Multilingual dictionary of abbreviations

Marine research, oceanography

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Meaning

Language

Themes and places

ACMFE

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

In English

ACOM

Australian Community Ocean Model

In English

ADCP

Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler

In English

AFERNOD

Association Française d'Étude et de Recherche des Nodules océaniques

In French

AGEMA

Association pour la Gérance des Écoles de formation Maritime et Aquacole

In French

AIMS

Australian Institute of Marine Science (www.aims.gov.au)

In English

ALACE

Autonomous Lagrangian Circulation Explorer

In English

APE

Aqua-Planet Experiment

In English

ARGO

Array for Real-time Geostrophic Oceanography (www.argo.ucsd.edu)

In English

ASLO

American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (www.aslo.org)

In English

ATOC

Acoustic Thermometry of Ocean Climate

In English

AVHRR

Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer

In English

AVISO

Archiving, Validation and Interpretation of Satellites Oceanographic data (www.aviso.oceanobs.com)

In English

AcOC

Oceanologica Acta

In Latin

AcOSi

Acta Oceanica Sinica

In Latin

AtO

Atmosphere Ocean

In English

BIO

Bedford Institute of Oceanography (www.bio.gc.ca)

In English

BMT

British Maritime Technology (https://www.bmt.org)

In English

BOA

Broad Ocean Area

In English

CAOS

Center for Atmospheric and Oceanic Studies (http://caos-a.geophys.tohoku.ac.jp)

In English

CCAMLR

Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (www.ccamlr.org)

In English

CIESM

Commission Internationale pour l'Exploration Scientifique de la mer Méditerranée

In French

CNEXO

Centre National pour l'Exploitation des Océans

In French

COAMPS

Coupled Ocean/Atmospheric Mesoscale Prediction System

In English

COARE

Coupled Ocean–Atmospheric Response Experiment (www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/coare/)

In English

COCO

CCSR Ocean Component Model

In English

COLA

Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies

In English

COMPASS-K

Comprehensive Ocean Modeling, Prediction, Analysis and Synthesis System in the Kuroshio region

In English

COMRA

China Ocean Minerals Research and Development Association

In English

CORE

Common Ocean-ice Reference Experiments

In English

COSIM

Climate, Ocean and Sea Ice Modeling Project (http://climate.lanl.gov)

In English

CREAMS

Circulation Research of the East Asian Marginal Seas

In English

DAMÉE-NAB

Data Assimilation and Model Evaluation Experiments - North Atlantic Basin

In English

DORD

Deep Ocean Resources Development Company (www.dord.co.jp)

In English

DYNAMO

Dynamics of North Atlantic Models

In English

DyAtO

Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans

In English

EASSy

East African Submarine System

In English

ECCO

Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean (www.ecco-group.org)

In English

EDSM

École Doctorale des Sciences de la Mer

In French

ENACT

Enhanced Ocean Data Assimilation and Climate Prediction

In English

EOP

Earth and Ocean Physics

In English

EOPAP

Earth and Ocean Physics Application Program

In English

EORSAT

Electronic Ocean Reconstruction Satellite

In English

ESC

East Sakhalin Current

In English

ESODAE

European Shelf seas Ocean Data Assimilation and forecast Experiment

In English

ESfO

European Society for Oceanists

In English

EVAAM

Établissement pour la Valorisation des Activités Aquacoles et Maritimes

In French

FASTEX

Fronts and Atlantic Storm-Track Experiment (www.cnrm.meteo.fr/dbfastex/)

In English

FLAME

Familiy of Atlantic Model Experiment

In English

FNOC

Fleet Numeric Oceanography Center

In English

FOAM

Forecasting Ocean-Atmosphere Model

In English

FRAM

Fine Resolution Antarctic Model

In English

GEWEX

Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment

In English

GML

Geo-Marine Letters

In English

GODAC

Global Oceanographic Data Center

In English

GODAE

Global Ocean Data Assimilation Experiment (www.godae.org)

In English

GOOS

Global Ocean Observation System (www.ioc-goos.org)

