Sea-Level Rise for the Coasts of California, Oregon, and Washington: Past, Present, and Future (2012)
Chapter: Appendix G: Acronyms and Abbreviations
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"Appendix G: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 2012. Sea-Level Rise for the Coasts of California, Oregon, and Washington: Past, Present, and Future. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/13389.
Appendix G
Acronyms and Abbreviations
| CGPS | continuous Global Positioning System |
| CMIP 3 | Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 3 |
| CO2 | carbon dioxide |
| CO-OPS | Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services |
| DCW | Digital Chart of the World |
| DOFs | degrees-of-freedom |
| DORIS | Doppler Orbitography and Radiopositioning Integrated by Satellite |
| ENSO | El Nñno-Southern Oscillation |
| FEMA | Federal Emergency Management Administration |
| GCM | general circulation model |
| GIA | glacial isostatic adjustment |
| GLIMS | Global Land Ice Measurements from Space |
| GLM | generalized linear model |
| GNSS | Global Navigation Satellite System |
| GPS | Global Positioning System |
| GRACE | Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment |
| IB | inverse barometer |
| InSAR | interferometric synthetic aperture radar |
| IPCC | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| lidar | light detection and ranging |
| MBT | mechanical bathythermograph |
| MTJ | Mendocino Triple Junction |
| NCEP | National Centers for Environmental Prediction |
| NGS | National Geodetic Survey |
| NOAA | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| NRC | National Research Council |
| PDO | Pacific Decadal Oscillation |
| PSMSL | Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level |
| RMS | root mean square |
| SLA | sea-level anomaly |
| SLE | sea-level equivalent |
| SLP | sea-level pressure |
| SOPAC | Scripps Orbit and Permanent Array Center |
| SWH | significant wave height |
| USACE | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |
| USGS | U.S. Geological Survey |
| VLM | vertical land motion |
| WGI | World Glacier Inventory |
| XBT | expendable bathythermograph |
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix G: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 2012. Sea-Level Rise for the Coasts of California, Oregon, and Washington: Past, Present, and Future. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/13389.
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