ACRONYMS


ACRONYM    	Definition

ACCE            Atlantic Circulation and Climate Change Experiment
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
CMDL            Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Laboratory
CO2             carbon dioxide
CTD             conductivity, temperature, and depth sensor
CRM             certified reference material 
DOE             U.S. Department of Energy
emf             electro-magnetic fields
EXPOCODE        expedition code
FTP             file transfer protocol
GMT             Greenwich mean time
GPS             global positioning system
IAPSO           International Association for the Physical Sciences of the Ocean
I/O             input-output
IR              infrared
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
NDP             numeric data package
NOAA            National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
nm              nautical mile
NSF             National Science Foundation
ODF             Ocean Data Facility
ODV             Ocean Data View
ORNL            Oak Ridge National Laboratory
OSU             Oregon State University
PC              personal computer
PDF             Portable Document Format        
PI              principal investigator
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
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 09/11/2003