| Acronym |
Full name |
Comments |
| S&B |
Salary and Benefits |
| S&R |
Search and Rescue |
| S&T |
Science and Technology |
| S/N |
signal-to-noise ratio
| SNR is also used |
| S/TM |
stratospheric/tropospheric measurements |
| SABL |
Scanning Aerosol Backscatter Lidar
| NCAR, ATD |
| SAC |
Strategic Air Command |
| SAC |
Science Advisory Committee |
| SAC-C |
Argentina's Scientific Applications Satellite |
| SADCC |
South African Development Coordination Conference
|
| SAFARI-2000 |
The Southern African Regional Science Initiative
|
NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center |
| SAFARI |
Southern African Fire-Atmospheric Research Initiative
|
| SAFE |
A Proposed Australian Savanna Fire Experiment |
| SAGE |
Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment |
A satellite experiment of NASA |
| SAI |
sudden auroral intensity |
| SAIC |
Science Applications International Corporation
|
| SAM |
Subsynoptic Advection Model |
| SAM |
sun-angle magnetometer |
| SAM |
Stratospheric Aerosol Measurement
| a satellite instrument |
| 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
| NSF |
| SAR-C |
SAR-C Band |
| SARSAT |
Search and Rescue Satellite-Aided Tracking |
NOAA |
| SAR-X |
SAR-X Band |
| SAS |
small astronomy satellite
| NASA |
| SAS |
statistical analysis system |
| SAV |
state-of-the-atmosphere variable |
| SAVE |
Stratospheric Aerosol Validation Experiment |
| SAVE |
South Atlantic Ventilation Experiment
| U. Miami |
| SAWRS |
Supplementary Aviation Weather Reporting System
|
| SBF |
Scientific Balloon Facility |
Palestine, Texas, also see NSBF |
| SBIR |
Small Business Innovative Research |
| SBUV |
Solar Backscatter Ultrav iolet |
spectrometer |
| SC |
subtropical stratocumulus |
| Scales of motion |
A scale (planetary) 2,000-10,000 km B scale (synoptic)
100-1,000 km C scale (mesoscale) 10-100 km D scale (convective) 1-10 km
|
GARP |
| SCAMS |
Scanning microwave spectrometer |
Nimbus F |
| SCAR |
Scientific Committee for Antarctic Research |
ISCU subcommittee |
| SCAR |
Special Committee for Antarctic Research
| GARP |
| ScaRaB |
Scanner for Radiation Budget |
| SCATE |
Sulfur Chemistry in the Antarctic Troposphere Experiment |
| SCATT |
Scatterometer |
| scatter, same as scattering |
| The process by which matter is excited to radiate
by an external source4 of electromagnetic radiation
|
| SCCCAMP |
South Central Coast Cooperative Aerometric Monitoring
Program |
| SCCM |
Single-column CCM |
| SCD |
Scientific Computing Division
| NCAR |
| SCDUG |
Scientific Computing Division Users Group "scelming",
a process of running older tapes through a computer to check on their condition
|
| SCEP |
Study of Critical Environmental Problems |
Williamstown, 1970 |
| SCF |
standard cubic feet |
| SCGB |
Special Committee for the Geosphere-Biosphere |
| SCM |
Stratospheric circulation model
| GARP |
| SCM |
small core memory |
| SCM |
solar constant monitor |
| SCMS |
Software Configuration Management Section |
| SCO |
subcarrier oscillators |
| SCOPE |
Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment
|
ISCU committee |
| SCOR |
Scientific Committee for Oceanographic Research
|
ICSU subcommittee |
| SCOSTEP |
Scientific Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Physics
|
| SCPP |
Sierra Cooperative Pilot Project |
| SCR |
selective chopper radiometer
| Nimbus E, GARP |
| SCR |
silicon controlled rectifier |
| Scripps |
Scripps Institution of Oceanography |
University of California, P.O. Box 308, La Jolla,
California 92037 |
| SCS |
Soil Conservation Service |
USDC |
| SCSC |
Summer Computer Simulation Conferences |
| SCSI |
Small Computer System Interface |
| SCST |
