| 3DVAR |
Three‐Dimensional Variational Data Assimilation |
| AABW |
Antarctic Bottom Water |
| AAPA |
American Association of Port Authorities |
| AATAMS |
Australian Animal Tagging and Monitoring System |
| ABI |
Acoustic Backscatter Intensity |
| ABS |
Animal Borne Sensors |
| ACC |
Antarctic Circumpolar Current |
| ACO |
ALOHA Cabled Observatory |
| ACOMO |
Australian Coastal and Ocean Modeling and Observing |
| ACT |
Alliance for Coastal Technologies |
| ACTN |
Atlantic Coastal Telemetry Network |
| ADCIRC |
Advanced Circulation Model |
| ADCP |
Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler |
| AIS |
Automatic Identification System |
| ALPS |
Autonomous and Lagrangian Platforms and Sensors |
| AMAPPS |
Atlantic Marine Assessment Program for Protected Species |
| AMG |
Autonomous Microbial Genosensor |
| AMO |
Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation |
| AMOC |
Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation |
| AMP |
Autonomous Moored Profilers |
| AOA |
Analysis of Alternatives |
| AODN |
Australian Ocean Data Network |
| AOML |
Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory |
| AON |
Arctic Observing Network |
| AOOS |
Alaska Ocean Observing System |
| ARDAS |
Acoustic Receiver Data Acquisition System |
| ASAP |
Automated Shipboard Aerological Program |
| ATLAS |
Autonomous Temperature Line Acquisition System |
| ATN |
Animal Telemetry Observing Network |
| AUV |
Autonomous Underwater Vehicles |
| AVHRR |
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer |
| AXCTD |
Aerial eXpendable Conductivity-Temperature-Depth |
| AZMP |
Atlantic Zone Monitoring Program |
| BOB |
Basic Observation Buoy |
| BOD |
Biological Observations Data |
| BOEM |
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management |
| BON |
Biodiversity Observation Network |
| BOP |
Build Out Plans |
| CALCOFI |
NOAA Fisheries California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations |
| CaRA |
Caribbean Regional Association |
| CBA |
Cost Benefit Analysis |
| CBD |
Convention on Biological Diversity |
| CBOFS |
Chesapeake Bay Operational Forecast System |
| CCAN |
California Current Acidification Network |
| CCAR |
Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research |
| CCE |
California Current Ecosystem |
| CCHDO |
Carbon Hydrographic Data Office |
| CCP |
Comprehensive Conservation Plan |
| CDC |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| CDIAC |
Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center |
| CDIP |
Coastal Data Information Program |
| CDOM |
Colored Dissolved Organic Matter |
| CEFAS |
Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science |
| CeNCOOS |
Central and Northern California Ocean Observing System |
| CEOS |
Committee on Earth Observation Satellites |
| CF |
Climate and Forecast Conventions |
| CGN |
Coastal Scale Nodes |
| CGSN |
Coastal and Global Scale Nodes |
| CI |
Cyberinfrastructure |
| CIDA |
U.S. Geological Survey’s Center for Integrated Data Analytics |
| CILER |
Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystems Research |
| CIMSS |
Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies |
| CIS |
Canadian Ice Service |
| CLASS |
Comprehensive Large Array Stewardship System |
| CLIVAR |
Climate Variability and Predictability Program |
| C-MAN |
Coastal Marine Automated Network |
| CMB |
Coastal Monitoring Buoy |
| CMD |
Continuously Managed Database |
| CMSER |
Commission on Marine Science, Engineering and Resources |
| CNMOC |
Commander Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command |
| CNO |
Chief of Naval Operations |
| COAMPS |
Coastal Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Prediction System |
| COD |
NOAA Climate Observation Division |
| CODAR |
