U.S. IOOS®: Acronym List
ACT |
Alliance for Coastal Technologies |
ADCIRC |
Advanced Circulation Model (for oceanic, coastal, and estuarine waters) |
ADCP |
Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler |
AOA |
Analysis of Alternatives |
AOOS |
Alaska Ocean Observing System |
CaRA |
Caribbean Regional Association |
CeNCOOS |
Central and Northern California Ocean Observing System |
CEOS |
Committee on Earth Observation Satellites |
CDC |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
CDIP |
Coastal Data Information Program |
CF |
Climate and Forecast Conventions |
C-MAN |
Coastal Marine Automated Network |
CNO |
Chief of Naval Operations |
CNMOC |
Commander Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command |
CODAR |
Coastal Ocean Dynamic Applications Radar |
COL |
Consortium for Ocean Leadership |
COMPS |
Coastal Ocean Monitoring and Prediction System |
CONOPS |
Concept of Operations |
CORL |
Consolidated Observations Requirements List (NOAA) |
COTS |
Commercial Off-the-Shelf |
COTS |
Coastal Observation Technology System |
DAC |
Data Assembly Center |
DIF |
Data Integration Framework |
DMAC |
Data Management and Communications |
DMAC-ST |
Data Management and Communications Steering Team |
EBM |
Ecosystem Based Management |
ECOHAB |
Ecology and Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms |
EEZ |
Exclusive Economic Zone |
EPA |
Environnemental Protection Agency |
ERDDAP |
Environmental Research Division Data Access Program |
FAC |
Federal Advisory Committee |
FEMA |
Federal Emergency Management Agency |
FGDC |
Federal Geographic Data Committee |
FOC |
Final Operating Capability (or Full Operational Capability) |
FRD |
Functional Requirements Document |
FY |
Fiscal Year |
GCOOS |
Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System |
GCOS |
Global Climate Observing System |
GEO-IDE |
Global Earth Observation–Integrated Data Environment |
GEO |
Group on Earth Observations |
GEO |
Geostationary Earth Orbits |
GEOSS |
Global Earth Observation System of Systems |
GHRSST |
Group on High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature |
GIS |
Geographic Information System |
GLOBEC |
Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics |
GLOSS |
Global Sea Level Observing System (JCOMM) |
GMES |
Global Monitoring for Environmental Security |
GLOS |
Great Lakes Observing System |
GODAE |
Global Ocean Data Assimilation Experiment |
GOMOOS |
Gulf of Maine Ocean Observing System |
GOOS |
Global Ocean Observing System |
GOTS |
Government Off-the-Shelf |
GRA |
GOOS-Regional Alliance |
GSSC |
GOOS Scientific Steering Committee |
GTOS |
Global Terrestrial Observing System |
GUI |
Graphical User Interface |
HAB |
Harmful Algal Bloom |
HABHRCA |
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HFIP |
Hurricane Forecast Improvement Project |
HFR |
High Frequency Radar |
HLFR |
High Level Functional Requirements |
HOTO |
Health of the Ocean |
HSRP |
Hydrographic Services Review Panel |
HTTP |
Hypertext Transfer Protocol |
ICOSRMI |
Interagency Committee on Ocean Science and Resource Management Integration |
ICSU |
International Council for Science |
IEA |
Integrated Ecosystem Assessment |
IEOS |
Integrated Earth Observation System |
IGOS |
Intergovernmental Global Observing Strategy |
I-GOOS |
Intergovernmental Committee for the Global Ocean Observing System |
IOC |
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission |
IOC |
Initial Operational Capability |
IOOC |
Interagency Ocean Observing Committee |
IOOS |
Integrated Ocean Observing System |
IWG-OP |
Interagency Working Group – Ocean Partnership |
IOCM |
Integrated Ocean and Coastal Mapping |
IPCC |
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
IPT |
Integrated Product Team |
ISO |
International Organization for Standardization |
JCOMM |
Joint Technical Commission for Oceanographic and Marine Meteorology |
JIMO |
Joint Institute for Marine Observations |
JOCI |
Joint Ocean Commission Initiative |
J-PICO |
Joint Panel for Integrated Coastal Observations |
JSOST |
