Undersea Vehicles and National Needs (1996)
Chapter: Acronyms
Acronyms
ADCP
acoustic Doppler current profiler
ARPA
Advanced Research Programs Agency (an agency within the U.S. Department of Defense; see also DARPA)
ASW
antisubmarine warfare
AUSS
Advanced Unmanned Search System
AUV
autonomous underwater vehicle or autonomous undersea vehicle
CCD
charge coupled devices
CTD
conductivity, temperature, depth instrument
DARPA
Defense Agency Research Programs Agency
DESSC
Deep Submergence Science Committee (a committee within UNOLS; see also UNOLS)
DSRV
deep submergence rescue vehicle
DSV
deep submersible vehicle
EEZ
Exclusive Economic Zone
JAMSTEC
Japan Marine Science and Technology Center
JOI
Joint Oceanographic Institutions, Inc.
LCROV
low-cost ROV
LLS
laser line scanner
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NOAA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NSF
National Science Foundation
NURP
National Undersea Research Program (an office within NOAA)
ONR
Office of Naval Research
OTEC
ocean thermal energy conversion
ROV
remotely operated vehicle
SE&I
systems engineering and integration
UNOLS
University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System
USCG
U.S. Coast Guard
UUV
unmanned undersea vehicle