State Committee on Science & Technology |
USSR |
| SCST |
State Committee on Science & Technology |
USSR |
| SD |
standard deviation |
| SDAM |
Satellite Data Access and Management format |
| SDBE |
Shear-Directed Balloon Experiment |
| SDD |
Systems Development Division
| FSL |
| 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 |
NOAA, NESDIS |
| SDSMT |
South Dakota School of Mines & Technology |
| SDVR |
Single-Doppler Velocity Retrieval |
| SEAB |
Secretary of Energy Advisory Board
| Warren Washington, April 1990 |
| SEAC |
(National Bureau of) Standards Eastern Automatic
Computer |
| SEASAT |
Sea Satellite |
NASA |
| SEAWIFS |
Sea Wide-Field Sensor
|
| SEC |
Securities & Exchange Commission |
| SEC |
Science Executive Committee |
| SEDI |
Structure of the Earth's Deep Interior |
| SEE |
Solar EUV Experiment |
1973 |
| SEL |
Space Environment Laboratory |
NOAA |
| SEAD |
Secretary of Energy Advisory Board |
Warren Washington, 4/90 |
| SEDI |
Structure of the Earth's Deep Interior |
| SEM |
Scanning Electron Microscope |
| SEM |
Space Environment Monitor |
| SEM |
system element management |
| SEQUAL |
Seasonal Equatorial Atlantic Study |
| SERI |
Solar Energy Research Institute |
| SERON |
Southeastern Regional Oxidant Network Program
| UCAR |
| SERP |
Strategic Environmental Research Program |
| SERS |
STORM Education and Research System |
NOAA |
| SERON |
Southeastern Regional Oxidant Network Program |
UCAR |
| SERP |
Strategic Environmental Research Program |
| SESAME |
Second European Stratospheric Arctic and Mid-Latitude
Experiment |
| SESAME |
Severe Environmental Storms and Mesoscale Experiment
|
| SESQUINET |
| Texas-based regional network, named for their sesquicentennial
celebration |
| SESS |
Space Environment Support System
| Air Force, ERL/NOAA, Navy, Universities |
| SETA |
satellite electrostatic triaxial accelerometer
|
| SFC or sfc |
surface |
| SG |
semigeostrophic
| model |
| SG&A |
Sales, General and Administration |
| SGGE |
Second GARP Global Experiment |
| SGI |
Silicon Graphics Inc.
| the name of a high-resolution graphics workstation
manufactured by Silicon Graphics) |
| SGML |
standard generalized markup language |
| SGS |
subgrid scale |
| SH |
Southern Hemisphere |
| SHEBA |
Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic Ocean |
| SHEF |
standard hydrometeorological exchange format |
| SHF |
super high frequency |
3-30 GHz (Gigahertz) |
| SHIRE |
Southern Hemisphere Infrared Experiment |
| SI |
Solar Interiors Section
| HAO |
| SI |
systeme international
| for metrification |
| SIAM |
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
|
| SibIZMIR |
Siberian Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere,
and Radio Propagation |
| SICIMS |
Selected Iron Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry
(or Spectrometer, depending on usage) |
| SID |
sudden ionospheric disturbance |
| SIE |
Scale Interation Equipment |
| SIFE |
Second ISLSCP Field Experiment |
| SIGGRAPH |
Special Interest Group on Graphics of the Association
of Computing Machinery |
| SIGMA |
Software for Interactive Graphics and Model Analysis
|
| SIGMET |
significant meteorological information |
| SIM |
Solar interplanetary model |
HAO, SIM I, SIM II |
| SIO |
Scripps Institution of Oceanography |
University of California at San Diego |
| SIPI |
Scientists' Institute for Public Information, Inc.
|
| SIPRI |
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
|
| SIR |
Shuttle Imaging Radar |
| SIR |
Spaceborne Imaging Radar |
| SIRIS |
Stratospheric Infrared Interferometer Spectrometer
|
| SIRS |
satellite infrared spectrometer |
| SIRS |
Social Issues Resources Services, Inc.
