List of Acronyms

Acronym	Definition
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