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Acronyms

ACRONYM Definition
ACCE Atlantic Circulation and Climate Change Experiment
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
CMDL Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Laboratory
CO2 carbon dioxide
CTD conductivity, temperature, and depth sensor
CRM certified reference material
DOE U.S. Department of Energy
emf electro-magnetic fields
EXPOCODE expedition code
FTP file transfer protocol
GMT Greenwich mean time
GPS global positioning system
IAPSO International Association for the Physical Sciences of the Ocean
I/O input-output
IR infrared
JGOFS Joint Global Ocean Flux Study
kn knots
LADCP lowered ADCP
LDEO Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
MATS Miami University alkalinity titration systems
NBIS Neil Brown Instrument system
NDP numeric data package
NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
nm nautical mile
NSF National Science Foundation
ODF Ocean Data Facility
ODV Ocean Data View
ORNL Oak Ridge National Laboratory
OSU Oregon State University
PC personal computer
PDF Portable Document Format
PI principal investigator
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
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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