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Suggested Citation:"II. Abbreviations and Acronyms." National Research Council. 1992. Oceanography in the Next Decade: Building New Partnerships. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/2048.
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II Abbreviations and Acronyms


ACOS

Advisory Committee on Ocean Sciences (ACOS)

ALT

Radar altimeter

ARISTOTELES

Applications and Research Involving Space Technologies Observing the Earth's Field from Low Earth Orbiting Satellites

ARM

Atmospheric Radiation Measurements program (DOE)


BLM

Bureau of Land Management

B.O.

Biological oceanography


CHAMMP

Computer Hardware, Advanced Modeling and Model Physics program

CNES

French space agency

C.O.

Chemical oceanography

COA

Council on Ocean Affairs

COP

Coastal Ocean Program (NOAA)

CS

Color scanner


DIN

dissolved inorganic nitrogen

DOC

dissolved organic carbon

DOD

Department of Defense

DOE

Department of Energy

DOI

Department of the Interior

Suggested Citation:"II. Abbreviations and Acronyms." National Research Council. 1992. Oceanography in the Next Decade: Building New Partnerships. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/2048.
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DOM

dissolved organic material

DON

dissolved organic nitrogen

DSDP

Deep Sea Drilling Project


EEZ

Exclusive Economic Zone

EOS

Earth Observing System

EOSDIS

EOS Data and Information System

EPA

Environmental Protection Agency

ERS-1

Earth Resources Satellite-1 (European Space Agency)

ESA

European Space Agency


FCCSET

Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering, and Technology

FLIP

Floating Instrument Platform

FY

Fiscal Year


GLOBEC

Global Ocean Ecosystems Dynamics

GNP

gross national product

GOOS

global ocean observing system


IR

Infrared radiometer


JGOFS

Joint Global Ocean Flux Study

JOI

Joint Oceanographic Institutions, Inc.

JOIDES

Joint Oceanographic Institutions for Deep Earth Sampling


M.B.

Marine biology

M.C.

Marine chemistry

MG and G

Marine geology and geophysics

MIT

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

MMS

Minerals Management Service (DOI)

MR

Microwave radiometer


NADW

North Atlantic Deep Water

NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NASDA

Japanese space agency

NOAA

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NODC

National Oceanographic Data Center

NRC

National Research Council

NRL

Naval Research Laboratory

NSF

National Science Foundation


OCE

Division of Ocean Sciences (NSF)

OCF

Oceanographic Centers and Facilities (NSF)

OCS

outer continental shelf

ODP

Ocean Drilling Program

O.E.

Ocean engineering

Suggested Citation:"II. Abbreviations and Acronyms." National Research Council. 1992. Oceanography in the Next Decade: Building New Partnerships. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/2048.
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ONR

Office of Naval Research

ONT

Office of Naval Technology

OSB

Ocean Studies Board

OSC

Orbital Sciences Corporation

OSRS

Ocean Science Research Support (NSF)


PI

principal investigator

P.O.

Physical oceanography

POM

particulate organic material


RIDGE

Ridge Inter-Disciplinary Global Experiment

ROV

remotely operated vehicle

R/V

research vessel


SAR

synthetic aperture radar

SCAT

Scatterometer

SeaWiFS

Sea-viewing Wide Field Sensor; an ocean color satellite instrument

SIO

Scripps Institution of Oceanography


TOGA

Tropical Ocean-Global Atmosphere program

TOPEX/Poseidon

Joint NASA/French Space Agency venture to measure the surface topography of the ocean with great precision


UH

University of Hawaii

UNOLS

University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System

USCG

U.S. Coast Guard

USGS

U.S. Geological Survey (DOI)

UW

University of Washington


VOS

volunteer observing ships


WHOI

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

WOCE

World Ocean Circulation Experiment

Suggested Citation:"II. Abbreviations and Acronyms." National Research Council. 1992. Oceanography in the Next Decade: Building New Partnerships. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/2048.
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