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ANNEX X 

LIST OF ACRONYMS 

ACSYS  

Arctic Climate System Study  

ACVE  

Atlantic Climate Variability Experiment  

ADCP 

Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler  

ADEOS  

Advanced Earth Observing Satellite (Japan)  

ANIMATE  

Atlantic Network of Interdisciplinary Moorings and Time  

AOML  

Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Lab (NOAA)  

AOPC  

Atmospheric Observing Panel for Climate  

Argo  

profiling fleet network (not an acronym)  

ASCAT 

Advanced Scatterometer  

ATOC  

Acoustic Thermometry of Ocean Climate  

ATSR  

Along Track Scanning Radiometer  

AUV  

Autonomous Underwater Vehicle  

AVHRR  

Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer  

BC  

Boundary Current  

BECS  

Basin Wide Extended Climate Study  

BMRC  

Bureau of Meteorology Research Center (Australia)  

BODC  

British Oceanographic Data Center  

BSH  

Bundesamt fur Seerschiffahrt and Hydrographie (Germany)  

CAS  

Commission for Atmospheric Sciences  

CAVASOO  

Carbon Variaibility Studies by Ships of Opportunity  

CDS  

Computerized Documentation System  

CLIC  

Climate and Cryosphere  

CEOS  

Committee for Earth Observation Satellites  

CGOM  

IOC Consultative Group on Ocean Mapping  

CLIMAT  

Report of Monthly Means and Totals from Land Stations  

CLIVAR  

Climate Variability and Predictability Program  

CMR  

Centre Meteorologico Regional  

CNES  

Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (France)  

CRYOSAT  

Ice Observing Satellite (ESA)  

CSIRO  

Commonwealth  Scientific  and  Industrial  Research  Organization 

(Australia)  

CTD  

Conductivity, Temperature, Depth  

DAC  

Data Assembly Centre  

DM  

Data Management  

DODS  

Distributed Ocean Data System  

ECMWF  

European Center for Medium Range Weather Forecasting  

EEZ  

Exclusive Economic Zone  

ENSO  

El Nino Southern Oscillation  

ENVISAT 

Environmental Satellite  

EOS  

Earth Observation Satellite (US)  

ERS  

Earth Resources Satellite  

ESA  

European Space Agency  

ESD  

Earth Sciences Division  

EUMETSAT   European Organization for Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites  

FNMOC  

Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center (US NAVY)  

GCOS  

Global Climate Observing System  

GDACS  

Global Data Assembly Centres