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| 3DVAR | Three‐Dimensional Variational Data Assimilation |
| AABW | Antarctic Bottom Water |
| AAPA | American Association of Port Authorities |
| AATAMS | Australian Animal Tagging and Monitoring System |
| ABI | Acoustic Backscatter Intensity |
| ABS | Animal Borne Sensors |
| ACC | Antarctic Circumpolar Current |
| ACO | ALOHA Cabled Observatory |
| ACOMO | Australian Coastal and Ocean Modeling and Observing |
| ACT | Alliance for Coastal Technologies |
| ACTN | Atlantic Coastal Telemetry Network |
| ADCIRC | Advanced Circulation Model |
| ADCP | Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler |
| AIS | Automatic Identification System |
| ALPS | Autonomous and Lagrangian Platforms and Sensors |
| AMAPPS | Atlantic Marine Assessment Program for Protected Species |
| AMG | Autonomous Microbial Genosensor |
| AMO | Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation |
| AMOC | Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation |
| AMP | Autonomous Moored Profilers |
| AOA | Analysis of Alternatives |
| AODN | Australian Ocean Data Network |
| AOML | Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory |
| AON | Arctic Observing Network |
| AOOS | Alaska Ocean Observing System |
| ARDAS | Acoustic Receiver Data Acquisition System |
| ASAP | Automated Shipboard Aerological Program |
| ATLAS | Autonomous Temperature Line Acquisition System |
| ATN | Animal Telemetry Observing Network |
| AUV | Autonomous Underwater Vehicles |
| AVHRR | Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer |
| AXCTD | Aerial eXpendable Conductivity-Temperature-Depth |
| AZMP | Atlantic Zone Monitoring Program |
| BOB | Basic Observation Buoy |
| BOD | Biological Observations Data |
| BOEM | Bureau of Ocean Energy Management |
| BON | Biodiversity Observation Network |
| BOP | Build Out Plans |
| CALCOFI | NOAA Fisheries California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations |
| CARICOOS | Caribbean Regional Association |
| CBA | Cost Benefit Analysis |
| CBD | Convention on Biological Diversity |
| CBOFS | Chesapeake Bay Operational Forecast System |
| CCAN | California Current Acidification Network |
| CCAR | Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research |
| CCE | California Current Ecosystem |
| CCHDO | Carbon Hydrographic Data Office |
| CCP | Comprehensive Conservation Plan |
| CDC | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| CDIAC | Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center |
| CDIP | Coastal Data Information Program |
| CDOM | Colored Dissolved Organic Matter |
| CEFAS | Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science |
| CeNCOOS | Central and Northern California Ocean Observing System |
| CEOS | Committee on Earth Observation Satellites |
| CF | Climate and Forecast Conventions |
| CGN | Coastal Scale Nodes |
| CGSN | Coastal and Global Scale Nodes |
| CI | Cyberinfrastructure |
| CIDA | U.S. Geological Survey’s Center for Integrated Data Analytics |
| CILER | Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystems Research |
| CIMSS | Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies |
| CIS | Canadian Ice Service |
| CLASS | Comprehensive Large Array Stewardship System |
| CLIVAR | Climate Variability and Predictability Program |
| C-MAN | Coastal Marine Automated Network |
| CMB | Coastal Monitoring Buoy |
| CMD | Continuously Managed Database |
| CMSER | Commission on Marine Science, Engineering and Resources |
| CNMOC | Commander Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command |
| CNO | Chief of Naval Operations |
| COAMPS | Coastal Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Prediction System |
| COD | NOAA Climate Observation Division |
| CODAR | Coastal Ocean Dynamic Applications Radar |
| COL | Consortium for Ocean Leadership |
| CoML | Census of Marine Life |
| COMPS | Coastal Ocean Monitoring and Prediction System |
| COMT | IOOS Coastal Ocean Modeling Testbed |
| CONOPS | Concept of Operations |
| COOA | Coastal Ocean Observation and Analysis |
| COOL | Coastal Ocean Observation Lab |
| CO-OPS | Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services |
| CORL | Consolidated Observations Requirements List (NOAA) |