Coastal Ocean Dynamic Applications Radar |
| COL |
Consortium for Ocean Leadership |
| CoML |
Census of Marine Life |
| COMPS |
Coastal Ocean Monitoring and Prediction System |
| COMT |
IOOS Coastal Ocean Modeling Testbed |
| CONOPS |
Concept of Operations |
| COOA |
Coastal Ocean Observation and Analysis |
| COOL |
Coastal Ocean Observation Lab |
| CO-OPS |
Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services |
| CORL |
Consolidated Observations Requirements List (NOAA) |
| COSEE |
Center for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence |
| COSEE-NOW |
COSEE Networked Ocean World |
| COSEE-OS |
COSEE Ocean Systems |
| COTS |
Commercial Off-the-Shelf |
| COTS |
Coastal Observation Technology System |
| CPR |
Continuous Plankton Recorder |
| CRCP |
NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program |
| CSDL |
Coast Survey Development Laboratory |
| CSIRO |
Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation |
| CSMI |
Cooperative Science and Monitoring Initiative |
| CSR |
National Center for Secure and Resilient Maritime Commerce |
| CTD |
Conductivity-Temperature-Depth |
| CZCS |
Coastal Zone Color Scanner |
| D&F |
Determinations and Findings |
| DA |
Domoic Acid |
| DAC |
Data Assembly Center |
| DAM |
Data Analyses and Modeling |
| DAP |
Data Access Protocol |
| DART |
Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunami stations |
| DEM |
Digital Elevation Models |
| DIC |
Dissolved Inorganic Carbon |
| DIF |
Data Integration Framework |
| DMAC |
Data Management and Communications |
| DMAC-ST |
Data Management and Communications Steering Team |
| DO |
Dissolved Oxygen |
| DOC |
Department of Commerce |
| DOD |
Department of Defense |
| DOE |
Department of Energy |
| DOI |
Digital Object Identifyers |
| DOI |
Department of Interior |
| DRGS |
Direct Readout Ground Station |
| DWBC |
Deep Western Boundary Current |
| DWH |
Deepwater Horizion/BP oil spill |
| E&O |
Education and Outreach |
| EA |
Enterprise Architecture |
| EBA |
Ecosystem-Based Approache |
| EBC |
Eastern Boundary Currents |
| EBM |
Ecosystem Based Management |
| eBOB |
Elementary Basic Observation Buoy |
| EBRM |
Ecosystem-Based Resource Management |
| ECOHAB |
Ecology and Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms |
| ECV |
Essential Climate Variable |
| EDS |
USCG Environmental Data Server |
| EEZ |
Exclusive Economic Zone |
| EIS |
Environmental Impact Statements |
| EMC |
Environmental Modeling Center |
| eMOLT |
Environmental Monitors on Lobster Traps |
| ENGO |
Environmental Non-Governmental Organization |
| ENSO |
El Niño Southern Oscillation |
| EPA |
Environnemental Protection Agency |
| EPE |
Education and Public Engagement |
| ERD |
Environmental Research Division |
| ERDDAP |
Environmental Research Division Data Access Program |
| ERMA |
Environmental Response Management Application |
| ES |
Expert System |
| ESA |
Endangered Species Act |
| ESIP |
Gulf of Maine Council EcoSystem Indicator Partnership |
| ESP |
Environmental Sample Processor |
| ESSD |
Earth System Science Data |
| ESSEA |
Earth System Science Education Alliance |
| EUC |
Equatorial Undercurrent |
| FAC |
Federal Advisory Committee |
| FACT |
Florida Atlantic Coast Telemetry |
| FADS |
Fish Aggregating Devices |
| FEMA |
Federal Emergency Management Agency |
| FGDC |
Federal Geographic Data Committee |
| FISH |
Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization |
| FLH |
Fluorescent Line Height |
| FMC |
Fully Mission Capable |
| FNMOC |
Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center |
| FOARAM |
Federal Ocean Acidification and Monitoring Act |
| FOC |
Final Operating Capability (or Full Operational Capability) |
| FOO |
Framework for Ocean Observing |
| FOSTER-LIS |
