AESOPS - Antarctic Environment Southern Ocean Process Study (US) AGU - American Geophysical Union (US) AIMS - WOCE Analysis, Interpretation, Modelling and Synthesis strategy ALACE - Autonomous Lagrangian Circulation Explorer ALOHA - A Long-term Oligotrophic Habitat Assessment (at Hawaii Ocean Time-series Station) AMT - Atlantic Meridional Transect (UK) ANIMATE - Atlantic Network of Interdisciplinary Moorings and Time-series for Europe (EC) AODC - Australian Oceanographic Data Centre APEX - Autonomous Profiling Explorer ARGO - Array for Real-time Geostrophic Oceanography ARMEX - Arabian Sea Monsoon Experiment ASLO - American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (US) AVHRR - Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer AWI - Alfred-Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (Germany) BATS - Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study BBSR - Bermuda Biological Station for Research (Bermuda) BIO - Bedford Institute of Oceanography (Canada) BOBPS - Bay of Bengal Process Studies (India) BODC - British Oceanographic Data Centre (UK) BSH - Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie (Germany) CARIACO - CArbon Retention In A Colored Ocean project (US / Venezuela) CARINA - Carbon dioxide in the Atlantic Ocean (Germany) CARIOCA - CARbon Interface OCean Atmosphere buoy (France) CAS - Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN-PRC) CBD - UN Convention on Biological Diversity CCSDS - Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems CDIAC - Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (US) CICESE - Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada (Mexico) CLIVAR - Programme on Climate Variability and Predictability (WCRP) CMIP - Coupled Model Intercomparison (CLIVAR) CMMACS - Centre for Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulation (India) CMTT - Joint JGOFS/LOICZ Continental Margin Task Team CNES - Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (France) CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France) COASTS - Coastal Ocean Advanced Scientific and Technical Studies (IOC) CODATA - Committee on Data for Science and Technology (ICSU) COINet - Oceanic Information Network (CN-PRC) CoML - Census of Marine Life (SCOR) COMNAP - Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs CONICYT - Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica (Chile) COOP (1) - Coastal Ocean Observations Panel (IOC) CoOP (2) - Coastal Ocean Processes Program (US) CORE - Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education (US) CPR - Continuous Plankton Recorder Survey (UK) CREST - Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (Japan) CSIC - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (Spain) CSIR - Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (India) CSIRO - Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (Australia) CZCS - Coastal Zone Color Scanner DBCP - WMO-IOC Data Buoy Cooperation Panel DEOS - Dynamics of Earth and Ocean Systems (UK) DEOS - Dynamics of Earth and Ocean Systems (US) DFO - Department of Fisheries and Oceans (Canada) DGOP - Dynamic Green Ocean Project DIF - Directory Interchange Format DIVERSITAS - International Programme of Biodiversity Science (ICSU) DMG - NIOZ Data Management Group (NL) DMTT - JGOFS Data Management Task Team DODS - Distributed Oceanographic Data System DOI - Digital Object Identifier System DSR - Deep Sea Research, Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers journal DSR II - Deep Sea Research, Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography journal DWK - Deutsche Wissenschaftliche Kommission für Meeresforschung (Germany) DYFAMED - DYnamique des Flux de mAtière en MEDiterranée (France) DYNAMO - Dynamics of North Atlantic Models (EC) ECCO - Estimation of the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean (US) ECMWF - European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts EDMED - European Directory on Marine Environmental Datasets (EC) EDOCC - Ecological Determinants of Ocean Carbon Cycling project (US) EGU - European Geosciences Union EISENEX - Second Iron Enrichment Experiment (Germany) EnvDoc - Documenting Environmental Change project (UK) ERS - European Remote Sensing Satellite (ESA) ESA - European Space Agency ESRC - College of Oceanography and Environmental Science, Xiamen University (CN-PRC) ESSP - Earth System Science Partnership (of WCRP, IGBP, IHDP & DIVERSITAS) EuroGOOS - Global Ocean