| Acronym |
Full name |
Comments |
| R |
rayleigh |
| R |
roentger, Richardson, and Rankine (temperature)
|
| R&D |
Research and Development |
| R-Z relationship |
R = precipitation rate, Z = radar reflectivity
|
| R/T |
Receiver/Transmitter |
| RA |
radio antenna |
| RA |
radio active
|
| Ra# |
Raleigh number |
some jobs use R |
| RAAF |
Royal Australian Air Force |
| RACOON |
Radiation Controlled Balloon |
GAMP |
| rad |
radian |
| Radars |
|
AN/FPQ-6 AN/GSN AN/FPQ-16 AN/MPS-19 AN/ASR-7 The
M33, CP-2 The Grover radar The CHILL radar is jointly owned by the University
of Chicago and ISWS |
| RADARSAT |
Radar Satellite |
Canada |
| RADEX |
Radar Experiment |
NWS |
| Radiosonde |
|
For measurements of pressure, temperature, and
water vapor |
| RADM |
Regional Acid Deposition Model |
ASMP |
| RAF |
Research Aviation Facility
| NCAR/ EOL |
| RAFS |
Regional Analysis and Forecast System |
| RAG |
Resource Accounting Group |
| RAID |
Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Disks
| technology |
| rain |
| Precipitation in the form of liquid water drops
that have diameters greater than 0.5 mm or, if widely scattered, the drops
may be smaller. |
| rainbow |
| A circle or from the usual viewpoint an arc of
a circle exhibiting in concentric bands the several colors of the spectrum
and formed opposite of the sun by the refraction and reflection of the sun's
rays in drops of rain. |
| RALI |
Resource and Land Information |
USGS program |
| RAM |
random access memory |
| RAM |
Responsibility Assignment Matrix |
| RAM |
Research application module
| space shuttle program |
| RAM |
Rad Academica de Mexico |
| RAMOS |
Remote Automatic Meteorological Observing Station
| NWS |
| RAMS |
random access measurement system
| GSFC |
| RAMS |
Remote Aerosol-Mapping System |
| RAMS |
Regional Atmospheric Modeling System
| Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO. |
| RAND or Rand |
Research and Development |
All caps if name is used alone, initial cap only
if used in text |
| RANN |
Research Applied to National Needs |
NSF |
| RAOB |
Radiosonde Observation |
| RAOBS |
Radiosonde Observations |
| RAP |
Research Applications Program
| UCAR |
| RAP |
remedial action plan |
| RAPB |
Regional Analysis and Prediction Branch
| FSL |
| RAPS |
Real-Time Analysis and Prediction of Storms |
| RAPS-92 |
Real-Time Analysis and Prediction of Storms-1992
|
| RAPTSTM WX |
Research Applications Program Thunderstorm Weather
|
| RAS |
Retrospective Analysis System |
| RAS |
Royal Astronomical Society
| England |
| RASS |
radio acoustic sounding system |
| RASTER |
(Remote) ASTER, q.v. |
| RATS |
Real-time Aircraft Tracking System |
| Raven |
Rocketborne sounding vehicle |
MRN program |
| RAWINS |
Radio Wind measurements |
electronic radio direction-finding equipment |
| RAWPG |
Regional Aviation Weather Products Generator |
| RAWS |
remote automatic weather station |
| RBV |
Return Beam Vidicon |
| RCA |
Request for Contract Action |
| RCAG |
remote-controlled air-to-ground |
| RCHO |
aldehydes |
| RCM |
WSR-88D Radar Coded Message |
| RCPG |
Research Coordination and Planning Group |
GARP |
| R&D |
Research & Development |
| RDA |
radar data acquisition |
| RDA |
remote database access |
| RDAM |
Radar Data Access and Management format |
| RDAS |
Reflectivity Data Acquisition System |
SODAR, NCAR |
| RDC |
Regional Data Center |
GARP |
| RDCC |
Real-time Display and Coordination Center
| |
| RDF |
Real-data forecast
| GARP |
| RDF |
Radio direction finding |
| RDP |
Research Data Program |
| RDR |
Radar |
| RDSG |
Research Data Support Group |
| RDSS |
Research Data Support System |
FOF/NCAR |
| RDT&E |
Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation |
