Approaches for Ecosystem Services Valuation for the Gulf of Mexico After the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Interim Report (2012)
Chapter: Appendix B: Acronyms
AVHRR | Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer |
BOEMRE | Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement |
CERCLA | Comprehensive Environmental Response and Compensation Liability Act |
CFR | Code of Federal Regulations |
CI | Continental Index |
CRMS | Coastwide Reference Monitoring System |
CVM | Contingent Valuation Method |
CWPPRA | Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act |
DO | Dissolved Oxygen |
DOC | Dissolved Organic Carbon |
DOM | Dissolved Organic Material |
DWH | Deep Water Horizon |
EEZ | Exclusive Economic Zone |
EMAP-E | Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program for Estuaries |
EPA | Environmental Protection Agency |
GC-MS | Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry |
GIS | Geographic Information System |
GoM | Gulf of Mexico |
GOMFMC | Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council |
HEA | Habitat Equivalency Analysis |
HTCO | High-Temperature Catalytic Oxidation |
LCE | Loop Current Eddy |
LIDAR | Light Detection and Ranging |
LME | Large Marine Ecosystem |
LUMCON | Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium |
MRIP | Marine Recreational Information Program |
NAAQS | National Ambient Air Quality Standard |
NCOM | Navy Coastal Ocean Model |
NDBC | National Data Buoy Center |
NGO | Non-governmental Organization |
NOAA | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
NOEP | National Ocean Economics Program |
NRDA | Natural Resource Damage Assessment |
OCPR | Office of Coastal Protection and Restoration |
OMA | Oil-Mineral Aggregate |
OPA | Oil Pollution Act |
PAH | Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons |
REA | Resource Equivalency Analysis |
RS | Remote Sensing |
RUF | Restoration Up Front |
SAV | Submerged Aquatic Vegetation |
SAY | Service Acre Year |
SCOR | Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research |
SeaWiFS | Sea-viewing Wide Field Sensor |
SET | Surface-Elevation Table |
SPM | Suspended Particulate Matter |
TI | Tropical Index |
USGS | U.S. Geological Survey |
VOC | Volatile Organic Compound |
WTP | Willing-To-Pay Survey |
