| Acronym |
Definition |
| A/D |
analog to digital |
| ADCP |
acoustic Doppler current profiler |
| BAH |
Biologische Anstalt Helgoland |
| BOD |
biological oxygen demand |
| BMFT |
Ministry of Research and Technology (Germany) |
| BNL |
Brookhaven National Laboratory |
| 14C |
radiocarbon |
| CALFAC |
calibration factor |
| CDIAC |
Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center |
| CFC |
chlorofluorocarbon |
| CH4 |
methane |
| O2 |
carbon dioxide |
| CTD |
conductivity, temperature, and depth sensor |
| CRM |
certified reference material |
| d.f. |
degrees of freedom |
| DFG |
German Research Foundation |
| DOE |
U.S. Department of Energy |
| DHN |
Diretoria Hidrografia eNavegacao, Brazil |
| DFG |
German Research Foundation |
| DVS |
Data collection and distribution system |
| DWD/SWA |
German Weather Service / Sea Weather Office |
| fCO2 |
fugacity of carbon dioxide |
| FID |
flame ionization detector |
| FTP |
file transfer protocol |
| GC |
gas chromatograph |
| GMT |
Greenwich mean time |
| GSV |
gas sampling valve |
| H3 |
Tritium |
| He |
Helium |
| IAPK |
Institute of Applied Physics of the University of Kiel |
| IfMK |
Institute für Meereskunde Universitat Kiel |
| IO |
input/output |
| IOS |
Institute of Oceanographic Science, Wormley, UK |
| JGOFS |
Joint Global Ocean Flux Study |
| N2 |
gaseous nitrogen |
| nm |
nautical mile |
| NDP |
numeric data package |
| NIST |
National Institute of Standards and Technology |
| NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| ONR |
Office of Naval Research |
| OSU |
Oregon State University |
| pc |
personal computer |
| CO2 |
partial pressure of CO2 |
| PMEL |
Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory |
| PSS |
Practical Salinity Scale |
| PU |
Princeton University |
| QC-QA |
quality control and quality assurance |
| QA |
quality assurance |
| R/V |
research vessel |
| SMAS |
Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences |
| SIO |
Scripps Institution of Oceanography |
| SIS |
Sensoren Instrumente Systeme |
| SOMMA |
single-operator multi-parameter metabolic analyzer |
| TALK |
total alkalinity |
| CO2 |
total carbon dioxide |
| TD |
to deliver |
| VFC |
voltage to frequency converter |
| WHOI |
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
| WHP |
WOCE Hydrographic Program |
| WHPO |
WOCE Hydrographic Program Office |
| WOCE |
World Ocean Circulation Experiment |
| UBT |
Universitat Bremen, Fachbereich Tracer Oceanographie |
| UMZ |
University of Maiz |
| XBT |
expendable bathythermographs |
| XCP |
expendable current profiler |