Ferry-based Observations for Science Targeting Estuarine Research - Long Island Sound
|
| FRD |
Functional Requirements Document |
| FVCOM |
Finite Volume Ocean Model |
| FY |
Fiscal Year |
| G&S |
Goods and Services |
| GCN |
GLOSS Core Network |
| GCN |
Global Coastal Network |
| GCOOS |
Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System |
| GCOS |
Global Climate Observing System |
| GDAP |
Global Data Assembly Center |
| GDP |
Global Surface Drifter Program |
| GDP |
Gross Domestic Product |
| GEO |
Group on Earth Observations |
| GEO |
Geostationary Earth Orbits |
| GEO-IDE |
Global Earth Observation–Integrated Data Environment |
| GEOS |
Global Earth Observation System |
| GEOSS |
Global Earth Observation System of Systems |
| GEWEX |
Global Energy and Water Exchanges |
| GHRSST |
Group on High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature |
| GIS |
Geographic Information System |
| GLERL |
Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab |
| GLOBE |
Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment |
| GLOBEC |
Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics |
| GLOS |
Great Lakes Observing System |
| GLOS RA |
Great Lakes Observing System Regional Association |
| GLOSS |
Global Sea Level Observing System (JCOMM) |
| GLRI |
Great Lakes Restoration Initiative |
| GMES |
Global Monitoring for Environmental Security |
| GMSL |
Global Mean Sea Level |
| GNOME |
General NOAA Operational Modeling Environment |
| GO-CEPT |
Global Oceans Collaborative Expedition Planning Tool |
| GODAE |
Global Ocean Data Assimilation Experiment |
| GOES |
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites |
| GOMC |
Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment |
| GOMOOS |
Gulf of Maine Ocean Observing System |
| GOOS |
Global Ocean Observing System |
| GO-SHIP |
Global Ocean Ship-based Hydrographic Investigations Program |
| GOTS |
Government Off-the-Shelf |
| GPM |
Global Precipitation Measurement |
| GPRA |
Government Performance and Results Act |
| GRA |
GOOS-Regional Alliance |
| GRACE |
Gravity Recovery And Climate Experiment |
| GSAA |
Governor’s South Atlantic Alliance |
| GSC |
GOOS - Steering Committee |
| GSSC |
GOOS Scientific Steering Committee |
| GTMBA |
Global Tropical Moored Buoy Array |
| GTOPP |
Global Tagging of Pelagic Predators |
| GTOS |
Global Terrestrial Observing System |
| GTS |
Global Telecommunication System |
| GTSPP |
Global Temperature and Salinity Profile Programme |
| GUI |
Graphical User Interface |
| HAB |
Harmful Algal Bloom |
| HABHRCA |
Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act |
| HFIP |
Hurricane Forecast Improvement Project |
| HFR |
High Frequency Radar |
| HLFR |
High Level Functional Requirements |
| HOT |
Hawaii Ocean Time-series |
| HOTO |
Health of the Ocean |
| HPIES |
Horizontal Electric Field and Pressure Inverted Echo Sounder |
| HSI |
Hyperspectral Imager |
| HSRP |
Hydrographic Services Review Panel |
| HSTP |
Hydrographic Systems and Technology Program |
| HTTP |
Hypertext Transfer Protocol |
| HYCOM |
Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model |
| I&M |
Inventory and Monitoring |
| IAA |
Interagency Agreement |
| IAPSO |
International Association for the Physical Sciences of the Oceans |
| IAS |
Intra-America Seas |
| ICES |
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea |
| ICOADS |
International Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Dataset |
| ICOAOS |
Integrated Coastal Ocean Acidification Observing System |
| ICOOS Act |
Integrated Coastal Ocean Observing System Act |
| iCORDI |
International Collaboration on Research Data Infrastructures |
| ICOSRMI |
Interagency Committee on Ocean Science and Resource Management Integration |
| ICSU |
International Council for Science |
