Review of the Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River Studies (2006)
Chapter: Appendix C Acronyms
Appendix C
Acronyms
AARR
average annual recession rate
COSMOS
an erosion model; a process-based numerical model used to calculate coastal sediment transport and morphology
ETWG
environmental technical working group
FEPS
flood-erosion prediction system
GCM
global circulation model
IERM
integrated ecological response model
IJC
International Joint Commission
ISLRBC
International St. Lawrence River Board of Control
LOSLR
Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River
LO-USL
Lake Ontario-upper St Lawrence
LSL
Lower St. Lawrence
NGO
non-governmental organization
NRC
National Research Council
PI
performance indicator
PIAG
Public Interest Advisory Group
POS
plan of study
QA/QC
quality assurance/quality control
RPO
regulation plan options
RSC
Royal Society of Canada
RSPM
river shore protection model
SAR
species at risk
SAV
submersed aquatic vegetation
STELLA
a computer simulation model written in the STELLA computer language
SVM
shared vision model
SVP
shared vision planning
WAVAD
a wave model; numerical model that generates wave fields in a lake basin with varying winds and bathymetry