| a publishing company |
| SISEX |
Shuttle Imaging Spectrometer Experiment |
| SISP |
Surface Imaging & Sounding Package |
NASA, EOS |
| SJVAQS |
San Joaquin Valley Air Quality Study |
| SKE |
specific kinetic energy |
| skew T |
| An emagram with the isotherms rotated 45 degrees
clockwise to produce greater separation of isotherms and dry adiabats. |
| SLA |
|
SLA Translation Service, John Crerar Library, 86
Randolph Street Chicago, Illinois |
| SLAC |
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (or Collider)
|
| SLACE |
Surface Layer Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment
|
| SLAP |
Shuttle Laser Altimeter Prototype |
experiment |
| SLAP |
space link access protocol |
| SLAPS |
St. Louis Air Pollution Study |
became FAPS |
| SLAR |
side-looking airborne radar |
| SLATEC |
Sandia-Los Alamos Air Force Weapons Laboratory
Technical |
mathematical software developed by Sandia National
Laboratory, Los Alamos National Lab, and the Air Force Weapons Laboratory
Technical Exchange Committee |
| SLATT |
stratospheric latitudinal and temporal trends (exchange
committee) |
| SLED |
Single Large Expensive Disk |
| SLIP |
Serial Line Internet Protocol |
| SLPA |
Sea-Level Pressure Anomaly |
| SLR |
Satellite Laser Ranging |
| SLP |
sea level pressure |
| SLT |
semi-Lagrangian transport |
| SLU |
Saint Louis University |
| SLW |
supercooled liquid water |
| SMA |
Segnalamento Marittimo ed Aereo |
| SMAGS |
SPAN/MASnet Gateway Server |
| SMART-Radar |
The Shared Mobile Atmospheric Research and Teaching
Radar |
| SME |
Solar Mesosphere Explorer |
| SME |
Stratosphere-Mesosphere Explorer Satellite |
| SMETE |
National SMETE (Science, Math, Engineering and
Technology Education) Digital Library |
| SMG |
Scientific and Management Group |
TEB, GARP, see ISMG |
| SMI |
Solar Magnetism Initiative |
| SMIC |
Study of Man's Impact on Climate |
Stockholm, 1971, sponsored by MIT, hosted by Royal
Swedish Academy of Science |
| SMILE |
Surface Layer Mixed Experiment |
ATD uses Shelf Mixed Layer Experiment |
| Smithsonian |
Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics |
see Harvard/Smithsonian |
| SMM |
Solar Maximum Mission
| 1980s |
| SMMR |
Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer |
| SMOG |
| aerosol studies |
| SMOW |
standard mean ocean water |
| SMRP |
Satellite and Mesometeorology Research Project
|
University of Chicago |
| SMS |
Synchronous Meteorological Satellite |
GARP |
| SMS |
Scalable Modeling System
| FSL |
| SMSC |
Shared-Memory Supercomputer systems |
| SMTP |
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol |
| SND |
skewed normal distribution |
| snow |
| Precipitation composed of white or translucent
ice crystals. |
| SNMP |
Simple Network Management Protocol |
| SNR |
signal-to-noise ratio |
S/N is also used |
| SOAP |
Simple Object Access Protocol |
| SOARS |
Significant Opportunities in Atmospheric Research
and Science
| NCAR |
| SOCRATES |
Simulation of Chemistry, Radiation & Transport
of Environmentally Important Species |
| SODAR |
Sonic backscatter technique for measuring wind
profiles |
| SOFAR |
Sound, Far, and Ranging |
Long-range ranging technique using the sound channel
and underwater floats |
| SOHO |
Solar and Heliosphysical Observatory |
| SOI |
solar oscillations imager |
| SOI/MDI |
Solar Oscillations Imager/Michelson Doppler imager
|
| soil air |
| The air and other gases in spaces in the soil.