| ICW |
Indian Central Water |
| IEA |
Integrated Ecosystem Assessment |
| IEOS |
Integrated Earth Observation System |
| IGES |
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies |
| IGLD |
International Great Lakes Datum |
| I-GOOS |
Intergovernmental Committee for the Global Ocean Observing System |
| IGOS |
Intergovernmental Global Observing Strategy |
| IHO |
International Hydrographic Office |
| IIP |
International Ice Patrol |
| IJC |
International Joint Commission |
| IMBER |
Integrated Marine Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Research |
| IMO |
International Maritime Organization |
| IMON |
Integrated Marine Observing Network |
| IMOS |
Integrated Marine Observing System |
| IMP |
Inventory and Monitoring Plan |
| IndOOS |
Indian Ocean Observing System |
| InSAR |
Synthetic Aperture Radar Interferometry |
| INSTANT |
International Nusantara Stratification and Transport |
| IOC |
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission |
| IOC |
Initial Operational Capability |
| IOCCP |
International Ocean Carbon Coordination Project |
| IOCM |
Integrated Ocean and Coastal Mapping |
| IOCOS |
Comprehensive Integrated Ocean Carbon Observing System |
| IOD |
Indian Ocean Dipole/Zonal Mode |
| IODE |
International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange |
| IOOC |
Interagency Ocean Observing Committee |
| IOOS |
Integrated Ocean Observing System |
| IPCC |
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| IPET |
Interagency Performance Evaluation Task |
| IPT |
Integrated Product Team |
| IPY |
International Polar Year |
| ISO |
International Organization for Standardization |
| ISS |
International Space Station |
| ITF |
Indonesian Throughflow |
| IWG-OP |
Interagency Working Group – Ocean Partnership |
| JAMSTEC |
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology |
| JCOMM |
Joint Technical Commission for Oceanographic and Marine Meteorology |
| JCOMMOPS |
JCOMM In Situ Observing Platform Support Centre |
| JCSDA |
Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation |
| JERICO |
Joint European Research Infrastructure Network for Coastal Observatories
|
| JIMO |
Joint Institute for Marine Observations |
| JISAO |
Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean |
| JIWG |
US-Canada Joint Ice Working Group |
| JOCI |
Joint Ocean Commission Initiative |
| J-PICO |
Joint Panel for Integrated Coastal Observations |
| JSOST |
Joint Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology |
| KD |
Extinction Coefficient |
| KESS |
Kuroshio Extension System Study |
| KUDOS |
Kintama Underlying Data Operations System |
| LATEX |
Louisiana-Texas Shelf Physical Oceanography Program |
| LIDAR |
Light Detection and Ranging Technologies |
| LIS |
Long Island Sound |
| LISICOS |
Long Island Sound Integrated Coastal Observing System |
| LLO |
Large Lakes Observatory |
| LMR-ES |
Living Marine Resources–Ecosystems Survey |
| LMSL |
Local Mean Sea Level |
| LOSLR |
Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River Study |
| LRI |
Liquid Robotics Inc. |
| LSCOP |
Large-Scale Carbon Observing Plan |
| LTER |
Long Term Ecological Research |
| M&A |
Modeling and Analysis |
| MAB |
Mid-Atlantic Bight |
| MABL |
Marine Atmospheric Boundary Layer |
| MACOORA |
Mid-Atlantic Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association |
| MADIS |
Meteorological Assimilation Data Ingest System |
| MAPCO2 |
Moored Autonomous pCO2 system |
| MARACOOS |
Mid-Atlantic Regional Association Coastal Ocean Observing System |
| MARAD |
Maritime Administration |
| MARPOL |
Marine Pollution treaties (IMO) |
| MAS |
Modeling and Analysis Subsystems |
| MAST |
Modeling and Analysis Steering Team |
| MBARI |
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute |
