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UAV—Whenever possible, use this introductory phrase: robotic aircraft, also known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)
UCAR—Use alone, rather than UCAR/NCAR, whenever practical.
UCAR member institutions—Refrain from using "UCAR universities," since some members (e.g., Woods Hole, Scripps) aren't universities. See current list.
UCARline
UCARnet
under way—two words
UNEP—United Nations Environment Programme (preserve the European spelling)
Unidata—This is not an acronym.
UNInet—a national data-transmission network
United Kingdom—use England, Scotland, Wales, etc. But Canada, Russia, and the United Kingdom for a list of countries including more than one political subdivision of the UK. [revised 2/00]
university names—Do not use "The" with names, even when they do (The Johns Hopkins University). Otherwise, follow their style (e.g., State University of New York at Stony Brook but University of California, Berkeley). Always give full name on first use; if you want to abbreviate, follow standard rule for abbreviations and acronyms. Note that "University at Albany, State University of New York" is the preferred name for the university formerly known as SUNY-Albany. The spellout for a multicampus institution takes an en dash, e.g., University of Wisconsin–Madison, but hyphenate UW-Madison. [updated 02/02]
units of measure—normally given only once: between 5 and 7 km; at 80, 50, and 30 mb. See also "metric units," "abbreviations."
UNIX—all caps (computer operating system). But note Linux takes initial cap.
upwind—takes "from," not "of": upwind from the site
URLs—For print media, drop "http://"—thus www.ncar.ucar.edu/communications. Preserve for news releases and other online media: http://www.ncar.ucar.edu/communications. Always drop final slash (not www.ncar.ucar.edu/communications/). [01-03]
U.S.—Use adjectivally (the U.S. contribution to this experiment) but not as a noun (the United States will provide).
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