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 |
ADCP | 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 |
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