| MBC |
Mesopelagic Boundary Community |
| MBG |
Marine BioGeography data standard |
| MCSST |
Multichannel Sea Surface Temperature |
| MDA |
Maritime Domain Awareness |
| MEE |
Model Evaluation Environments |
| MERHAB |
Monitoring and Event Response for Harmful Algal Bloom |
| MHK |
Marine and Hydrokinetic |
| MHW |
Mean High Water |
| MI |
Michigan |
| MIPR |
Military Interdepartmental Purchase Request |
| MLLW |
Mean Lower Low Water |
| MMC |
Marine Mammal Commission |
| MMHSRP |
Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program |
| MMI |
Marine Metadata Interoperability |
| MMPA |
Marine Mammal Protection Act |
| MMS |
Minerals Management Service |
| MMS |
Master Metadata Management System |
| MN |
Minnesota |
| MOB |
Management Oversight Board |
| MOC |
Meridional Overturning Circulation |
| MOCHA |
Meridional Overturning Circulation Heat-Transport Array |
| MODIS |
Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer |
| MODU |
Mobile Drilling Units |
| MOU |
Memorandum of Understanding |
| MPA |
Marine Protected Area |
| MPR |
Multi-Parameter Regressions |
| MSL |
Mean Sea Level |
| MSP |
Marine Spatial Planning |
| MSTN |
Multi-Sensor Telemetry Nodes |
| MSU |
Michigan State University |
| MTRI |
Michigan Tech Research Institute |
| MVCO |
Martha’s Vineyard Coastal Observatory |
| NAIS |
North American Ice Service |
| NANOOS |
Northwest Association of Networked Coastal Ocean Observing Systems |
| NAO |
North Atlantic Oscillation |
| NART |
NOAA’s North Atlantic Regional Team |
| NAS |
National Academy of Sciences |
| NASA |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| NASBA |
Nucleic Acid Sequence-Based Amplification |
| NAVD88 |
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 |
| NAVO |
Naval Oceanographic Office |
| NAVOCEANO |
Naval Oceanographic Office |
| NAWQA |
USCG National Water Quality Assessment |
| NB |
National Backbone |
| NCDC |
National Climate Data Center |
| NCEP |
National Centers for Environmental Prediction |
| NCOM |
Navy Coastal Ocean Model |
| NDBC |
National Data Buoy Center |
| nDIC |
Surface Dissolved Inorganic Carbon |
| NEBO |
Northeast Benthic Observatory |
| NECC |
North Equatorial Countercurrent |
| NeCODP |
Northeast Coastal and Ocean Data Partnership |
| NEO |
NASA Earth Observations |
| NEOSEC |
New England Ocean Science Education Collaborative |
| NEP |
National Estuaries Partnerships |
| NEPA |
National Environmental Policy Act |
| NERACOOS |
North Eastern Regional Association of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems |
| NERRS |
National Estuarine Research Reserve System |
| NESDIS |
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information |
| NETC |
Naval Education and Training Command |
| NetCDF |
Network Common Data Form |
| NEXRAD |
Next-Generation Radar |
| NFRA |
National Federation of Regional Associations for Coastal and Ocean Observing |
| NGDC |
NOAA's National Geophysical Data Center |
| NGO |
Nongovernmental Organizations |
| NHC |
National Hurricane Center |
| NIC |
National Ice Center |
| NIO |
Near Inertial Oscillations |
| NJDEP |
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection |
| NMFS |
National Marine Fisheries Service |
| NMML |
National Marine Mammal Laboratory |
| NMP |
National Mesonet Program |
| NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| NODC |
National Ocean Data Center |
| NOEP |
National Ocean Economics Program |
| NOMAD |
Navy Oceanographic Meteorological Automatic Device |
| NOPP |
National Oceanographic Partnership Program |
| NORLC |
National Ocean Research Leadership Council |
| NOS |
National Ocean Service |
| NPP |
Suomi-National Polar Partnership |
| NRC |
National Research Council |
| NREL |
National Renewable Energy Laboratory |