In English

GOSAMOR

Global Ocean Salinity MonitORing

In English

GPC

Global and Planetary Change

In English

HOME

Hawaii Ocean-Mixing Experiment

In English

HOPS

Harvard Ocean Prediction System (http://mseas.mit.edu/archive/HOPS/)

In English

HYCOM

Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model (http://hycom.rsmas.miami.edu)

In English

HyARC

Hydrospheric Atmospheric Research Center

In English

IAPSO

International Association for Physical Sciences of the Oceans

In English

ICES

International Council for the Exploration of the Seas (www.ices.inst.dk)

In English

ICOADS

International Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set (https://icoads.noaa.gov/)

In English

ICORSMI

Interagency Committee on Ocean Science and Resource Management Integration

In English

IFM

Institut Français de la Mer

In French

IFREMER

Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (www.ifremer.fr)

In French

IMBER

Integrated Marine Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Research (www.imber.info)

In English

IMO
International Maritime Organization

= IMO | Internacia Mar-Organizo | In Esperanto
= OMI | Organisation Maritime Internationale | In French

In English

IMO
Internacia Mar-Organizo

= OMI (see above)

In Esperanto

INA

International Nannoplankton Association

In English

INMARSAT

International Maritime Satellite

In English

INOCAR

Instituto Oceanográfico de la Armada

In Spanish

INTSO

Itogi Nauki i Tekhniki Seriia Okeanologiia

In Russian

IOC

Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission

In English

IODP

Integrated Ocean Drilling Project

In English

IOM

Interoceanmetal Joint Organization

In English

IOM

Inverse Ocean Modeling

In English

IOMAC

Indian Ocean Marine Affairs Cooperation

In English

IOPAN

Instytut Oceanologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk (www.iopan.gda.pl)

In Polish

IOT
Institute for Ocean Technology

= ITO | Institut des Technologies Océaniques | In French

In English

ISA

International Seabed Authority (www.isa.org.jm)

In English

ISM

Institut Supérieur Maritime

In French

ITO
Institut des Technologies Océaniques

= IOT, ITO (see above)

In French

IUEM

Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer

In French

JAHMP

Japan-Hawaii Monitoring Program

In English

JAMSTEC

Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (www.jamstec.go.jp)

In English

JAtOT

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

In English

JCOPE

Japan Coastal Ocean Predictability Experiment

In English

JGOFS

Joint Global Ocean Flux Study

In English

JGOFS

Joint Global Ocean Flux Study

In English

JMS

Journal of Marine Systems

In English

JO

Journal of Oceanography

In English

JODC
Japan Oceanographic Data Center (https://www.jodc.go.jp/)
As the synthetic marine data bank of Japan, the Japan Oceanographic Data Center (JODC) collects, curates and manages the oceanographic data observed by various organizations in Japan, be it governmental organizations, universities or other marine research institutes.

In English

JPO

Journal of Physical Oceanography

In English

KOPS

Korea Ocean Prediction System

In English

KORDI

Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute

In English

LOICZ

Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone (www.loicz.org)

In English

MARNIS

Maritime Navigation and Information Services

In English

MEMMS

Modélisation des Écosystemes Marins et Monitoring par Satellites

In French

MERSEA

Marine EnviRonment and Security for the European Area (www.mersea.eu.org)

In English

MICOM

Miami Isopycnic Coordinate Ocean Model (http://oceanmodeling.rsmas.miami.edu/micom/)

In English

MIRC

Marine Information Research Center (www.mirc.jha.or.jp)

In English

MISMO

Mirai Indian ocean cruise for the Study of the MJO-convection Onset (www.jamstec.go.jp/iorgc/mismo/)

In English

MOCS

Multichannel Ocean Color Sensor

In English

MarGR

Marine Geophysical Researches

In English

NASOH

North American Society for Oceanic History

In English

NEBROC

NEtherlands BRemen OCeanography

In English

NEMURO

North Pacific Ecosystem Model for Understanding Regional Oceanography

In English

NIOZ

(Koninklijk) Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek der Zee

In Dutch

NMI

National Maritime Institute

In English

NOAA

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

In English

NODC

National Oceanographic Data Center (www.nodc.noaa.gov)

