Acronyms, abbreviations and terms
AABW
Antarctic Bottom Water
AAIW
Antarctic Intermediate Water
ACC
Antarctic Circumpolar Current
ACCE
Atlantic Climate Change Experiment
ACCP
Atlantic Climate Change Program (US)
ACSYS
Arctic Climate System Study
ACW
Antarctic Circumpolar Wave
ADCP
Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler
ADEOS
ADvanced Earth Observing Satellite (Japanese NASDA satellite)
AIMS
Analysis, Interpretation, Modelling and Synthesis (Phase of WOCE)
AIRS
Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder
AJAX
1980s survey of Southern Oceans
ALACE
Autonomous LAgrangian Circulation Explorer
AMI
Advanced Microwave Instrument
AMIP
Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project
AMS
Accelerator Mass Spectrometry
AMSR
Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer
AMSU
Advanced Microwave Sounding Units
AO
Arctic Oscillation
AODW
Arctic Ocean Deep Water
AOML
Atlantic Oceanographic & Meterological Laboratory (NOAA, USA)
Argo
Operational profiling float programme (CLIVAR-GODAE)
ARGOS
Satellite location and data transmission system
ASUKA
Affiliated Surveys of the Kuroshio off Cape Ashizuri (Japan)
AVHRR
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (on ERS satellites)
AXBT
Air-dropped expendable bathythermograph
BODC
British Oceanographic Data Centre
BSH
Bundesamt für Seeschiffahrt und Hydrographie (Germany)
BW
Bottom Water
C/A
Coarse Acquisition (Degradation of GPS Signals)
CBDW
Canadian Basin Deep Water
CCCO
Committee on Climate Changes and the Ocean
CDIAC
Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (US Department of Energy)
CDW
Circumpolar Deep Water
CEFAS
Centre for Environment Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (UK)
CERES
Clouds and Earth’s Radiant Energy System
CFC
Chlorofluorocarbon
CGFZ
Charlie–Gibbs Fracture Zone
CLIVAR
Climate Variability and Predictability project (a part of WCRP)
CMAP
CPC Merged Analysis of Precipitation
CMDAC
Current Meter Data Assembly Center (WOCE)
CME
Community Modelling Experiment/Effort (USA)
CMIP
Coupled Model Intercomparison Project
COADS
Comprehensive Ocean–Atmosphere Data Set
COAPS
Center for Ocean–Atmosphere Prediction Studies (USA)
COARE
Coupled Ocean–Atmosphere Response Experiment
COG
Committee on Oceanography and GARP
CP
Core Project (WOCE)
AABW
Antarctic Bottom Water
AAIW
Antarctic Intermediate Water
ACC
Antarctic Circumpolar Current
ACCE
Atlantic Climate Change Experiment
ACCP
Atlantic Climate Change Program (US)
ACSYS
Arctic Climate System Study
ACW
Antarctic Circumpolar Wave
ADCP
Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler
ADEOS
ADvanced Earth Observing Satellite (Japanese NASDA satellite)
AIMS
Analysis, Interpretation, Modelling and Synthesis (Phase of WOCE)
AIRS
Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder
AJAX
1980s survey of Southern Oceans
ALACE
Autonomous LAgrangian Circulation Explorer
AMI
Advanced Microwave Instrument
AMIP
Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project
AMS
Accelerator Mass Spectrometry
AMSR
Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer
AMSU
Advanced Microwave Sounding Units
AO
Arctic Oscillation
AODW
Arctic Ocean Deep Water
AOML
Atlantic Oceanographic & Meterological Laboratory (NOAA, USA)
Argo
Operational profiling float programme (CLIVAR-GODAE)
ARGOS
Satellite location and data transmission system
ASUKA
Affiliated Surveys of the Kuroshio off Cape Ashizuri (Japan)
AVHRR
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (on ERS satellites)
AXBT
Air-dropped expendable bathythermograph
BODC
British Oceanographic Data Centre
BSH
Bundesamt für Seeschiffahrt und Hydrographie (Germany)
BW
Bottom Water
C/A
Coarse Acquisition (Degradation of GPS Signals)
CBDW
Canadian Basin Deep Water
CCCO
Committee on Climate Changes and the Ocean
CDIAC
Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (US Department of Energy)
CDW
Circumpolar Deep Water
CEFAS
Centre for Environment Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (UK)
CERES
Clouds and Earth’s Radiant Energy System
CFC
Chlorofluorocarbon
CGFZ
Charlie–Gibbs Fracture Zone
CLIVAR
Climate Variability and Predictability project (a part of WCRP)
CMAP
CPC Merged Analysis of Precipitation
CMDAC
Current Meter Data Assembly Center (WOCE)
CME
Community Modelling Experiment/Effort (USA)
CMIP
Coupled Model Intercomparison Project
COADS
Comprehensive Ocean–Atmosphere Data Set
COAPS
Center for Ocean–Atmosphere Prediction Studies (USA)
COARE
Coupled Ocean–Atmosphere Response Experiment
COG
Committee on Oceanography and GARP
CP
Core Project (WOCE)