A Geospatial Framework for the Coastal Zone: National Needs for Coastal Mapping and Charting (2004)
Chapter: Appendix C: Acronyms
Appendix C
Acronyms
AIS
Automatic Identification System
ALACE
Airborne LIDAR Assessment of Coastal Erosion
AtN
Aids to Navigation
AUV
Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
AVHRR
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
BLM
Bureau of Land Management
CASI
Compact Airborne Spectrographic Imager
CHARTS
Compact Hydrographic Airborne Raid Total Survey
CMW
Counter Mine Warfare
CSC
Coastal Services Center
CSO
Coastal States Organization
CTM
Coastal Terrain Model
DDM
Digital Depth Model
DEM
Digital Elevation Model
DGPS
Differential Global Positioning System
DMS
Digital Mapping Server
ECDIS
Electronic Chart Display and Information System
EEZ
Exclusive Economic Zone
ENC
Electronic Nautical Chart
EPA
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
FEMA
Federal Emergency Management Agency
FGDC
Federal Geographic Data Committee
FIRMS
Flood Insurance Rate Maps
FTE
Full-time Equivalent
FWS
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
GEODAS
Geophysical Data System
GIDB
Geospatial Information Database
GIS
Geographic Information System(s)
GPS
Global Positioning System
HAB
Harmful Algal Bloom
HYSAS
Hydrographic Source and Assessment System
IMO
International Maritime Organization
IMU
Inertial Measurement Unit
ISO
International Organization for Standardization
LIDAR
Light Detection and Ranging
LNM
Local Notice to Mariners
MHHW
Mean Higher High Water
MHW
Mean High Water
MLLW
Mean Lower Low Water
MLW
Mean Low Water
MMS
Minerals Management Service
MSL
Mean Sea Level
NAD
North American Datum
NAFTA
North American Free Trade Agreement
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NAVD
North American Vertical Datum
NESDIS
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
NGA
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (formerly National Imagery and Mapping Agency)
NGDC
National Geophysical Data Center
NGS
National Geodetic Survey
NOAA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOPP
National Ocean Partnership Program
NOS
National Ocean Service
NPDES
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
NPS
National Park Service
NRC
National Research Council
NRL
Naval Research Laboratory
NSDI
National Spatial Data Infrastructure
NSF
National Science Foundation
NTDE
National Tidal Data Epoch
OAR
Office of Ocean and Atmospheric Research
OCS
Office of Coast Survey
OGC
Open GIS Consortium
OMB
Office of Management and Budget
ONR
Office of Naval Research
OPIS
Ocean Planning Information System
ORCA
Oceanographic Remotely Controlled Automaton
ROV
Remotely Operated Vehicle
SAUV
Solar Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
SAV
Submerged Aquatic Vegetation
SHOALS
Scanning Hydrographic Operational Airborne LIDAR Survey
SOLAS
Safety of Life at Sea
SPAWAR
Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command
SRTM
Shuttle Radar Topography Mission
UML
Unified Modeling Language
UNCLOS
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
USACE
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
USCG
U.S. Coast Guard
USGS
U.S. Geological Survey
UUV
Unmanned Underwater Vehicle
WAAS
Wide Area Augmentation System
WWNWS
World Wide Navigational Warning System
XML
Extensible Markup Language
