Appendix G
Acronyms and Abbreviations
CGPS | continuous Global Positioning System |
CMIP 3 | Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 3 |
CO2 | carbon dioxide |
CO-OPS | Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services |
DCW | Digital Chart of the World |
DOFs | degrees-of-freedom |
DORIS | Doppler Orbitography and Radiopositioning Integrated by Satellite |
ENSO | El Nñno-Southern Oscillation |
FEMA | Federal Emergency Management Administration |
GCM | general circulation model |
GIA | glacial isostatic adjustment |
GLIMS | Global Land Ice Measurements from Space |
GLM | generalized linear model |
GNSS | Global Navigation Satellite System |
GPS | Global Positioning System |
GRACE | Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment |
IB | inverse barometer |
InSAR | interferometric synthetic aperture radar |
IPCC | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
lidar | light detection and ranging |
MBT | mechanical bathythermograph |
MTJ | Mendocino Triple Junction |
NCEP | National Centers for Environmental Prediction |
NGS | National Geodetic Survey |
NOAA | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
NRC | National Research Council |
PDO | Pacific Decadal Oscillation |
PSMSL | Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level |
RMS | root mean square |
SLA | sea-level anomaly |
SLE | sea-level equivalent |
SLP | sea-level pressure |
SOPAC | Scripps Orbit and Permanent Array Center |
SWH | significant wave height |
USACE | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |
USGS | U.S. Geological Survey |
VLM | vertical land motion |
WGI | World Glacier Inventory |
XBT | expendable bathythermograph |
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