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Appendix C: Acronyms
Pages 147-149

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... Appendix C Acronyms AIS Automatic Identification System ALACE Airborne LIDAR Assessment of Coastal Erosion AtN Aids to Navigation AUV Autonomous Underwater Vehicle AVHRR Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer BLM Bureau of Land Management CASI Compact Airborne Spectrographic Imager CHARTS Compact Hydrographic Airborne Raid Total Survey CMW Counter Mine Warfare CSC Coastal Services Center CSO Coastal States Organization CTM Coastal Terrain Model DDM Digital Depth Model DEM Digital Elevation Model DGPS Differential Global Positioning System DMS Digital Mapping Server ECDIS Electronic Chart Display and Information System EEZ Exclusive Economic Zone ENC Electronic Nautical Chart EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 147
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... GPS Global Positioning System HAB Harmful Algal Bloom HYSAS Hydrographic Source and Assessment System IMO International Maritime Organization IMU Inertial Measurement Unit ISO International Organization for Standardization LIDAR Light Detection and Ranging LNM Local Notice to Mariners MHHW Mean Higher High Water MHW Mean High Water MLLW Mean Lower Low Water MLW Mean Low Water MMS Minerals Management Service MSL Mean Sea Level NAD North American Datum NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NAVD North American Vertical Datum NESDIS National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service NGA National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (formerly National Imagery and Mapping Agency) NGDC National Geophysical Data Center NGS National Geodetic Survey NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOPP National Ocean Partnership Program NOS National Ocean Service NPDES National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NPS National Park Service NRC National Research Council
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... Coast Guard USGS U.S. Geological Survey UUV Unmanned Underwater Vehicle WAAS Wide Area Augmentation System WWNWS World Wide Navigational Warning System XML Extensible Markup Language
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