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Appendix D: Acronym List
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... Appendix D Acronym List ADCP Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler AGU American Geophysical Union AMS Accelerator Mass Spectrometry AUV Autonomous Underwater Vehicle CHIRP Compressed High Intensity Radar Pulse CODAR Coastal Ocean Dynamics Applications Radar CORK Circulation Obviation Retrofit Kit CTD Conductivity, Temperature and Depth DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency DOC Dissolved Organic Carbon DONET Dense Oceanfloor Network System for Earthquakes and Tsunamis DVL Doppler Velocity Log EM Electromagnetic ENSO El Niño/Southern Oscillation EPA Environmental Protection Agency GC-GFAMS Gas Chromatography–Continuous-Flow Accelerator Mass Spectrometry GEOSS Global Earth Observation System of Systems GPS Global Positioning System HF High Frequency HOT Hawaii Ocean Time-series HOV Human Operated Vehicle IODP Integrated Ocean Drilling Program IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IRIS Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology JGOFS Joint Global Ocean Flux Study JOIDES Joint Oceanographic Institutions for Deep Earth Sampling LIDAR Light Detection and Ranging MBARI Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute MODIS Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer 87
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... 88 CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH AND SOCIETAL NEEDS IN 2030 NAO North Atlantic Oscillation NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NAVO The Naval Oceanographic Office NCAR National Center for Atmospheric Research NDSF National Deep Submergence Facility NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOP National Ocean Policy NOPP National Oceanographic Partnership Program NOSAMS National Ocean Sciences Accelerator Mass Spectrometry NRC National Research Council NSF National Science Foundation ODP Ocean Drilling Program ONR Office of Naval Research OSSE Observing System Simulation Experiments PDO Pacific Decadal Oscillation PCB Polychlorinated Biphenyl ROV Remotely Operated Vehicle SeaWiFS Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor SOST Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology SST Sea Surface Temperatures UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNOLS University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System USCOP U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy WHOI Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution WOCE World Ocean Circulation Experiment

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