Understanding Earth's Deep Past: Lessons for Our Climate Future (2011)
Chapter: Appendix D: Acronyms and Abbreviations
Appendix D
Acronyms and Abbreviations
| AAAS |
American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| ACEX |
Arctic Coring Expedition |
| CCD |
carbonate compensation depth |
| CIA |
Chemical Index of Alteration |
| CO2 |
carbon dioxide |
| DOE |
Department of Energy |
| DOSECC |
Drilling, Observation, and Sampling of the Earth’s Continental Crust |
| DSDP |
Deep Sea Drilling Project |
| EMIC |
Earth system models of intermediate complexity |
| ENSO |
El Niño-Southern Oscillation |
| E&O |
education and outreach |
| ESM |
Earth system model |
| GCM |
global climate model; also general circulation model |
| GIS |
geographic information system |
| ICDP |
International Continental Scientific Drilling Program |
| ICP-MS |
inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry |
| ID-TIMS |
isotope dilution-thermal ionization mass spectrometry |
| IODP |
Integrated Ocean Drilling Program |
| IPCC |
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| ITCZ |
Intertropical Convergence Zone |
| ka |
thousands of years ago |
| ky |
thousand years |
| LGM |
Last Glacial Maximum |
| LPIA |
Late Paleozoic Ice Age |
| Ma |
million of years ago |
| MAT |
mean annual temperature |
| my |
million years |
| μmol |
micromole |
| NAO |
North Atlantic Oscillation |
| NASA |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| NCEAS |
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis |
| NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| NRC |
National Research Council |
| NSF |
National Science Foundation |
| OAE |
oceanic anoxic event |
| ODP |
Ocean Drilling Program |
| pCO2 |
partial pressure of carbon dioxide |
| PDO |
Pacific Decadal Oscillation |
| PETM |
Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum |
| PI |
principal investigator |
| PMIP |
Paleoclimate Modeling Intercomparison Project |
| ppmv |
parts per million by volume |
| SIMS |
secondary ion mass spectrometry |
| SST |
sea surface temperature |
| TEX86 |
tetraether index of 86 carbon atoms; paleothermometer based on the composition of membrane lipids of marine picoplankton |
| TOC |
total organic carbon |
| USGS |
U.S. Geological Survey |
