Suggested Citation:"Appendix E: Acronyms Used in the Report." National Research Council. 2015. Sea Change: 2015-2025 Decadal Survey of Ocean Sciences. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/21655.
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Appendix E
Acronyms Used in the Report
| AC-GEO | NSF Advisory Committee for Geosciences |
| AUV | autonomous underwater vehicle |
| BATS | Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study |
| BIO | Directorate for Biological Sciences |
| BOEM | Bureau of Ocean Energy Management |
| CalCOFI | California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations |
| CLIVAR | Climate Variability & Predictability |
| CoML | Census of Marine Life |
| CPP | Complementary Project Proposal |
| DOE | Department of Energy |
| DSOS | Decadal Survey of Ocean Sciences 2015 |
| EAR | NSF Division of Earth Sciences |
| ECORD | European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling |
| EPA | Environmental Protection Agency |
| FEMA | Federal Emergency Management Agency |
| FY | fiscal year |
| GEO | NSF Geosciences Directorate |
| GEOTRACES | International Study of Marine Biogeochemical Cycles of Trace Elements and their Isotopes |
| GLOBEC | Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics |
| HOT | Hawaii Ocean Time-series |
| HOV | human-occupied vehicle |
| ICER | Integrative and Collaborative Education and Research |
| IODP (2003-2013) | Integrated Ocean Drilling Program |
| IODP (2013-2018) | International Ocean Discovery Program |
| IWG-FI | Interagency Working Group on Facilities and Infrastructure |
| IWG-OP | Interagency Working Group on Ocean Partnerships |
| JGOFS | Joint Global Ocean Flux Study |
Suggested Citation:"Appendix E: Acronyms Used in the Report." National Research Council. 2015. Sea Change: 2015-2025 Decadal Survey of Ocean Sciences. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/21655.
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| MEXT | Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Japan) |
| MMC | Marine Mammal Commission |
| MREFC | Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction |
| MSP | mission-specific platform |
| NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| NDSF | National Deep Submergence Facility |
| NEPTUNE | Northeast Pacific Time-Series Undersea Networked Experiments |
| NIEHS | National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences |
| NMFS | National Marine Fisheries Service |
| NOAA | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| NOPP | National Oceanographic Partnership Program |
| NRC | National Research Council |
| NSF | National Science Foundation |
| O&M | operations and maintenance |
| OAR | Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research |
| OBSIP | Ocean Bottom Seismograph Instrument Pool |
| OCE | NSF Division of Ocean Sciences |
| ODP | Ocean Drilling Program |
| ONR | Office of Naval Research |
| OOI | Ocean Observatories Initiative |
| OTIC | Oceanographic Technology and Interdisciplinary Coordination |
| PLUME | Plume-Lithosphere Undersea Mantle Experiment |
| RCRV | Regional Class Research Vessel |
| RIDGE | Ridge Interdisciplinary Global Experiments |
| ROV | remotely operated vehicle |
| SEES | Science, Engineering, and Education for Sustainability (NSF) |
| SOST | Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology |
| UAV | unmanned aerial vehicle |
| UNOLS | University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System |
| USACE | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |
| USFWS | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
| USGS | U.S. Geological Survey |
| WOCE | World Ocean Circulation Experiment |
