AAEO

Astronomical, Atmospheric, Earth and Ocean Sciences (NSF)

AD

Associate Director

AD/NI

Associate Director for National and International Programs (NSF)

AD/R

Associate Director for Research (NSF)

ADCP

acoustic Doppler current profiler

AEC

Atomic Energy Commission

AEOS

Astronomical, Earth and Ocean Sciences (NSF)

AGU

American Geophysical Union

AMS

Accelerator Mass Spectrometry

AMSOC

American Miscellaneous Society

APROPOS

Advances and Primary Research Opportunities in Physical Oceanography Studies

ARGO

Array for Real-Time Geostrophic Oceanography

ASLO

American Society of Limnology and Oceanography

AUV

autonomous underwater vehicle

BBS

Biological, Behavioral, and Social Sciences (NSF)

BBSR

Bermuda Biological Station for Research

BECS

Basin-wide Extended Climate Study

BMS

Biological and Medical Sciences Division (NSF)

BT

bathythermograph

CCD

calcite compensation depth

CENOP

Cenezoic Paleoceanography Project (IDOE)

CEPEX

Controlled Pollution Experiment

CGO

Coordinating Group on Oceanography (NSF)

CLIMAP

Climate: Long-range Investigation, Mapping and Prediction

CLIVAR

Climate Variability and Prediction program

CMSER

Commission on Marine Sciences, Engineering, and Resources

CNEXO

Centre National pour L'Exploitation de Oceans

CNP

Central North Pacific Gyre

COB

Centre Oceanologique de Bretagne

CODE

Coastal Ocean Dynamics Experiment

CORE

Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education

CTD

conductivity-temperature-depth profiler

CUEA

Coastal Upwelling Ecosystems Analysis

CZCS

Coastal Zone Color Scanner

DDT

dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane

DES

Division of Environmental Sciences (NSF)

DISCO

Dissertations in Chemical Oceanography

DOE

Department of Energy

DSDP

Deep Sea Drilling Program

EF

Environmental Forecasting (IDOE)

ENSO

El Niño-Southern Oscillation

EPOCS

Eastern Pacific Ocean Climate Study

EPR

East Pacific Rise

ERDA

Energy Research and Development Administration

EQ

Environmental Quality (IDOE)

ES

Division of Earth Sciences (NSF)

FAMOUS

French-American Mid-Ocean Undersea Study

FOCUS

Future of Ocean Chemistry in the United States

FUMAGES

Future of Marine Geology and Geophysics

GARP

Global Atmospheric Research Program

GCM

general circulation models

GDC

Geologic Data Center

GEO

Directorate for Geosciences (NSF)

GEOSECS

Geochemical Ocean Sections Study

GFD

geophysical fluid dynamics

GLOBEC

Global Ocean Ecosystems Dynamics program

GODAE

Global Ocean Data Assimilation Experiment

GSO

Graduate School of Oceanography (Univ. of Rhode Island)

ICO

Interagency Committee on Oceanography

ICP-MS

inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer

ICSU

International Council of Scientific Unions (now the International Council for Science)

IDOE

International Decade of Ocean Exploration

IGY

International Geophysical Year

IIOE

International Indian Ocean Exploration

IOC

Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission

IODP

Integrated Ocean Drilling Program

IPA

Intergovernmental Personnel Agreement

IPOD

International Program for Ocean Drilling

ISOS

International Southern Ocean Studies

JGOFS

Joint Global Ocean Flux Study

JOI

Joint Oceanographic Institutions, Inc.

