Acronyms Used in this Catalog
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AIMES - Analysis, Integration and Modeling of
the Earth System
- CLIC - Climate and Cryosphere Project
- CLIVAR - Climate Variability and Predictability
- COML - Census on Marine Life
- DBCP - Joint WMO/IOC Data Buoy Cooperation Panel
- DIVERSITAS
- ESA - European Space Agency
- ESSP - Earth System Science Partnership
- EUMETSAT - European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological
Satellites
- FAO FISHERIES - Fisheries Department of
the UN Food and Agricultural Organization
- GCOS - Global Climate Observing System
- GEOHAB - Global Ecology and Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms Programme
- GEOTRACES
- GEWEX - Global Energy & Water Cycle Experiment
- GLOBEC - Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics
- GODAE - Global Ocean Data Assimilation Experiment.
- GOOS - Global Ocean Observing System
- GOS - Global Observing System (of WMO)
- GTOS - Global Terrestrial Observing System
- IABO - International Association for
Biological Oceanography
- IAPSO - The International Association for
the Physical Sciences of the Oceans
- ICSU- International Council for Science
- IGBP - International Geosphere-Biosphere Program
- IHDP - International Human Dimensions Program
- IHO - International Hydrographic Organization
- IMBER - Integrated Marine Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Research
- IOC - Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
- IOCCG - International Ocean Color Coordinating Group
- IODE - International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange Program
(of IOC)
- IODP - Integrated Ocean Drilling Program
- IOI - International Ocean Institute
- IUGG - International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics
- JCOMM - Joint WMO/IOC Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine
Meteorology
- LOICZ - Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone
- OceanSITES
- PAGES- Past Global Changes
- PICES - North Pacific Marine Science Organization
- POGO - Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans
- SCAR - Scientific Committee on Antarctic
Research
- SOLAS - Surface Ocean-Lower Atmosphere Study
- START - System for Analysis, Research & Training
- UNEP - United Nations Environment Programme
- UNESCO - United
Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
- WCRP - World Climate Research Program
- WMO - World Meteorological Organization
- WOCE - World Ocean Circulation Experiment
- WWW - World Weather Watch