Acronyms
| 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 |
Last modified: 2021-03-17T18:30:28Z
