Southern Ocean READER

Acronyms

Acronyms

Organisation

AADC

Australian, Antarctic data centre

ACECRC

Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems cooperative research centre

ACSYS

Arctic Climate System Study (WCRP)

ADOX

Antarctic Deep Ocean Experiment

AEDC

Antarctic Environmental data centre

ALACE

Autonomous Lagrangian Circulation Explorer (WOCE)

ANCAR

Australian National Committee on Antarctic Research

AnSITP

Antarctic Sea Ice Thickness Project (WCRP)

AODC

Australian Ocean Data Centre

APIS

Antarctic Pack-Ice Seals programme (SCAR)

ARGO

(just name of project)

ASDD

Australian Spacial Data Directory

ATOC

Acoustic Thermometry of Ocean Climate

AWI

Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (Germany)

BAS

British Antarctic Survey

Beagle

Blue Earth global expedition

BOFS

Biogeochemical Ocean Flux Study (BODC)

CCAMLR

commission for the conservation of Antarctic Marine living resources

CCCO

Committee on Climate Changes and the Ocean (SCOR)

CEMP

CCAMLR Ecosystem Monitoring Programme

CIRES

cooperative institute for research in environmental science

CLIC

Climate and Cryosphere

CLIVAR

Climate Variability and Prediction experiment

CNRS

National Centre for Scientific Research (France)

COADS

Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set

COAPS

Centre for Ocean-Atmosphere Prediction Studies

COMNAP

Council of managers of National Antarctic Programs

COOP

Coastal Oceans Panel (GOOS)

CSIRO

Commonwealth scientific and industrial research organisation

DBCP

Data Buoy Cooperation Panel

ECCO

Estimating the circulation and climate of the ocean

GAW

Global Atmosphere Watch

GCOS

Global Climate Observing System

GLOBEC

Global Oceans Ecosystems Dynamics Research

GLOCHANT

Group of Specialists on Global Change and the Antarctic (SCAR)

GODAE

Global Ocean Data Assimilation Experiment

GOOS

Global Ocean Observing System

GOSIC

global observing systems information centre

GOSUD

Global Ocean Surface Underway Data

GTSPP

Global temperature-salinity profile program

IAMAP

International Association for Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

IAMAS

International Association for Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences

iAnZone

International Antarctic Zone (SCOR affiliated programme)

IAPSO

International Association for the Physical Sciences of the Ocean

ICAIR

International Centre for Antarctic Information and Research (New Zealand)

ICPM

International Commission for Polar Meteorology (IAMAS)

ICSU

International Council of Scientific Unions

IFRTP

Institut Français pour la Recherche et la Technologie Polaires (French Institute for Polar Research and Technology)

IGAC

International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Programme (IGBP)

IMAGES

International Marine Aspects of Global Change project

IOC

Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission

IODE

International oceanographic data and information exchange

IPAB

International Programme for Antarctic Buoys

IPCC

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

ITASE

International Trans-Antarctic Scientific Expedition

IVO

International Volunteers Observing Ship (NOAA)

JAMSTEC

Japan agency for marine-earth science and technology

JARE

Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition

JCOMM

Joint Technical Commission for oceanography and marine meteorology

JEISSO

Joint Expeditions in the Indian Ocean Sector of the Southern Ocean

JGOFS

Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (SCOR and IGBP)

JODC

Japan Oceanographic Data Centre

JSC

Joint Scientific Committee for WCRP

Levitus

Levitus oceanographic data

METOC

METeorology and OCeanography. part of the Royal Australian Navy

NIPR

National Institute of Polar Research (Japan)

NOAA

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NOCS

National oceanographic centre Southampton

NODC

National oceanographic data centre

NOS

National Ocean Service (part of NOAA)

NSIDC

National Snow and Ice Data Centre

OMEX

Ocean Margin Exchange

OOPC

Ocean Observations Panel for Climate (GOOS)

PAGES

Past Global Environmental Changes Programme (IGBP)

PANGAEA

Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data

POGO

Partnership for Observations of the Global Oceans

PORD

Physical Ocean Research Division

PRODIP

Pacific Region Ocean Data and information portal

SAMFLOC

SubAntarctic Mixed layers, Fluxes and Overturning Circulation

SAMOS

Shipboard Automated Meteorological and Oceanographic systems

SCAR

Scientific Committee on Antarctic research

SCOR

Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research

SEAOS

Southern Elephant Seals as Oceanographic Samplers

ShagEx

The north scotia ridge overflow project (shag islands).

SOGLOBEC

Southern Ocean Global Oceans Ecosystems Dynamics Research

SOJGOFS

Southern Ocean Joint Global Ocean Flux Study

SOOP

Ship of opportunity program

SORDAC

Southern ocean regional data centre

SSD

Shipboard Sensor database

START

System for Analysis, Research and Training (IGBP)

TIP

Tropical moored buoy implementation panel

TOGA

Tropical Ocean and Global Atmosphere Experiment

TOGACOARE

Tropical ocean/ global atmosphere coupled ocean atmosphere response experiment

UNEP

United Nations Environment Programme

UNESCO

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation

WAIS

West Antarctic Ice Sheet Initiative

WCRP

World Climate Research Programme

WDC

World Data Centre

WMO

World Meteorological organisation

WOCE

World Ocean Circulation Experiment

WOD

World Ocean Database 2001