DMI： Danish Meteorological Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark
DMSP： Defense Meteorological Satellite Program
ENVISAT： Environmental Satellite
EO： Earth Observation (normally meaning the use of space borne data)
FMA： Finnish Maritime Administration, Helsinki, Finland
FMI： Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
FIMR： Finnish Institute of Marine Research, Helsinki, Finland
JERS： Japan Earth Remote sensing Satellite
MSC： Murmansk Sipping Company, Murmansk, Russia
NIC： National/Naval Ice Center
NSIDC： National Snow and Ice Data Center
OSIMS： Operational Sea Ice Monitoring by Satellites in Europe
SAR： Synthetic Aperture Radar
SLAR： Side Looking Airborne Radar
SPOT： System Pourl' Observation de la Terri
SSM/I： Special Sensor Microwave Imager
VHRR： Very High Resolution Radiometer
WMO： World Meteorological Organization
