Solar radiation enters the Earth's atmosphere with a portion being scattered by clouds and aerosols.

Processing, archiving and distributing Earth science data
at the NASA Langley Research Center

Glossary

Glossary of Terms and Acronyms

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W X

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m

meter

MAPS

Measurement of Atmospheric Pollution from Satellites

MAS

MODIS Airborne Simulator

MB

megabyte (10^6)

mb

millibar

Media

Physical means of distributing data (e.g., tapes, CD-ROMS).

Metadata

Descriptive information pertaining to data sets. This includes data set descriptions in directories, guides, and inventories, plus any additional information that defines the relationships among them.

METEOSAT

Geosynchronous Meteorology Satellite (ESA)

MFOV

Medium Field of View

MFSC

Marshall Space Flight Center

MIR

Multispectral Imaging Radiometer

MISR

Multi-angle Imaging Spectro-Radiometer

mm

millimeter

MODIS

Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectrometer

MOPITT

Measurement Of Pollution In The Troposphere

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