I
Acronyms and Initialisms
ADF&G
Alaska Department of Fish and Game
API
American Petroleum Institute
ARCUS
Arctic Research Consortium of the United States
ATOM
Alyeska Tactical Oil Spill Model
BAA
Broad Area Announcement
BLM
Bureau of Land Management
CGAA96
Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1996
CI
Cook Inlet
CMI
Coastal Marine Institute
CoOP
Coastal Ocean Processes program (NSF, NOAA, ONR)
DOD
Department of Defense
EPPR
Emergency Prevention, Preparedness, and Response
ESI
environmental sensitivity maps
EVOSTC
Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council
FOSC
federal on-scene coordinator
FTE
Full-Time Employee
FY
fiscal year
GEM
Gulf (of Alaska) Ecosystem Monitoring
GIS
geographic information system
GLOBEC
Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics program
GPM
Grant Policy Manual
GPS
Global Positioning System
GRD
Graphical Resource Database
HAZMAT
HAZardous MATerials
HE
Hinchinbrook Entrance
HSVA
Hamburgische Schiff Versuchs Anstalt (German ice model)
IARC
International Arctic Research Center
IMS
Institute of Marine Sciences
LIDAR
LIght Detection And Ranging
LTEMP
Long-Term Environmental Monitoring program
MORICE
Mechanical Oil Recovery in Ice Infested Waters
MOU
memorandum of understanding
MS
Montague Strait
NC/FC
Nowcast/Forecast Model
NMFS
National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA)
NOAA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOS
National Ocean Service
NPRB
North Pacific Research Board
NRC
National Research Council
NRDA
Natural Resource Damage Assessment
NSF
National Science Foundation
OAR
Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
ONR
Office of Naval Research
OPA 90
Oil Pollution Act of 1990
OR&R
Office of Response and Restoration
OSCAR
Oil Spill Contingency and Response
OSRI
Oil Spill Recovery Institute
PAH
polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbon
PCC
Pollock Conservation Cooperative
PI
principal investigator
PICES
North Pacific Marine Science Organization
POM
Princeton Ocean Model
PWS
Prince William Sound
PWS RCAC
Prince William Sound Regional Citizens Advisory Council
PWSSC
Prince William Sound Science Center
