U.S. IOOS® Acronym List - The U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS)

3DVAR	Three‐Dimensional Variational Data Assimilation
AABW	Antarctic Bottom Water
AAPA	American Association of Port Authorities
AATAMS	Australian Animal Tagging and Monitoring System
ABI	Acoustic Backscatter Intensity
ABS	Animal Borne Sensors
ACC	Antarctic Circumpolar Current
ACO	ALOHA Cabled Observatory
ACOMO	Australian Coastal and Ocean Modeling and Observing
ACT	Alliance for Coastal Technologies
ACTN	Atlantic Coastal Telemetry Network
ADCIRC	Advanced Circulation Model
ADCP	Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler
AIS	Automatic Identification System
ALPS	Autonomous and Lagrangian Platforms and Sensors
AMAPPS	Atlantic Marine Assessment Program for Protected Species
AMG	Autonomous Microbial Genosensor
AMO	Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation
AMOC	Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation
AMP	Autonomous Moored Profilers
AOA	Analysis of Alternatives
AODN	Australian Ocean Data Network
AOML	Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
AON	Arctic Observing Network
AOOS	Alaska Ocean Observing System
ARDAS	Acoustic Receiver Data Acquisition System
ASAP	Automated Shipboard Aerological Program
ATLAS	Autonomous Temperature Line Acquisition System
ATN	Animal Telemetry Observing Network
AUV	Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
AVHRR	Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
AXCTD	Aerial eXpendable Conductivity-Temperature-Depth
AZMP	Atlantic Zone Monitoring Program
BOB	Basic Observation Buoy
BOD	Biological Observations Data
BOEM	Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
BON	Biodiversity Observation Network
BOP	Build Out Plans
CALCOFI	NOAA Fisheries California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations
CARICOOS	Caribbean Regional Association
CBA	Cost Benefit Analysis
CBD	Convention on Biological Diversity
CBOFS	Chesapeake Bay Operational Forecast System
CCAN	California Current Acidification Network
CCAR	Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research
CCE	California Current Ecosystem
CCHDO	Carbon Hydrographic Data Office
CCP	Comprehensive Conservation Plan
CDC	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CDIAC	Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
CDIP	Coastal Data Information Program
CDOM	Colored Dissolved Organic Matter
CEFAS	Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
CeNCOOS	Central and Northern California Ocean Observing System
CEOS	Committee on Earth Observation Satellites
CF	Climate and Forecast Conventions
CGN	Coastal Scale Nodes
CGSN	Coastal and Global Scale Nodes
CI	Cyberinfrastructure
CIDA	U.S. Geological Survey’s Center for Integrated Data Analytics
CILER	Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystems Research
CIMSS	Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies
CIS	Canadian Ice Service
CLASS	Comprehensive Large Array Stewardship System
CLIVAR	Climate Variability and Predictability Program
C-MAN	Coastal Marine Automated Network
CMB	Coastal Monitoring Buoy
CMD	Continuously Managed Database
CMSER	Commission on Marine Science, Engineering and Resources
CNMOC	Commander Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command
CNO	Chief of Naval Operations
COAMPS	Coastal Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Prediction System
COD	NOAA Climate Observation Division
CODAR	Coastal Ocean Dynamic Applications Radar
COL	Consortium for Ocean Leadership
CoML	Census of Marine Life
COMPS	Coastal Ocean Monitoring and Prediction System
COMT	IOOS Coastal Ocean Modeling Testbed
CONOPS	Concept of Operations
COOA	Coastal Ocean Observation and Analysis
COOL	Coastal Ocean Observation Lab
CO-OPS	Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services
CORL	Consolidated Observations Requirements List (NOAA)
COSEE	Center for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence
COSEE-NOW	COSEE Networked Ocean World
COSEE-OS	COSEE Ocean Systems
COTS	Commercial Off-the-Shelf
COTS	Coastal Observation Technology System
CPR	Continuous Plankton Recorder
CRCP	NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program
CSDL	Coast Survey Development Laboratory
CSIRO	Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
