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Appendix B: Acronyms and Abbreviations
Pages 112-115

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... APPENDIX B Acronyms and Abbreviations ADCP AGU AESOPS ALACE AMS AO APROPOS ARI ASLO ATM AUV BATS BI-OMP CCCO CDIAC CEPEX CIRES CLIMAP CLIVAR Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler American Geophysical Union Southern Ocean Process Study Autonomous Lagrangian Circulation Explorer Accelerator Mass Spectrometer Announcement of Opportunity Advance and Primary Opportunities in Physical Oceanography Studies Accelerated Research Initiatives American Society of Limnology and Oceanography NSF Atmospheric Sciences Division Autonomous Vehicles Bermuda Atlantic Time-Series Study Biotechnological Investigations Ocean Margins Program Committee on Climate Changes and the Ocean Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center Central Equatorial Pacific Experiment Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (University of Colorado) Climate: Long-Range Investigation, Mapping, and Prediction Climate Variability and Predictability Programme 112
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... Environmental Protection Agency ERL OAR Environmental Research Laboratories FAMOUS French-American Undersea Study FIP Fleet Improvement Plan FOCUS Future of Ocean Chemistry in the United States FUMAGES Future of Marine Geology and Geophysics GDP Gross Domestic Product GEOSECS Geochemical Ocean Sections GLOBEC Global Ocean Ecosystems Dynamics GOALS Global Ocean-Atmosphere-Land System GOFS Global Ocean Flux Study GOOS Global Ocean Observing System HOTS Hawaii Ocean Time-Series ICSU International Council of Scientific Unions IDOE International Decade of Ocean Exploration IGBP International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme IGY International Geophysical Year IMET Improved Meteorological Package IOC Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
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... 114 GLOB^OC~SCIENCE: TOW~=EG~TED APPROACH IOP Intensive Observing Period IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IRI International Research Institute ISOS International Southern Ocean Studies IGOFS Joint Global Ocean Flux Study IGR Journal of Geophysical Research JOI Joint Oceanographic Institutions, Inc. JOIDES Joint Oceanographic Institution for Deep Earth Sampling ISC Joint Scientific Committee LADCP Lowered Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler LEXEN Life in EXtreme ENvironments LMER Land Margin Ecosystem Research LOICZ Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone LRP Long-Range Science Plan MANOP Manganese Nodule Project MCS Multi-Channel Seismic MESH Marine aspects of Earth System History MG&G Marine Geology and Geophysics MMS Modular Modeling System MODE Mid-Ocean Dynamics Experiment MOP Major Oceanographic Program MOR Mid Ocean Ridge MOU Memorandum of Understanding MTPE NASA Mission to Planet Earth NAE National Academy of Engineering NAS National Academy of Sciences NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASCO NAS Committee on Oceanography NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization NAVOCEANO Naval Oceanographic Office NCEP National Centers for Environmental Prediction NESDIS National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service NMFS National Marine Fisheries Service NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NODC National Oceanographic Data Center NOPP National Ocean Partnership Program NORPAX North Pacific Experiment NOS National Ocean Service NRC National Research Council NRL Naval Research Laboratories NSF National Science Foundation
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... APPENDIX B 115 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 Re search 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 REP 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 USGCRP United States Global Change Research Program USSAC United States Science Advisory Committee USSSP United States Science Support Program WCRP World Climate Research Programme WHP World Hydrographic Program WMO World Meteorological Organization WOCE World Ocean Circulation Experiment
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