| COSEE | Center for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence |
| COSEE-NOW | COSEE Networked Ocean World |
| COSEE-OS | COSEE Ocean Systems |
| COTS | Commercial Off-the-Shelf |
| COTS | Coastal Observation Technology System |
| CPR | Continuous Plankton Recorder |
| CRCP | NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program |
| CSDL | Coast Survey Development Laboratory |
| CSIRO | Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation |
| CSMI | Cooperative Science and Monitoring Initiative |
| CSR | National Center for Secure and Resilient Maritime Commerce |
| CTD | Conductivity-Temperature-Depth |
| CZCS | Coastal Zone Color Scanner |
| D&F | Determinations and Findings |
| DA | Domoic Acid |
| DAC | Data Assembly Center |
| DAM | Data Analyses and Modeling |
| DAP | Data Access Protocol |
| DART | Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunami stations |
| DEM | Digital Elevation Models |
| DIC | Dissolved Inorganic Carbon |
| DIF | Data Integration Framework |
| DMAC | Data Management and Communications |
| DMAC-ST | Data Management and Communications Steering Team |
| DO | Dissolved Oxygen |
| DOC | Department of Commerce |
| DOD | Department of Defense |
| DOE | Department of Energy |
| DOI | Digital Object Identifyers |
| DOI | Department of Interior |
| DRGS | Direct Readout Ground Station |
| DWBC | Deep Western Boundary Current |
| DWH | Deepwater Horizion/BP oil spill |
| E&O | Education and Outreach |
| EA | Enterprise Architecture |
| EBA | Ecosystem-Based Approache |
| EBC | Eastern Boundary Currents |
| EBM | Ecosystem Based Management |
| eBOB | Elementary Basic Observation Buoy |
| EBRM | Ecosystem-Based Resource Management |
| ECOHAB | Ecology and Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms |
| ECV | Essential Climate Variable |
| EDS | USCG Environmental Data Server |
| EEZ | Exclusive Economic Zone |
| EIS | Environmental Impact Statements |
| EMC | Environmental Modeling Center |
| eMOLT | Environmental Monitors on Lobster Traps |
| ENGO | Environmental Non-Governmental Organization |
| ENSO | El Niño Southern Oscillation |
| EPA | Environnemental Protection Agency |
| EPE | Education and Public Engagement |
| ERD | Environmental Research Division |
| ERDDAP | Environmental Research Division Data Access Program |
| ERMA | Environmental Response Management Application |
| ES | Expert System |
| ESA | Endangered Species Act |
| ESIP | Gulf of Maine Council EcoSystem Indicator Partnership |
| ESP | Environmental Sample Processor |
| ESSD | Earth System Science Data |
| ESSEA | Earth System Science Education Alliance |
| EUC | Equatorial Undercurrent |
| FAC | Federal Advisory Committee |
| FACT | Florida Atlantic Coast Telemetry |
| FADS | Fish Aggregating Devices |
| FEMA | Federal Emergency Management Agency |
| FGDC | Federal Geographic Data Committee |
| FISH | Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization |
| FLH | Fluorescent Line Height |
| FMC | Fully Mission Capable |
| FNMOC | Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center |
| FOARAM | Federal Ocean Acidification and Monitoring Act |
| FOC | Final Operating Capability (or Full Operational Capability) |
| FOO | Framework for Ocean Observing |
| FOSTER-LIS | Ferry-based Observations for Science Targeting Estuarine Research - Long Island Sound |
| FRD | Functional Requirements Document |
| FVCOM | Finite Volume Ocean Model |
| FY | Fiscal Year |
| G&S | Goods and Services |
| GCN | GLOSS Core Network |
| GCN | Global Coastal Network |
| GCOOS | Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System |
| GCOS | Global Climate Observing System |
| GDAP | Global Data Assembly Center |
| GDP | Global Surface Drifter Program |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| GEO | Group on Earth Observations |
| GEO | Geostationary Earth Orbits |
| GEO-IDE | Global Earth Observation–Integrated Data Environment |
| GEOS | Global Earth Observation System |
| GEOSS | Global Earth Observation System of Systems |
| GEWEX | Global Energy and Water Exchanges |
| GHRSST | Group on High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature |
| GIS | Geographic Information System |
| GLERL | Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab |
| GLOBE | Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment |
