Acronyms Used in this Catalog

• 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