Joint Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology |
LIDAR |
Light Detection and Ranging Technologies |
LMR-ES |
Living Marine Resources–Ecosystems Survey |
MACOORA |
Mid-Atlantic Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association |
MARACOOS |
Mid-Atlantic Regional Association Coastal Ocean Observing System |
MAS |
Modeling and Analysis Subsystems |
MERHAB |
Monitoring and Event Response for Harmful Algal Bloom |
MMI |
Marine Metadata Interoperability |
MMC |
Marine Mammal Commission |
MMS |
Master Metadata Management System |
MMS |
Minerals Management Service |
MODIS |
Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer |
MPA |
Marine Protected Area |
NANOOS |
Northwest Association of Networked Coastal Ocean Observing Systems |
NASA |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
NAVOCEANO |
Naval Oceanographic Office |
NAVO |
Naval Oceanographic Office |
NDBC |
National Data Buoy Center |
NERACOOS |
North Eastern Regional Association of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems |
NERRS |
National Estuarine Research Reserve System |
NFRA |
National Federation of Regional Associations for Coastal and Ocean Observing |
NGO |
Nongovernmental Organizations |
NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
NOEP |
National Ocean Economics Program |
NOMAD |
Navy Oceanographic Meteorological Automatic Device |
NOPP |
National Oceanographic Partnership Program |
NRL |
Naval Research Laboratory |
NSF |
National Science Foundation |
NSIP |
National Streamflow Information Program |
NSQAN |
National Stream Quality Accounting Network |
NWLON |
National Water Level Observation Network |
NWQMN |
National Water Quality Monitoring Network |
OAP |
Ocean Action Plan |
OBIS |
Ocean Biogeographic Information System |
OHHI |
Oceans and Human Health Initiative |
OOPC |
Ocean Observations Panel for Climate |
OGC |
Open Geospatial Consortium |
ONR |
Office of Naval Research |
OPeNDAP |
Open Source Project for a Network Data Access Protocol |
OOI |
Ocean Observatories Initiative |
ORION |
Ocean Research Interactive Observatory Networks |
ORRAP |
Ocean Research and Resources Advisory Panel |
OSE |
Observing System Experiment |
OSSE |
Observing System Simulation Experiment |
PacIOOS |
Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System |
POES |
Polar Operational Environmental Satellite |
PORTS |
Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System |
QARTOD |
Quality Assurance for Real-Time Oceanographic Data |
RA |
Regional Association |
RACOONS |
Regional Association Coordinators for Coastal Ocean Observing Networks |
RCOOS |
Regional Coastal Ocean Observing Systems |
ROMS |
Regional Ocean Modeling System |
SAR |
Search and Rescue |
SAR |
Synthetic Aperture Radar |
SAROPS |
Search and Rescue Operations |
SBAs |
Societal Benefit Areas |
SCCOOS |
Southern California Coastal Ocean Observing System |
SDI |
Spatial Data Infrastructure |
SDR |
Subcommittee on Disaster Relief |
SeaWiFS |
Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor |
SECOORA |
Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association |
SIMOR |
Subcommittee on Integrated Management of Ocean Resources |
SLOSH |
Sea, Lake and Overland Surges from Hurricanes |
SOLAS |
Safety of Life at Sea |
SOS |
Sensor Observation Service |
SURA |
Southeastern Universities Research Association |
THREDDS |
Thematic Real-time Environmental Distributed Data Services |
UNESCO |
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
UNOLS |
University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System |
USACE |
United States Army Corps of Engineers |
USCG |
United States Coast Guard |
USCOP |
United States Commission on Ocean Policy |
USGS |
United States Geological Survey |
VD&T |
Vessel Detection and Tracking |
VHF |
Very High Frequency |
WCS |
Web Coverage Services |
WERA |
Wellen Radar |
WMO |
World Meteorological Organization |
WMS |
Web Map Services |
WRC |
World Radio-communication Conference |
WSDE |
Web Services and Data Encoding |
XML |
Extensible Markup Language |