| Acronym |
Definition |
| A/D |
analog-to-digital |
| ADCP |
acoustic Doppler current profiler |
| ALACE |
autonomous Lagrangian circulation explorer |
| 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 |
| CRM |
certified reference material |
| d.f. |
degree of freedom |
| DIW |
deionized water |
| DOE |
U.S. Department of Energy |
| EEZ |
Exclusive Economic Zone |
| emf |
electro-magnetic fields |
| EXPOCODE |
expedition code |
| FSI |
Falmouth Scientific Instruments |
| fCO2 |
fugacity of CO2 |
| FTP |
file transfer protocol |
| GO |
General Oceanics |
| GMT |
Greenwich mean time |
| GPS |
global positioning system |
| HCl |
hydrochloric acid |
| IAPSO |
International Association for the Physical Sciences of the Ocean |
| IMET |
Improved METeorology |
| I/O |
input-output |
| JGOFS |
Joint Global Ocean Flux Study |
| kn |
knots |
| ADCP |
lowered ADCP |
| LDEO |
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory |
| MATS |
Miami University alkalinity titration systems |
| NBIS |
Neil Brown Instrument system |
| NCSU |
North Carolina State University |
| NDP |
numeric data package |
| NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| nm |
nautical mile |
| NSF |
National Science Foundation |
| ODF |
Ocean Data Facility |
| ONR |
Office of Naval Research |
| OSU |
Oregon State University |
| PC |
personal computer |
| PI |
principal investigator |
| POC |
particulate organic carbon |
| PMEL |
Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory |
| 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 |
| SSW |
standard seawater |
| TAMU |
Texas A&M University |
| TALK |
total alkalinity |
| TCO2 |
total carbon dioxide |
| TD |
to-deliver |
| UH |
University of Hawaii |
| UM |
University of Miami |
| 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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