Wind Turbine Generator Impacts to Marine Vessel Radar (2022)
Chapter: Appendix B: Acronym List
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Suggested Citation:
"Appendix B: Acronym List." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Wind Turbine Generator Impacts to Marine Vessel Radar. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/26430.
Appendix B
Acronym List
| AFRL | Air Force Research Laboratory |
| AIS | Automatic Identification Systems |
| ARPA | Automatic Radar Plotting Aid |
| BOEM | Bureau of Ocean Energy Management |
| BWEA | British Wind Energy Association |
| CFR | Code of Federal Regulations |
| COLREGS | Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea |
| COP | Construction and Operations Plan |
| CPA | closest point of approach |
| dBsm | decibels relative to a square meter |
| DOE | U.S. Department of Energy |
| DOI | U.S. Department of the Interior |
| ECDIS | Electronic Chart Display and Information System |
| ECS | Electronic Chart System |
| GHz | gigahertz |
| GPS | Global Positioning System |
| GW | gigawatt |
| HAWT | horizontal axis wind turbine |
| HF | high frequency |
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix B: Acronym List." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Wind Turbine Generator Impacts to Marine Vessel Radar. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/26430.
| IEC | International Electrotechnical Commission |
| IMO | International Maritime Organization |
| kHz | kilohertz |
| LiDAR | Light Detection and Ranging |
| LOS | line of sight |
| m | meter |
| MCA | Maritime and Coastguard Agency |
| MITAGS | Maritime Institute of Technology and Graduate Studies |
| MKD | minimum keyboard display |
| MTS | Marine Transportation System |
| MVR | marine vessel radar |
| MW | megawatt |
| nmi | nautical mile |
| OCS | Outer Continental Shelf |
| OREI | Offshore Renewable Energy Installations |
| PPI | plan position indicator |
| PRF | pulse repetition frequency |
| RAM | radar absorbing materials |
| RCS | radar cross section |
| SAR | search and rescue |
| S/I | signal-to-interference ratio |
| SNR | signal-to-noise ratio |
| SOLAS | Safety of Life at Sea |
| STCW | Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping |
| TCPA | time to closest point of approach |
| VAWT | vertical axis wind turbine |
| VHF | very high frequency |
| VTS | vessel traffic services |
| WTG | wind turbine generator |
| WTRIM | Wind Turbine Radar Interference Mitigation Working Group |
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