CSMI	Cooperative Science and Monitoring Initiative
CSR	National Center for Secure and Resilient Maritime Commerce
CTD	Conductivity-Temperature-Depth
CZCS	Coastal Zone Color Scanner
D&F	Determinations and Findings
DA	Domoic Acid
DAC	Data Assembly Center
DAM	Data Analyses and Modeling
DAP	Data Access Protocol
DART	Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunami stations
DEM	Digital Elevation Models
DIC	Dissolved Inorganic Carbon
DIF	Data Integration Framework
DMAC	Data Management and Communications
DMAC-ST	Data Management and Communications Steering Team
DO	Dissolved Oxygen
DOC	Department of Commerce
DOD	Department of Defense
DOE	Department of Energy
DOI	Digital Object Identifyers
DOI	Department of Interior
DRGS	Direct Readout Ground Station
DWBC	Deep Western Boundary Current
DWH	Deepwater Horizion/BP oil spill
E&O	Education and Outreach
EA	Enterprise Architecture
EBA	Ecosystem-Based Approache
EBC	Eastern Boundary Currents
EBM	Ecosystem Based Management
eBOB	Elementary Basic Observation Buoy
EBRM	Ecosystem-Based Resource Management
ECOHAB	Ecology and Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms
ECV	Essential Climate Variable
EDS	USCG Environmental Data Server
EEZ	Exclusive Economic Zone
EIS	Environmental Impact Statements
EMC	Environmental Modeling Center
eMOLT	Environmental Monitors on Lobster Traps
ENGO	Environmental Non-Governmental Organization
ENSO	El Niño Southern Oscillation
EPA	Environnemental Protection Agency
EPE	Education and Public Engagement
ERD	Environmental Research Division
ERDDAP	Environmental Research Division Data Access Program
ERMA	Environmental Response Management Application
ES	Expert System
ESA	Endangered Species Act
ESIP	Gulf of Maine Council EcoSystem Indicator Partnership
ESP	Environmental Sample Processor
ESSD	Earth System Science Data
ESSEA	Earth System Science Education Alliance
EUC	Equatorial Undercurrent
FAC	Federal Advisory Committee
FACT	Florida Atlantic Coast Telemetry
FADS	Fish Aggregating Devices
FEMA	Federal Emergency Management Agency
FGDC	Federal Geographic Data Committee
FISH	Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization
FLH	Fluorescent Line Height
FMC	Fully Mission Capable
FNMOC	Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center
FOARAM	Federal Ocean Acidification and Monitoring Act
FOC	Final Operating Capability (or Full Operational Capability)
FOO	Framework for Ocean Observing
FOSTER-LIS	Ferry-based Observations for Science Targeting Estuarine Research - Long Island Sound
FRD	Functional Requirements Document
FVCOM	Finite Volume Ocean Model
FY	Fiscal Year
G&S	Goods and Services
GCN	GLOSS Core Network
GCN	Global Coastal Network
GCOOS	Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System
GCOS	Global Climate Observing System
GDAP	Global Data Assembly Center
GDP	Global Surface Drifter Program
GDP	Gross Domestic Product
GEO	Group on Earth Observations
GEO	Geostationary Earth Orbits
GEO-IDE	Global Earth Observation–Integrated Data Environment
GEOS	Global Earth Observation System
GEOSS	Global Earth Observation System of Systems
GEWEX	Global Energy and Water Exchanges
GHRSST	Group on High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
GIS	Geographic Information System
GLERL	Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab
GLOBE	Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment
GLOBEC	Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics
GLOS	Great Lakes Observing System
GLOS RA	Great Lakes Observing System Regional Association
GLOSS	Global Sea Level Observing System (JCOMM)
GLRI	Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
GMES	Global Monitoring for Environmental Security
GMSL	Global Mean Sea Level
GNOME	General NOAA Operational Modeling Environment
GO-CEPT	Global Oceans Collaborative Expedition Planning Tool
GODAE	Global Ocean Data Assimilation Experiment
GOES	Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites
GOMC	Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment
GOMOOS	Gulf of Maine Ocean Observing System
GOOS	Global Ocean Observing System
GO-SHIP	Global Ocean Ship-based Hydrographic Investigations Program
GOTS	Government Off-the-Shelf
GPM	Global Precipitation Measurement
GPRA	Government Performance and Results Act
GRA	GOOS-Regional Alliance
GRACE	Gravity Recovery And Climate Experiment
GSAA	Governor’s South Atlantic Alliance
GSC	GOOS - Steering Committee
GSSC	GOOS Scientific Steering Committee
GTMBA	Global Tropical Moored Buoy Array
GTOPP	Global Tagging of Pelagic Predators
GTOS	Global Terrestrial Observing System
GTS	Global Telecommunication System
GTSPP	Global Temperature and Salinity Profile Programme
GUI	Graphical User Interface
HAB	Harmful Algal Bloom
HABHRCA	Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act
HFIP	Hurricane Forecast Improvement Project
HFR	High Frequency Radar
HLFR	High Level Functional Requirements
HOT	Hawaii Ocean Time-series
HOTO	Health of the Ocean
HPIES	Horizontal Electric Field and Pressure Inverted Echo Sounder
HSI	Hyperspectral Imager
HSRP	Hydrographic Services Review Panel
HSTP	Hydrographic Systems and Technology Program
HTTP	Hypertext Transfer Protocol
HYCOM	Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model
I&M	Inventory and Monitoring
IAA	Interagency Agreement
IAPSO	International Association for the Physical Sciences of the Oceans
IAS	Intra-America Seas
ICES	International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
ICOADS	International Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Dataset
ICOAOS	Integrated Coastal Ocean Acidification Observing System
ICOOS Act	Integrated Coastal Ocean Observing System Act
iCORDI	International Collaboration on Research Data Infrastructures
ICOSRMI	Interagency Committee on Ocean Science and Resource Management Integration
ICSU	International Council for Science
ICW	Indian Central Water
IEA	Integrated Ecosystem Assessment
IEOS	Integrated Earth Observation System
IGES	Institute for Global Environmental Strategies
IGLD	International Great Lakes Datum
I-GOOS	Intergovernmental Committee for the Global Ocean Observing System
IGOS	Intergovernmental Global Observing Strategy
IHO	International Hydrographic Office
IIP	International Ice Patrol
IJC	International Joint Commission
IMBER	Integrated Marine Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Research
IMO	International Maritime Organization
IMON	Integrated Marine Observing Network
IMOS	Integrated Marine Observing System
IMP	Inventory and Monitoring Plan
IndOOS	Indian Ocean Observing System
InSAR	Synthetic Aperture Radar Interferometry
INSTANT	International Nusantara Stratification and Transport
IOC	Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
IOC	Initial Operational Capability
IOCCP	International Ocean Carbon Coordination Project
IOCM	Integrated Ocean and Coastal Mapping
IOCOS	Comprehensive Integrated Ocean Carbon Observing System
IOD	Indian Ocean Dipole/Zonal Mode
IODE	International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange
IOOC	Interagency Ocean Observing Committee
IOOS	Integrated Ocean Observing System
IPCC	Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
IPET	Interagency Performance Evaluation Task
IPT	Integrated Product Team
IPY	International Polar Year
ISO	International Organization for Standardization
ISS	International Space Station
ITF	Indonesian Throughflow
IWG-OP	Interagency Working Group – Ocean Partnership
JAMSTEC	Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
JCOMM	Joint Technical Commission for Oceanographic and Marine Meteorology
JCOMMOPS	JCOMM In Situ Observing Platform Support Centre
JCSDA	Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation
JERICO	Joint European Research Infrastructure Network for Coastal Observatories
JIMO	Joint Institute for Marine Observations
JISAO	Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean
JIWG	US-Canada Joint Ice Working Group
JOCI	Joint Ocean Commission Initiative
J-PICO	Joint Panel for Integrated Coastal Observations
JSOST	Joint Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology
KD	Extinction Coefficient
KESS	Kuroshio Extension System Study
KUDOS	Kintama Underlying Data Operations System
LATEX	Louisiana-Texas Shelf Physical Oceanography Program
LIDAR	Light Detection and Ranging Technologies
LIS	Long Island Sound
LISICOS	Long Island Sound Integrated Coastal Observing System
LLO	Large Lakes Observatory
LMR-ES	Living Marine Resources–Ecosystems Survey
LMSL	Local Mean Sea Level
LOSLR	Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River Study
LRI	Liquid Robotics Inc.