| NRL |
Naval Research Laboratory |
| NRLSSC |
Naval Research Laboratory - Stennis Space Center |
| NROC |
Northeast Regional Ocean Council |
| NRPC |
Natural Resources Program Center |
| NRT |
Near Real-Time |
| NSF |
National Science Foundation |
| NSIP |
National Streamflow Information Program |
| NSQAN |
National Stream Quality Accounting Network |
| NSRS |
National Spatial Reference System |
| NSTC |
National Science and Technology Council |
| NTDE |
National Tidal Datum Epoch |
| NTL |
Notice to Lessees |
| NWLON |
National Water Level Observation Network |
| NWP |
Numerical Weather Prediction |
| NWQMN |
National Water Quality Monitoring Network |
| NWR |
National Wildlife Refuge |
| NWRC |
National Wildlife Refuge Complex |
| NWRS |
National Wildlife Refuge System |
| NWS |
National Weather Service |
| NWSTG |
NWS Telecommunication Gateway |
| NYHOPS |
New York Harbor Observation and Prediction System |
| O&M |
Operations and Maintenance |
| O&T |
Observations and Telemetry |
| OA |
Ocean Acidification |
| OAIS |
Open Archival Information System |
| OAP |
Ocean Acidification Program |
| OAP |
Ocean Action Plan |
| OBIS |
Ocean Biogeographic Information System |
| OCB |
Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry |
| OceanSITES |
Ocean Sustained Interdisciplinary Time-series Environment observation System |
| OCEH |
Ocean and Coastal Ecosystem Health |
| OCI |
Office of Cyberinfrastructure |
| OCS |
Outer Continental Shelf |
| OCSLA |
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act |
| ODIP |
Ocean Data Interoperability Platform |
| ODIP |
Ocean Data Interoperability Platform |
| OEL |
Ocean Engineering Laboratory |
| OEM |
New York Office of Emergency Management |
| OEPM |
Office of Education Performance Measurement |
| OGC |
Open Geospatial Consortium |
| OHHI |
Oceans and Human Health Initiative |
| OMZ |
Oxygen Minimum Zone |
| ONR |
Office of Naval Research |
| OOI |
Ocean Observatories Initiative |
| OOPC |
Ocean Observations Panel for Climate |
| OOPC |
Ocean Observations Panel for Climate |
| OOS |
Ocean Observing Systems |
| OOSC |
Ocean Observing Science Committee (UNLOS) |
| OPeNDAP |
Open Source Project for a Network Data Access Protocol |
| OR&R |
Office of Response and Restoration |
| ORAP |
Ocean Research Advisory Panel |
| ORCA |
Ocean Radar Conference for Asia |
| OREP |
Office of Renewable Energy Programs |
| ORION |
Ocean Research Interactive Observatory Networks |
| ORRAP |
Ocean Research and Resources Advisory Panel (now ORAP) |
| OSCAR |
Ocean Surface Current Analysis Real-time |
| OSE |
Observing System Evaluations |
| OSE |
Observing System Experiment |
| OSMC |
Observing System Monitoring Center |
| OSRA |
Oil Spill Risk Analysis |
| OSRP |
Oil Spill Response Plans |
| OSSE |
Observing System Simulation Experiment |
| OSTEP |
Ocean Systems Test and Evaluation Program |
| OSTP |
Office of Science and Technology Policy |
| OSVW |
Ocean Surface Vector Winds |
| OTEC |
Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion |
| OTN |
Ocean Tracking Network |
| PA |
Passive Acoustic |
| PA |
Pennsylvania |
| PAC |
OOI Program Advisory Committee |
| PacIOOS |
Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System |
| PANGEA |
Partnership for new GEOSS Applications |
| PANYNJ |
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey |
| PAR |
Photosynthetically Active Radiation |
| PARC |
Palmyra Atoll Research Consortium |
| PAWSA |
Ports and Waterways Safety Assessment |
| PBL |
Planetary Boundary Layer |
| PDO |
Pacific Decadal Oscillation |
| PFRP |
Pelagic Fisheries Research Program |
| PI |
Principal Investigators |
| PICCC |
Pacific Islands Climate Change Cooperative |
| PIFSC |
Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center |
