Atmospheric Research Center Acronyms

Alphabetical Listing of Atmospheric Research Center Acronyms

• RUCS — Rapid Update Cycle Surface
• RUI — Research In Undergraduate Institutions
• RV — Research Vessel
• RW — Rain Showers
• S&B — Salary And Benefits
• S&R — Search And Rescue
• S&R — Search And Rescue
• S&T — Science And Technology
• S-POL — S-band Dual Polarization Doppler Radar
• S/N — Signal-to-noise Ratio
• S/TM — Stratospheric/tropospheric Measurements
• SABL — Scanning Aerosol Backscatter Lidar
• SAC — Strategic Air Command
• SAC — Science Advisory Committee
• SAC-C — Argentina’s Scientific Applications Satellite
• SADCC — South African Development Coordination Conference
• SAFARI — Southern African Fire-Atmospheric Research Initiative
• SAFARI-2000 — The Southern African Regional Science Initiative
• SAFE — A Proposed Australian Savanna Fire Experiment
• SAGE — Stratospheric Aerosol And Gas Experiment
• SAI — Sudden Auroral Intensity
• SAIC — Science Applications International Corporation
• SAM — Subsynoptic Advection Model
• SAM — Sun-angle Magnetometer
• SAM — Stratospheric Aerosol Measurement
• SAM I — Sensing With Active Microwaves
• SAMS — Stratospheric And Mesospheric Sounder
• SAO — Surface Airways Observation
• SAO — Semiannual Oscillation
• SAR — Synthetic Aperture Radar
• SAR — Subcommittee On Atmospheric Research
• SAR-C — SAR-C Band
• SAR-X — SAR-X Band
• SARSAT — Search And Rescue Satellite-Aided Tracking
• SAS — Small Astronomy Satellite
• SAS — Statistical Analysis System
• SAV — State-of-the-atmosphere Variable
• SAVE — Stratospheric Aerosol Validation Experiment
• SAVE — South Atlantic Ventilation Experiment
• SAWRS — Supplementary Aviation Weather Reporting System
• SBF — Scientific Balloon Facility
• SBIR — Small Business Innovative Research
• SBUV — Solar Backscatter Ultrav Iolet
• SC — Subtropical Stratocumulus
• SCAMS — Scanning Microwave Spectrometer
• SCAR — Scientific Committee For Antarctic Research
• SCAR — Special Committee For Antarctic Research
• SCARAB — Scanner For Radiation Budget
• SCATE — Sulfur Chemistry In The Antarctic Troposphere Experiment
• SCATT — Scatterometer
• SCCCAMP — South Central Coast Cooperative Aerometric Monitoring Program
• SCCM — Single-column CCM
• SCD — Scientific Computing Division
• SCDUG — Scientific Computing Division Users Group Scelming
• SCEP — Study of Critical Environmental Problems
• SCF — Standard Cubic Feet
• SCGB — Special Committee For The Geosphere-Biosphere
• SCM — Stratospheric Circulation Model
• SCM — Small Core Memory
• SCM — Solar Constant Monitor
• SCMS — Software Configuration Management Section
• SCO — Subcarrier Oscillators
• SCOPE — Scientific Committee On Problems of The Environment
• SCOR — Scientific Committee For Oceanographic Research
• SCOSTEP — Scientific Committee On Solar-Terrestrial Physics
• SCPP — Sierra Cooperative Pilot Project
• SCR — Selective Chopper Radiometer
• SCR — Silicon Controlled Rectifier
• SCS — Soil Conservation Service
• SCSC — Summer Computer Simulation Conferences
• SCSI — Small Computer System Interface
• SCST — State Committee On Science & Technology
• SCST — State Committee On Science & Technology
• SD — Standard Deviation
• SDAM — Satellite Data Access And Management Format
• SDBE — Shear-Directed Balloon Experiment
• SDD — Systems Development Division
• SDF — Shared Data Facility
• SDHS — Satellite Data Handling System
• SDM — Suit of Software For UNIX-based Computing Platforms
• SDM — Scientific Data Management
• SDS — Solar Disk Sextant
• SDS — Scientific Data Systems
• SDSC — San Diego Supercomputing Center
• SDSD — Satellite Data Services Division
• SDSMT — South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
• SDVR — Single-Doppler Velocity Retrieval
• SEAB — Secretary of Energy Advisory Board
• SEAC — (National Bureau Of) Standards Eastern Automatic Computer
• SEAD — Secretary of Energy Advisory Board
• SEASAT — Sea Satellite
• SEAWIFS — Sea Wide-Field Sensor
• SEC — Securities & Exchange Commission
• SEC — Science Executive Committee
• SEDI — Structure of The Earth’s Deep Interior
• SEDI — Structure of The Earth’s Deep Interior
• SEE — Solar EUV Experiment
• SEL — Space Environment Laboratory
• SEM — Scanning Electron Microscope
• SEM — Space Environment Monitor