| ALADIN | Atmospheric Laser Doppler Instrument |
| HLOS | Horizontal Line of Sight Wind |
| ADM-Aeolus | Atmospheric Dynamics Mission |
| BP | Backpropagation |
| ICON | Ionospheric Connection Explorer |
| MIGHTI | Michelson Interferometer for Global High-resolution Thermospheric Imaging |
| ESA | European Space Agency |
| DWL | Doppler Wind LiDAR |
| MOPA | Master Oscillator Power Amplifier |
| QC | Quality Control |
| MSE | Mean Squared Error |
| RMSE | Root Mean Squared Error |
| MAE | Mean Absolute Error |