Multilingual dictionary of abbreviations

Abbreviations related to the theme ‘Hydrology’

Code

Meaning

Language

Themes and places

ABN

Autorité du Bassin du Niger

In French

ABV

Autorité du Bassin de la Volta

In French

AFEE

Association Française pour l'Étude des Eaux

In French

AMCOW

African Ministers' Council on Water

In English

AMCOW

African Ministerial Conference on Water

In English

ANBO

African Network of Basin Organisations

In English

APFM

Associated Program on Flood Management

In English

ARA

Asociaţia Română a Apei (https://www.ara.ro/)

In Romanian

ASLO

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

In English

AWIS
African Water Information (and Documentation) System

AWIS is equivalent to SADIEau (Système Africain de Documentation et d'Information sur l'Eau) in French.

In English

AdWR

Advances in Water Resources

In English

BNDE

Banque Nationale des Données sur l’Eau

In French

BV

Bassin Versant

In French

    BlJMH

    Bulgarian Journal of Meteorology and Hydrology

    In English

    CBLT

    Commission du Bassin du Lac Tchad

    In French

    CEDRE

    Centre de Documentation, de Recherche et d'Expérimentations sur les pollutions accidentelles des eaux

    In French

    CEOP

    Coordinated Energy and Water Cycle Observing Period (www.ceop.net)

    In English

    CES

    Conservation des Eaux et des Sols

    In French

    CGSESE
    Centre de Gestion de la Sécheresse pour l’Europe du Sud-Est

    CGSESE is equivalent to DMCSEE (Drought Management Centre for South-Eastern Europe) in English.

    In French

    CHA

    Centre Hydrométéorologique Alpes

    In French

    CHA

    Centre Hydrométéorologique des Alpes

    In French

    CIRESS

    Colloque International sur les Ressources en Eau Souterraines dans le Sahara

    In French

    CLIC

    Climate and Cryosphere (http://clic.npolar.no)

    In English

    CMAP

    CPC Merged Analysis of Precipitation

    In English

    CNFME

    Centre National de Formation aux Métiers de l'Eau

    In French

    CQEL

    Cellule Qualité des Eaux Littorales

    In French

    CTBV

    Comité Technique du Bassin de la Volta

    In French

    DMCSEE
    Drought Management Centre for South-Eastern Europe

    DMCSEE is equivalent to CGSESE, DMCSEE (see above).

    In English

    DMP

    Desert Margins Program

    In English

    DNEF

    Direction Nationale des Eaux et Forêts

    In French

    DOC

    Dissolved Organic Carbon

    In English

      DOM

      Dissolved Organic Matter

      In English

        DWR

        Department of Water Resources

        In English

        DeHyZ

        Deutsche Hydrographische Zeitschrift

        In German

        EMWIS

        Euro-Mediterranean Water Information System

        In English

        ENGREF

        École Nationale du Génie Rural, des Eaux et des Forêts

        In French

        EPHTA
        Ecoregional Programme for Humid and Subhumid Tropics of Subsaharan Africa

        EPHTA is equivalent to PETHA (Programme Ecorégional pour les Tropiques Humides et Subhumides de l’Afrique Subsaharienne) in French.

        In English

        ERU

        Eaux Résiduaires Urbaines

        In French

        ETWQ

        Environmental Toxicology and Water Quality

        In English

        EUWI

        European Water Initiative

        In English

        EWA

        European Water Association

        In English

        EXCIFF

        European Exchange Circle on Flood Forecasting

        In English

        FLOZ

        Flussordnungszahl

        In German

          GCM

          General Circulation Model

          In English

          GEWEX

          Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment

          In English

          GML

          Geo-Marine Letters

          In English

          GPM

          Global Precipitation Measurement

          In English

          GSMaP

          Global Satellite Mapping of Precipitation

          In English

          GWP

          Global Water Partnership (www.gwpforum.org)

          In English

          HARIMAU

          Hydrometeorological Array for ISV-Monsoon Automonitoring (www.jamstec.go.jp/iorgc/harimau/)

          In English

          HESS

          Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

          In English

          HESSD

          Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions

          In English

          HMR

          Helgoland Marine Research

          In English

          HORA

          Hochwasserrisikoflächen Austria

          In German

          HyARC

          Hydrospheric Atmospheric Research Center

          In English

          HyPr

          Hydrological Processes

          In English

          HydJ

          Hydrogeology Journal

          In English

          IAH

          International Association of Hydrogeologists (www.iah.org)

          In English

          IFM

          Integrated Flood Management

          In English

          IHP

          International Hydrological Programme

          In English

          IJMHG

          Indian Journal of Meteorology, Hydrology, and Geophysics

          In English

          ILEE

          Institut Languedocien de recherche sur l'Eau et l'Environnement (www.ifr-ilee.org)

