| AAHIS |
Advance Airborne Hyperspectral Imaging Spectrometer |
| AATSR |
Advanced Along-Track Scanning Radiometer |
| ACC |
Antarctic Circumpolar Current |
| ACCE |
Atlantic Circulation and Climate Experiment |
| ACCLAIM |
Antarctic Circumpolar Current Levels by Altimetry and Island Measurements |
| ACCP |
Atlantic Climate Change Program |
| ACM |
Acoustic Current Meter |
| ADAMMS |
Archive Data and Metadata Management System |
| ADCP |
Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler |
| ADEOS |
Advanced Earth Observing System |
| AEROCE |
Atmosphere/Ocean Chemistry Experiment |
| AGU |
American Geophysical Union |
| AIMS |
Australian Institute of Marine Science |
| AMO |
Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation |
| AMT |
Atlantic Meridional Transect |
| AODC |
Australian Oceanographic Data Center |
| AOGCM |
Atmosphere-Ocean General Circulation Model |
| AOV |
Autonomous Underwater Vehicle |
| ARIES |
Autosampling and Recording Instrumental Environmental Sampler |
| ASI |
Austral Summer Institute |
| ASOS |
Automated Surface Observing System |
| AtlantNIRO |
Atlantic Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography |
| ATSR |
Along Track Scanning Radiometer |
| AVHRR |
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer |
| AWI |
Alfred-Wegener Institute |
| BATS |
Bermuda Atlantic Time series Study |
| BBSR |
Bermuda Biological Station for Research |
| BCLME |
Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem |
| BIO |
Bedford Institute of Oceanography |
| BIOMAPER |
Bio-Optical Multifrequency Acoustical and Physical Environmental Recorder |
| BIONESS |
Bedford Institute of Oceanography Net and Environmental Sampling |
| BIOS |
Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences |
| BODC |
British Oceanographic Data Centre |
| BSH |
Bundesamt für Seeschiffahrt und Hydrographie |
| CalCOFI |
California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations |
| CalVET |
California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations Vertical Egg Tow |
| CAMP |
California Monitoring Program |
| CBD |
Convention on Biological Diversity |
| CCAMLR |
Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources |
| CCS |
California Current System |
| CEO |
Centre for Earth Observation |
| CEOS |
Committee on Earth Observation Satellites |
| ChloroGIN |
Chlorophyll Globally Integrated Network |
| CLIVAR |
Climate Variability and predictability |
| COCAS |
Coordination of Carbon Observing System |
| CODATA |
ICSU Interdisciplinary Scientific Committee on Data for Science and Technology |
| CofE |
Centre of Excellence |
| CoML |
Census of Marine Life |
| CONA |
Comité Oceanográfico Nacional (Chile) |
| CONAE |
Argentinean National Commission of Space Activities |
| COOP |
Coastal Ocean Observation System |
| CoP |
Community of Practice |
| COPAS |
Center for Oceanographic Research in the eastern South Pacific |
| CPR |
Continuous Plankton Recorder |
| CPUE |
Catch Per Unit Effort |
| CSA |
Canadian Space Agency |
| CSIR |
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa |
| CSIRO |
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation |
| CSR |
Cruise Summary Report |
| CTD |
Conductivity, Temperature and Depth |
| CZCP |
Coastal Zone Community of Practice |
| DBCP |
Data Buoy Cooperation Panel |
| DEOS |
Dynamics of Earth Ocean Systems |
| DevCoCast |
GEONETCast applications for and by Developing Countries |
| DIVERSITAS |
An international programme of biodiversity science |
| DOD |
Deutsches Ozeanographisches Datenzentrum |
| EAF |
Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries |
| EAM |
Ecosystem Approach to Management |
| EBONE |
European Biodiversity Observation Network |
| EC |
European Commission |
| ECOOP |
European Coastal Sea Operational observing and forecasting system |
| EEZ |
Exclusive Economic Zone |
| EMODNET |
European Marine Observation and Data Network |
| EMSO |
European Multidisciplinary Seafloor Observatory |
| Envisat |
Environmental satellite mission of the European Space Agency |
| EO |
Earth Observations |
| EPA |
Environmental Protection Agency (US) |
| EROS |
Earth Resources Observing Satellite |
| ERS |
European Remote-sensing Satellite |
| ESA |
European Space Agency |
| ESEAS |
European Sea-Level Service |
| ESONET |
European Seafloor Observatory Network |
| ESSP |
Earth System Science Partnership |
| EU |
European Union |
| EUMETCast |
EUMETSAT Broadcast System for Environmental Data |