In English

NOOP

National Oceanographic Partnership Program

In English

NOSS

National Oceanic Satellite System

In English

NPACNFS

North Pacific Ocean Nowcast/Forecast System

In English

NPIW

North Pacific Intermediate Water

In English

OCCAM

Ocean Circulation and Climate Advanced Modelling Project

In English

OCE

Ocean Color Experiment

In English

OCTS

Ocean Color and Temperature Scanner

In English

ODP

Ocean Drilling Program

In English

OFES

OGCM for the Earth Simulator

In English

OGCM

Ocean General Circulation Model

In English

OMI
Organisation Maritime Internationale

= IMO, OMI (see above)

In French

OPA

Océan PArallélisé

In French

ORI

Ocean Research Institute (www.ori.u-tokyo.ac.jp)

In English

OSJaJ

Oceanographical Society of Japan Journal

In English

OcDyn

Ocean Dynamics

In English

OcEng

Ocean Engineering

In English

OcMod

Ocean Modelling

In English

OcPhE

Ocean Physics and Engineering

In English

OcSci

Ocean Science

In English

PMEL

Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (www.pmel.noaa.gov)

In English

PNEAT

Programme National Efflorescences Alguales Toxiques

In French

PNEM

Programme National d'Écotoxicologie Marine

In French

PNOC

Programme National d'Océanographie Côtière

In French

POCM

Parallel Ocean Climate Model

In English

PODAAC

Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center (http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov)

In English

POM

Princeton Ocean Model

In English

POP

Parallel Ocean Program

In English

PORSEC

Pan Ocean Remote Sensing Conference

In English

PalOc

Paleoceanography

In English

PrOce

Progress in Oceanography

In English

QUICKEST

Quadratic Upstream Interpolation for Convective Kinematics with Estimated Streaming Terms

In English

ROMS

Regional Ocean Modeling System (www.myroms.org)

In English

RORSAT

Radar Ocean Reconnaissance Satellite

In English

RvAqS

Reviews in Aquatic Sciences

In English

SCOR

Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (www.scor-int.org)

In English

SEEDS

Subarctic ocean Enrichment and Ecosystem Dynamics Study

In English

SEM

Service d'Économie Maritime

In French

SFMH

Sondeur Multifaisceaux Halieutique

In French

SIMAC

SIMulateur d'Agitation Côtière

In French

SIO

Scripps Institution of Oceanography (www-sio.ucsd.edu)

In English

SL

Sea Level

In English

SLBD

Sea Light-Beam Director

In English

SMOW

Standard Mean Ocean Water

In English

SMVM

Schéma de Mise en Valeur de la Mer

In French

SODA

Simple Ocean Data Assimilation

In English

SOFA

System for Ocean Forecasting and Analysis

In English

SOLAS

Surface Ocean Lower Atmosphere Study (www.uea.ac.uk/env/solas/)

In English

SSH

Sea Surface Height

In English

SSS

Sea Surface Salinity

In English

SST

Sea Surface Temperature

In English

STOIC

Study of Tropical Oceans in Coupled Models

In English

SUSUSE

Sustainable Use and Conservation of Marine Living Resources

In English

SYNOP

Synoptic Ocean Prediction Experiment

In English

TAO

Tropical Atmosphere Ocean Project (www.pmel.noaa.gov/tao/)

In English

TOGA

Tropical Ocean and Global Atmosphere Program

In English

TOLEX

Tokyo-Ogasawara Line Experiment

In English

TOMS

Terrain-following Ocean Modeling System

In English

TSDMO

Tellus Series Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

In English

VAPOR

Visualization and Analysis Platform for Ocean, atmosphere, and solar Researchers (www.vapor.ucar.edu)

In English

VLANEZO

Vlaams-Nederlandse samenwerking in zeeonderzoek

In Dutch

VMIS

Visual Marine Information Systems

In English

WHOI

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (www.whoi.edu)

In English

WOCE

World Ocean Circulation Experiment

In English