FIRMS FAQ Acronyms

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Acronym	Definition
ABI	Advanced Baseline Imager
AHI	Advanced Himawari Imager
BT	Brightness Temperature
CAMS	Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service
CMG	Climate Modeling Grid
EROS	Earth Resources Observation and Science Center
EUMETSAT	European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites
FIRMS	Fire Information for Resource Management System
FRP	Fire Radiative Power
GIBS	Global Imagery Browse Services
GOES	Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
HLS	Harmonized Landsat-Sentinel 2
IPMA	Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera
IMPACT	Interagency Implementation and Advanced Concepts Team (NASA)
JAXA	Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
KCL	King's College, London
KMZ	Keyhole Markup Language
LANCE	Land, Atmosphere Near real-time Capability for Earth Observations (EO)
LSA SAF	Land Surface Analysis Satellite Application Facility
MODIS	Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
MSI	MultiSpectral Instrument
NOAA	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NRT	Near Real-Time
OLI	Operational Land Imager
OMPS	Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite
RT	Real-Time
SEVIRI	Spinning Enhanced Visible and InfraRed Imager
SSEC	Space Science and Engineering Center
Suomi NPP	Suomi National Polar orbiting Partnership
URT	Ultra Real-Time
USGS	United States Geological Survey
VIIRS	Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite