AA
Assistant Administrator
AAAS
American Association for the Advancement of Science
AAF
Assistant Administrator for Fisheries
AAP
Affirmative Action Plan
AAS
Advanced Automation System
ABC
Acceptable Biological Catch
ABI
Automated Broker Interface
ABL
Auke Bay Laboratory
ABR
Allowable Biological Removal
ACAN
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
ACCMR
Advisory Committee on Coastal and Marine Resources
ACCP
Atlantic Climate Change Program
ACD
(NOAA) Aeronautical Charting Division
ACE
American Council on Education
ACE
Army Corps of Engineers
ACENTO
Augmented Colombian El Nino Tuna Oceanography
ACFM
Advisory Committee on Fishery Management
ACFR
Advisory Council for Fisheries Research (was ACMRR)
ACGIH
American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists
ACID
Anderson-Cottonwood Irrigation District
Acid-MODES
Acid Models Operational and Diagnostic Evaluation Study
ACL
Analytical Chemistry Laboratory
ACME
Advisory Committee on the Marine Environment
ACMRR
Advisory Committee on Marine Resources Research (is now ACFR - Advisory Council for Fisheries Research)
ACO
Administrative Contracting Officer
ACP
Africa-Caribbean-Pacific
ACS
American Cetacean Society
ACS
Atmosphere Climate Study
ACSM
American Congress on Surveying and Mapping
ACTS
(NASA) Advance Communications Technology Satellite
ACWA
Administrative Careers with America (Test)
ADC
Astronomical Data Center
ADCP
Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler
ADEOS
ADvanced Earth Observing System
ADEOS/OCTS
ADvanced Earth Observing Satellite (or System)/Ocean Color and Temperature Scanner
ADF
Administrator's Discretionary Fund
ADF&G
Alaska Department of Fish and Game
ADF
Automatic Direction Finding
ADOM
Acid Deposition and Oxidant Model
ADP
Automatic Data Processing
ADPE
Automatic Data Processing Equipment
ADR
Alternative Dispute Resolution
AECP
Alternative Emission Control Plans
AEG
Atlantic Environmental Group
AEL
Appalachian Environmental Laboratory
AEP
Affirmative Employment Plan
AERG
Antarctic Ecosystem Research Group
AERMIC
AMS/EPA Regulatory Model Improvement Committee
AES
(Canada) Atmospheric Environment Service
AES
American Elasmobranch Society
AEWC
Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission
AFAP
Atlantic Fisheries Assistance Program
AFC
Alaska Fisheries Center
AFGWC
Air Force Global Weather Center
AFMA
Australian Fisheries Management Authority
AFOS
Automation of Field Operations and Services
AFRF
American Fishermen's Research Foundation
AFS
American Fisheries Society
AFS
Australian Fisheries Service
AFSC
Alaska Fisheries Science Center
AFTA
American Factory Trawler Association
AFTMA
American Fishing Tackle Manufacturers Association
AFZ
Australian Fishing Zone
AgNG
Agriculture Negotiating Group
AGOR
Auxiliary General Oceanography Research
AGU
American Geophysical Union
AHP
Analytical Hierarchy Process
AIAA
Aerospace Industries Association of America
AID
Agency for International Development
AIDAB
Australian International Development Assistance Bureau
AIF
American Independent Fishermen
AIFRB
American Institute of Fishery Research Biologists
AIIM
American Institute for Interactive Management
AIIM
Association for Information and Image Management
AIMS
Administrative Information Management System
AIMS
American Indians in Marine Science
AIRS
Aerometric Information and Retrieval System
AIS
Airborne Imaging Spectrometer
AISES
American Indian Science and Engineering Society
AIT
American Institute of Taiwan
AKR
Alaska Region
AL
Aeronomy Laboratory
AL
Annual Leave
ALJ
Administrative Law Judge
ALOHA
Areal Locations of Hazardous Atmospheres
ALSP
Atmosphere and Land Surface Processes
AMAP
Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program
AMC
Atlantic Marine Center
AMERIEZ
Antarctic Marine Ecosystem Research at Ice-Edge Zone