LSCOP	Large-Scale Carbon Observing Plan
LTER	Long Term Ecological Research
M&A	Modeling and Analysis
MAB	Mid-Atlantic Bight
MABL	Marine Atmospheric Boundary Layer
MACOORA	Mid-Atlantic Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association
MADIS	Meteorological Assimilation Data Ingest System
MAPCO2	Moored Autonomous pCO2 system
MARACOOS	Mid-Atlantic Regional Association Coastal Ocean Observing System
MARAD	Maritime Administration
MARPOL	Marine Pollution treaties (IMO)
MAS	Modeling and Analysis Subsystems
MAST	Modeling and Analysis Steering Team
MBARI	Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
MBC	Mesopelagic Boundary Community
MBG	Marine BioGeography data standard
MCSST	Multichannel Sea Surface Temperature
MDA	Maritime Domain Awareness
MEE	Model Evaluation Environments
MERHAB	Monitoring and Event Response for Harmful Algal Bloom
MHK	Marine and Hydrokinetic
MHW	Mean High Water
MI	Michigan
MIPR	Military Interdepartmental Purchase Request
MLLW	Mean Lower Low Water
MMC	Marine Mammal Commission
MMHSRP	Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program
MMI	Marine Metadata Interoperability
MMPA	Marine Mammal Protection Act
MMS	Minerals Management Service
MMS	Master Metadata Management System
MN	Minnesota
MOB	Management Oversight Board
MOC	Meridional Overturning Circulation
MOCHA	Meridional Overturning Circulation Heat-Transport Array
MODIS	Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer
MODU	Mobile Drilling Units
MOU	Memorandum of Understanding
MPA	Marine Protected Area
MPR	Multi-Parameter Regressions
MSL	Mean Sea Level
MSP	Marine Spatial Planning
MSTN	Multi-Sensor Telemetry Nodes
MSU	Michigan State University
MTRI	Michigan Tech Research Institute
MVCO	Martha’s Vineyard Coastal Observatory
NAIS	North American Ice Service
NANOOS	Northwest Association of Networked Coastal Ocean Observing Systems
NAO	North Atlantic Oscillation
NART	NOAA’s North Atlantic Regional Team
NAS	National Academy of Sciences
NASA	National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASBA	Nucleic Acid Sequence-Based Amplification
NAVD88	North American Vertical Datum of 1988
NAVO	Naval Oceanographic Office
NAVOCEANO	Naval Oceanographic Office
NAWQA	USCG National Water Quality Assessment
NB	National Backbone
NCDC	National Climate Data Center
NCEP	National Centers for Environmental Prediction
NCOM	Navy Coastal Ocean Model
NDBC	National Data Buoy Center
nDIC	Surface Dissolved Inorganic Carbon
NEBO	Northeast Benthic Observatory
NECC	North Equatorial Countercurrent
NeCODP	Northeast Coastal and Ocean Data Partnership
NEO	NASA Earth Observations
NEOSEC	New England Ocean Science Education Collaborative
NEP	National Estuaries Partnerships
NEPA	National Environmental Policy Act
NERACOOS	North Eastern Regional Association of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems
NERRS	National Estuarine Research Reserve System
NESDIS	National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information
NETC	Naval Education and Training Command
NetCDF	Network Common Data Form
NEXRAD	Next-Generation Radar
NFRA	National Federation of Regional Associations for Coastal and Ocean Observing
NGDC	NOAA's National Geophysical Data Center
NGO	Nongovernmental Organizations
NHC	National Hurricane Center
NIC	National Ice Center
NIO	Near Inertial Oscillations
NJDEP	New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
NMFS	National Marine Fisheries Service
NMML	National Marine Mammal Laboratory
