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Source: Any process or activity that releases a greenhouse gas, an aerosol, or a precursor of a greenhouse gas into the atmosphere. See point source, non-point source.
Southern oscillation: A periodic reversal of the pressure pattern across the tropical Pacific Ocean during El Nino events.
SPC: Storm Prediction Center. Located in Norman, OK. This office is responsible for monitoring and forecasting severe convective weather in the continental U.S. This includes the issuance of Tornado and Severe Thunderstorm Watches.
Special naphtha: All finished products within the naphtha boiling range that are used as paint thinners, cleaners, or solvents. Those products are refined to a specified flash point.
Specialization: The act of producing more of a good than one consumes, the rest of that good being exchanged.
Specialty crops: Usually refers to crops covered by marketing orders that generally are not fruits or vegetables. Specialty crops have included almonds, filberts, walnuts, spearmint oil, hops, dates, raisins, and prunes.
SPRING TIDE: Semi-monthly tide of increased height due to the new or full moon.
Squall line: A non-frontal band, or line, of thunderstorms.
Stage: The height of a water surface above an established datum plane; also gage height.
Stage, flood: See Flood stage

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