NOAA - Ecosystem Goal Team - To protect, restore and manage the use of coastal and ocean resources through an ecosystem approach to management
Major NOAA Acronyms
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z |
A
AA - Assistant Administrator
AFS - American Fishing Society
AGM - Annual Guidance Memorandum
AGO - Acquisition and Grants Office
AMOC - Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation
AOC - Aircraft Operations Center (under OMAO)
AOML - Atlantic Oceanographic Meteorological Laboratory
AOP - Annual Operating Plan
AQC - Aquaculture Program
ARL - Air Resources Laboratory
ASOS - Automated Surface Observing Systems
ASTWF - Advance Short-term Warnings and Forecasts
ATBs - Adjustments-To-Base
AUV - Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (and untethered ROV)
B
BiOp - Biological Opinion
BOM - Business Operation Manual
BPA - Blanket Purchase Agreement
BSAI - Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands
BSF - Build Sustainable Fisheries
C
C&T - Commerce and Transportation
CAF - Coastal Assessment Framework
CAMEO - Comparative Analysis of Marine Ecosystem Organization
CAO - Chief Administrative Officer
CCSP - Climate Change Science Program
CELCP - Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program
CEO - Coasts, Estuaries, and Oceans
CEQ - Committee on Environmental Quality
CI - Cooperative Institute
CIO - Chief Information Officer
CITES - Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
CFO - Chief Financial Officer
CLASS - Comprehensive Large Array-data Stewardship System
CMRP - Coastal and Marine Resource Program
COB - Close of Business
COOPS - Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services
CORL - Consolidated Observations Requirements List
CORP - Coral Program
COTR - Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative
CPC - Climate Prediction Center
CPO - Climate Program Office
CRCP - Coral Reef Conservation Program
CS - Chief Scientist
CS - Corporate Services
CSC - Coastal Services Center
CLASS - Comprehensive Large-Array data Stewardship System
CORS - Continuously Operating Reference Stations
CSC - Coastal Services Center
CZM - Coastal Zone Management
CZMA - Coastal Zone Management Act
D
DAA - Deputy Assistant Administrator
DARP - Damage Assessment and Restoration Program
DAO - Departmental Administrative Order
DAS - Days At Sea
DEIS - Draft Environmental Impact Statement
DNR - Department of Natural Resources
DOA - Department of Agriculture
DOC - Department of Commerce
DOD - Department of Defense
DOE - Department of Energy
DOI - Department of Interior
DOJ - Department of Justice
DOS - Department of State
DOT - Department of Transportation
E
EAM - Ecosystem Approaches to Management
EBM - Ecosystem Based Management
EEO - Equal Employment Opportunities
EEZ - Exclusive Economic Zone
EP - Enforcement Program
EFH - Essential Fish Habitat
EIS - Environmental Impact Statement
EGT - Ecosystem Goal Team
ENSO - El Niño Southern Oscillation
EOP - Ecosystem Observation Program
EPA - US Environmental Protection Agency
ERP - Ecosystem Research Program
ESA - Endangered Species Act
F
FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization
FMC - Fisheries Management Council
FMP - Fishery Management Plan
FMP - Fisheries Management Program
FOIA - Freedom of Information Act
FR - Federal Register
FRN - Federal Register Notice
FSV - Fishery Survey Vessel
FTE - Full Time Equivalent
FY - Fiscal Year
FWG - Fleet Working Group
G
GAO - Government Accountability Office
GC - General Counsel (NOAA)
GCF - General Counsel Fisheries
GCOS - Global Climate Observing System
GEOSS - Global Earth Observation System of Systems
GLERL - Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory
GOA - Gulf of Alaska
GOES - Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites
GOMEX - Gulf of Mexico
GOOS - Global Ocean Observing System
GPRA - Government Performance and Results Act
GPS - Global Positioning System
GSA - General Services Administration
H
HAB - Harmful Algal Bloom
HAB - Habitat Program
HACCP - Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point
HCPs - Habitat Conservation Plans
HEW - Health, Education, and Welfare
HPCC - High Performance Computing and Communications
I
IATTC - Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission
ICCAT - International Commission on Conservation of Atlantic Tuna
ICES - International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
IEA - Integrated Ecosystem Assessment
IEOS - International Earth Observing System
