3-D

Three-Dimensional

3GWAM

Third Generation Wave Model

ACTD

Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration

ADCP

Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler

ALMDS

Airborne Laser Mine Detection System

AMCM

Airborne Mine CounterMeasures

AMNS

Airborne Mine Neutralization System

ASCII

American Standard Code for Information Interchange

ASW

Anti-submarine warfare

AUV

Autonomous Vehicle

BSP

Battlespace Profiler

BUFR

Binary Universal Form of Representation

C²I

Command, Control, and Information

C⁴I

Command and Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence

CCM

Counter-Counter Measures

CDOM

Chromophoric Dissolved Organic Material

CEAS

Comprehensive Environmental Assessment System

CLZ

Craft Landing Zone

CNMOC

Commander, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command

CNO

Chief of Naval Operations

COAMPS

Coupled Ocean/Atmosphere Mesoscale Prediction System

CODAS

Common Oceanographic Data Archival System

COE

Common Operating Environment

COMINEWARCOM

Commander, Mine Warfare Command

COMOMAG

Mobile Mine Assembly Group

CONOPS

Concept of Operations

CoOP

Coastal Ocean Processes

COTS

Commercial Off-The-Shelf

CTD

Conductivity, Temperature, Depth

DBDB

Digital Bathymetric Data Base

DET

Distributed Explosive Technology

DII COE

Defense Information Infrastructure Common Operating Environment

DPSR

Distributed Processing System Replacement

DW

Data Warehouse

EIP

Explode-In-Place

ENATD

Enhanced Neutralization Advanced Technology Demonstration

ENVIRON MON

Environmental Monitoring

EOD

Explosive Ordinance Disposal

ERDAS

Earth Resources Data Acquisition System

FGDC

Federal Geographic Data Committee

FLENUMMETOCCEN

Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center

FTP

File Transfer Protocol

GCCS - M Global Command and Control System - Maritime

GDB

Geophysical Data Base

GDEM

Generalized Digital Environmental Model

GIF

Graphics Interchange Format

GIS

Geographic Information System

GPS

Global Positioning System

GRIB

Gridded Binary

GRP

Glass-Reinforced Plastic

GSF

Generic Sensor Fomat

GUI

Graphic User Interface

HIDEX

High Intake Defined Excitation bathyphotometer

HIS

Interactive Histogram Stretching

HM 15

Helicopter Hanger

HTML

Hyper Text Markup Language

HUNT

Minehunting

HYSAS

Hydrographic Source Assessment System

ISBHM Intelligent Self-Burying Hunter Mine
JTA Joint Technical Architecture

LCID

Littoral Currents Information Data Base

LIDAR

Light Detection and Ranging

LMRS

Long-term Mine Reconnaissance System

M&S

Modeling and Simulation

MACAS

Magnetic Capability and Safety

MCM

Mine Countermeasures

MCM REP-UWCOND

MCM Report - Underwater Conditions

MCMRON

Mine Countermeasures Squadron

MCOG

Mine Warfare Coordinating Group

MCS

Mine Countermeasures Command, Control and Support Ship

MEDAL

Mine Warfare Environmental Decision Aid Library

MEDEA

Measurements of Earth Data for Environmental Analysis

METOC

Meteorological and Oceanographic

MH-53E

Minehunting Helicopter, 53E version

MHC

Mine-hunter, Coastal ship

MICFAC

Mobile Integrated Command Facility

MIREM

Mine Warfare Readiness and Effectiveness Measurements

MIW

Mine Warfare

MLDC

Magic Lantern Deployment Contingency

MMS

Marine Mammal System

MNS

Mine Neutralizaton System

MOMAU

Mobile Mine Assembly Unit

MOODS

Master Oceanographic Observation Dataset

MSDDB

Master Seafloor Digital Data Base

MSO

Minesweeper, Ocean Going

MTEDS

MCM Tactical Environmental Data System

MWP

Mine Warfare Pilot

MWTC

Mine Warfare Training Center

N34D