| GLOBEC | Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics |
| GLOS | Great Lakes Observing System |
| GLOS RA | Great Lakes Observing System Regional Association |
| GLOSS | Global Sea Level Observing System (JCOMM) |
| GLRI | Great Lakes Restoration Initiative |
| GMES | Global Monitoring for Environmental Security |
| GMSL | Global Mean Sea Level |
| GNOME | General NOAA Operational Modeling Environment |
| GO-CEPT | Global Oceans Collaborative Expedition Planning Tool |
| GODAE | Global Ocean Data Assimilation Experiment |
| GOES | Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites |
| GOMC | Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment |
| GOMOOS | Gulf of Maine Ocean Observing System |
| GOOS | Global Ocean Observing System |
| GO-SHIP | Global Ocean Ship-based Hydrographic Investigations Program |
| GOTS | Government Off-the-Shelf |
| GPM | Global Precipitation Measurement |
| GPRA | Government Performance and Results Act |
| GRA | GOOS-Regional Alliance |
| GRACE | Gravity Recovery And Climate Experiment |
| GSAA | Governor’s South Atlantic Alliance |
| GSC | GOOS - Steering Committee |
| GSSC | GOOS Scientific Steering Committee |
| GTMBA | Global Tropical Moored Buoy Array |
| GTOPP | Global Tagging of Pelagic Predators |
| GTOS | Global Terrestrial Observing System |
| GTS | Global Telecommunication System |
| GTSPP | Global Temperature and Salinity Profile Programme |
| GUI | Graphical User Interface |
| HAB | Harmful Algal Bloom |
| HABHRCA | Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act |
| HFIP | Hurricane Forecast Improvement Project |
| HFR | High Frequency Radar |
| HLFR | High Level Functional Requirements |
| HOT | Hawaii Ocean Time-series |
| HOTO | Health of the Ocean |
| HPIES | Horizontal Electric Field and Pressure Inverted Echo Sounder |
| HSI | Hyperspectral Imager |
| HSRP | Hydrographic Services Review Panel |
| HSTP | Hydrographic Systems and Technology Program |
| HTTP | Hypertext Transfer Protocol |
| HYCOM | Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model |
| I&M | Inventory and Monitoring |
| IAA | Interagency Agreement |
| IAPSO | International Association for the Physical Sciences of the Oceans |
| IAS | Intra-America Seas |
| ICES | International Council for the Exploration of the Sea |
| ICOADS | International Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Dataset |
| ICOAOS | Integrated Coastal Ocean Acidification Observing System |
| ICOOS Act | Integrated Coastal Ocean Observing System Act |
| iCORDI | International Collaboration on Research Data Infrastructures |
| ICOSRMI | Interagency Committee on Ocean Science and Resource Management Integration |
| ICSU | International Council for Science |
| ICW | Indian Central Water |
| IEA | Integrated Ecosystem Assessment |
| IEOS | Integrated Earth Observation System |
| IGES | Institute for Global Environmental Strategies |
| IGLD | International Great Lakes Datum |
| I-GOOS | Intergovernmental Committee for the Global Ocean Observing System |
| IGOS | Intergovernmental Global Observing Strategy |
| IHO | International Hydrographic Office |
| IIP | International Ice Patrol |
| IJC | International Joint Commission |
| IMBER | Integrated Marine Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Research |
| IMO | International Maritime Organization |
| IMON | Integrated Marine Observing Network |
| IMOS | Integrated Marine Observing System |
| IMP | Inventory and Monitoring Plan |
| IndOOS | Indian Ocean Observing System |
| InSAR | Synthetic Aperture Radar Interferometry |
| INSTANT | International Nusantara Stratification and Transport |
| IOC | Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission |
| IOC | Initial Operational Capability |
| IOCCP | International Ocean Carbon Coordination Project |
| IOCM | Integrated Ocean and Coastal Mapping |
| IOCOS | Comprehensive Integrated Ocean Carbon Observing System |
| IOD | Indian Ocean Dipole/Zonal Mode |
| IODE | International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange |
| IOOC | Interagency Ocean Observing Committee |
| IOOS | Integrated Ocean Observing System |
| IPCC | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| IPET | Interagency Performance Evaluation Task |