JOIDES

Joint Oceanographic Institutions for Deep Earth Sampling

JPL

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

LDEO

Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

LDGO

Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory

LOCO

LOng COres drilling program

LR

Living Resources (IDOE)

MANOP

Manganese Nodule Program (Phase 2) (IDOE)

MAR

Mid-Atlantic Ridge

MBL

Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole)

MEDOC

Mediterranean Deep Ocean Convection

MERL

Marine Ecosystems Research Laboratory

MG&G

marine geology and geophysics

MIT

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

MODE

Mid-Ocean Dynamics Experiment

MPE

Division of Mathematics, Physics and Engineering (NSF)

MPES

Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences Division (NSF)

MPS

Mathematical and Physical Sciences (NSF)

NACOA

National Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere

NAML

National Association of Marine Laboratories

NAS

National Academy of Sciences

NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NASCO

NAS Committee on Oceanography

NCAR

National Center for Atmospheric Research

NCF

National Centers and Facilities (NSF)

NGO

non-governmental organization

NIH

National Institutes of Health

NOAA

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NODC

National Oceanographic Data Center (NOAA)

NOLS

National Oceanographic Laboratory System

NORPAX

North Pacific Experiment

NOSAMS

National Ocean Sciences Accelerator Mass Spectrometer

NRC

National Research Council

NSF

National Science Foundation

OAP

Office of Antarctic Programs (NSF)

OCE

Division of Ocean Sciences (NSF)

OCFS

Oceanographic Facilities and Centers (OCE)

ODP

Ocean Drilling Program

OEUVRE

Ocean Ecology: Understanding and Vision for Research

OMD

Ocean Margin Drilling

OMDP

Ocean Margin Drilling Program (NSF)

ONR

Office of Naval Research

OOFS

Office for Oceanographic Facilities and Support (NSF)

OPP

Office of Polar Programs (NSF)

OSOD

Office of Scientific Ocean Drilling (NSF)

OSRS

Ocean Sciences Research Section (OCE)

OT

Oceanographic Technology

OTA

Office of Technology Assessment

OTIC

Ocean Technology and Interdisciplinary Coordination (NSF)

PDR

precision depth recorder

PEQUOD

Pacific Equatorial Ocean Dynamics Experiment

PI

principal investigator

POLYMODE

U.S.-Soviet follow-on to MODE

PRIMA

Pollutant Responses In Marine Animals

PSAC

President's Science Advisory Committee

RIDGE

Ridge Inter-Disciplinary Global Experiments

RISE

Rivera Submersible Experiments

RITA

Rivera and TAmayo (French phase of East Pacific Rise explorations)

ROV

remotely-operated vehicle

RVOC

Research Vessels Operators' Committee

SAR

synthetic aperture radar

SASS

Sound Acoustic Surveillance System

SBA

Sea Bed Assessment (IDOE)

SCICEX

Scientific Ice Expeditions

SEABEAM

shipboard multi-transducer swath echo sounding system

SEAREX

Sea-Air Exchange

SEASAT

Earth Satellite dedicated to Oceanographic Applications

SEATAR

Studies in East Asia Tectonics and Resources (IDOE)

SeaWiFS

Sea-Viewing Wide Field of View Sensor

SES

Seagrass Ecosystem Study (IDOE)

SG&G

submarine geology and geophysics

SIO

Scripps Institution of Oceanography

SSC

Scientific Steering Committee

SSG

Scientific Steering Group

TAC

Technical Assistance Committee

TAO

Tropical Atmosphere Ocean

TH

Tropic Heat (a study of the Eastern Pacific Cold Tongue)

TOGA

Tropical Ocean-Global Atmosphere

TOPEX

Ocean Topography Experiment

TTO

Transient Tracers in the Ocean

TW

Terawatts

UCAR

University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

UNESCO

United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization

UNL

University-National Laboratory

URI

University of Rhode Island

USAP

U.S. Antarctic Program

USGCRP

U.S. Global Change Research Program

USSAC

U.S. Scientific Advisory Committee (ODP)

VERTEX

VERTical transport and EXchange of materials in the upper waters of the oceans

WEPOCS

Western Equatorial Pacific Ocean Circulation Study

WHOI

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

WMO

World Meteorological Organization

WOCE

World Ocean Circulation Experiment