|
| SOLAR-B |
| (Not an acronym Ð refers to satellite whose mission
is to understand the physical processes responsible for dynamics and heating
of the outer solar atmosphere, B is the 2nd generation) |
| soliton |
solitary wave
| has been in use since early 1960's |
| SOLRAD |
NASA satellite |
| SOLSTICE |
Solar/Stellar Irradiance Comparison Experiment
|
NASA/UARS |
| SOLSTICE |
Solar/Stellar Intercomparison Experiment |
| SOLVE |
SAGE Ozone Loss Validation Experiment
| Kiruna, Sweden |
| SONIC |
SPAN Ocean Network Information Center |
| SOO |
Science and Operations Officer |
| SOO/SAC |
Science and Operations Officer/Scientific Applications
Computer
| NWS |
| SOPAC |
Scripps Orbit and Permanent Array Center |
| SOR |
Successive Over Relaxation |
| SOS |
Southern Oxidant Study |
EPA,1988-1999 |
| SOS |
Swiss Oxidant Study
| 1993 |
| SPACE |
Satellite Precipitaion and Cloud Experiment |
Alabama |
| SPAN |
Space Physics Analysis Network |
NASA |
| SPANDAR |
Space Range Radar |
| SPAR |
Spaceborne Rawinsonde |
| SPARC |
Stratospheric Processes and Their Role
in Climate |
| SPAWAR |
Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command |
| SPC |
small particle count (or counter) |
| SPC |
Sector Processing Center |
| SPC |
Storm Prediction Center |
| SPEC |
Scientific Programs Evaluation Committee |
UCAR |
| SPEC |
Strategic Planning and Evaluation Committee |
| SPECMAP |
Spectral Mapping
| of climate parameters |
| SPIE |
Society of Photo-optical Engineers |
| SPIE |
International Society for Optical Engineering |
| SPIRES |
Stanford Physics Information Retrieval System |
data base catalog management system |
| SPL |
SLATEC Plotting Library |
| SPO |
Sacramento Peak Observatory |
| S-POL |
S-band Dual Polarization Doppler Radar |
| SPOT |
Systeme pour l'Observation de la Terre (France)
|
NCAR, ATD uses Systeme Probatoire d'Observation
de la Terre |
| SPPS |
System Plot Package Simulator
| NCAR Graphics |
| SPRINT |
sorted position radar interpolator |
| SPTVAR |
Special Purpose Test Vehicle for Atmospheric Research
|
| Sq |
Solar quiet |
| S&R |
Search and Rescue |
| SR |
scanning radiometer |
ITOS |
| sr |
steradian |
| SRC |
Science Research Council |
United Kingdom |
| SRES |
Special Report on Emissions Scenarios |
| SRON |
Space Research Organization of the Netherlands
|
| SRRS |
Service Record Retention System |
| SSAI |
Science Systems Applications Incorporated |
Greenbelt, Maryland |
| SSB |
single sideband |
| SSB |
Soaring Society of Boulder |
| SSBLIM |
Snow Shading Boundary Layer Interaction Measurement
|
| SSC |
Scientific Steering Committee |
| SSC |
Superconducting Super Collider |
| ssc's |
sudden storm commencements |
| SSCE |
Surface Ship Cloud Effects project |
| SSD |
solid-state disk |
| SSD |
Cray's Solid-state Storage Device on the CRAY X-MP/48
computer |
| SSEC |
Space Science and Engineering Center |
University of Wisconsin, Madison, designer of the
McIDAS and Unidata PC-McIDAS software |
| SSI |
Strategic Simulation Initiative |
| SSL |
Space Sciences Laboratory
| University of California, Berkeley |
| SSM/I |
Special Sensor Microwave Imager |
| SSM/I |
Special Sensor for Microwave/Imaging |
| SSM/R |
Special Sensor Microwave Radiometer |
| SSM/T |
Special Sensor Microwave Temperature |
| SSS |
Safety and Site Services |
| SSS |
software segment specification |
| SSSF |
Surface Sounding Systems Facility |
NCAR, ATD |
| SST |
sea surface temperature |
| SSTs |
sea surface temperatures |
| SST |
scalable spectral tool
| component of the Scalable Modeling System |