| IPT | Integrated Product Team |
| IPY | International Polar Year |
| ISO | International Organization for Standardization |
| ISS | International Space Station |
| ITF | Indonesian Throughflow |
| IWG-OP | Interagency Working Group – Ocean Partnership |
| JAMSTEC | Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology |
| JCOMM | Joint Technical Commission for Oceanographic and Marine Meteorology |
| JCOMMOPS | JCOMM In Situ Observing Platform Support Centre |
| JCSDA | Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation |
| JERICO | Joint European Research Infrastructure Network for Coastal Observatories |
| JIMO | Joint Institute for Marine Observations |
| JISAO | Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean |
| JIWG | US-Canada Joint Ice Working Group |
| JOCI | Joint Ocean Commission Initiative |
| J-PICO | Joint Panel for Integrated Coastal Observations |
| JSOST | Joint Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology |
| KD | Extinction Coefficient |
| KESS | Kuroshio Extension System Study |
| KUDOS | Kintama Underlying Data Operations System |
| LATEX | Louisiana-Texas Shelf Physical Oceanography Program |
| LIDAR | Light Detection and Ranging Technologies |
| LIS | Long Island Sound |
| LISICOS | Long Island Sound Integrated Coastal Observing System |
| LLO | Large Lakes Observatory |
| LMR-ES | Living Marine Resources–Ecosystems Survey |
| LMSL | Local Mean Sea Level |
| LOSLR | Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River Study |
| LRI | Liquid Robotics Inc. |
| LSCOP | Large-Scale Carbon Observing Plan |
| LTER | Long Term Ecological Research |
| M&A | Modeling and Analysis |
| MAB | Mid-Atlantic Bight |
| MABL | Marine Atmospheric Boundary Layer |
| MACOORA | Mid-Atlantic Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association |
| MADIS | Meteorological Assimilation Data Ingest System |
| MAPCO2 | Moored Autonomous pCO2 system |
| MARACOOS | Mid-Atlantic Regional Association Coastal Ocean Observing System |
| MARAD | Maritime Administration |
| MARPOL | Marine Pollution treaties (IMO) |
| MAS | Modeling and Analysis Subsystems |
| MAST | Modeling and Analysis Steering Team |
| MBARI | Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute |
| MBC | Mesopelagic Boundary Community |
| MBG | Marine BioGeography data standard |
| MCSST | Multichannel Sea Surface Temperature |
| MDA | Maritime Domain Awareness |
| MEE | Model Evaluation Environments |
| MERHAB | Monitoring and Event Response for Harmful Algal Bloom |
| MHK | Marine and Hydrokinetic |
| MHW | Mean High Water |
| MI | Michigan |
| MIPR | Military Interdepartmental Purchase Request |
| MLLW | Mean Lower Low Water |
| MMC | Marine Mammal Commission |
| MMHSRP | Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program |
| MMI | Marine Metadata Interoperability |
| MMPA | Marine Mammal Protection Act |
| MMS | Minerals Management Service |
| MMS | Master Metadata Management System |
| MN | Minnesota |
| MOB | Management Oversight Board |
| MOC | Meridional Overturning Circulation |
| MOCHA | Meridional Overturning Circulation Heat-Transport Array |
| MODIS | Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer |
| MODU | Mobile Drilling Units |
| MOU | Memorandum of Understanding |
| MPA | Marine Protected Area |
| MPR | Multi-Parameter Regressions |
| MSL | Mean Sea Level |
| MSP | Marine Spatial Planning |
| MSTN | Multi-Sensor Telemetry Nodes |
| MSU | Michigan State University |
| MTRI | Michigan Tech Research Institute |
| MVCO | Martha’s Vineyard Coastal Observatory |
| NAIS | North American Ice Service |
| NANOOS | Northwest Association of Networked Coastal Ocean Observing Systems |
| NAO | North Atlantic Oscillation |
| NART | NOAA’s North Atlantic Regional Team |
| NAS | National Academy of Sciences |
| NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| NASBA | Nucleic Acid Sequence-Based Amplification |
| NAVD88 | North American Vertical Datum of 1988 |
| NAVO | Naval Oceanographic Office |
| NAVOCEANO | Naval Oceanographic Office |
| NAWQA | USCG National Water Quality Assessment |
| NB | National Backbone |
| NCDC | National Climate Data Center |
| NCEP | National Centers for Environmental Prediction |
| NCOM | Navy Coastal Ocean Model |
| NDBC | National Data Buoy Center |
