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