Appendix B Acronyms and Abbreviations
ADCP
Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler
AGU
American Geophysical Union
AESOPS
Southern Ocean Process Study
ALACE
Autonomous Lagrangian Circulation Explorer
AMS
Accelerator Mass Spectrometer
AO
Announcement of Opportunity
APROPOS
Advance and Primary Opportunities in Physical Oceanography Studies
ARI
Accelerated Research Initiatives
ASLO
American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
ATM
NSF Atmospheric Sciences Division
AUV
Autonomous Vehicles
BATS
Bermuda Atlantic Time-Series Study
BI-OMP
Biotechnological Investigations—Ocean Margins Program
CCCO
Committee on Climate Changes and the Ocean
CDIAC
Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
CEPEX
Central Equatorial Pacific Experiment
CIRES
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (University of Colorado)
CLIMAP
Climate: Long-Range Investigation, Mapping, and Prediction
CLIVAR
Climate Variability and Predictability Programme
CLIVAR—ACC
CLIVAR on Anthropogenic Climate Change
CLIVAR—DecCen
CLIVAR—Decadal to Centennial
CLIVAR—GOALS
CLIVAR on Global Ocean-Atmosphere-Land System
COARE
TOGA Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment
CoOP
Coastal Ocean Processes
COP
NOS Coastal Ocean Program
CoPO
Coastal Physical Oceanography
CORE
Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education
CTD
Conductivity, Temperature, and Depth
CUEA
Coastal Upwelling and Ecosystem Analysis
DA
Data Assimilation
DAC
Data Assembly Center
DIU
Data Information Unit
DMO
Data Management Office
DOE
U.S. Department of Energy
DRI
Departmental Research Initiatives
DSDP
Deep-Sea Drilling Program
EAR
NSF Earth Science Division
EGB
Environmental Geochemistry and Biogeochemistry program
EMP
Enhanced Monitoring Period
ENSO
El Niño/Southern Oscillation
EPA
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
ERL
OAR Environmental Research Laboratories
FAMOUS
French-American Undersea Study
FIP
Fleet Improvement Plan
FOCUS
Future of Ocean Chemistry in the United States
FUMAGES
Future of Marine Geology and Geophysics
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
GEOSECS
Geochemical Ocean Sections
GLOBEC
Global Ocean Ecosystems Dynamics
GOALS
Global Ocean-Atmosphere-Land System
GOFS
Global Ocean Flux Study
GOOS
Global Ocean Observing System
HOTS
Hawaii Ocean Time-Series
ICSU
International Council of Scientific Unions
IDOE
International Decade of Ocean Exploration
IGBP
International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme
IGY
International Geophysical Year
IMET
Improved Meteorological Package
IOC
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
IOP
Intensive Observing Period
IPCC
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
IRI
International Research Institute
ISOS
International Southern Ocean Studies
JGOFS
Joint Global Ocean Flux Study
JGR
Journal of Geophysical Research
JOI
Joint Oceanographic Institutions, Inc.
JOIDES
Joint Oceanographic Institution for Deep Earth Sampling
JSC
Joint Scientific Committee
LADCP
Lowered Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler
LEXEN
Life in EXtreme ENvironments
LMER
Land Margin Ecosystem Research
LOICZ
Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone
LRP
Long-Range Science Plan
MANOP
Manganese Nodule Project
MCS
Multi-Channel Seismic
MESH
Marine aspects of Earth System History
MG&G
Marine Geology and Geophysics
MMS
Modular Modeling System
MODE
Mid-Ocean Dynamics Experiment
MOP
Major Oceanographic Program
MOR
Mid Ocean Ridge
MOU
Memorandum of Understanding
MTPE
NASA Mission to Planet Earth
NAE
National Academy of Engineering
NAS
National Academy of Sciences
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASCO
NAS Committee on Oceanography
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NAVOCEANO
Naval Oceanographic Office
NCEP
National Centers for Environmental Prediction
NESDIS
National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service
NMFS
National Marine Fisheries Service
NOAA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NODC
National Oceanographic Data Center
NOPP
National Ocean Partnership Program
NORPAX
North Pacific Experiment
NOS
National Ocean Service
NRC
National Research Council
NRL
Naval Research Laboratories
NSF
National Science Foundation
NSIDC
National Snow and Ice Data Center
NWS
National Weather Service
OAR
Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
OCE
NSF Ocean Sciences Division
OCFS
Oceanographic Centers and Facilities Section
ODP
Ocean Drilling Program
OEUVRE
Ocean Ecology: Understanding and Vision for Research
OGP
Office of Global Programs
OMP
Ocean Margins Program
ONR
U.S. Office of Naval Research
OSB
Ocean Studies Board
OSRS
Ocean Sciences Research Section
POLYMODE
Mid-Ocean Dynamics Experiment eddies division
R/V
research vessel
RFP
request for proposals
RIDGE
Ridge Inter-Disciplinary Global Experiments
ROSCOP
Report of Observations and Samples Collected on Oceanographic Programs
ROV
Remotely Operated Vehicles
S&T
science and technology
SeaWIFS
Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor
SOSUS
Sound Surveillance System
SSC
Scientific Steering Committee
SSG
Scientific Steering Group
TDD
Telephonic Device for the Deaf
T-POP
TOGA Program on Prediction
TOGA
Tropical Oceans and Global Atmosphere Program
TOGA TAO
TOGA Tropical Atmosphere-Ocean array
TOPEX
Ocean Surface Topography Experiment
TS
temperature-salinity
UNESCO
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
UNOLS
University-National Oceanographic Laboratory Systems
USGCRP
United States Global Change Research Program
USSAC
United States Science Advisory Committee
USSSP
United States Science Support Program
WCRP
World Climate Research Program
WHP
World Hydrographic Program
WMO
World Meteorological Organization
WOCE
World Ocean Circulation Experiment