Solar radiation enters the Earth's atmosphere with a portion being scattered by clouds and aerosols.

Processing, archiving and distributing Earth science data
at the NASA Langley Research Center

Glossary

Glossary of Terms and Acronyms

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W X

Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite

University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Radiation with a wavelength from 0.2 to 0.4 micrometers.

um

micrometer

URL

Uniform (or Universal) Resource Locator

The Scientific User and Data Services (SUDS) group provides technical and operational support for users ordering data sets and for data producers wishing to ingest their data sets. The UDS staff members provide telephone support for users with questions involving the online system, discipline specific data set inquiries, and ordering concerns.

Identification information about a user, his shipping address, his billing address, and his system preferences.

United States Global Change Research Program

United States Geological Survey

UTC

Universal Time, Coordinated