NMP	National Mesonet Program
NOAA	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NODC	National Ocean Data Center
NOEP	National Ocean Economics Program
NOMAD	Navy Oceanographic Meteorological Automatic Device
NOPP	National Oceanographic Partnership Program
NORLC	National Ocean Research Leadership Council
NOS	National Ocean Service
NPP	Suomi-National Polar Partnership
NRC	National Research Council
NREL	National Renewable Energy Laboratory
NRL	Naval Research Laboratory
NRLSSC	Naval Research Laboratory - Stennis Space Center
NROC	Northeast Regional Ocean Council
NRPC	Natural Resources Program Center
NRT	Near Real-Time
NSF	National Science Foundation
NSIP	National Streamflow Information Program
NSQAN	National Stream Quality Accounting Network
NSRS	National Spatial Reference System
NSTC	National Science and Technology Council
NTDE	National Tidal Datum Epoch
NTL	Notice to Lessees
NWLON	National Water Level Observation Network
NWP	Numerical Weather Prediction
NWQMN	National Water Quality Monitoring Network
NWR	National Wildlife Refuge
NWRC	National Wildlife Refuge Complex
NWRS	National Wildlife Refuge System
NWS	National Weather Service
NWSTG	NWS Telecommunication Gateway
NYHOPS	New York Harbor Observation and Prediction System
O&M	Operations and Maintenance
O&T	Observations and Telemetry
OA	Ocean Acidification
OAIS	Open Archival Information System
OAP	Ocean Acidification Program
OAP	Ocean Action Plan
OBIS	Ocean Biogeographic Information System
OCB	Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry
OceanSITES	Ocean Sustained Interdisciplinary Time-series Environment observation System
OCEH	Ocean and Coastal Ecosystem Health
OCI	Office of Cyberinfrastructure
OCS	Outer Continental Shelf
OCSLA	Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act
ODIP	Ocean Data Interoperability Platform
ODIP	Ocean Data Interoperability Platform
OEL	Ocean Engineering Laboratory
OEM	New York Office of Emergency Management
OEPM	Office of Education Performance Measurement
OGC	Open Geospatial Consortium
OHHI	Oceans and Human Health Initiative
OMZ	Oxygen Minimum Zone
ONR	Office of Naval Research
OOI	Ocean Observatories Initiative
OOPC	Ocean Observations Panel for Climate
OOPC	Ocean Observations Panel for Climate
OOS	Ocean Observing Systems
OOSC	Ocean Observing Science Committee (UNLOS)
OPeNDAP	Open Source Project for a Network Data Access Protocol
OR&R	Office of Response and Restoration
ORAP	Ocean Research Advisory Panel
ORCA	Ocean Radar Conference for Asia
OREP	Office of Renewable Energy Programs
ORION	Ocean Research Interactive Observatory Networks
ORRAP	Ocean Research and Resources Advisory Panel (now ORAP)
OSCAR	Ocean Surface Current Analysis Real-time
OSE	Observing System Evaluations
OSE	Observing System Experiment
OSMC	Observing System Monitoring Center
OSRA	Oil Spill Risk Analysis
OSRP	Oil Spill Response Plans
OSSE	Observing System Simulation Experiment
OSTEP	Ocean Systems Test and Evaluation Program
OSTP	Office of Science and Technology Policy
OSVW	Ocean Surface Vector Winds
OTEC	Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion
OTN	Ocean Tracking Network
PA	Passive Acoustic
PA	Pennsylvania
PAC	OOI Program Advisory Committee
PacIOOS	Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System
PANGEA	Partnership for new GEOSS Applications
PANYNJ	Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
PAR	Photosynthetically Active Radiation
PARC	Palmyra Atoll Research Consortium
