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JGOFS  

Joint Global Ocean Fluxes Study  

JMA  

Japan Meteorological Agency  

JSTC  

Joint Scientific and Technical Committee  

KERFIX  

Kerguelan Time series Station  

LMR  

GOOS Living Marine Resources Panel  

MERIS  

Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer  

METOP  

Meteorological Operational Satellite  

MJO  

Madden Julian Oscillation  

MOC  

Meridional Overturning Circulation  

NAO  

North Atlantic Oscillation  

NASDA  

National Japanese Space Development Agency  

NCDC  

National Climatic Data Centre  

NCEP  

National Center for Environmental Prediction (US)  

NEG  

Numerical Experimentation Group  

NIWA  

National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (New Zealand)  

NOAA  

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US)  

NPOESS  

National  Polar Orbiting  Operational  Environmental  Satellite  System 

(US)  

NPP  

NPOESS Preparatory Program  

NSCATT  

NASA Scatterometer  

NWP  

Numerical Weather Prediction  

OCTS  

Ocean Color and Temperature Scanner  

OGCM  

Ocean General Circulation Model  

OGP  

Office of Global Programs (US)  

OOP  

Ocean Observations Panel  

OOPC  

GOOS GCOS WCRP Ocean Observations Panel for Climate  

OOS  

Ocean Observing System  

OSSE  

Observing System Simulation Experiment  

PBECS  

Pacific BECS  

PICES  

Pacific ICES  

PDO  

Pacific Decadal Oscillation  

PIRATA  

Pilot Research Array in the Tropical Atlantic  

PMEL  

Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (of NOAA)  

PMO  

Port Meteorological Officer  

POGO  

Partnership for Observations of the Global Oceans  

PRA  

Principle Research Area (of CLIVAR)  

QC  

Quality Control  

QSCAT  

Version of Scatterometer  

RMS  

Root Mean Square  

SAFZ  

Sub Arctic Frontal Zone  

Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice {of the COP 

SBSTA  

for the UNFCCC} 

SCOR  

Scientific Committee for Oceanic Research  

SIO  

Scripps Institution of Oceanography  

SLP  

Sea Level Pressure  

SMOS  

Soil Moisture Ocean Salinity Satellite (ESA)  

SOC  

Southampton Oceanography Centre  

SOC  

Specialized Oceanographic Centre  

SOCIO  

Sustained Observations for Climate of the Indian Ocean  

SOCSA  

Sustained Observations for Climate for the South Atlantic