          In French

          IME

          Institut Méditerranéen de l'Eau

          In French

          INBO

          International Network of Basin Organizations

          In English

          INTBO

          International Network of Transboundary Basin Organizations

          In English

          IWA

          International Water Association

          In English

          IWRM

          Integrated Water (and) Resources Management

          In English

          JAWRA

          Journal of the American Water Resources Association

          In English

          JGlac

          Journal of Glaciology

          In English

          JHyd

          Journal of Hydrology

          In English

          JSR

          Journal of Sea Research

          In English

          LGE

          Laboratoire de Géochimie des Eaux

          In French

          LHWP

          Lesotho Highlands Water Project

          In English

          MAHASRI

          Monsoon Asian Hydro-Atmosphere Scientific Research and Prediction Initiative (http://mahasri.cr.chiba-u.ac.jp)

          In English

          MEE

          Ministère de l'Environnement et de l'Eau

          In French

          METRIC

          Mapping EvapoTranspiration at high Resolution with Internalized Calibration

          In English

            MISE

            Mission InterServices de l'Eau

            In French

            MOC

            Meridional Overturning Circulation

            In English

            NF

            Natural Flood

            In English

              NWP

              Netherlands Water Partnership

              In English

              ODE

              Observatoire Départemental de l'Eau

              In French

              OIEau

              Office International de l'Eau

              In French

              OKACOM

              Okavango River Basin Water Commission

              In English

              PAGEV

              Projet d’Amélioration de la Gouvernance de l’Eau dans le bassin de la Volta

              In French

              PETHA
              Programme Ecorégional pour les Tropiques Humides et Subhumides de l’Afrique Subsaharienne

              PETHA is equivalent to EPHTA, PETHA (see above).

              In French

              RAISE

              Rangelands Atmosphere-Hydrosphere-Biosphere Interaction Study Experiment in Northeastern Asia

              In English

              RCB

              Réseau Complémentaire de Bassin

              In French

                RERE

                Ressources en Eau Renouvelables Externes

                In French

                  RERI

                  Ressources en Eau Renouvelables Internes

                  In French

                    RERR

                    Ressources en Eau Renouvelables Réelles

                    In French

                      RERT

                      Ressources en Eau Renouvelables Totales

                      In French

                        RNB

                        Réseau National de Bassin

                        In French

                          RNDE

                          Réseau National des Données sur l’Eau

                          In French

                          RPDE

                          Réseau Partenarial des Données sur l’Eau

                          In French

                          RRA

                          River Research and Applications

                          In English

                          RvAqS

                          Reviews in Aquatic Sciences

                          In English

                          SADIEau
                          Système Africain de Documentation et d'Information sur l'Eau

                          SADIEau is equivalent to AWIS, SADIEau (see above).

                          In French

                          SAGE

                          Schéma d'Aménagement et de Gestion des Eaux

                          In French

                          SANDRE

                          Service d’Administration Nationale des Données et Référentiels sur l’Eau

                          In French

                          SDAGE

                          Schéma Directeur d’Aménagement et de Gestion des Eaux

                          In French

                          SEMIDE

                          Système Euro-Méditerranéen d'Information sur les savoir-faire dans le Domaine de l'Eau

                          In French

                          SIE

                          Système d'Information sur l'Eau

                          In French

                          SMBL

                          Syndicat Mixte du Bassin du Lot

                          In French

                          SMHI
                          Sveriges meteorologiska och hydrologiska institut (www.smhi.se)

                          SMHI is equivalent to SMHI (Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute) in English.

                          In Swedish

                          SMHI
                          Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (www.smhi.se)

                          SMHI is equivalent to SMHI (see above).

                          In English

                          STOWA

                          Stichting Toegepast Onderzoek Waterbeheer (www.stowa.nl)

                          In Dutch

                          TRIP

                          Total Runoff Integrating Pathways

                          In English

                          TRMM

                          Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission

                          In English

                          UCRE

                          Unité de Coordination des Ressources en Eau

                          In French

                            VAMOS

                            Variability of the Americal Monsoon Systems

                            In English

                            VOCALS

                            VAMOS Ocean-Cloud-Atmosphere-Land Study (https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/vocals)

                            In English

                            WIS

                            Water Information System

                            In English

                            WRD

                            Water Resource Database

                            In English

                            WRI

                            Water Research Institute

                            In English

                            WWF

                            World Water Forum

                            In English

                            ZFHDG

                            Zeitschrift der Fachsektion Hydrogeologie in der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft

                            In German

                            ZRA

                            Zambezi River Authority

                            In English