PAWSA	Ports and Waterways Safety Assessment
PBL	Planetary Boundary Layer
PDO	Pacific Decadal Oscillation
PFRP	Pelagic Fisheries Research Program
PI	Principal Investigators
PICCC	Pacific Islands Climate Change Cooperative
PIFSC	Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
PIRATA	Pacific, Prediction and Research Moored Array in the Tropical Atlantic
PIT	Plastic Infusion Technology
PLOCAN	Platforma Oceanica de Canarias
PMEL	Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
POES	Polar Operational Environmental Satellite
PORTS	Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System
POST	Pacific Ocean Shelf Tracking
PP	Primary Productivity
PRIMNM	Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument
PSU	Practical Salinity Units
PSV	Platform Supply Vessels
QA	Quality Assurance
QARTOD	Quality Assurance for Real-Time Oceanographic Data
QC	Quality Control
R&D	Research and Development
R2O	Research to Operations
R2R	Rolling-Deck-To-Repository (NSF)
RA	Regional Association
RACDC	Resource Assessment and Design Conditions
RACOONS	Regional Association Coordinators for Coastal Ocean Observing Networks
RAMA	Research Moored Array for African-Asian-Australian Monsoon Analysis and Prediction
RCM	RADARSAT Constellation Mission
RCOOS	Regional Coastal Ocean Observing Systems
RCT	NOAA Regional Collaboration Team
RECON	Real-time Coastal Observation Network
RFID	Radio-Frequency Identification
RICE	Regional Information Coordination Entity
ROFFS™	Roffer’s Ocean Fishing Forecasting Service, Inc.
ROM	Regional Ocean Model
ROMS	Regional Ocean Modeling System
ROV	Remotely Operated Vehicle
ROWG	Radiowave Operators Working Group
RSN	Regional Scale Nodes
RTOFS	Real-Time Ocean Forecast System
RU	Rutgers University
RU COOL	Rutgers University Coastal Ocean Observation Lab
RUIMCS	Rutgers University Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences
RV	Research Vessel
S4	Super Computer for Satellite Simulation and Data Assimilation Studies
SAFMC	South Atlantic Fisheries Marine Council
SAIC	Science Applications International. Corporation
SAMOS	Shipboard Automated Meteorological and Oceanographic System
SAON	Sustained Arctic Observing Network
SAR	Search and Rescue
SAR	Synthetic Aperture Radar
SAROPS	Search and Rescue Optimal Planning System
SARR	South Asian Regional Reanalysis
SAWS	South African Weather Service
SBAs	Societal Benefit Areas
SCCOOS	Southern California Coastal Ocean Observing System
SCDHEC	South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control
SCOR	Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research
SCTR	Seychelles Chagos Thermocline Ridge
SDI	Spatial Data Infrastructure
SDR	Subcommittee on Disaster Relief
SDS	Science Data Segment
SE	Standard Error
SeaBASS	SeaWiFS Bio-optical Archive and Storage System
SEAMAP	NOAA Fisheries Southeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program
SEaOS	Southern Elephant Seals as Oceanographic Samplers
SeaWiFS	Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor
SECOORA	Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association
SEI	System Engineering and Integration
SHA	Sandwich Hybridization Assays
SHC	Strategic Habitat Conservation
SIF	Submission Integration Form
SIMOR	Subcommittee on Integrated Management of Ocean Resources
SIO	Scripps Institution of Oceanography
SLA	Sea Level Anomalies
SLDMB	Self-Locating Datum Marker Buoy
SLOSH	Sea, Lake and Overland Surges from Hurricanes
