ACRONYMS


ACRONYM    Definition

  A/D      analog-to-digital
  ADCP     acoustic Doppler current profiler
  ALACE    autonomous Lagrangian circulation explorer
  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
  CRM      certified reference material
  d.f.     degree of freedom
  DIW      deionized water
  DOE      U.S. Department of Energy
  EEZ      Exclusive Economic Zone
  emf      electro-magnetic fields
  EXPOCODE expedition code
  FSI      Falmouth Scientific Instruments
  fCO2     fugacity of CO2
  FTP      file transfer protocol
  GO       General Oceanics
  GMT      Greenwich mean time
  GPS      global positioning system
  Hcl      hydrochloric acid
  IAPSO    International Association for the Physical Sciences of the Ocean
  IMET     Improved METeorology
  I/O      input-output
  JGOFS    Joint Global Ocean Flux Study
  kn       knots
  LADCP    lowered ADCP
  LDEO     Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
  MATS     Miami University alkalinity titration systems
  NBIS     Neil Brown Instrument system
  NCSU     North Carolina State University
  NDP      numeric data package
  NOAA     National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  nm       nautical mile
  NSF      National Science Foundation
  ODF      Ocean Data Facility
  ONR      Office of Naval Research
  OSU      Oregon State University
  PC       personal computer
  PI       principal investigator
  POC      particulate organic carbon
  PMEL     Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
  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
  SSW      standard seawater
  TAMU     Texas A&M University
  TALK     total alkalinity
  TCO2     total carbon dioxide
  TD       to-deliver
  UH       University of Hawaii
  UM       University of Miami
  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

akozyr 11/15/2002