| EUMETSAT |
European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites |
| EurOcean |
European Centr for Information on Marine Science and Technology |
| EUROGOOS |
European Global Observing System |
| EuroSITES |
European Ocean Observatory Network |
| FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| FP7 |
European Union 7th Framework Programme |
| GBA |
Global Biodiversity Assessment |
| GBIF |
Global Biodiversity Information Facility |
| GBRDS |
Global Biodiversity Resources Discovery System |
| GCI |
GEOSS Common Infrastructure |
| GCOS |
Global Climate Observation System |
| GCRMN |
Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network |
| GEF |
Global Environment Facility |
| GEO |
Group on Earth Observations |
| GEOBENE |
Global Earth Observation Benefit Estimation: Now, Next and Emerging |
| GEO-BON |
GEO Biodiversity Observation Network |
| GEOHAB |
Marine Geological and Biological Habitat Mapping |
| GEONET |
GPS Earth Observation Network System (Japan) |
| GEONETCast |
A near real time, global network of satellite-based data dissemination systems |
| GEOSS |
Global Earth Observation System of Systems |
| GEOTOPS |
GEO Training Opportunity Networks |
| GIS |
Geographic Information System |
| GLOBEC |
Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics project |
| GLOSS |
Global Sea Level Observing System |
| GMA |
Global Marine Assessment |
| GMES |
Global Monitoring for Environment and Security |
| GODAE |
Global Ocean Data Assimilation Experiment |
| GOOS |
Global Ocean Observing System |
| GOS |
Global Observing System |
| GOSAT |
Greenhouse gases Observing SATellite |
| GPS |
Global Positioning System |
| GRA |
GOOS Regional Alliance |
| GTOS |
Global Terrestrial Observation System |
| HARON |
Hydrological Applications and Run-Off Network |
| HOTO |
Health Of The Oceans |
| IBI-ROOS |
Iberia-Biscay-Ireland Regional Operational Oceanographic System |
| IBM |
Individual Based Model |
| IBMN |
International Biodiversity Monitoring Network |
| IBOY |
International Biodiversity Observation Year |
| ICES |
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea |
| ICID |
International Cruise Information Database |
| ICNAF |
International Commission for Northwest Atlantic Fisheries |
| ICSU |
International Council for Science |
| IEO |
Instituto Español de Oceanografía |
| IFM-GEOMAR |
Leibniz-Institut für Meereswissenschaften an der Universität Kiel |
| IFREMER |
Institut Français de Recherche pour l’Exploitation de la MER |
| IGBP |
International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme |
| IGCO |
Integrated Global Carbon Observation |
| IGOS |
Integrated Global Observing Strategy |
| IHO |
International Hydrographic Organization |
| ILTER |
International Long Term Ecological Research network |
| IMarEST |
Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology |
| IMBER |
Integrated Marine Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Research |
| INCOIS |
Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services |
| INSU |
L'Institut National des Sceinces de l'Univers du CNRS |
| IOC |
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission |
| IOCCG |
International Ocean Colour Coordinating Group |
| IOCCP |
International Ocean Carbon Coordination Project |
| IODE |
International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange |
| IODP |
Integrated Ocean Drilling Program |
| IORGC |
Institute of Observational Research for Global Change |
| IPCC |
Interngovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| IPY |
International Polar Year |
| IRSA |
Institute of Remote Sensing Applications |
| IUBS |
International Union of Biological Sciences |
| IUCN |
International Union for the Conservation of Nature |
| IUGG |
International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics |
| IUTWS |
Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System |
| JAMSTEC |
Japan Agency for Marine Earth Science and Technology |
| JASON |
Joint Altimetry Satellite Oceanography Network |
| JCOMM |
Joint WMO-IOC Technical Commission on Oceanography and Marine Meterology |
| JCOMMOPS |
JCOMM in-situ Observing Platform Support Centre |
| JGOFS |
Joint Global Ocean Flux Study |
| J-PICO |
Joint Panel for Integrated Coastal Observations |
| JRC |
Joint Research Centre (EC) |
| KORDI |
Korean Ocean Research and Development Institute |
| LME |
Large Marine Ecosystem |
| LMR |
Living Marine Resources |