| nDIC | Surface Dissolved Inorganic Carbon |
| NEBO | Northeast Benthic Observatory |
| NECC | North Equatorial Countercurrent |
| NeCODP | Northeast Coastal and Ocean Data Partnership |
| NEO | NASA Earth Observations |
| NEOSEC | New England Ocean Science Education Collaborative |
| NEP | National Estuaries Partnerships |
| NEPA | National Environmental Policy Act |
| NERACOOS | North Eastern Regional Association of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems |
| NERRS | National Estuarine Research Reserve System |
| NESDIS | National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information |
| NETC | Naval Education and Training Command |
| NetCDF | Network Common Data Form |
| NEXRAD | Next-Generation Radar |
| NFRA | National Federation of Regional Associations for Coastal and Ocean Observing |
| NGDC | NOAA's National Geophysical Data Center |
| NGO | Nongovernmental Organizations |
| NHC | National Hurricane Center |
| NIC | National Ice Center |
| NIO | Near Inertial Oscillations |
| NJDEP | New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection |
| NMFS | National Marine Fisheries Service |
| NMML | National Marine Mammal Laboratory |
| NMP | National Mesonet Program |
| NOAA | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| NODC | National Ocean Data Center |
| NOEP | National Ocean Economics Program |
| NOMAD | Navy Oceanographic Meteorological Automatic Device |
| NOPP | National Oceanographic Partnership Program |
| NORLC | National Ocean Research Leadership Council |
| NOS | National Ocean Service |
| NPP | Suomi-National Polar Partnership |
| NRC | National Research Council |
| NREL | National Renewable Energy Laboratory |
| NRL | Naval Research Laboratory |
| NRLSSC | Naval Research Laboratory - Stennis Space Center |
| NROC | Northeast Regional Ocean Council |
| NRPC | Natural Resources Program Center |
| NRT | Near Real-Time |
| NSF | National Science Foundation |
| NSIP | National Streamflow Information Program |
| NSQAN | National Stream Quality Accounting Network |
| NSRS | National Spatial Reference System |
| NSTC | National Science and Technology Council |
| NTDE | National Tidal Datum Epoch |
| NTL | Notice to Lessees |
| NWLON | National Water Level Observation Network |
| NWP | Numerical Weather Prediction |
| NWQMN | National Water Quality Monitoring Network |
| NWR | National Wildlife Refuge |
| NWRC | National Wildlife Refuge Complex |
| NWRS | National Wildlife Refuge System |
| NWS | National Weather Service |
| NWSTG | NWS Telecommunication Gateway |
| NYHOPS | New York Harbor Observation and Prediction System |
| O&M | Operations and Maintenance |
| O&T | Observations and Telemetry |
| OA | Ocean Acidification |
| OAIS | Open Archival Information System |
| OAP | Ocean Acidification Program |
| OAP | Ocean Action Plan |
| OBIS | Ocean Biogeographic Information System |
| OCB | Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry |
| OceanSITES | Ocean Sustained Interdisciplinary Time-series Environment observation System |
| OCEH | Ocean and Coastal Ecosystem Health |
| OCI | Office of Cyberinfrastructure |
| OCS | Outer Continental Shelf |
| OCSLA | Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act |
| ODIP | Ocean Data Interoperability Platform |
| ODIP | Ocean Data Interoperability Platform |
| OEL | Ocean Engineering Laboratory |
| OEM | New York Office of Emergency Management |
| OEPM | Office of Education Performance Measurement |
| OGC | Open Geospatial Consortium |
| OHHI | Oceans and Human Health Initiative |
| OMZ | Oxygen Minimum Zone |
| ONR | Office of Naval Research |
| OOI | Ocean Observatories Initiative |
| OOPC | Ocean Observations Panel for Climate |
| OOPC | Ocean Observations Panel for Climate |
| OOS | Ocean Observing Systems |
| OOSC | Ocean Observing Science Committee (UNLOS) |
| OPeNDAP | Open Source Project for a Network Data Access Protocol |
| OR&R | Office of Response and Restoration |
| ORAP | Ocean Research Advisory Panel |
| ORCA | Ocean Radar Conference for Asia |
| OREP | Office of Renewable Energy Programs |
| ORION | Ocean Research Interactive Observatory Networks |
| ORRAP | Ocean Research and Resources Advisory Panel (now ORAP) |
| OSCAR | Ocean Surface Current Analysis Real-time |
| OSE | Observing System Evaluations |
