodetic System 1984 |
| XML |
Extensible Mark-up Language |