Data Ingest Staff

N34

Ocean/Seafloor Data Division

N342

SWATH Systems Branch

N344

Validation Branch

N35

Geophysics and Acoustics Data Division

N351

Geophysics Branch

N5

Geospatial Databases Department

N51

Oceanographic Databases Division

N52

Seafloor Databases Division

N54

Applied Hydrography Division

N931

Laboratory Branch

N95

Modeling and Techniques Division

N951

Simulation and Visualization Branch

N85

Director, Expeditionary Warfare

NAS

Naval Air Station

NATO

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NAVOCEANO

Naval Oceanographic Office

NAVSEA

Naval Sea Systems Command

NES

Network Encryption System

NEUT

Neutralization

NIDAS

Naval Interactive Data Analysis System

NIPRNET

Nonsecure Internet Protocol Route Network

NITES

Navy Integrated Tactical Environmental Subsystem

NMRS

Near-term Mine Reconaissance System

NODC

National Oceanographic Data Center

NOGAPS

Navy Operational Global Atmospheric Prediction System

NOMBO

Non-Mine, Mine-Like Bottom Object

NOO

Naval Oceanographic Office

NRC

National Research Council

NSW

Naval Special Warfare

NSWC-DD CSS

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, Coastal System Station

NTCS - A

Navy Tactical Computer System - Afloat

NWP

Naval Warfare Publication

OAS S&T

Ocean, Atmosphere and Space Science and Technology

OES

Oceanographic/Environmental Summary

ONR

Office of Naval Research

OPAREA

Operating Area

OPNAV N85

Director, Expeditionary Warfare

OPNOTE

Operational Note

OSB

Ocean Studies Board

OSS

Oceanographic Support Subsystem

OSS DW

Oceanographic Support Subsystem Data Warehouse

PC

Personal Computer

PINS

Precise Integrated Navigation System

PMA

Post Mission Analysis

PMI

Production Modernization Initiative

POM

Program Objectives Memorandum

PW

Propelled Warhead mines

QC

Quality Control

Q-MIPS

Q-route Mine Image Processing System

R&D

Research and Development

RAMICS

Rapid Airborne Mine Countermeasures System

RDBMS

Relational Data Base Management System

RDI

RD Instruments

RDP

Raw Data Point

RECO

Remote Control

RECON

Reconnaissance

RMOP

Remote Minehunting Operational Prototype

RMS

Remote Minehunting System

ROV

Remotely Operated Vehicle

RTDHS

Real Time Data Handling System

SABRE

Shallow Water Assault Breasching System

SCADCP

Self-Contained Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler

SCBP

Self-Contained Bioluminescence Photometer

SIG MOD

Signature Modification

SIPRNET

Secret Internet Protocol Router Network

SLMM

Submarine Launched Mobile Mine

SLOC

Sea Lanes of Communication

SMCM

Surface Mine CounterMeasures

SQL

Structured Query Language

SSN

Attack Submarine(Nuclear)

STOIC

Special Tactical Oceanographic Information Chart

STRATAFORM

Strata Formation on Margins Program

SWABS

Shallow water Assault Breaching System

SWEEP

Minesweeping

SWGDEM

Shallow water Generalized Digital Environmental Model

SZ

Surf Zone

TAMDA

Tactical Acoustics Measurement and Decision Aid

TDA

Tactical Decision Aid

TESS

Tactical Environmental Support System

TOWDEX

Towed Defined Excitation Bathyphotometer

UAV

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

UMCM

Undersea/water Mine Countermeasures

UNISIPS

Unified Sonar Image Processing System

URI

University Research Initiative

UUV

Unmanned Undersea Vehicle

VMADCP

Vessel-Mounted Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler

VSW

Very Shallow Water

WW I

World War I

WW II

World War II

WWW

World Wide Web

XBP

Expendable Bathyphotometer

XBT

Expendable Bathythermography

XSV

Expendable Sound Velocity