| OSE | Observing System Experiment |
| OSMC | Observing System Monitoring Center |
| OSRA | Oil Spill Risk Analysis |
| OSRP | Oil Spill Response Plans |
| OSSE | Observing System Simulation Experiment |
| OSTEP | Ocean Systems Test and Evaluation Program |
| OSTP | Office of Science and Technology Policy |
| OSVW | Ocean Surface Vector Winds |
| OTEC | Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion |
| OTN | Ocean Tracking Network |
| PA | Passive Acoustic |
| PA | Pennsylvania |
| PAC | OOI Program Advisory Committee |
| PacIOOS | Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System |
| PANGEA | Partnership for new GEOSS Applications |
| PANYNJ | Port Authority of New York and New Jersey |
| PAR | Photosynthetically Active Radiation |
| PARC | Palmyra Atoll Research Consortium |
| PAWSA | Ports and Waterways Safety Assessment |
| PBL | Planetary Boundary Layer |
| PDO | Pacific Decadal Oscillation |
| PFRP | Pelagic Fisheries Research Program |
| PI | Principal Investigators |
| PICCC | Pacific Islands Climate Change Cooperative |
| PIFSC | Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center |
| PIRATA | Pacific, Prediction and Research Moored Array in the Tropical Atlantic |
| PIT | Plastic Infusion Technology |
| PLOCAN | Platforma Oceanica de Canarias |
| PMEL | Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory |
| POES | Polar Operational Environmental Satellite |
| PORTS | Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System |
| POST | Pacific Ocean Shelf Tracking |
| PP | Primary Productivity |
| PRIMNM | Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument |
| PSU | Practical Salinity Units |
| PSV | Platform Supply Vessels |
| QA | Quality Assurance |
| QARTOD | Quality Assurance for Real-Time Oceanographic Data |
| QC | Quality Control |
| R&D | Research and Development |
| R2O | Research to Operations |
| R2R | Rolling-Deck-To-Repository (NSF) |
| RA | Regional Association |
| RACDC | Resource Assessment and Design Conditions |
| RACOONS | Regional Association Coordinators for Coastal Ocean Observing Networks |
| RAMA | Research Moored Array for African-Asian-Australian Monsoon Analysis and Prediction |
| RCM | RADARSAT Constellation Mission |
| RCOOS | Regional Coastal Ocean Observing Systems |
| RCT | NOAA Regional Collaboration Team |
| RECON | Real-time Coastal Observation Network |
| RFID | Radio-Frequency Identification |
| RICE | Regional Information Coordination Entity |
| ROFFS™ | Roffer’s Ocean Fishing Forecasting Service, Inc. |
| ROM | Regional Ocean Model |
| ROMS | Regional Ocean Modeling System |
| ROV | Remotely Operated Vehicle |
| ROWG | Radiowave Operators Working Group |
| RSN | Regional Scale Nodes |
| RTOFS | Real-Time Ocean Forecast System |
| RU | Rutgers University |
| RU COOL | Rutgers University Coastal Ocean Observation Lab |
| RUIMCS | Rutgers University Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences |
| RV | Research Vessel |
| S4 | Super Computer for Satellite Simulation and Data Assimilation Studies |
| SAFMC | South Atlantic Fisheries Marine Council |
| SAIC | Science Applications International. Corporation |
| SAMOS | Shipboard Automated Meteorological and Oceanographic System |
| SAON | Sustained Arctic Observing Network |
| SAR | Search and Rescue |
| SAR | Synthetic Aperture Radar |
| SAROPS | Search and Rescue Optimal Planning System |
| SARR | South Asian Regional Reanalysis |
| SAWS | South African Weather Service |
| SBAs | Societal Benefit Areas |
| SCCOOS | Southern California Coastal Ocean Observing System |
| SCDHEC | South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control |
| SCOR | Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research |
| SCTR | Seychelles Chagos Thermocline Ridge |
| SDI | Spatial Data Infrastructure |
| SDR | Subcommittee on Disaster Relief |
| SDS | Science Data Segment |
| SE | Standard Error |
| SeaBASS | SeaWiFS Bio-optical Archive and Storage System |
| SEAMAP | NOAA Fisheries Southeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program |
| SEaOS | Southern Elephant Seals as Oceanographic Samplers |
| SeaWiFS | Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor |
| SECOORA | Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association |
