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GEWEX
Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment
GFDL
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (USA)
GLOBEC
Global Ocean Ecosystems Dynamics (SCOR-IOC)
GLONASS
Global Navigation Satellite System
GM
Gent–McWilliams eddy parameterization
GM
Garrett and Munk internal wave spectrum
GOALS
Global Ocean Atmosphere Land System (CLIVAR component)
GOCE
Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer (proposed satellite)
GODAE
Global Ocean Data Assimilation Experiment (GOOS)
GOOS
Global Ocean Observing System
GPCP
Global Precipitation Climatology Project
GPS
Global Positioning System
GRACE
Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (proposed to NASA)
GSDW
Greenland Sea Deep Water
GSSW
Greenland Sea Surface Water
GTS
Global Telecommunication System
GTSPP
Global Temperature-Salinity Pilot Project
HEM
Horizontal Electric Field Meter
HOPE
Hamburg Ocean Primitive Equation Model
IAPSO
International Association of Physical Sciences of the Ocean
IB
Inverted Barometer
ICSU
International Council for Science (Formerly: International Council of Scientific Unions)
IDOE
International Decade of Ocean Exploration
IES
Inverted Echo Sounder
IFREMER
Institut Français de Recherche pour l’Exploitation de la Mer
IGBP
International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (ICSU)
IGOS
Integrated Global Observing Strategy
IGOSS
Integrated Global Observing Services System
IGY
International Geophysical Year
IMET
Improved Meteorological Measurements system (USA)
IOC
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
IODE
International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IOC)
IOSDL
Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Deacon Laboratory (UK)
IOSTMW
Indian Ocean SubTropical mode water
IPCC
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
IPO
International Planning/Project Office
ISCCP
International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project
ISO
IntraSeasonal Oscillation
ISOS
International Southern Ocean Studies
ISW
Ice Shelf Water
ITCZ
InterTropical Convergence Zone
IT or ITF
Indonesian Throughflow
IW
Intermediate Water, Irminger Water
IWP
Intergovernmental WOCE Panel
JASON
NASA/CNES altimeter satellite (planned launch 2001)
JCOMM
Joint IOC-WMO Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology
JdFR
Juan de Fuca Ridge
JDIMP
Joint Data and Information Management Panel
JEBAR
Joint Effect of Baroclinicity and Relief
JEDAC
Joint Environmental Data Analysis Center
JGM
Joint Gravity Model
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