| ACRONYM |
Definition |
| AMC |
accelerator mass spectrometry |
| AOML |
Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory |
| CDIAC |
Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center |
| CCHDO |
CLIVAR and Carbon Hydrographic Data Office |
| CFC |
chlorofluorocarbon |
| CLIVAR |
Climate Variability (Program) |
| CO2 |
carbon dioxide |
| CRM |
certified reference material |
| CTD |
conductivity, temperature, and depth |
| DOC |
dissolved organic carbon |
| ECD |
electron capture detector |
| emf |
electromotive force (of an electrochemical cell) |
| EXPOCODE |
expedition code |
| GC |
gas chromatograph |
| HCFC |
hydrochlorofluorocarbon |
| HDPE |
high density polyethylene |
| IAPSO |
International Association for the Physical Sciences of the Ocean |
| LCW |
liquid-core waveguide |
| mCP |
m-Cresol purple |
| MICA |
multi-parameter inorganic carbon analyzer |
| NDP |
numeric data package |
| NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| NOSAMS |
National Ocean Sciences Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Facility |
| NSF |
National Science Foundation |
| ODF |
Oceanographic Data Facility |
| ODV |
Ocean Data View |
| PMEL |
Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory |
| RSMAS |
Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science |
| R/V |
research vessel |
| SIO |
Scripps Institution of Oceanography |
| SOMMA |
single-operator multi-parameter metabolic analyzer |
| SST |
sea surface temperature |
| SSW |
standard seawater |
| STS |
Shipboard Technical Support |
| TALK |
total alkalinity |
| TCO2 |
total carbon dioxide or dissolved inorganic carbon |
| TN |
total nitrogen (analyzer) |
| UCSB |
University of California Santa Barbara |
| UH |
University of Hawaii |
| UM |
University of Miami |
| USF |
University of South Florida |
| UW |
University of Washington |
| WHP |
WOCE Hydrographic Program |
| WOCE |
World Ocean Circulation Experiment |