| SEI | System Engineering and Integration |
| SHA | Sandwich Hybridization Assays |
| SHC | Strategic Habitat Conservation |
| SIF | Submission Integration Form |
| SIMOR | Subcommittee on Integrated Management of Ocean Resources |
| SIO | Scripps Institution of Oceanography |
| SLA | Sea Level Anomalies |
| SLDMB | Self-Locating Datum Marker Buoy |
| SLOSH | Sea, Lake and Overland Surges from Hurricanes |
| SMCCP | Sentineal Monitoring for Climate Change in Long Island Sound Program |
| SMRU | Sea Mammal Research Unit |
| SMZ | Special Management Zones |
| SOCAT | Surface Ocean Carbon Atlas |
| SOLAS | Safety of Life at Sea |
| SOLEC | State of the Lakes Ecosystem Conference |
| SOOP | Ship of Opportunity Program |
| SOOS | Southern Ocean Observing System |
| SOP | Standard Operating Procedure |
| SOS | Sensor Observation Service |
| SOSUS | U.S. Navy Sound Surveillance System |
| SOT | Ship Observations Team (JCOMM) |
| SPI | Strategic Planning and Implementation team |
| SRB | Surface Radiation Budget |
| SRU | Search and Rescue Units |
| SSC | Seacoast Science Center |
| SSH | Sea Surface Height |
| SSS | Sea Surface Salinity |
| SST | Sea Surface Temperature |
| SSV | Sea Surface Velocity |
| STAR | Center fro Satellite Applications and Research |
| STEM | Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics |
| STEWS | Seismic-Tsunami Early Warning System |
| STPS | Short Term Prediction System statistical model |
| SURA | Southeastern Universities Research Association |
| SWAQ | Subcommittee on Water Availability and Quality |
| SWE | Sensor Web Enablement |
| SWOT | Surface Water and Ocean Topography |
| TA | Total Alkalinity |
| TAO | Tropical Atmosphere Ocean |
| TAO/TRITON | Tropical Atmosphere Ocean/Triangle Trans-Ocean Buoy Network |
| TC | Tropical Cyclones |
| TCOON | Texas Coastal Ocean Observing Network |
| TCP/IP | Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol |
| TDS | THREDDS Data Server |
| TDWG | Trilateral Datums Working Group |
| THREDDS | Thematic Real-time Environmental Distributed Data Services |
| TIP | Tropical Implementation Panel |
| TNC | The Nature Conservancy |
| TOGA | Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere |
| TOPP | Tagging of Pelagic Predators |
| TPIO | Technology, Planning and Integration Office |
| TRITON | Triangle Trans Ocean Buoy Network |
| TRL | Technology Readiness Level |
| TSG | ThermoSalinoGraph |
| TSS | Total Suspended Sediment |
| UAF | Unified Access Framework |
| UAV | Unmanned Aerial Vehicle |
| U-GLOS | Upper Great Lakes Observing System |
| UMV | Unmanned Maritime Vehicles |
| UNCLOS | United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea |
| UNESCO | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
| UNFCCC | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
| UNOLS | University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System |
| UOT | Upper Ocean Thermal |
| USACE | United States Army Corps of Engineers |
| USCG | United States Coast Guard |
| USCOP | United States Commission on Ocean Policy |
| USDOT | United States Department of Transportation |
| USFWS | United States Fish and Wildlife Service |
| USGS | United States Geological Survey |
| USMC | United States Marine Corps |
| USWRP | United States Weather Research Program |
| VD&T | Vessel Detection and Tracking |
| VHF | Very High Frequency |
| VIIRS | Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite |
| VOS | Voluntary Observing Ships |
| WBC | Western Boundary Currents |
| WCOFS | West Coast Operational Forecast System |
| WCRP | World Climate Research Programme |
| WCS | Web Coverage Services |
| WERA | Wellen Radar |
| WFO | Weather Forecast Offices |
| WFS | Web Feature Service |
| WFS | West Florida Shelf |
| WGFAST | ICES Working Group on Fisheries Acoustics, Science and Technology |
| WGMS | Wave Glider Management System |
| WMO | World Meteorological Organization |
| WMS | Web Map Services |
| WOC | World Ocean Council |
| WOCE | World Ocean Circulation |
| WOD | World Ocean Database |
| WRA | Wind Resource Areas |
| WRC | World Radio-communication Conference |
| WSDE | Web Services and Data Encoding |
| XBT | Expendable Bathythermograph |
| XML | Extensible Markup Language |
| XSEDE | Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment |