APPENDIX D
Acronym List and Chemical Terminology
ACRONYM LIST
AESOPS
Antarctic Environment and Southern Ocean Process Study
AMS
Accelerator Mass Spectrometry
AOU
Apparent Oxygen Utilization
BATS
Bermuda Atlantic Time Series
CHN
Carbon Hydrogen Nitrogen
CSIA
Compound-specific Isotopic Analysis
CSK
Cooperative Study of the Kuroshivo
DIC
Dissolved Inorganic Carbon
DOC
Dissolved Organic Carbon
DOM
Dissolved Organic Matter
DOP
Dissolved Organic Phosphorus
EqPac
Equatorial Pacific
FIRI
Fourth International Radiocarbon Intercomparison
GFAAS
Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy
irm-GCMS
Gas chromatography-isotope ratio mass spectrometry
HOT
Hawaii Ocean Time-series
HPLC
High power liquid chromatography
IAEA
International Atomic Energy Agency
ICP-MS
Inductively-Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry
JGOFS
Joint Global Ocean Flux Study
NIST
National Institute of Standards and Technology
NMR
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
NOAA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NRC
National Research Council
NSF
National Science Foundation
PAH
Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons
PCB
Polychlorinated biphenyl
POC
Particulate Organic Carbon
POM
Particulate Organic Matter
SCOR
Scientific Committee on Ocean Research
SeaWiFS
Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-View Sensor
USGS
United States Geological Survey
WOCE
World Ocean Circulation Experiment
NUCLIDES
227Ac |
Actinium-227 |
26Al |
Aluminum-26 |
241Am |
Americium-241 |
39Ar |
Argon-39 |
7Be |
Beryllium-7 |
10Be |
Beryllium-10 |
12C |
Carbon-12 |
13C |
Carbon-13 |
14C |
Carbon-14 |
137Cs |
Cesium-137 |
36Cl |
Chlorine-36 |
129I |
Iodine-129 |
85Kr |
Krypton-85 |
14N |
Nitrogen-14 |
15N |
Nitrogen-15 |
210Pb |
Lead-210 |
239Pu |
Plutonium-239 |
240Pu |
Plutonium-240 |
210Po |
Polonium-210 |
231Pa |
Protactinium-231 |
223Ra |
Radium-223 |
224Ra |
Radium-224 |
226Ra |
Radium-226 |
228Ra |
Radium-228 |
222Rn |
Radon-222 |
90Sr |
Strontium-90 |
228Th |
Thorium-228 |
230Th |
Thorium-230 |
232Th |
Thorium-232 |
234Th |
Thorium-234 |
3H |
Tritium |
234U |
Uranium-234 |
235U |
Uranium-235 |
238U |
Uranium-238 |
COMPOUNDS
CaCO3 |
calcium carbonate |
CO2 |
carbon dioxide |
CO |
carbon monoxide |
DMS |
dimethyl sulfide |
N2 |
gaseous nitrogen |
HCl |
hydrochloric acid |
HF |
hydrofluoric acid |
Mg(OH)2 |
magnesium hydroxide |
CH4 |
methane |
NO3 |
nitrate |
N2O |
nitrous oxide |
PO4 |
phosphate |
H3PO4 |
phosphoric acid |
KCl |
potassium chloride |
Si(OH)4 |
silicate |
AgBr |
silver bromide |
AgCl |
silver chloride |
AgNO3 |
silver nitrate |
NaOH |
sodium hydroxide |
H2SO4 |
sulfuric acid |
H2SO3 |
sulfurous acid |
H2O |
water |