| RECOURSE |
Revision Control Unifying Related Environments
|
| RegCM |
regional climate model |
| RegCM2 |
Regional Climate Model |
| relative humidity |
| The ratio fo the vapor pressure to the saturation
vapor pressure with respect to water. |
| REREX |
Remote Read-out Experiment |
NWS/NOAA |
| REU |
Research Experiences for Undergraduates |
NSF |
| RF |
radio frequency |
| RFC |
River Forecast Center |
| RFC |
request for comment |
| RFF |
Research Flight Facility
| NOAA |
| RFF |
Resources for the Future |
| RFI |
radio frequency interference |
| RFP |
request for proposal |
| RFQ |
request for quote |
| RFT |
reverse-flow thermometer |
| RGB |
Red, Green, Blue
| color mixing system for color graphics displays
using red, green, and blue as the primary colors |
| RGP |
Reactive Gases and Particles Project |
| RGSP |
Review of Geophysics and Space Physics |
| RH |
relative humidity |
| RHI |
range-height-indicator |
| rhs |
right-hand side |
| Ri# |
Richardson number |
some jobs use R |
| RI |
Research Institute |
| RIB |
Research Internet Backbone |
| RIDDS |
Radar Interface and Data Distribution System |
| RIDGE |
Ridge Interdisciplinary Global Experiment |
| rime |
| A white or milky and opaque granular deposit of
ice formed by the rapid freezing of supercooled water drops as they impinge
upon an exposed object. |
| RINEX |
Receiver Independent Exchange format |
| RISC |
reduced instruction set computer |
| RISE |
Radiative Inputs from Sun to Earth
| NSF |
| RITS |
Radiatively Important Trace Substances |
| RJE |
remote job entry |
| RMC |
RAF Management Council |
| RMC |
Regional Meteorological Center
| GARP |
| rms |
root-mean-square |
| RNG |
Renormalization Group |
| Ro |
solar radius |
| Ro# |
Rossby number |
| Robin |
Falling Balloon Experiment |
MRN program |
| ROC |
Republic of China
| Taiwan |
| ROC |
Regional Observational Cooperative |
| ROCEW |
Role of Clouds, Energy, and Water |
In global change program |
| Rolm |
not an acronym |
Builds airborne, special purpose computers and
phones |
| ROPCOM |
Remote OPCM |
| ROSE |
Rural Oxidants in the Southern Environment
| NCAR, ACD |
| ROSE-AIR |
Rural Ozone in Southern Environment-Aircraft
| NCAR, ACD |
| ROTATE |
Radar Observation of Thunderstorms and Tornadoes
Experiment |
| RPC |
Remote Procedure Call |
| RPG |
Radar Product Generator |
| RPG |
radar products generator |
| RPI |
Rensselaer Polytechnec Institute |
| rpm |
revolutions per minute |
| RPM |
radiation and particles measurement |
TWERLE |
| RPN |
(Division de) Recherche en Precision Numerique
|
AES, Canada |
| RPS |
ranked probability score |
| RPS |
Routine Product Set |
| RR |
Risk Reduction |
| RRB |
Risk Reduction Branch |
| RRWDS |
Radar Remote Weather Display System |
| RSA |
Range Standardization and Augmentation project
| U.S. Space Center |
| RSCS |
Remote Spooling Communications Subsystem |
| RSF |
Remote Sensing Facility
| NCAR, EOL |
| R/T |
Reciever/Transmitter |
| RT/PC |
RISC Technology/Personal Computer |
| RTD |
Regional Transportation Department |
| RTH |
Regional Telecommunications Hubs |
| RTN |
Regional Telecommunications Network |
GARP |
| RTTOV |
Rediative Transfer (RT) model for Television Infrared
Orbiting Satellite (TIROS) Operational Vertical Sounder (TOVS) |
| RTVS |
Real-Time Verification System
| FSL |
| RUC |
Rapid Update Cycle
| FSL |
| RUC-2 |
Second version of the RUC model |
| RUCS |
Rapid Update Cycle Surface |
| RUI |
Research in Undergraduate Institutions |
| RV |
Research Vessel |
GARP |
| RW |
rain showers |
"Meteorological symbol" |
| R-Z relationship |
R = precipitation rate, Z = radar reflectivity
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