ACRONYM Definition
ADCP acoustic Doppler current profiler
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
CSIRO Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
CRM certified reference material
CUV Catholic University Valparaiso
DOE U.S. Department of Energy
FTP file transfer protocol
GC gas chromatograph
GLODAP Global Ocean Data Analysis Project
GMT Greenwich mean time
GSV gas sampling valve
IAPSO International Association for the Physical Sciences of the Ocean
JGOFS Joint Global Ocean Flux Study
LDEO Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
nm nautical mile
NDP numeric data package
NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
ODF Ocean Data Facility
ONR Office of Naval Research
OSU Oregon State University
pCO2 partial pressure of CO2
PMEL Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
PSS Practical Salinity Scale
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
TALK total alkalinity
TCO2 total carbon dioxide
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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