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This laboratory is no longer operational. &ISO; country code for Saudi Arabia South Africa South America South Australia (Australian state) Society for American Archaeology. See &LINK001; Scientific Advisory Council (&IGBP;) South African Country Study on Climate Change (&PAGES; initiative) subsurface anaerobic degradation (process to produce heavy oil and associated gas) Society of American Foresters Southern African Fire-Atmosphere Research Initiative (component of &IGAC;) Southern, Central and Eastern African Regional Committee for &START; steam assisted gravity drainage (method for recovering oil and bitumen from tar sands &SOLAS; Air-Sea Gas Experiment snow avalanche impact landform(s) South Argentinean Lake Sediment Archives and Modelling, activity under &DEKLIM; Savannahs in the Long Term synthetic aperture radar, a remote sensing technique single-aliquot regenerative-dose, protocol used in IRSL and OSL procedures sediment accumulation rate search and rescue species at risk Species at Risk Act (Canada, Federal legislation, proclaimed 2003) Southeast Asia Regional Committee for &START; Society for Archaeological Sciences Saskatchewan Archaeological Society Saskatchewan (Canadian Province) Southern African Society for Quaternary Research &ISO; country code for Solomon Islands antimony, a metalloid element, originally named stibium, in Latin Santa Barbara Basin smoke-blackened thatch &ISO; country code for Seychelles South Carolina (US state) soil carbonate super-critical scandium, a transition metallic element Study of Cultural Adaptations in the Canadian Prairie Ecozone, a Canadian-based project (2000-2005). See &LINK002; and &LINK003; Scandinavian Association for Pollination Ecologists Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (&ICSU; component). See &LINK004; State College University Park Airport, State College, Pennsylvania, USA Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (&ICSU; committee) Scientific Committee on Ocean Research (&ICSU; component). See &LINK018; Scientific Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Physics See &LINK005; &INQUA; Sub-Commission for Tephrochronology and Volcanism South China Sea. Soil Conservation Service, now called the Natural Resources Conservation Service (&NRCS;), (US Federal agency). See &LINK006; Society for Canadian Women in Science and Technology. See &LINK007; &ISO; country code for Sudan South Dakota (US state) standard deviation(s) single domain (used of magnetic particles) statistical down-scaling model &ISO; country code for Sweden Snowball Earth selenium, a non-metal element Society for Economic Botany standard error of the estimate Society of Economic Geologists Society of Environmental Journalists scanning electron microscope or microscopy structural equation model Survey of Economic Plants for Arid and Semi-Arid Lands. See &LINK017; Society for Sedimentary Geology Subcommission on European Quaternary Stratigraphy Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence sustainable forest management prefix for radiocarbon dates produced at Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia (Canada). This lab is no longer operational. &ISO; country code for Singapore seaborgium, a transition metallic element sand(s) and gravel(s) Sigma Gamma Epsilon (US) &ISO; country code for Saint Helena southern hemisphere State Historic Preservation Officer (US). For a list of SHPOs, see &LINK009; Sensitive High Resolution Ion Microprobe, one of these instruments is located at &GSC;, Ottawa, Canada &ISO; country code for Slovenia Smithsonian Institution (US Museum). See &LINK010; silicon, a metalloid element prefix for radiocarbon dates produced at Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. (USA) soil inorganic carbon selected ion monitoring secondary ion mass spectrometer saturation isothermal remanent magnetization, a term used in palaeomagnetic studies spectral irradiance variation &ISO; country code for Svalbard &ISO; country code for Jan Mayen &ISO; country code for Slovak Republic Saskatchewan (Canadian Province) shikimate dehydroegnase (enzyme, focus in genetic studies) stock-keeping unit &ISO; country code for Sierra Leone <I>sine loco</I>, a Latin phrase for "without place" <I>sensu lato</I>, a Latin phrase meaning "in the broad sense", or more usually, "broadly speaking". Often used in biosciences when using a taxonomic or descriptive term in its widest application. For example, researchers looking at macroremains often refer to "seeds" sl, when strictly speaking (&ss;) many of these items are not seeds. standard light Antarctic precipitation, an isotopic standard used for measuring oxygen isotopes and deuterium Study of the Last Interglacial Climate and Environment "single large or several small", an acronym used to describe a debate in applied ecology over the optimal design of ecological reserves satellite laser ranging &ISO; country code for San Marino prefix for radiocarbon dates produced by Socony Mobil Oil Company, Dallas, Texas (USA) samarium, a rare-earth element Synchronising Marine and Ice-core Records using Tephrochronology. Project funded by &NERC; (UK) isotopic dating method, based on the ratio of samarium to neodymium sulfate-methane interface (geochemistry) standard mean ocean water, a term used in stable isotope studies, isotopic standard for measuring oxygen isotopes prefix for <SUP>14</SUP>C dates from Southern Methodist University Radiocarbon Laboratory (US) &ISO; country code for Senegal tin, a metallic element, the symbol is derived from its old Latin name, stannum single nucleotide polymorphism, in molecular genetics &ISO; country code for Somalia soil organic carbon State of the Environment state-owned enterprise(s) saturated overland flow Strait of Georgia, off western Canada Southern Oscillation index statement of interest Surface Ocean - Lower Atmosphere Study (project under &IGBP;) See &LINK011; soil organic matter September, October, and November statement of work scope of work Special Protection Area (UK) Soil-Plant-Atmosphere Research Stratospheric Processes and their Role in Climate (&WCRP; project) Soviet Palynological Commission Spectral Power Distribution, a technique and term used in palaeopalynology Spectral Mapping Project Mapping Species Variability in Global Climate Project Speleothem-&PEP; project, a component of PEP, derives palaeoclimatic information from speleothems (cave dripstones) Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections. See &LINK012; Systeme pour l'Observation de la Terre Scott Polar Research Institute (Cambridge, England, UK) sodium polytungstate, a heavy liquid sometimes used in the preparation of pollen samples &ISO; country code for Suriname strontium, an alkaline earth element Siberia and the Russian Far East Society for Range Management (US) soluble reactive phosphorus <I>sensu stricto</I>, a Latin phrase meaning "in the strict sense" or "strictly speaking" singular spectrum analysis singular spetral analysis Scientific Steering Committee (e.g., for &PAGES;) sea surface productivity subspecies sea surface salinity Soil Science Society of America. See &LINK013; Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK) sea surface temperature sandstone siltstone sea surface temperature sandstone siltstone &ISO; country code for Saint Tome (Sao Tome) and Principe prefix for radiocarbon dates produced at Stockholm (Sweden) science and technology Southern Tropical Atlantic Regional Experiment System for Analysis Research and Training (component of &IGBP;, &HDP;, and &WCRP;). See &LINK014; Solar-Terrestrial Energy Programme (&SCOSTEP;) airport code for Lambert-St Louis International Airport, St Louis, Missouri, USA Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (based in Panama). See &LINK015; &ISO; country code for Former USSR (being phased out) Sustainable Management of Marginal Drylands (&UNESCO; project) Stratospheric and Upper Tropospheric Aeorosols (&IGAC; activity) &ISO; country code for El Salvador Soil-Vegetation-Atmospheric Transfer (model(s) used by Focus 1 of &BAHC;) Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. See &LINK016; <I>S'il vous plait</I>, French for "please" snow water equivalent &ISO; country code for Syria &ISO; country code for Swaziland