| MarBEF |
Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning |
| MA-RE |
Marine Research Institute (Cape Town) |
| MARIS |
Marine Information Service |
| MDG |
Millennium Development Goals |
| MedGOOS |
Mediterranean Global Ocean Observing System |
| MERSEA |
Marine Environment and Security for the European Area |
| MIA |
Marine Information Alliance |
| MPA |
Marine Protected Area |
| NAO |
North Atlantic Oscillation |
| NASA |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| N&I |
News and Information Group |
| NEPTUNE |
North-east Pacific Time-series Undersea Network Experiments |
| NERC |
Natural Environment Research Council |
| NESDIS |
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service |
| NF |
Nippon Foundation |
| NIOZ |
Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research |
| NMFS |
National Marine Fisheries Service |
| NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| NOCS |
National Oceanography Centre, Southampton |
| NODC |
National Oceanographic Data Centre |
| NPGO |
Nroth Pacific Gyre Oscillation |
| OBIS |
Ocean Biogeographic Information System |
| OCCM |
Ocean Carbon Cycle Model |
| OceanSITES |
Ocean Sustained Interdisciplinary Time series Environment |
| OCO |
Orbiting Carbon Observatory |
| OECD |
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| OFEG |
Ocean Facilities Exchange Group |
| OGC |
Open Geospatial Consortium |
| OGCM |
Ocean General Circulation Model |
| OOI |
Ocean Observatories Initiative |
| OOPC |
Ocean Observations Panel for Climate |
| OPC |
Optical Plankton Counter |
| OSSE |
Observing System Simulation Experiment |
| NOCS |
National Oceanographic Centre, Southampton |
| PAGES |
Past Global Changes |
| PDO |
Pacific Decadal Oscillation |
| PICO |
Panel for Integrated Coastal Observations |
| PML |
Plymouth Marine Laboratory |
| POGO |
Partnership for the Observation of the Global Oceans |
| POL |
Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory |
| POLCOMS |
Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory Coastal Ocean Modelling System |
| QZSS |
Quasi-Zenith Satellite System |
| RAC |
Regional Advisory Councils |
| RADARSAT |
Satellite observing system (Canada) |
| RAMP |
Rapid Assessment of Marine Pollution |
| ROMS |
Regional Ocean Modelling System |
| ROV |
Remotely Operated Vehicle |
| SAFARI |
Societal Applications in Fisheries Aquaculture using Remotely-Sensed Imagery |
| SAHFOS |
Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science |
| SAR |
Synthetic Aperture Radar |
| SBA |
Societal Benefit Area |
| SCAR |
Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research |
| SCCOOS |
Southern California Coastal Ocean Observing System |
| SCOR |
Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research |
| SeaDataNet |
Pan-European infrastructure for Ocean and Marine Data Management |
| SEAPODYM |
Spatial Environmental Population Dynamics Model |
| SeaWiFS |
Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor |
| SEREAD |
Scientific Educational Resources and Experiene Associated with the Deployment of Argo profiling floats in the South Pacific Ocean |
| SHOA |
Servicio Hidrográfico y Oceanográfica de la Armada |
| SIO |
Scripps Institute of Oceanography |
| SIPPER |
Shadowed Image Particle Profiling Evaluation Recorder |
| SOI |
Southern Oscillation Index |
| SOLAS |
Surface Ocean Lower Atmosphere Study |
| SOOS |
Southern Ocean Observing System |
| SOT |
Ship Observations Team |
| SRDL |
Satellite Relay Data Logger |
| TEMA |
Training, Education and Mutual Assistance |
| THC |
Thermohaline Circulation |
| UCT |
University of Cape Town |
| UN |
United Nations |
| UNCED |
United Nations Conference on Environment and Development |
| UNCLOS |
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea |
| UNEP |
United Nations Environment Programme |
| UNESCO |
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
| UNFCCC |
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
| UNOLS |
University-National Oceanographic Laboratory Systems |
| VENUS |
Victoria Experimental Network Under the Sea |
| VLIZ |
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee |
| VPR |
Video Plankton Recorder |
| WCRP |
World Climate Research Programme |
| WHO |
World Heath Organization |
| WHOI |
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
| WMO |
World Meterological Organization |
| WOCE |
World Ocean Circulation Experiment |
| WSSD |
World Summit on Sustainable Development |
