| Acronym | Meaning |
![](file.png) | RUCS | Rapid Update Cycle Surface |
![](file.png) | RUI | Research In Undergraduate Institutions |
![](file.png) | RV | Research Vessel |
![](file.png) | RW | Rain Showers |
![](file.png) | S&B | Salary And Benefits |
![](file.png) | S&R | Search And Rescue |
![](file.png) | S&R | Search And Rescue |
![](file.png) | S&T | Science And Technology |
![](file.png) | S-POL | S-band Dual Polarization Doppler Radar |
![](file.png) | S/N | Signal-to-noise Ratio |
![](file.png) | S/TM | Stratospheric/tropospheric Measurements |
![](file.png) | SABL | Scanning Aerosol Backscatter Lidar |
![](file.png) | SAC | Strategic Air Command |
![](file.png) | SAC | Science Advisory Committee |
![](file.png) | SAC-C | Argentina's Scientific Applications Satellite |
![](file.png) | SADCC | South African Development Coordination Conference |
![](file.png) | SAFARI | Southern African Fire-Atmospheric Research Initiative |
![](file.png) | SAFARI-2000 | The Southern African Regional Science Initiative |
![](file.png) | SAFE | A Proposed Australian Savanna Fire Experiment |
![](file.png) | SAGE | Stratospheric Aerosol And Gas Experiment |
![](file.png) | SAI | Sudden Auroral Intensity |
![](file.png) | SAIC | Science Applications International Corporation |
![](file.png) | SAM | Subsynoptic Advection Model |
![](file.png) | SAM | Sun-angle Magnetometer |
![](file.png) | SAM | Stratospheric Aerosol Measurement |
![](file.png) | SAM I | Sensing With Active Microwaves |
![](file.png) | SAMS | Stratospheric And Mesospheric Sounder |
![](file.png) | SAO | Surface Airways Observation |
![](file.png) | SAO | Semiannual Oscillation |
![](file.png) | SAR | Synthetic Aperture Radar |
![](file.png) | SAR | Subcommittee On Atmospheric Research |
![](file.png) | SAR-C | SAR-C Band |
![](file.png) | SAR-X | SAR-X Band |
![](file.png) | SARSAT | Search And Rescue Satellite-Aided Tracking |
![](file.png) | SAS | Small Astronomy Satellite |
![](file.png) | SAS | Statistical Analysis System |
![](file.png) | SAV | State-of-the-atmosphere Variable |
![](file.png) | SAVE | Stratospheric Aerosol Validation Experiment |
![](file.png) | SAVE | South Atlantic Ventilation Experiment |
![](file.png) | SAWRS | Supplementary Aviation Weather Reporting System |
![](file.png) | SBF | Scientific Balloon Facility |
![](file.png) | SBIR | Small Business Innovative Research |
![](file.png) | SBUV | Solar Backscatter Ultrav Iolet |
![](file.png) | SC | Subtropical Stratocumulus |
![](file.png) | SCAMS | Scanning Microwave Spectrometer |
![](file.png) | SCAR | Scientific Committee For Antarctic Research |
![](file.png) | SCAR | Special Committee For Antarctic Research |
![](file.png) | SCARAB | Scanner For Radiation Budget |
![](file.png) | SCATE | Sulfur Chemistry In The Antarctic Troposphere Experiment |
![](file.png) | SCATT | Scatterometer |