IOOS - Integrated Ocean Observing System
IPCC - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
ISI - Implement Season to Interannual Climate Forecasts
IT - Information Technology
ITA - International Trade Administration
IWC - International Whaling Commission
J
JSOST - Joint Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology
L
LAN - Local area network
LME - Large Marine Ecosystem
LMR - Living Marine Resource
LO - Line Office
LOSC - Law of the Sea Convention
M
MAFAC - Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee
MBDA - Minority Business Development Agency
MMPA - Marine Mammal Protection Act
MOA - Memorandum of Agreement
MOU - Memorandum of Understanding
MPA - Marine Protected Area
MSRA - Magnuson-Stevens Reauthorization Act
MRFSS - Marine Recreational Fisheries Statistics Survey
N
NAM - NOAA Action Memorandum
NAO - NOAA Administrative Order
NCAR - National Center for Atmospheric Research
NCCOS - National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
NCEP EMC National Center for Environmental Prediction - Environmental Modeling Center
NCDC - National Climatic Data Center
NDBC - National Data Buoy Center
NEC - NOAA Executive Council
NEP - NOAA Executive Panel
NEPA - National Environmental Policy Act
NERRS - National Estuarine Research Reserve System
NESDIS - National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
NGDC - National Geophysical Data Center
NGO - Non-governmental Organization
NMAO - NOAA Marine and Aviation Operations
NMFS - National Marine Fisheries Service
NMSP - National Marine Sanctuary Program
NODC - National Oceanographic Data Center
NOPP - National Oceanographic Partnership Program
NOS - National Ocean Service
NOSC - NOAA Observing System Council
NPOESS - National Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellite System
NRAP - NOAA Rotational Assignment Program
NSRS - National Spatial Reference System
NSTC - National Science and Technology Council
NURP - NOAA's Undersea Research Program
NWS - National Weather Service
NWFSC - Northwest Fisheries Science Center
NWSTG - National Weather Service Telecommunications Gateway
O
OAR - Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
OER - Office of Ocean Exploration & Research
OFA - Office of Finance and Administration
OGC - Office of General Counsel (DOC)
OIG - Office of Inspector General
OMAO - Office of Marine and Aircraft Operations
OMB - Office of Management and Budget
OPM - Office of Personnel Management
ORF - Operations, Research and Facilities Account
ORPP - Ocean Research Priorities Plan
ORR - Office of Response and Restoration
OSTP - Office of Science and Technology Policy
P
PA - Public Affairs
PA&E - Office of Program Analysis and Evaluation
PAC - Procurement, Acquisition and Construction Account
PART- Program Assessment Rating Tool
PATT - Priority Area Task Team
PCS - Program Change Summary
PCSRF - Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund
PDM - Program Decision Memorandum
PIRS - NOAA Program Information Reporting System
PMEL - Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
POES - Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite
POP - Program Operating Plan
PPBES - Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution System
PPI - Program Planning and Integration
PRA - Paperwork Reduction Act
PS - Program Support
PSC - Pacific Salmon Commission
PSN Promote Safe Navigation
PSP - Paralytic Seafood Poisoning
R
RA- Regional Administrator
ROV - Remotely Operated Vehicle (a tethered underwater device)
RPS - Recover Protected Species
RV - Research Vessel
S
SAB - Science Advisory Board
SES - Senior Executive Service
SF - Sustainable Fisheries
SHC - Sustain Healthy Coasts
SG - Sea Grant
SP - Strategic Plan
SPA - Strategic Portfolio Analysis
S&T - Science and Technology (NMFS)
SWMP - System-Wide Monitoring Program
T
TED or TEDs - Turtle Excluder Devices
U
UAS - Unmanned Aircraft Systems
UAV - Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
UCAR - University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
USAO - Under Secretary and Associate Offices
USCOP - U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy
USCRTF - US Coral Reef Task Force
USGCRP - United States Global Changes Research Program
USWRP - United States Weather Research Program
USFWS - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
USTR - United States Trade Representative
V
VMS - Vessel Monitoring System
W
WFO - Weather Forecasting Office
W&W - Weather and Water
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