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Suggested Citation:"APPENDIX C: Definition of Acronyms." National Research Council. 1999. Building Ocean Science Partnerships: The United States and Mexico Working Together. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5874.
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APPENDIX C
Definition of Acronyms

AGU

American Geophysical Union

AMC

Academia Mexicana de Ciencias

ASLO

American Society for Limnology and Oceanography


CalCOFI—

California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations

CARIPOL

Pollution Monitoring Programme in the Caribbean (IOCARIBE)

CEC—

Commission for Environmental Cooperation (related to NAFTA)

CEP-POL

Caribbean Environmental Program on Pollution (IOC)

CFE

Comisión Federal de Electricidad

CIBNOR

Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste, S.C.

CICESE—

Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada

CICIMAR—

Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas

CINVESTAV

Centro de Investigaciones y de Estudios Avanzados (a unit of the Instituto Politécnico Nacional)

CLIVAR

Climate Variability and Predictability program

CODE

Coastal Ocean Dynamics Experiment

CONACyT

Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología

CTZ—

Coastal Transition Zone experiment

CUE—

Coastal Upwelling Experiment


EC

European Community

Suggested Citation:"APPENDIX C: Definition of Acronyms." National Research Council. 1999. Building Ocean Science Partnerships: The United States and Mexico Working Together. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5874.
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EEZ

exclusive economic zone

EMAP—

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (U.S. EPA)

ENSO—

El Niño-Southern Oscillation

EPA—

Environmental Protection Agency (U.S.)

ESF

European Science Foundation


FNI

Fundación Nacional de Investigación


GLOBEC

Global Ocean Ecosystems Dynamics program

GOOS—

global ocean observing system


IAI

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research

IAS

Intra-Americas Sea

ICES—

International Council for the Exploration of the Seas

ICMyL

Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Límnologia (UNAM)

IIE

Instituto de Investigaciones Eléctricas

IIO

Instituto de Investigaciones Oceanológicas (UABC)

INE

Instituto Nacional de Ecología

INEGI

Instituto Nacional de Estadística Geografía e Informática

INP

Instituto Nacional de la Pesca

InterRIDGE

International Ridge Inter-Disciplinary Global Experiment

IOC

Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission

IOCARIBE

Sub-Commission for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (IOCARIBE) of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

IPN

Instituto Poletécnico Nacional

IRI

International Institute for Climate Change


JGOFS

Joint Global Ocean Flux Study

JWG

Joint Working Group on Ocean Sciences (AMC-NRC)


LATEX

Louisiana-Texas Shelf Circulation and Transport Processes Program

LC

Loop Current (Gulf of Mexico)

LOICZ

Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone program


MAST

Marine Science and Technology Programme (EC)


NAFTA

North American Free Trade Agreement

NAS—

National Academy of Sciences

NATO—

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NMFS

National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA)

NOAA—

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (U.S.)

NODC—

National Oceanic Data Center (NOAA)

NRC—

National Research Council (U.S.)

NSF—

National Science Foundation (U.S.)

NSF—

National Science Foundation (U.S.)


OCE—

NSF's Division of Ocean Sciences

ODP—

Ocean Drilling Program

OPTOMA

Ocean Prediction Through Observational Analysis

Suggested Citation:"APPENDIX C: Definition of Acronyms." National Research Council. 1999. Building Ocean Science Partnerships: The United States and Mexico Working Together. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5874.
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OSB

Ocean Studies Board (NRC)

OSU—

Oregon State University


PAHs—

polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

PEMEX—

Petróleos Mexicanos

PICES

North Pacific Marine Sciences Organization


RIDGE

Ridge Inter-Disciplinary Global Experiment

ROOS

regional ocean observing system

RSMAS—

Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (University of Miami)


SCI

Science Citation Index

SCOR

Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research

SEMARNP

Secretaría del Medio Ambiente, Recursos Naturales y Pesca

SEP—

Secretaría de Educación Pública

SNI

Sistema Nacional de Investigadores

SRE

Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores

SWRMRP

Southwest Regional Marine Research Program


TAMU—

Texas A&M University


UABC—

Universidad Autónoma de Baja California

UN—

United Nations

UNAM—

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

UNEP—

United Nations Environment Programme

UNESCO

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

UNOLS—

University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System


WOCE—

World Ocean Circulation Experiment

Suggested Citation:"APPENDIX C: Definition of Acronyms." National Research Council. 1999. Building Ocean Science Partnerships: The United States and Mexico Working Together. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5874.
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Building Ocean Science Partnerships describes a set of potential ocean science projects for cooperative research between scientists from the United States and Mexico, particularly focused on the Pacific Coast of California and Baja California, the Gulf of California, and the Gulf of Mexico. Barriers to cooperation between scientists of the two nations are identified, and methods to overcome such barriers are recommended.

The book describes how interactions can be promoted by enhancing opportunities for education and training, building and sharing scientific infrastructure, participating together in large-scale marine research programs and regional ocean observing systems, planning joint science events and publications, and developing sources of binational funding. Building Ocean Science Partnerships will be published in English and Spanish to make its contents widely accessible in the United States and Mexico.

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