APPENDIX
C
Acronyms
CalCOFI
University of California Cooperative Fisheries Investigations Program
CENR
Committee on Environment and Natural Resources
CLIVAR
The Programme on the Variability of the Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere System and Climate Prediction (WCRP)
ECMWF
European Centre for Medium Range Forecasts
ENSO
El Niño and the Southern Oscillation
Euro GOOS
European GOOS
FAO
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
GCOS
Global Climate Observing System (WMO-ICSU-IOC-UNEP)
GEWEX
Global Energy, and Water Cycle Experiment
GLOBEC
Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics Program
GOOS
Global Ocean Observing System (IOC-WMO-UNEP-ICSU)
GTOS
Global Terrestrial Observing System
HOTO
Health of the Oceans Module
ICSU
International Council of Scientific Unions
I-GOOS ICC-WMO-UNEP
Committee for the Global Ocean Observing System
IGOSS
Integrated Global Ocean Services System
IOC
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (UNESCO)
IRR
Internal Rate of Return
JGOFS
Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (IGBP)
J-GOOS
Joint Scientific and Technical Committee (IOC-WMO-ICSU) of GOOS
LMR
Living Marine Resources Module
MCSST
Multi-Channel Sea Surface Temperature
NCEP
National Centers for Environmental Protection
NEARGOOS
Neareast Asia Regional GOOS
NOAA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (USA)
NOS
National Ocean Service (NOAA)
NRC
National Research Council
NSTC
National Science and Technology Council
OOPC
Ocean Observations Panel for Climate
OOSDP
Ocean Observing System Development Panel
