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Oceanography in the Next Decade: Building New Partnerships
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