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
VAS

VISSR Atmospheric Sounder

The development of EOSDIS will be evolutionary in nature and will be built in a series of versions to facilitate change by incorporating existing technologies, scientific expertise, operational experience, facilities, and supporting infrastructure. The first step in this evolutionary process is EOSDIS Version 0 -- a working prototype.

VIM

VISSR Multiplexor/Modulator

VIS

Visible
Radiation with a wavelength from 0.4 to 0.7 micrometers.

Visible and Infrared Spin-Scan Radiometer