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NSIDC
National Snow and Ice Data Center
NWS
National Weather Service
OAR
Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
OCE
NSF Ocean Sciences Division
OCFS
Oceanographic Centers and Facilities Section
ODP
Ocean Drilling Program
OEUVRE
Ocean Ecology: Understanding and Vision for Research
OGP
Office of Global Programs
OMP
Ocean Margins Program
ONR
U.S. Office of Naval Research
OSB
Ocean Studies Board
OSRS
Ocean Sciences Research Section
POLYMODE
Mid-Ocean Dynamics Experiment eddies division
R/V
research vessel
RFP
request for proposals
RIDGE
Ridge Inter-Disciplinary Global Experiments
ROSCOP
Report of Observations and Samples Collected on Oceanographic Programs
ROV
Remotely Operated Vehicles
S&T
science and technology
SeaWIFS
Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor
SOSUS
Sound Surveillance System
SSC
Scientific Steering Committee
SSG
Scientific Steering Group
TDD
Telephonic Device for the Deaf
T-POP
TOGA Program on Prediction
TOGA
Tropical Oceans and Global Atmosphere Program
TOGA TAO
TOGA Tropical Atmosphere-Ocean array
TOPEX
Ocean Surface Topography Experiment
TS
temperature-salinity
UNESCO
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
UNOLS
University-National Oceanographic Laboratory Systems