| PIRATA |
Pacific, Prediction and Research Moored Array in the Tropical Atlantic |
| PIT |
Plastic Infusion Technology |
| PLOCAN |
Platforma Oceanica de Canarias |
| PMEL |
Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory |
| POES |
Polar Operational Environmental Satellite |
| PORTS |
Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System |
| POST |
Pacific Ocean Shelf Tracking |
| PP |
Primary Productivity |
| PRIMNM |
Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument |
| PSU |
Practical Salinity Units |
| PSV |
Platform Supply Vessels |
| QA |
Quality Assurance |
| QARTOD |
Quality Assurance for Real-Time Oceanographic Data |
| QC |
Quality Control |
| R&D |
Research and Development |
| R2O |
Research to Operations |
| R2R |
Rolling-Deck-To-Repository (NSF) |
| RA |
Regional Association |
| RACDC |
Resource Assessment and Design Conditions |
| RACOONS |
Regional Association Coordinators for Coastal Ocean Observing Networks |
| RAMA |
Research Moored Array for African-Asian-Australian Monsoon Analysis and Prediction |
| RCM |
RADARSAT Constellation Mission |
| RCOOS |
Regional Coastal Ocean Observing Systems |
| RCT |
NOAA Regional Collaboration Team |
| RECON |
Real-time Coastal Observation Network |
| RFID |
Radio-Frequency Identification |
| RICE |
Regional Information Coordination Entity |
| ROFFS™ |
Roffer’s Ocean Fishing Forecasting Service, Inc. |
| ROM |
Regional Ocean Model |
| ROMS |
Regional Ocean Modeling System |
| ROV |
Remotely Operated Vehicle |
| ROWG |
Radiowave Operators Working Group |
| RSN |
Regional Scale Nodes |
| RTOFS |
Real-Time Ocean Forecast System |
| RU |
Rutgers University |
| RU COOL |
Rutgers University Coastal Ocean Observation Lab |
| RUIMCS |
Rutgers University Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences |
| RV |
Research Vessel |
| S4 |
Super Computer for Satellite Simulation and Data Assimilation Studies |
| SAFMC |
South Atlantic Fisheries Marine Council |
| SAIC |
Science Applications International. Corporation |
| SAMOS |
Shipboard Automated Meteorological and Oceanographic System |
| SAON |
Sustained Arctic Observing Network |
| SAR |
Search and Rescue |
| SAR |
Synthetic Aperture Radar |
| SAROPS |
Search and Rescue Optimal Planning System |
| SARR |
South Asian Regional Reanalysis |
| SAWS |
South African Weather Service |
| SBAs |
Societal Benefit Areas |
| SCCOOS |
Southern California Coastal Ocean Observing System |
| SCDHEC |
South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control |
| SCOR |
Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research |
| SCTR |
Seychelles Chagos Thermocline Ridge |
| SDI |
Spatial Data Infrastructure |
| SDR |
Subcommittee on Disaster Relief |
| SDS |
Science Data Segment |
| SE |
Standard Error |
| SeaBASS |
SeaWiFS Bio-optical Archive and Storage System |
| SEAMAP |
NOAA Fisheries Southeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program |
| SEaOS |
Southern Elephant Seals as Oceanographic Samplers |
| SeaWiFS |
Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor |
| SECOORA |
Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association |
| SEI |
System Engineering and Integration |
| SHA |
Sandwich Hybridization Assays |
| SHC |
Strategic Habitat Conservation |
| SIF |
Submission Integration Form |
| SIMOR |
Subcommittee on Integrated Management of Ocean Resources |
| SIO |
Scripps Institution of Oceanography |
| SLA |
Sea Level Anomalies |
| SLDMB |
Self-Locating Datum Marker Buoy |
| SLOSH |
Sea, Lake and Overland Surges from Hurricanes |
| SMCCP |
Sentineal Monitoring for Climate Change in Long Island Sound Program |
| SMRU |
Sea Mammal Research Unit |
| SMZ |
Special Management Zones |
| SOCAT |
Surface Ocean Carbon Atlas |
| SOLAS |
