ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS


ACRONYM    	Definition

AMC	   accelerator mass spectrometry
CDIAC	   Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
CFC	   chlorofluorocarbon
CLIVAR	   Climate Variability (Program)
CO2	   carbon dioxide
CRM	   certified reference material 
CTD	   conductivity, temperature, and depth 
DOC	   dissolved organic carbon
DOE	   U.S. Department of Energy
ECD	   electron capture detector
EXPOCODE   expedition code
GC	   gas chromatograph
HCFC	   hydrochlorofluorocarbon
NDP	   numeric data package
NOAA	   National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NO	   nitric oxide
NOSAMS	   National Ocean Sciences Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Facility
NSF	   National Science Foundation
ODF	   Oceanographic Data Facility
PMEL	   Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
RSMAS	   Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science
R/V	   research vessel
SIO	   Scripps Institution of Oceanography
SOMMA	   single-operator multi-parameter metabolic analyzer
TALK	   total alkalinity
TDN	   total dissolved nitrogen
TCO2	   total inorganic carbon 
WHP	   WOCE Hydrographic Program
WOCE	   World Ocean Circulation Experiment



akozyr 09/11/2008