ACC | Antarctic Circumpolar Current |
AFP | antifreeze protein |
AGS | NSF Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences |
AIL | NSF Division of Antarctic Infrastructure and Logistics |
AIMS | Antarctic Infrastructure Modernization for Science |
ANDRILL | ANtarctic geological DRILLing |
ARM | DOE Atmospheric Radiation and Monitoring program |
AST | NSF Division of Astronomical Sciences |
AUV | autonomous underwater vehicle |
BICEP | Background Imaging of Cosmic Extragalactic Polarization |
BRP | Blue Ribbon Panel |
CCAMLR | Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources |
CI | cyberinfrastructure |
CLIVAR | WCRP Climate Variability Program |
CMB | cosmic microwave background |
COMNAP | Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs |
DARPA | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency |
DOD | U.S. Department of Defense |
DOE | U.S. Department of Energy |
DSCS | Defense Satellite Communications System |
EAIS | East Antarctic Ice Sheet |
EAR | NSF Division of Earth Sciences |
ENSO | El Niño–Southern Oscillation |
EPICA | European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica |
GOES | Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite |
GO-SHIP | Global Ocean Ship-based Hydrographic Investigations Program |
GPS | Global Positioning System |
GRACE | Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment |
IARPC | Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee |
IODP | International Ocean Discovery Program |
LTER | Long Term Ecological Research |
MAPO | Martin A. Pomerantz Observatory |
MARAD | U.S. Maritime Administration |
MISI | marine ice sheet instability |
MREFC | Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction |
MWP | meltwater pulse |
NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
NIH | National Institutes of Health |
NOAA | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
NSF | National Science Foundation |
OCE | NSF Division of Ocean Sciences |
OOI | Ocean Observatories Initiative |
OSTP | White House Office of Science and Technology Policy |
PHY | NSF Division of Physics |
PI | principal investigator |
PINGU | Precision IceCube Next Generation Upgrade |
PLR | NSF Division of Polar Programs |
POLENET | Polar Earth Observing Network |
SAM | Southern Annular Mode |
SCAR | Scientific Committee for Antarctic Research |
SOCCOM | Southern Ocean Carbon and Climate Observations and Modeling project |
SOOS | Southern Ocean Observing System |
SPT | South Pole Telescope |
STEM | science, technology, engineering, and mathematics |
TDRS | Tracking and Data Relay Satellite |
UNOLS | University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System |
USAP | U.S. Antarctic Program |
USCG | U.S. Coast Guard |
UAV | unmanned airborne vehicle (drone) |
VLF | very low frequency |
WAIS | West Antarctic Ice Sheet |
WISSARD | Whillans Ice Stream Subglacial Access Research Project |
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