Safety of Life at Sea |
| SOLEC |
State of the Lakes Ecosystem Conference |
| SOOP |
Ship of Opportunity Program |
| SOOS |
Southern Ocean Observing System |
| SOP |
Standard Operating Procedure |
| SOS |
Sensor Observation Service |
| SOSUS |
U.S. Navy Sound Surveillance System |
| SOT |
Ship Observations Team (JCOMM) |
| SPI |
Strategic Planning and Implementation team |
| SRB |
Surface Radiation Budget |
| SRU |
Search and Rescue Units |
| SSC |
Seacoast Science Center |
| SSH |
Sea Surface Height |
| SSS |
Sea Surface Salinity |
| SST |
Sea Surface Temperature |
| SSV |
Sea Surface Velocity |
| STAR |
Center fro Satellite Applications and Research |
| STEM |
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics |
| STEWS |
Seismic-Tsunami Early Warning System |
| STPS |
Short Term Prediction System statistical model |
| SURA |
Southeastern Universities Research Association |
| SWAQ |
Subcommittee on Water Availability and Quality |
| SWE |
Sensor Web Enablement |
| SWOT |
Surface Water and Ocean Topography |
| TA |
Total Alkalinity |
| TAO |
Tropical Atmosphere Ocean |
| TAO/TRITON |
Tropical Atmosphere Ocean/Triangle Trans-Ocean Buoy Network |
| TC |
Tropical Cyclones |
| TCOON |
Texas Coastal Ocean Observing Network |
| TCP/IP |
Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol |
| TDS |
THREDDS Data Server |
| TDWG |
Trilateral Datums Working Group |
| THREDDS |
Thematic Real-time Environmental Distributed Data Services |
| TIP |
Tropical Implementation Panel |
| TNC |
The Nature Conservancy |
| TOGA |
Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere |
| TOPP |
Tagging of Pelagic Predators |
| TPIO |
Technology, Planning and Integration Office |
| TRITON |
Triangle Trans Ocean Buoy Network |
| TRL |
Technology Readiness Level |
| TSG |
ThermoSalinoGraph |
| TSS |
Total Suspended Sediment |
| UAF |
Unified Access Framework |
| UAV |
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle |
| U-GLOS |
Upper Great Lakes Observing System |
| UMV |
Unmanned Maritime Vehicles |
| UNCLOS |
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea |
| UNESCO |
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
| UNFCCC |
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
| UNOLS |
University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System |
| UOT |
Upper Ocean Thermal |
| USACE |
United States Army Corps of Engineers |
| USCG |
United States Coast Guard |
| USCOP |
United States Commission on Ocean Policy |
| USDOT |
United States Department of Transportation |
| USFWS |
United States Fish and Wildlife Service |
| USGS |
United States Geological Survey |
| USMC |
United States Marine Corps |
| USWRP |
United States Weather Research Program |
| VD&T |
Vessel Detection and Tracking |
| VHF |
Very High Frequency |
| VIIRS |
Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite |
| VOS |
Voluntary Observing Ships |
| WBC |
Western Boundary Currents |
| WCOFS |
West Coast Operational Forecast System |
| WCRP |
World Climate Research Programme |
| WCS |
Web Coverage Services |
| WERA |
Wellen Radar |
| WFO |
Weather Forecast Offices |
| WFS |
Web Feature Service |
| WFS |
West Florida Shelf |
| WGFAST |
ICES Working Group on Fisheries Acoustics, Science and Technology |
| WGMS |
Wave Glider Management System |
| WMO |
World Meteorological Organization |
| WMS |
Web Map Services |
| WOC |
World Ocean Council |
| WOCE |
World Ocean Circulation |
| WOD |
World Ocean Database |
| WRA |
Wind Resource Areas |
| WRC |
World Radio-communication Conference |
| WSDE |
Web Services and Data Encoding |
| XBT |
Expendable Bathythermograph |
| XML |
Extensible Markup Language |
| XSEDE |
Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment |
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