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m - meter

MA - Mission Archive or Multiple Access

MAC - Media Access Control

MACS - Monitor and Control Subsystem

MAS - MODIS Archive System

MB - Megabyte

Mbps - Megabit per Second

MCS - Monitor and Control Subsystem

MD - Metrics Database

MDA - MacDonald, Dettwiler, and Associates

MDGLS - Mid-Decadal Global Land Survey

MDS - MMO Database System

ME - Memory Effect

MF - Minor Frame

mf  - minor frame

MFPS - Major Frame Processing Subsystem

MGS - MODIS Ground Station

MHz - Megahertz

MISR - Multiangle Imaging SpectroRadiometer

MJF - Major Frame

MLDRCS - Master LDRCS

MLT - Mean Local Time

mm - Millimeter

mm/hr - Millimeters per Hour

MMO - Mission Management Office

MMOIO - Mission Management Office Information Officer

MMOSA - MMO Security Activity

MMOSE - Mission Management Office Systems Engineer

MMR - Mission Requirements Review

MMS - MDGLS Management System or Multimission Modular Spacecraft

MO&DSD - Mission Operations and Data System Directorate

MOA - Memorandum of Agreement

MOC - Mission Operations Center

MODIS - Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer

MODNET - MO&DSD Operational/Development Network

MODTRAN - Moderate Resolution Transmittance atmospheric modeling software

MOPSS - Mission Operations Planning and Scheduling System

MOR - Mission Operations Room

MOU - Memorandum of Understanding

MP - Multi-processor

MPS - MODIS Processing System

MRB - Milestone Review Board

MRR - Mission Requirements Review

ms - millisecond

msb - Most Significant Bit

MSB - Most Significant Byte

MSCD - Mirror Scan Correction Data

MSE - Mission Systems Engineering

MSK - Receive Antenna Horizon Mask Message

MSR - Monthly Status Review

MSS - Multispectral Scanner

MSS-A - Multispectral Scanner - Archive Format

MSS-P - Multispectral Scanner - Processed Format

MSS-X - Multispectral Scanner data, reformatted CCT-X data

MST - Mission Support Team

MTA - Metadata

MTDSS - MS and TM Data Subsetting System

MTF - Modulation Transfer Function

MTFC - Modulation Transfer Function Compensation

MTL - Level 1 Metadata

MTP - Distribution Product Metadata

MTTR - Mean Time to Restore or Mean Time to Repair

mW - milliWatt

MWD - Moving Window Display



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