.. _acronyms:

List of Acronyms
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Acronym          Definition
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ACN              Alternating Column Noise
ADC              Analog-Digital Converter
CCD              Charge-Coupled Device
CDM              Charge Distortion Model
CMOS             Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
CTI              Charge Transfer Inefficiency
FLI              Finger Lakes Instruments
FPN              Fixed-pattern noise
GUI              Graphical User Interfase
MCS              MIMA Control Software
MCT              Mercury Cadmium Telluride (HgCdTe)

MDPS             MIMA Data Processing Software 
MIMA             Multi-spectral Imager of Mesopause Airglow

OS               Operating System
PNRU             Photo-Response Non-Uniformity
PSF              Point Spread Function
QE               Quantum Efficiency
RTG              Random Telegraph Noise
SNR              Signal-to-Noise Ratio
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