| ACRONYM |
Definition |
| ADCP |
acoustic Doppler current profiler |
| BOD |
biological oxygen demand |
| BNL |
Brookhaven National Laboratory |
| 14C |
radiocarbon |
| CALFAC |
calibration factor |
| CDIAC |
Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center |
| CFC |
chlorofluorocarbon |
| CO2 |
carbon dioxide |
| CTD |
conductivity, temperature, and depth sensor |
| CSIRO |
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation |
| CRM |
certified reference material |
| CUV |
Catholic University Valparaiso |
| DOE |
U.S. Department of Energy |
| FTP |
file transfer protocol |
| GC |
gas chromatograph |
| GLODAP |
Global Ocean Data Analysis Project |
| GMT |
Greenwich mean time |
| SV |
gas sampling valve |
| IAPSO |
International Association for the Physical Sciences of the Ocean |
| JGOFS |
Joint Global Ocean Flux Study |
| LDEO |
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory |
| nm |
nautical mile |
| NDP |
numeric data package |
| NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| ODF |
Ocean Data Facility |
| ONR |
Office of Naval Research |
| OSU |
Oregon State University |
| pCO2 |
partial pressure of CO2 |
| PMEL |
Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory |
| PSS |
Practical Salinity Scale |
| PU |
Princeton University |
| QA |
quality assurance |
| QC |
quality control |
| R/V |
research vessel |
| RSMAS |
Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences |
| SIO |
Scripps Institution of Oceanography |
| SOMMA |
Single-Operator Multiparameter Metabolic Analyzer |
| TALK |
total alkalinity |
| TCO2 |
total carbon dioxide |
| UW |
University of Washington |
| VFC |
voltage to frequency converter |
| WHOI |
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
| WHPO |
WOCE Hydrographic Program Office |
| WOCE |
World Ocean Circulation Experiment |
| WHP |
WOCE Hydrographic Program |