Observing System in the European Sea areas and adjacent oceans eWOCE - Electronic Atlas of WOCE Data FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization (UN) FERRET - ferret toolbox = interactive computer visualization and analysis environment (US) FGDC - Federal Geographic Data Committee (US) GAIM - Global Analysis, Integration and Modelling (IGBP) GBIF - Global Biodiversity Information Facility GCDIS - Global Change Data and Information System (US) GCMD - NASA's Global Change Master Directory (US) GCOS - Global Climate Observing System (WMO) GCP - Global Carbon Project (ESSP) GCTE - Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems (FAO) GEBCDMEP - IODE Group of Experts on Biological & Chemical Data Management and Exchange Practices (IOC-EU-BSH-NOAA) GEF - Global Environment Facility GEOHAB - Global Ecology and Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms (SCOR-IOC) GEOSECS - Geochemical Ocean Sections Study GFDL - NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (US) GLI - Global Imager (Japan) GLOBEC - Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics (IGBP) GLODAP - Global Ocean Data Analysis Project (US-JGOFS SMP) GLODIR - Global Directory of Marine (and Freshwater) Professionals, now OceanExpert (IOC) GMT - Generic Mapping Tools GODAE - Global Ocean Data Assimilation Experiment (Australia) GODAR - Global Oceanographic Data Archaeology and Rescue GOOS - Global Ocean Observing System (IOC-WMO-UNEP-ICSU) GRID - Global Resource Information Database (UNEP) GSWG - JGOFS Global Synthesis and Modelling Working Group GTOS - Global Terrestrial Observing System (FAO) GTSPP - Global Temperature-Salinity Profile Program HadOOC - Hadley Centre Ocean Carbon Cycle model (UK) HALE - Hawaii Air-sea Logging Experiment HOT - Hawaii Ocean Time series station (US) HOTO - Health of the Oceans Panel (GOOS) IACMST - Inter-Agency Committee on Marine Science and Technology (UK) IAI - Inter American Institute for Global Change Research IAPSO - International Association for the Physical Sciences of the Oceans ICES - International Council for the Exploration of the Sea ICSTI - International Council for Scientific and Technical Information (ICSU) ICSU - International Council for Science IDN - International Directory Network (CEOS) IES - Institute for Environment and Sustainability (EC-JRC) IfM - Institut für Meereskunde an der Universität Kiel (Germany) Ifremer - Institut français de recherche pour l'exploitation de la mer (France) IGAC - International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Project IGBP - International Geosphere Biosphere Programme (ICSU) IGFA - International Group of Funding Agencies for Global Change Research I-GOOS - Intergovernmental IOC-WMO-UNEP Committee for GOOS IGOS - Integrated Global Observing Strategy (UNESCO) IHDP - International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change IJCD - Inventory for Japanese Chemical-oceanographic Data (Japan) IMAGES - International Marine Past Global Change Study IML - DFO Institut Maurice Lamontagne (Canada) IMR - Institute of Marine Research (Norway) INSU - CNRS Institut National des Sciences de l'Univers (France) IOC - Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of the UNESCO IOCCG - International Ocean Colour Co-ordinating Group (IOC-CEOS-SCOR) IOCCP - International Ocean Carbon Coordination Project (IOC-SCOR-GCP) IODC - Indian Oceanographic Data Centre IODE - Committee on International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (UNESCO) ION - International Ocean Network IOS - Institute of Ocean Sciences (Canada) IOSG - JGOFS Indian Ocean Synthesis and Modelling Group IPCC - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (WMO-UNEP) IPO - JGOFS International Project Office IRD - Institut de recherche pour le développement (France) IUCN - World Conservation Union (former International Union for the Conservation of Nature) IUGG - International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics JAMSTEC - Japan Marine Science and Technology Center JCADM - Joint Committee on Antarctic Data Management (SCAR-COMNAP) JCOMM - Joint technical Commission for Oceanographic & Marine Meteorology (WMO-IOC) JCOMMOPS - Joint technical Commission for Oceanographic & Marine Meteorology in situ Observing Platform Support centre JFA - Japan Fisheries Agency JGOFS - Joint Global Ocean Flux Study J-GOOS - Joint Scientific and Technical Committee for Global Ocean Observing System (IOC-WMO-ICSU) JGR - Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans JGTT - Joint JGOFS-GAIM Ocean Carbon Modelling Task Team J-LAS - US-JGOFS Live Access Server JMA - Japan Meteorological Agency JOA - Java OceanAtlas JODC - Japan Oceanographic Data Centre JOIDES - Joint Oceanographic Institutions for Deep Earth Sampling JRC - Joint Research Centre (EC) KEEP - Kuroshio-Edge Exchange Processes (CN-RoC) KNAW - Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (Netherlands) KNOT - Kyodo North Pacific Ocean Time Series (Japan) KORDI - Korean Ocean Research & Development Institute (South Korea) LEGOS - Laboratoire d´Etudes en Géophysique et Océanographie Spatiale (France) LOAM - Lamont Ocean Atmosphere Model (US) LOICZ - Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone (IGBP) LORECS - Long-term Observation & Research of the East China Sea (CN-RoC) LOV - Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche-sur-mer (France) L&O - Limnology and Oceanography journal MAB - Man And the Biosphere program (UNESCO) MAR-ECO - Patterns and processes of the ecosystems of the northern Mid-Atlantic project (CoML) MareNet - worldwide Network of Marine Research Institutions and Documents (Germany) MARUM - Zentrum für Marine Umweltwissenschaften MAST - Marine Science and Technology (EC) MATT - Metadata Authoring Tool (ZA) MDM - working group for Marine Data Management (ICES) MEDATLAS - Mediterranean Hydrographic Atlas (EC) MEDS - Marine Environmental Data Service (Canada) MEPS - Marine Ecology Progress Series journal MERIS - Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (ESA) MFLECS - Margin Flux in the East China Sea (CN-RoC) MICOM - Miami Isopycnic Coordinate Model (US) MIDAS - Marine Information and Data Acquisition System (Belgium) MIRC - Marine Information Research Centre (Japan) MODAS - NRL Modular Ocean Data Assimilation System (US) MODIS - Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (US) MOM2 - GFDL Modular Ocean Model version 2 (US) MRIB - USGS Marine Realms Information Bank (US) NABE - JGOFS North Atlantic Bloom Experiment NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration (US) NASG - JGOFS North Atlantic Synthesis and Modelling Group NEMURO - North-Pacific Ecosystem Model Understanding Regional Oceanography (PICES) NERC - National Environmental Research Council (UK) NetCDF - UNIDATA-UCAR Network Common Data Form (US) NFR - Norges forskningsråd (Norway) NIAES - National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences (Japan) NIES - National Institute for Environmental Studies (Japan) NIO - National Institute of Oceanography (India) NIO - National Institute of Oceanography (Pakistan) NIOZ - Royal Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek der Zee (Netherlands) NMDIS - National Marine Data & Information Service (CN-PRC) NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US) NOCES - Northern Ocean Carbon Exchange Study NODC - National Oceanographic Data Centres (IOC) NODC - National Oceanographic Data Centre (India) NODC - National Oceanographic Data Center (US NOAA) NODC - Netherlands Oceanographic Data Committee NOPACCS - North Pacific Carbon Cycle Study (Japan) NOPP - National Oceanographic Partnership Program (US) NPPS - North Pacific Process Study (Japan) NPSG - JGOFS North Pacific Synthesis and Modelling Group NSERC - National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada NSF - National Science Foundation (US) NSFC - National Natural Science Foundation of China (CN-PRC) OACES - NOAA Ocean-Atmosphere Carbon Exchange Study (US) OAIS - Open Archival Information System (CCSDS) OBE - Ocean Biogeochemistry and Ecosystems (IGBP-SCOR) OBIS - Ocean Biogeographic Information System (CoML) OCCAM - Ocean Circulation and Climate Advanced Modelling project (UK) OCCM - Ocean Carbon Cycle Model (Germany) OCEANIC - Ocean Information Center (US) OCL - NOAA Ocean Climate Laboratory (US) OCMIP - Ocean Carbon Modelling Intercomparison Project (GAIM-IGBP) OCTET - Ocean Carbon Transport, Exchanges and Transformations (US) OCTS - Ocean Colour Temperature Scanner (Japan) ODAS - Ocean Data Acquisition System (US) ODINAFRICA - Ocean Data and Information Network for Africa (IOC) ODV - Ocean Data View (Germany) OFC - Ocean Future Committee (SCOR/IGBP) OISO - Océan Indien Service d'Observations (France) OMEX - Ocean Margin EXchange (EC) OMRN - Ocean Management Research Network (Canada) ONR - Office of Naval Research (US) OOPC - Ocean Observations Panel for Climate (WCRP-GOOS-GCOS) OOV - Observatoire Océanologique de Villefranche-sur-Mer (France) OPCC - Ocean Panel on Climate Change OPeNDAP - Open-source Project for a Network Data Access Protocol (US) ORI - Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo (Japan) OZGOFS - Australia JGOFS contribution PAGES - Past Global Changes PALACE - Profiling Autonomous Lagrangian Circulation Explorer floats PANGAEA - Network for Geological and Environmental Data (Germany) PDMO - U.S. JGOFS Planning and Data Management Office PFT - Plant Functional Types PICES - North Pacific Marine Science Organisation (Pacific ICES) PICES WG17 - PICES Working Group 17: Biogeochemical Data Integration and Synthesis PICNIC - PICES Carbon Dioxide Related Data Integration for the North Pacific (Japan) PIRATA - Pilot Research Moored Array in the Tropical Atlantic (CLIVAR) PISCES - Pelagic Interaction Scheme for Carbon and Ecological Studies PJTT - Paleo-JGOFS Task Team (PAGES-JGOFS) PMEL - Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (US NOAA) PML - Plymouth Marine Laboratory (UK) PMTT - JGOFS Photosynthesis Measurements Task Team POGO - Partnership for Observation of the Global Ocean POL - Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory (UK) POMME - Programme Océan Multidisciplinaire Méso-Echelle (France) PPARR - Primary Production Algorithm Round Robin PRIME - Plankton Reactivity in the Marine Environment (UK) PROOF - Processus biogéochimiques dans l'Océan et Flux (France) QuikSCAT - Quick Scatterometer sensor (US) RSMAS - Rosenstiel School of Marine Atmospheric Sciences (US) SAGE - Sub-Arctic Gyre Experiment in the North Pacific (Japan) SAHFOS - Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science (UK) SCAR - Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (ICSU) SCOPE - Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (ICSU) SCOR - Scientific Council of Oceanic Research (ICSU) SEATS - South-East Asia Time-series Station (CN-RoC) SeaWiFS - Sea-Viewing Wide Field-of-View Sensor (US) SES - Shelf Edge Study (UK) SHOM - Service Hydrographique et Océanographique de la Marine (France) SIBEX - South China Sea Integrated Biogeochemical Experiment (CN-RoC) SICAP - SCOR - IOC Advisory Panel on CO2 SIDA - Styrelsen för internationellt utvecklingssamarbete (Sweden) SIMBIOS - Sensor Intercomparison and Merger for Biological and Interdisciplinary Oceanic Studies (US) SIO - Scripps Institution of Oceanography (US) SIO - Second Institute of Oceanography (CN-PRC) SIO - Shirshov Institute of Oceanology (Russia) SISMER - Systèmes d'Informations Scientifiques pour la Mer (France) SMP - US-JGOFS Synthesis and Modelling Program (US) SOC - Southampton Oceanography Centre (UK) SOFeX - Southern Ocean Iron Experiment (US) SOIREE - Southern Ocean Iron Release Experiment SOLAS - Surface Ocean and Lower Atmosphere Study (IGBP-SCOR) SOOP - Ships of Opportunity Programme (IOC-WMO) SOSG - JGOFS Southern Ocean Synthesis and Modelling Group SSC - JGOFS Scientific Steering Committee SSM/I - Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (US) START - Global Change System for Analysis, Research and Training (IGBP-WCRP-IHDP) TOGA - Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere (WCRP) TOS - The Oceanography Society (US) TRACTOR - TRAcer and Circulation in The NORdic Seas Region (Norway) TWAS - Third World Academy of Sciences UNEP - United Nations Environment Programme (UN) UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UN) USGCRP - Global Change Research Program (US) USJN - US-JGOFS Newsletter (US) VGPM - Vertically Generalized Production Model VLIZ - Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (Belgium) WCRP - World Climate Research Programme (WMO-ICSU-IOC) WDC - ICSU World Data Centre System WDC-A - ICSU World Data Center A for Oceanography (US) WDC-MARE - ICSU World Data Centre for Marine Environmental Sciences (Germany) West-COSMIC - Western Pacific Environmental Assessment Study on CO2 Ocean Sequestration for Mitigation of Climate change (Japan) WESTPAC - West Pacific Programme (Japan) WGASF – Working Group on Air-Sea Fluxes (WCRP/SCOR) WHOI - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (US) WHP - WOCE Hydrography Programme WMO - World Meteorological Organization (UN) WOCE - World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WCRP) WOD - US NODC World Ocean Database (US) WOOD - ONR Worldwide Ocean Optics Database (US) |
last updated 29.12.2003
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