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Suggested Citation:"Appendix D: Acronym List." National Research Council. 2011. Critical Infrastructure for Ocean Research and Societal Needs in 2030. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13081.
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Appendix D
Acronym List

ADCP Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler

AGU American Geophysical Union

AMS Accelerator Mass Spectrometry

AUV Autonomous Underwater Vehicle

CHIRP Compressed High Intensity Radar Pulse

CODAR Coastal Ocean Dynamics Applications Radar

CORK Circulation Obviation Retrofit Kit

CTD Conductivity, Temperature and Depth

DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

DOC Dissolved Organic Carbon

DONET Dense Oceanfloor Network System for Earthquakes and Tsunamis

DVL Doppler Velocity Log

EM Electromagnetic

ENSO El Niño/Southern Oscillation

EPA Environmental Protection Agency

GC-GFAMS Gas Chromatography–Continuous-Flow Accelerator Mass Spectrometry

GEOSS Global Earth Observation System of Systems

GPS Global Positioning System

HF High Frequency

HOT Hawaii Ocean Time-series

HOV Human Operated Vehicle

IODP Integrated Ocean Drilling Program

IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

IRIS Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology

JGOFS Joint Global Ocean Flux Study

JOIDES Joint Oceanographic Institutions for Deep Earth Sampling

LIDAR Light Detection and Ranging

MBARI Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

MODIS Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer

Suggested Citation:"Appendix D: Acronym List." National Research Council. 2011. Critical Infrastructure for Ocean Research and Societal Needs in 2030. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13081.
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NAO North Atlantic Oscillation

NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NAVO The Naval Oceanographic Office

NCAR National Center for Atmospheric Research

NDSF National Deep Submergence Facility

NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NOP National Ocean Policy

NOPP National Oceanographic Partnership Program

NOSAMS National Ocean Sciences Accelerator Mass Spectrometry

NRC National Research Council

NSF National Science Foundation

ODP Ocean Drilling Program

ONR Office of Naval Research

OSSE Observing System Simulation Experiments

PDO Pacific Decadal Oscillation

PCB Polychlorinated Biphenyl

ROV Remotely Operated Vehicle

SeaWiFS Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor

SOST Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology

SST Sea Surface Temperatures

UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

UNOLS University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System

USCOP U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy

WHOI Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

WOCE World Ocean Circulation Experiment

Suggested Citation:"Appendix D: Acronym List." National Research Council. 2011. Critical Infrastructure for Ocean Research and Societal Needs in 2030. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13081.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix D: Acronym List." National Research Council. 2011. Critical Infrastructure for Ocean Research and Societal Needs in 2030. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13081.
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The United States has jurisdiction over 3.4 million square miles of ocean in its exclusive economic zone, a size exceeding the combined land area of the 50 states. This expansive marine area represents a prime national domain for activities such as maritime transportation, national security, energy and mineral extraction, fisheries and aquaculture, and tourism and recreation. However, it also carries with it the threat of damaging and outbreaks of waterborne pathogens. The 2010 Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Horizon oil spill and the 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami are vivid reminders that ocean activities and processes have direct human implications both nationally and worldwide, understanding of the ocean system is still incomplete, and ocean research infrastructure is needed to support both fundamental research and societal priorities.

Given current struggles to maintain, operate, and upgrade major infrastructure elements while maintaining a robust research portfolio, a strategic plan is needed for future investments to ensure that new facilities provide the greatest value, least redundancy, and highest efficiency in terms of operation and flexibility to incorporate new technological advances. Critical Infrastructure for Ocean Research and Societal Needs in 2030 identifies major research questions anticipated to be at the forefront of ocean science in 2030 based on national and international assessments, input from the worldwide scientific community, and ongoing research planning activities. This report defines categories of infrastructure that should be included in planning for the nation's ocean research infrastructure of 2030 and that will be required to answer the major research questions of the future.

Critical Infrastructure for Ocean Research and Societal Needs in 2030 provides advice on the criteria and processes that could be used to set priorities for the development of new ocean infrastructure or replacement of existing facilities. In addition, this report recommends ways in which the federal agencies can maximize the value of investments in ocean infrastructure.

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