Oceanography in the Next Decade: Building New Partnerships (1992)
Chapter: II. Abbreviations and Acronyms
II Abbreviations and Acronyms
ACOS
Advisory Committee on Ocean Sciences (ACOS)
ALT
Radar altimeter
ARISTOTELES
Applications and Research Involving Space Technologies Observing the Earth's Field from Low Earth Orbiting Satellites
ARM
Atmospheric Radiation Measurements program (DOE)
BLM
Bureau of Land Management
B.O.
Biological oceanography
CHAMMP
Computer Hardware, Advanced Modeling and Model Physics program
CNES
French space agency
C.O.
Chemical oceanography
COA
Council on Ocean Affairs
COP
Coastal Ocean Program (NOAA)
CS
Color scanner
DIN
dissolved inorganic nitrogen
DOC
dissolved organic carbon
DOD
Department of Defense
DOE
Department of Energy
DOI
Department of the Interior
DOM
dissolved organic material
DON
dissolved organic nitrogen
DSDP
Deep Sea Drilling Project
EEZ
Exclusive Economic Zone
EOS
Earth Observing System
EOSDIS
EOS Data and Information System
EPA
Environmental Protection Agency
ERS-1
Earth Resources Satellite-1 (European Space Agency)
ESA
European Space Agency
FCCSET
Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering, and Technology
FLIP
Floating Instrument Platform
FY
Fiscal Year
GLOBEC
Global Ocean Ecosystems Dynamics
GNP
gross national product
GOOS
global ocean observing system
IR
Infrared radiometer
JGOFS
Joint Global Ocean Flux Study
JOI
Joint Oceanographic Institutions, Inc.
JOIDES
Joint Oceanographic Institutions for Deep Earth Sampling
M.B.
Marine biology
M.C.
Marine chemistry
MG and G
Marine geology and geophysics
MIT
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MMS
Minerals Management Service (DOI)
MR
Microwave radiometer
NADW
North Atlantic Deep Water
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASDA
Japanese space agency
NOAA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NODC
National Oceanographic Data Center
NRC
National Research Council
NRL
Naval Research Laboratory
NSF
National Science Foundation
OCE
Division of Ocean Sciences (NSF)
OCF
Oceanographic Centers and Facilities (NSF)
OCS
outer continental shelf
ODP
Ocean Drilling Program
O.E.
Ocean engineering
ONR
Office of Naval Research
ONT
Office of Naval Technology
OSB
Ocean Studies Board
OSC
Orbital Sciences Corporation
OSRS
Ocean Science Research Support (NSF)
PI
principal investigator
P.O.
Physical oceanography
POM
particulate organic material
RIDGE
Ridge Inter-Disciplinary Global Experiment
ROV
remotely operated vehicle
R/V
research vessel
SAR
synthetic aperture radar
SCAT
Scatterometer
SeaWiFS
Sea-viewing Wide Field Sensor; an ocean color satellite instrument
SIO
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
TOGA
Tropical Ocean-Global Atmosphere program
TOPEX/Poseidon
Joint NASA/French Space Agency venture to measure the surface topography of the ocean with great precision
UH
University of Hawaii
UNOLS
University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System
USCG
U.S. Coast Guard
USGS
U.S. Geological Survey (DOI)
UW
University of Washington
VOS
volunteer observing ships
WHOI
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
WOCE
World Ocean Circulation Experiment