| SST |
Supersonic Transport |
| SSTs |
sea surface temperatures |
| SSU |
Stratospheric Sounding Unit |
| STA |
System Technology Associates, Inc. |
| STAC |
Scientific and Technological Activities Commission
|
AMS |
| STACS |
Subtropical Atlantic Climate Studies |
| STAMP |
Second Thunderstorm and Microburst Project |
| STARE |
Southern Tropical Atlantic Regional Experiment
|
| STC |
Sensitivity Time Control |
radars |
| STC |
Society for Technical Communication |
| STD |
salinity, temperature, and depth
| standard oceanographic measurements |
| STEM |
Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics
|
| STEM |
scanning-transmission electron microscope |
| STEP |
Stratosphere-Troposphere Exchange Project |
| STEP |
Solar Terrestrial Energy Program |
| STEPS |
Severe Thunderstorm Electrification and Precipitation
Study |
| STERAO |
Stratosphere-Troposphere Experiments: Radiation,
Aerosols, and Ozone |
| STF |
Short-Term Forecast |
| STI |
Scientific & Technical Information |
see DDC |
| STIP |
Study of Traveling Interplanetary Phenomena |
| STIWG |
Satellite Telemtry Interagency Working Group |
| STJ |
subtropical jet |
| STK |
StorageTek |
| STL |
Space Technology Laboratory, Inc. |
Los Angeles, CA |
| STOL |
short takeoff and landing |
| STORM |
Stormscale Operational and Research Meteorology
|
name change 3/92 to United States Weather Research
Program |
| STORM DAWG |
STORM Data Assimilation Working Group |
| STORM-FEST |
STORM Fronts Experiment Systems Test |
| STP |
solar terrestrial physics |
| STP
| standard temperature and pressure |
| STRADAP |
storm radar data processor |
| STRATCOM |
Stratospheric Composition Experiment |
Sandia Lab and WSMR's Atmospheric Science Lab |
| STRATEX |
Stratocumulus Experiment |
| STRATRAD |
Strategic Management of Research and Development
|
| STSP |
Solar Terrestrial Science Programme |
| STREX |
Storm Transfer and Response Experiment |
QMR, 9/79 |
| STS |
Seasonal Transition Simulation
| GARP |
| STS |
Space Transportation System |
| STSP |
Solar Terrestrial Science Programme |
| STT |
Small Tactical Terminal
| U.S. Air Force |
| SUB-MM |
Submillimeter Spectrometer |
| SUDOOS |
Sun/UNIX DICOMED Online Operating System |
| SUDS |
System for User Editing and Display of Soundings
|
| SunRISE |
Radiative Input from the Sun to the Earth Program
|
| SUNY |
The State University of New York
| Stony Brook |
| SUNYA |
State University of New York, Albany |
| SUPERNET |
Colorado-based state network
| named for the intent to be a super network |
| SURANET |
Southeastern Universities Research Association
Network |
| surrogate |
| to put in place of another |
| SUSIM |
Solar Ultraviolet Spectral Irradiance Monitor |
NASA/UARS |
| SVAT |
surface vegetation- atmosphere transfer |
| SVG |
Scientific Visualization Group |
| SVHS |
super video-home system |
| SVP |
Surface Velocity Program |
| SVT |
simulated variable thickness |
| SW/HW |
Software/Hardware |
| SWAP |
Severe Weather Avoidance Program |
| SWARS |
Supplementary Aviation Weather Reporting Station
|
| SWCP |
South West Cooperative Program |
| SWE |
Snow-Water Equivalent |
| SWEAT |
Severe Weather Threat |
| SWIRLS |
Stratospheric Wind Infrared Limb Sounder |
| SWIS |
Satellite Weather Information Systems |
NOAA |
| SWS |
Solar Weather Seminar |
NCAR, HAO |
| SYDNEY 2000 |
Olympics in Sydney, Australia in the year 2000
|
| SYNOPS |
Synoptic Ocean Prediction Study |
| SZOLD |
skewed zeroth order logaorithmic distribution function
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