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APPENDIX A: ACRONYMS OCCO: Conmittee on Climatic Changes and the Ocean CRC: Climate Research Committee (of the National Research Council) EAZO: Energetically Active Zones of the Ocean Program (of the USSR) ENSO: El Nino and the Southern Oscillation Exper iment EPOCS: Equatorial Pacific Ocean Climate Studies ERBE: Earth Radiation Budget Experiment FGGE: First GARP Global Experiment (also known as the Global Weather Experiment) FOCAL: Programme Francais Oc6an Climat Atlantique Equatorial (of France) GARP: Global Atmospheric Research Program GINS Cage: Greenland, Iceland, and Norwegian Seas Cage Exper iment HAIKU: Heat Advection Investigation in the Kuroshio ICEX: Ice and Climate Experiment ICSU: International Council of Scientific Unions IGOSS: Integrated Global Ocean Services System (of the IOC and VWO) IOC: Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization) JOI: Joint Oceanographic Institutions, Incorporated JSC: Joint Scientific Conmittee for the World Climate Research Program and the Global Atmospheric Research Program NASA: National Aeronautics and Space Administration NCAR: National Center for Atmospheric Research NCPO: National Climate Program Office NOAA: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (of the U.S. Department of Commerce) NORPAX: North Pacific Experiment NOS: National Ocean Service (of NOAA) NRC: National Research Council NSF: National Science Foundation 64
65 OACIS: Ocean Atmosphere Climate Interaction Studies OHTEX: Ocean Heat Transport Experiment (of Japan) OMLET: Ocean Mixed Layer Experiment (of Japan) ONR: Office of Naval Research (of the U.S. Department of Defense) OSB: Ocean Sciences Board (of the National Research Council) OSC: Ocean Science Committee (of the National Research Council) PATHS: Pacific Transport of Heat and Salt Experiment PEQUOD: Pacific Equatorial Ocean Dynamics POMS: Pilot Ocean Monitoring Studies SCOR: Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (of the International Council of Scientific Unions) SEQUAL: Seasonal Response of the Equatorial Atlantic SINODE: Surface Indian Ocean Dynamics Experiment (of France) STACS: Sub-Tropical Atlantic Climate Study TOGA: Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere Experiment TOPEX: Ocean Topography Experiment TRANSPAC: North Pacific Ocean ship of opportunity XBT monitoring program UCAR: University Corporation for Atmospheric Research WCRP: World Climate Research Program WMO: World Meteorological Organization WOCE: World Ocean Circulation Experiment