SMCCP	Sentineal Monitoring for Climate Change in Long Island Sound Program
SMRU	Sea Mammal Research Unit
SMZ	Special Management Zones
SOCAT	Surface Ocean Carbon Atlas
SOLAS	Safety of Life at Sea
SOLEC	State of the Lakes Ecosystem Conference
SOOP	Ship of Opportunity Program
SOOS	Southern Ocean Observing System
SOP	Standard Operating Procedure
SOS	Sensor Observation Service
SOSUS	U.S. Navy Sound Surveillance System
SOT	Ship Observations Team (JCOMM)
SPI	Strategic Planning and Implementation team
SRB	Surface Radiation Budget
SRU	Search and Rescue Units
SSC	Seacoast Science Center
SSH	Sea Surface Height
SSS	Sea Surface Salinity
SST	Sea Surface Temperature
SSV	Sea Surface Velocity
STAR	Center fro Satellite Applications and Research
STEM	Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
STEWS	Seismic-Tsunami Early Warning System
STPS	Short Term Prediction System statistical model
SURA	Southeastern Universities Research Association
SWAQ	Subcommittee on Water Availability and Quality
SWE	Sensor Web Enablement
SWOT	Surface Water and Ocean Topography
TA	Total Alkalinity
TAO	Tropical Atmosphere Ocean
TAO/TRITON	Tropical Atmosphere Ocean/Triangle Trans-Ocean Buoy Network
TC	Tropical Cyclones
TCOON	Texas Coastal Ocean Observing Network
TCP/IP	Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol
TDS	THREDDS Data Server
TDWG	Trilateral Datums Working Group
THREDDS	Thematic Real-time Environmental Distributed Data Services
TIP	Tropical Implementation Panel
TNC	The Nature Conservancy
TOGA	Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere
TOPP	Tagging of Pelagic Predators
TPIO	Technology, Planning and Integration Office
TRITON	Triangle Trans Ocean Buoy Network
TRL	Technology Readiness Level
TSG	ThermoSalinoGraph
TSS	Total Suspended Sediment
UAF	Unified Access Framework
UAV	Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
U-GLOS	Upper Great Lakes Observing System
UMV	Unmanned Maritime Vehicles
UNCLOS	United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
UNESCO	United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
UNFCCC	United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
UNOLS	University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System
UOT	Upper Ocean Thermal
USACE	United States Army Corps of Engineers
USCG	United States Coast Guard
USCOP	United States Commission on Ocean Policy
USDOT	United States Department of Transportation
USFWS	United States Fish and Wildlife Service
USGS	United States Geological Survey
USMC	United States Marine Corps
USWRP	United States Weather Research Program
VD&T	Vessel Detection and Tracking
VHF	Very High Frequency
VIIRS	Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite
VOS	Voluntary Observing Ships
WBC	Western Boundary Currents
WCOFS	West Coast Operational Forecast System
WCRP	World Climate Research Programme
WCS	Web Coverage Services
WERA	Wellen Radar
WFO	Weather Forecast Offices
WFS	Web Feature Service
WFS	West Florida Shelf
WGFAST	ICES Working Group on Fisheries Acoustics, Science and Technology
WGMS	Wave Glider Management System
WMO	World Meteorological Organization
WMS	Web Map Services
WOC	World Ocean Council
WOCE	World Ocean Circulation
WOD	World Ocean Database
WRA	Wind Resource Areas
WRC	World Radio-communication Conference
WSDE	Web Services and Data Encoding
XBT	Expendable Bathythermograph
XML	Extensible Markup Language
XSEDE	Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment

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