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Acronym |
Full name |
Comments |
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U Mass |
University of Massachusetts |
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U.S./JC |
United States/Japan Cooperation
| a committee, WOR is on it |
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UAC |
United Aircraft Corporation |
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UAO |
upper atmosphere observatory |
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UARC |
Upper Atmosphere Research Corporation |
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UARS |
Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite |
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UAV |
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles |
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UCAID |
University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development |
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UCAR |
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research |
a nonprofit corporation comprising a consortium
of universities involved with atmospheric research, governing body for NCAR,
incorporated in 1960 in Delaware then later moved corporate headquarters
to Colorado |
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UCAR |
Unmanned Combat Armed Rotorcraft |
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UCARF |
UCAR Foundation |
UCAR is University Corporation for Atmospheric
Research |
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UCARIP or UIP |
UCAR Intellectual Property |
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UCARIPO |
UCAR Intellectual Property Officer |
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UCARnet |
University Cooperation for Atmospheric Research
Network
| a Local Area Network linking together the divisions
of NCAR and UCAR projects in Boulder County |
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UCARSOFT |
UCAR Software |
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UCARTS |
UCAR Trade Secrets |
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UCLA |
University of California at Los Angeles |
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UCP |
UCAR Community Programs |
Formerly UOP, UCAR Office of Programs |
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UCSB |
University of California at Santa Barbara |
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UCSD |
University of California at San Diego |
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UEDS |
Unidata Experimental Data Service
| UCAR |
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UF |
Universal Format |
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UGGI |
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see IUGG |
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UGV |
Unmanned Ground Vehicles |
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UH |
University of Hawaii |
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UHF |
ultra-high frequency |
300-3,000 MHz |
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Uhuru |
| first orbiting X-ray satellite |
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UHV |
Use An Ultrahigh Vacuum |
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UI |
Unit of Issue |
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UIC |
Unit Identification Code |
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UICP |
Uniform Inventory Control Program |
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UID |
User Identification |
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UIL |
upper interval limit |
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UIPPA |
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see IUPAP |
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UI/UM Price |
Unit of Issue/Unit of Measure Price |
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UK AEA |
United Kingdom Atmomic Energy Authority |
Culham Laboratory |
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UKAERE |
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Research Establishment |
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UKMO |
United Kingdom Meteorological Office |
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ULAFOS |
UCAR and Lower Atmospheric Facilities Oversight
Section
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ULTRIX |
UNIX-based operating system for Digital Equipment
Corporation Computers
| DEC's trade name for its version of Berkeley UNIX |
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UM |
University of Michigan
| Ann Arbor, Michigan |
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UMass |
University of Massachusetts |
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UMC |
UCAR Managment Committee |
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UMF |
User Master File |
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UMIST |
University of Manchester Institute of Science and
Technology |
England |
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Umkehr reports |
reports on ozone |
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UMP |
Upper Mantle Project |
ICSU |
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UN |
United Nations |
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UNAM |
Universidad Autonoma de Mexico
| National Autonomous University of Mexico |
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UNAVCO |
University NAVSTAR [not an acronym] Consortium |
UCAR Office of Programs |
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UNCED |
United Nations Conference on Environment and Development |
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UNCHE or Unche |
United Nations Conference on the Human Environment |
June 1972 in Stockholm |
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UNCOQ |
Unaccompanied NonCommissioned Officers' Quarters |
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UND |
University of North Dakota |
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UNEP |
United Nations Environment Programme |
not "Environmental" |
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UNESCO |
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural
Organization |
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UNICOS |
Unix Cray operating system |
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Unidata |
UNIDATA Program Center |
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UNIDATA |
University Data Interactive Computing and Communications
Systems
| they use initial capital only, program plan FY
88-92, also known as university data program, but UNIDATA doesn't stand
for anything, and shouldn't be treated like an acronym and shouldn't spell
out University Data Program |
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universe |
| the whole body of things and phenomena; in statistical
terminology, synonymous with population. |
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University of L'Aquila |
Universita degli studi dell' Aquila |
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UNIX |
a computer operating system developed by AT&T and
modified extensively by the University of California at Berkeley
| the Berkeley UNIX is one of the operating systems
supported by the Unidata Program, part of UCAR |
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UNOLS |
University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System |
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UNU |
United Nations University |
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UOM |
upper-ocean model |
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UOP |
UCAR Office of Programs |
Became UCP, UCAR Community Programs, May 2009 |
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UOQ |
Unaccompanied Officers' Quarters |
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UPC |
Unidata Program Center |
part of UCAR |
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Updraft |
| In aviation terminology (especially in connection
with aircraft turbulence) a relatively small-scale current of air with marked
vertical motion, that is, updraft or downdraft. |
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UPO |
UCAR Projects Office |
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UPS |
Uninterruptible Power Supply |
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UQAM |
Universite de Quebec a Montreal |
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URC |
University Relations Committee |
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URIP |
University Research Initiative Program |
ONR |
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URL |
Universal Resource Locter |
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URSI |
International Union of Radio Science |
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USA |
United States Army |
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USACE |
United State Army Corps of Engineers |
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USAF |
United States Air Force |
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USAFGL |
United States Air Force Geophysical Laboratory |
also called AFGL |
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USAMRN |
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see MRN |
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USAN |
University Satellite Accessed Network |
NCAR, ATD uses University Satellite Network |
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USAP |
United States Antarctic Program |
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USARP |
United States Antarctic Research Program |
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USC-GARP |
United States Committee for GARP |
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USCG |
United States Coast Guard |
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USDA |
United States Department of Agriculture |
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USDC |
United States Department of Commerce |
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USDI |
United States Department of Interior |
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USERC |
United States Environmental and Resources Council |
to represent the United States at WERL |
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USFS |
United States Forest Service |
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USGCRP |
United States Global Change Research Program |
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USGS |
United States Geological Survey |
Department of the Interior |
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USIC |
UCAR Space Implementation Committee |
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U.S./JC |
United States/Japan Cooperation |
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USJGOFS |
United States Joint Global Ocean Flux Study |
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USN |
United States Navy |
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USPHS |
United States Public Health Service |
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USRA |
Universities Space Research Association |
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USSDM |
Unidata System for Scientific Data Management |
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USTAR |
UCAR Scientist's Technical Areas of Research |
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USWRP |
United States Weather Research Program |
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UT |
universal time |
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UT / LS |
Upper Troposphere/ Lower Stratosphere |
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UTC |
universal time coordinate or coordinated universal
time |
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UTC |
United Technology Center
| operating arm of UAC in Sunnyvale, California |
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UUCP |
UNIX-to-UNIX Copy |
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UUI |
Uniform User Interface |
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UV |
ultraviolet
| or Ultra-Violet |
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UV |
UNAVCO Building
| UCAR |
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UVDM |
ultraviolet double monochromator |
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UVSP |
ultra-violet spectrometer/polarimeter |
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UWGB |
University of Wisconsin at Green Bay |
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UWI |
Uniform Window Interface |
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UWIS |
University of Wisconsin at Green Bay
| GARP |