AMLR
Antarctic Marine Living Resources
AMO
(NOAA) Office of Administrative Management
AMR
Archipelago Marine Research
AMS
American Meteorological Society
AMSY
Average Maximum Sustainable Yield
ANA
Administration for Native Americans
ANCS II
Automated Nautical Charting System II
ANG
Agriculture Negotiating Group
ANICA
Atmospheric Nutrient Inputs to Coastal Areas
ANOVA
Analysis of Variance
ANPR
Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
ANS
Aquatic Nuisance Species
ANSI
American National Standards Institute
AOC
Aircraft Operations Center
AOML
(NOAA) Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
AOP
Annual Operating Plan
AOTF
Acousto-Optic Tunable Filters
AP
Advisory Panel
APA
Administrative Procedures Act
APARE
East Asian/North Pacific Regional Experiment
APCD
Air Pollution Control District
APCO
Air Pollution Control Officer
APDS
Automated Procurement Data Systems
APEC
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
APFIC
Asia-Pacific Fishery Commission (replaces IPFC)
APHIS
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
APIOS
Acid Precipitation In Ontario Study
APL UW
Applied Physics Lab, University of Washington
APO
Air Post Office
APP
Acoustic Plankton Profilers
APPRISE
Association of Primary Production and Recruitment in Subarctic Ecosystem
APR
Area Personnel Representative
APS
Administrative Payments System
APS
American Physiology Society
AQM
Air Quality Model
ARB
(California) Air Resources Board
ARC
Atlantic Reference Centre
ARCSS
Arctic System Science
ARFCOS
Armed Forces Courier Service
ARI
Academic Research Infrastructure
ARL
(NOAA) Air Resources Laboratory
ARP
Antarctic Research Programs
ARPA
Advanced Research Projects Agency
ARPAnet
U.S. Defense Department Network
ARS
Agricultural Research Service
AS
Assistant Secretary
ASA(CW)
Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works)
ASAP
As Soon As Possible
ASC
Administrative Support Center
ASCA
Advanced Satellite for Cosmology and Astrophysics
ASCE
American Society of Civil Engineers
ASCII
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASFMC
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission
ASHA
American Seafood Harvesters Association
ASLO
American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
ASM
Age at Sexual Maturation (or Maturity)
ASMD
Atmospheric Sciences Modeling Division
ASMFC
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission
ASOC
Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition
ASOS
(NMS) Automated Surface Observing System
ASPIC
A Surplus Production Model Incorporating Coviarates
ASPIRES
Automated Selective Placement Information and Referral for Employment System
ASPRS
American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
ASR
Area Safety Representative
ASTA
American Society of Travel Agents
ASTC
Association of Science and Technology Centers
ASZ
American Society of Zoologists
ATA
American Tunaboat Association
ATB
Adjustments-to-Base
AtlantNIRO
Atlantic Scientific Research Institute of Marine Fisheries and Oceanography
ATM
Automated Teller Machine
ATOC
(SERDP) Acoustic Thermometry of Ocean Climate (or Circulation)
ATP
Advanced Technology Program
ATS
Antarctic Treaty System
ATSR
Along Track Scanning Radiometer
AUC
Area Under Curve
AUSPEX
Atmospheric Utility Signatures, Predictions and EXperiments
AUV
Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
AV
Anticipated Vacancy
AVHRR
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
AVI
Availability-Vulnerability Index
AVIRIS
Airborne Visible/InfraRed Imaging Spectrometer
AVS
Application Visualization System
AVT
Arginine Vasotocin
AW
Acoustic Wave
AWIPS
Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System
AXBT
Aerial Expendable Bathythermographs
AYK
Arctic, Yukon and Kuskokwim