Appendix I - List of Acronyms
ACCP
Atlantic Climate Change Program
ACP
Antarctic Circumpolar Current
ADCP
Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler
ADEOS
Advanced Earth Observing Satellite
ALACE
Autonomous Lagrangian Circulation Explorer
ARCSS
Arctic Systems Science
ARPA
Advanced Research Projects Agency
ATOC
Acoustic Thermometry of Ocean Climate
AUV
Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
CFC
Chlorofluorocarbon
CLIVAR
Climate Variability and Predictability
CRC
NRC Climate Research Committee
CTD
Conductivity-Temperature-Depth
CZCS
Coastal Zone Color Scanner
DOE
Department of Energy
ENSO
El Niño-Southern Oscillation
EOS
Earth Observing System
ERS-1
European Remote Sensing Satellite
FARA
French-American Ridge Atlantic
GCOS
Global Climate Observing System
GCP
GLOBEC Core Program
GEOSAT
Geodetic Satellite Mission
GFDL
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
GISP2
Greenland Ice Sheet Project Two
GLOBEC
Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics
GOALS
Global Ocean-Atmosphere-Land System
GOOS
Global Ocean Observing System
GTS
Global Telecommunications System
ICES
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
ICSU
International Council of Scientific Unions
IGBP
International Geosphere-Biosphere Program
IMAGES
International Marine Global Changes Study
InterRIDGE
International RIDGE
IOC
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
IRICP
International Research Institute for Climate Prediction
JGOFS
Joint Global Ocean Flux Study
JOI
Joint Oceanographic Institutions, Inc.
LAII
Land-Atmosphere-Ice Interactions
LOICZ
Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone
MELT
Mantle Electromagnetic and Tomography
MESH
Marine Aspects of Earth System History
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NSCAT
NASA Scatterometer
NOAA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NRC
National Research Council
NSF
National Science Foundation
OAII
Ocean-Atmosphere-Ice Interactions
ODP
Ocean Drilling Program
ONR
Office of Naval Research
PAGES
Past Global Climate
PALE
Paleoclimates of Arctic Lakes and Estuaries
PICES
Pacific ICES
RIDGE
Ridge Inter-Disciplinary Global Experiments
ROV
Remotely Operated Vehicle
SCOR
Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research
SeaWiFS
Sea-Viewing, Wide Field Sensor
SERDP
Strategic Environmental Research and Development Projects
SOFAR
Sound Fixing and Ranging
SOSUS
Sound Surveillance Underwater System
SST
Sea-Surface Temperature
TAO
TOGA Tropical Atmosphere Ocean
TOGA
Tropical Ocean-Global Atmosphere
TOGA COARE
TOGA Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment
TOGA SSG
TOGA Scientific Steering Group
TOPEX/Poseidon
Ocean Topography Experiment
T-POP
TOGA Program on Seasonal to Interannual Prediction
UNEP
United Nations Environment Program