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APPENDIX D

Acronyms and Abbreviations

4DVar

four-dimensional variation
ADCP

acoustic Doppler current profiler
ANN

artificial neural network
ASV

autonomous surface vehicle
AUV

autonomous underwater vehicle
AVISO

Archiving, Validation and Interpretation of Satellite Oceanographic data
AXBT

Airborne Expendable BathyThermograph
BOEM

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
BSEE

Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement
CARTHE

Consortium for Advanced Research on Transport of Hydrocarbon Environment
CICESE

Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada
C-IMAGE

Center for the Integrated Modeling and Analysis of the Gulf Ecosystem
CMEMS

Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service
CNES

Centre National d’Études Spatiales
CPIES

current pressure inverted echo sounder
DAC

data assembly center
DEEP-C

Deep Sea to Coast Connectivity in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico
DOI

U.S. Department of the Interior
EEZ

exclusive economic zone
EOF

empirical orthogonal function
FFRDC

Federally Funded R&D Centers
FVCOM

Finite-Volume, primitive equation Community Ocean Model
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GFDL

Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
GLAD

Grand LAgrangian Deployment
GOMEX-PPP

Gulf of Mexico Pilot Prediction Project
GoMRI

Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative
GRP

Gulf Research Program
HF

high frequency
HMI

Horizon Marine, Inc.
HYCOM

HYbrid Coordinate Ocean Model
IOOS

Integrated Ocean Observing System
ISOP

Improved Synthetic Ocean Profile
LC

Loop Current
LCE

Loop Current eddy
LCS

Loop Current System
MITgcm

Massachusetts Institute of Technology General Circulation Model
MMS

Minerals Management Service
MODAS

Modular Ocean Data Assimilation System
MOM

Modular Ocean Model
MSEAS

Multidisciplinary Simulation, Estimation, and Assimilation Systems
NAVOCEANO

Naval Oceanographic Office
NCAR

National Center for Atmospheric Research
NCEP

National Centers for Environmental Prediction
NCODA

Navy Coupled Ocean Data Assimilation
NCOM

Navy Coastal Ocean Model
NDBC

National Data Buoy Center
NLOM

Navy Layered Ocean Model
NOAA

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NRL

Naval Research Laboratory
NSF

National Science Foundation
NTL

Notice to Lessees and Operators
ONR

Office of Naval Research
OSSE

Observing System Simulation Experiment
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PI

principal investigator
PIES

pressure-recording inverted echo sounder
POM

Princeton Ocean Model
ROMS

Regional Ocean Modeling System
ROV

remotely operated vehicle
SSH

sea surface height
SST

sea surface temperature
SUNTAN

Stanford Unstructured Nonhydrostatic Terrain-following Adaptive Navier-Stokes Simulator
SWOT

Surface Water and Ocean Topography
TRW

topographic Rossby wave
T/S

temperature/salinity
UARC

University Affiliated Research Center
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One of the most significant, energetic, yet not well understood, oceanographic features in the Americas is the Gulf of Mexico Loop Current System (LCS), consisting of the Loop Current (LC) and the Loop Current Eddies (LCEs) it sheds. Understanding the dynamics of the LCS is fundamental to understanding the Gulf of Mexico's full oceanographic system, and vice versa. Hurricane intensity, offshore safety, harmful algal blooms, oil spill response, the entire Gulf food chain, shallow water nutrient supply, the fishing industry, tourism, and the Gulf Coast economy are all affected by the position, strength, and structure of the LC and associated eddies.

This report recommends a strategy for addressing the key gaps in general understanding of LCS processes, in order to instigate a significant improvement in predicting LC/LCE position, evolving structure, extent, and speed, which will increase overall understanding of Gulf of Mexico circulation and to promote safe oil and gas operations and disaster response in the Gulf of Mexico. This strategy includes advice on how to design a long-term observational campaign and complementary data assimilation and numerical modeling efforts.

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