APPENDIX C
Definition of Acronyms
AGU—
American Geophysical Union
AMC—
Academia Mexicana de Ciencias
ASLO—
American Society for Limnology and Oceanography
CalCOFI—
California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations
CARIPOL—
Pollution Monitoring Programme in the Caribbean (IOCARIBE)
CEC—
Commission for Environmental Cooperation (related to NAFTA)
CEP-POL—
Caribbean Environmental Program on Pollution (IOC)
CFE—
Comisión Federal de Electricidad
CIBNOR—
Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste, S.C.
CICESE—
Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada
CICIMAR—
Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas
CINVESTAV—
Centro de Investigaciones y de Estudios Avanzados (a unit of the Instituto Politécnico Nacional)
CLIVAR—
Climate Variability and Predictability program
CODE—
Coastal Ocean Dynamics Experiment
CONACyT—
Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología
CTZ—
Coastal Transition Zone experiment
CUE—
Coastal Upwelling Experiment
EC—
European Community
EEZ—
exclusive economic zone
EMAP—
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (U.S. EPA)
ENSO—
El Niño-Southern Oscillation
EPA—
Environmental Protection Agency (U.S.)
ESF—
European Science Foundation
FNI—
Fundación Nacional de Investigación
GLOBEC—
Global Ocean Ecosystems Dynamics program
GOOS—
global ocean observing system
IAI—
Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research
IAS—
Intra-Americas Sea
ICES—
International Council for the Exploration of the Seas
ICMyL—
Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Límnologia (UNAM)
IIE—
Instituto de Investigaciones Eléctricas
IIO—
Instituto de Investigaciones Oceanológicas (UABC)
INE—
Instituto Nacional de Ecología
INEGI—
Instituto Nacional de Estadística Geografía e Informática
INP—
Instituto Nacional de la Pesca
InterRIDGE—
International Ridge Inter-Disciplinary Global Experiment
IOC—
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
IOCARIBE—
Sub-Commission for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (IOCARIBE) of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
IPN—
Instituto Poletécnico Nacional
IRI—
International Institute for Climate Change
JGOFS—
Joint Global Ocean Flux Study
JWG—
Joint Working Group on Ocean Sciences (AMC-NRC)
LATEX—
Louisiana-Texas Shelf Circulation and Transport Processes Program
LC—
Loop Current (Gulf of Mexico)
LOICZ—
Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone program
MAST—
Marine Science and Technology Programme (EC)
NAFTA—
North American Free Trade Agreement
NAS—
National Academy of Sciences
NATO—
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NMFS—
National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA)
NOAA—
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (U.S.)
NODC—
National Oceanic Data Center (NOAA)
NRC—
National Research Council (U.S.)
NSF—
National Science Foundation (U.S.)
NSF—
National Science Foundation (U.S.)
OCE—
NSF's Division of Ocean Sciences
ODP—
Ocean Drilling Program
OPTOMA—
Ocean Prediction Through Observational Analysis
OSB—
Ocean Studies Board (NRC)
OSU—
Oregon State University
PAHs—
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
PEMEX—
Petróleos Mexicanos
PICES—
North Pacific Marine Sciences Organization
RIDGE—
Ridge Inter-Disciplinary Global Experiment
ROOS—
regional ocean observing system
RSMAS—
Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (University of Miami)
SCI—
Science Citation Index
SCOR—
Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research
SEMARNP—
Secretaría del Medio Ambiente, Recursos Naturales y Pesca
SEP—
Secretaría de Educación Pública
SNI—
Sistema Nacional de Investigadores
SRE—
Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores
SWRMRP—
Southwest Regional Marine Research Program
TAMU—
Texas A&M University
UABC—
Universidad Autónoma de Baja California
UN—
United Nations
UNAM—
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
UNEP—
United Nations Environment Programme
UNESCO—
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
UNOLS—
University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System
WOCE—
World Ocean Circulation Experiment