Appendix H—
Acronyms
AAEO
Astronomical, Atmospheric, Earth and Ocean Sciences (NSF)
AD
Associate Director
AD/NI
Associate Director for National and International Programs (NSF)
AD/R
Associate Director for Research (NSF)
ADCP
acoustic Doppler current profiler
AEC
Atomic Energy Commission
AEOS
Astronomical, Earth and Ocean Sciences (NSF)
AGU
American Geophysical Union
AMS
Accelerator Mass Spectrometry
AMSOC
American Miscellaneous Society
APROPOS
Advances and Primary Research Opportunities in Physical Oceanography Studies
ARGO
Array for Real-Time Geostrophic Oceanography
ASLO
American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
AUV
autonomous underwater vehicle
BBS
Biological, Behavioral, and Social Sciences (NSF)
BBSR
Bermuda Biological Station for Research
BECS
Basin-wide Extended Climate Study
BMS
Biological and Medical Sciences Division (NSF)
BT
bathythermograph
CCD
calcite compensation depth
CENOP
Cenezoic Paleoceanography Project (IDOE)
CEPEX
Controlled Pollution Experiment
CGO
Coordinating Group on Oceanography (NSF)
CLIMAP
Climate: Long-range Investigation, Mapping and Prediction
CLIVAR
Climate Variability and Prediction program
CMSER
Commission on Marine Sciences, Engineering, and Resources
CNEXO
Centre National pour L'Exploitation de Oceans
CNP
Central North Pacific Gyre
COB
Centre Oceanologique de Bretagne
CODE
Coastal Ocean Dynamics Experiment
CORE
Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education
CTD
conductivity-temperature-depth profiler
CUEA
Coastal Upwelling Ecosystems Analysis
CZCS
Coastal Zone Color Scanner
DDT
dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
DES
Division of Environmental Sciences (NSF)
DISCO
Dissertations in Chemical Oceanography
DOE
Department of Energy
DSDP
Deep Sea Drilling Program
EF
Environmental Forecasting (IDOE)
ENSO
El Niño-Southern Oscillation
EPOCS
Eastern Pacific Ocean Climate Study
EPR
East Pacific Rise
ERDA
Energy Research and Development Administration
EQ
Environmental Quality (IDOE)
ES
Division of Earth Sciences (NSF)
FAMOUS
French-American Mid-Ocean Undersea Study
FOCUS
Future of Ocean Chemistry in the United States
FUMAGES
Future of Marine Geology and Geophysics
GARP
Global Atmospheric Research Program
GCM
general circulation models
GDC
Geologic Data Center
GEO
Directorate for Geosciences (NSF)
GEOSECS
Geochemical Ocean Sections Study
GFD
geophysical fluid dynamics
GLOBEC
Global Ocean Ecosystems Dynamics program
GODAE
Global Ocean Data Assimilation Experiment
GSO
Graduate School of Oceanography (Univ. of Rhode Island)
ICO
Interagency Committee on Oceanography
ICP-MS
inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer
ICSU
International Council of Scientific Unions (now the International Council for Science)
IDOE
International Decade of Ocean Exploration
IGY
International Geophysical Year
IIOE
International Indian Ocean Exploration
IOC
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
IODP
Integrated Ocean Drilling Program
IPA
Intergovernmental Personnel Agreement
IPOD
International Program for Ocean Drilling
ISOS
International Southern Ocean Studies
JGOFS
Joint Global Ocean Flux Study
JOI
Joint Oceanographic Institutions, Inc.
JOIDES
Joint Oceanographic Institutions for Deep Earth Sampling
JPL
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
LDEO
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
LDGO
Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory
LOCO
LOng COres drilling program
LR
Living Resources (IDOE)
MANOP
Manganese Nodule Program (Phase 2) (IDOE)
MAR
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
MBL
Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole)
MEDOC
Mediterranean Deep Ocean Convection
MERL
Marine Ecosystems Research Laboratory
MG&G
marine geology and geophysics
MIT
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MODE
Mid-Ocean Dynamics Experiment
MPE
Division of Mathematics, Physics and Engineering (NSF)
MPES
Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences Division (NSF)
MPS
Mathematical and Physical Sciences (NSF)
NACOA
National Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere
NAML
National Association of Marine Laboratories
NAS
National Academy of Sciences
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASCO
NAS Committee on Oceanography
NCAR
National Center for Atmospheric Research
NCF
National Centers and Facilities (NSF)
NGO
non-governmental organization
NIH
National Institutes of Health
NOAA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NODC
National Oceanographic Data Center (NOAA)
NOLS
National Oceanographic Laboratory System
NORPAX
North Pacific Experiment
NOSAMS
National Ocean Sciences Accelerator Mass Spectrometer
NRC
National Research Council
NSF
National Science Foundation
OAP
Office of Antarctic Programs (NSF)
OCE
Division of Ocean Sciences (NSF)
OCFS
Oceanographic Facilities and Centers (OCE)
ODP
Ocean Drilling Program
OEUVRE
Ocean Ecology: Understanding and Vision for Research
OMD
Ocean Margin Drilling
OMDP
Ocean Margin Drilling Program (NSF)
ONR
Office of Naval Research
OOFS
Office for Oceanographic Facilities and Support (NSF)
OPP
Office of Polar Programs (NSF)
OSOD
Office of Scientific Ocean Drilling (NSF)
OSRS
Ocean Sciences Research Section (OCE)
OT
Oceanographic Technology
OTA
Office of Technology Assessment
OTIC
Ocean Technology and Interdisciplinary Coordination (NSF)
PDR
precision depth recorder
PEQUOD
Pacific Equatorial Ocean Dynamics Experiment
PI
principal investigator
POLYMODE
U.S.-Soviet follow-on to MODE
PRIMA
Pollutant Responses In Marine Animals
PSAC
President's Science Advisory Committee
RIDGE
Ridge Inter-Disciplinary Global Experiments
RISE
Rivera Submersible Experiments
RITA
Rivera and TAmayo (French phase of East Pacific Rise explorations)
ROV
remotely-operated vehicle
RVOC
Research Vessels Operators' Committee
SAR
synthetic aperture radar
SASS
Sound Acoustic Surveillance System
SBA
Sea Bed Assessment (IDOE)
SCICEX
Scientific Ice Expeditions
SEABEAM
shipboard multi-transducer swath echo sounding system
SEAREX
Sea-Air Exchange
SEASAT
Earth Satellite dedicated to Oceanographic Applications
SEATAR
Studies in East Asia Tectonics and Resources (IDOE)
SeaWiFS
Sea-Viewing Wide Field of View Sensor
SES
Seagrass Ecosystem Study (IDOE)
SG&G
submarine geology and geophysics
SIO
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
SSC
Scientific Steering Committee
SSG
Scientific Steering Group
TAC
Technical Assistance Committee
TAO
Tropical Atmosphere Ocean
TH
Tropic Heat (a study of the Eastern Pacific Cold Tongue)
TOGA
Tropical Ocean-Global Atmosphere
TOPEX
Ocean Topography Experiment
TTO
Transient Tracers in the Ocean
TW
Terawatts
UCAR
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
UNESCO
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
UNL
University-National Laboratory
URI
University of Rhode Island
USAP
U.S. Antarctic Program
USGCRP
U.S. Global Change Research Program
USSAC
U.S. Scientific Advisory Committee (ODP)
VERTEX
VERTical transport and EXchange of materials in the upper waters of the oceans
WEPOCS
Western Equatorial Pacific Ocean Circulation Study
WHOI
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
WMO
World Meteorological Organization
WOCE
World Ocean Circulation Experiment