Oil Spill Dispersants: Efficacy and Effects (2005)
Chapter: Appendix C: Acronyms
C
Acronyms
ADEC
Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation
ADIOS
Automatic Data Inquiry for Oil Spills
ALC
Arabian light crude
ANS
Alaska North Slope
API
American Petroleum Institute
ASTM
American Society for Testing and Materials
BAF
bioaccumulation factors
BIOS
Baffin Island Oil Spill
BSC
Bass Strait crude oil
BTEX
benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylenes
CCD
charge-coupled device
CEWAF
chemically enhanced water accommodated fractions
CMC
critical micelle concentration
CROSERF
Chemical Response to Oil Spills Environmental Research Forum
cP
centipoise
cSt
centistokes
DFO
Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Canada
DOC
U.S. Department of Commerce
DOI
U.S. Department of the Interior
DOR
dispersant-to-oil ratio
EPA
Environmental Protection Agency
ERA
Ecological Risk Assessment
EVOS
Exxon Valdez oil spill
FDA
fluorescein diacetate
FOSC
Federal On-Scene Coordinator
GC
gas chromatography
GC-FID
gas chromatography-flame ionization detector
GC-MS
gas chromatography-mass spectroscopy
GNOME
GNU Network Object Model Environment
HLB
hydrophilic-lipophilic balance
IFO 300
Intermediate Fuel Oil 300
IMMSP
Institute of Mathematical Machines and Systems Problems
IR
infrared
LURSOT
Laser Ultrasonic Remote Sensing of Oil Thickness
MAH
mono-aromatic hydrocarbon
MMS
Minerals Management Service
MNS
Mackay-Nadeau-Steelman
NCP
National Contingency Plan
NOAA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOEC
no observed effect concentration
NRC
National Research Council
NRDAM
Natural Resource Damage Assessment Model
NRT
National Response Team
OHMSETT
Oil and Hazardous Materials Simulated Environmental Test Tank
OPA 90
Oil Pollution Act of 1990
OWR
oil-to-water ratio
PAH
polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons
PANH
polynuclear aromatic nitrogen heterocycle
PBCO
Prudhoe Bay crude oil
PIV
particle image velocimetry
PWSRCAC
Prince William Sound Regional Citizens’ Advisory Council
ROSS
River Oil Spill Simulation
RRT
Regional Response Team
SERF
Shoreline Environmental Research Facility
SETAC
Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
SIMAP
Spill Impact Model Application Package
SLAR
side-looking airborne radar
SMART
Specialized Monitoring of Advanced Response Technologies
SOP
Standard Operating Procedure
SOR
surfactant-to-oil ratio
SPC
simplified pseudo-component
SPM
suspended particulate material
TBP
true boiling point
TEM
total extractable material
THC
total hydrocarbon concentration
TI
Toxicity Index
TOC
total organic carbon
TPH
total petroleum hydrocarbons
TROPICS
Tropical Oil Pollution Investigations in Coastal Systems
T/V
Tanker/Vessel
UCM
unobserved component model
USCG
U.S. Coast Guard
USGS
U.S. Geological Survey
UV
ultraviolet
VCO
Venezuelan medium crude oil
VOC
volatile organic compound
WAF
water-accommodated fraction
WPMB
Water Planning and Management Branch
WSF
water-soluble fraction
WSL
Warren Springs Laboratory
