ACRONYMS, ABBREVIATIONS AND TERMS
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RSBW
Ross Sea Bottom Water
RV
Research Vessel
SA
Selective Availability for GPS
SAC
Special Analysis Centre
SACW
South Atlantic Central Water
SADCP
Shipboard Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler
SAESTMW
South Atlantic Eastern SubTropical Mode Water
SAF
Subantarctic Front
SAFDE
Subantarctic Flux and Dynamics Experiment
SAMW
Subantarctic Mode Water
SASTMW
South Atlantic SubTropical Mode Water
SAVE
South Atlantic Ventilation Experiment
SC(S)
Somali Current (system)
SCC
Surface Counter Current
SCICEX
Submarine Arctic Sciences Cruise Exercise
SCOR
Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (ICSU)
SEC
South Equatorial Current
SEIC
South Equatorial Intermediate Current
SEISAMW
Southeast Indian Subantarctic Mode Water
SEUC
Southern Equatorial Undercurrent
SEVIRI
Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager
SH
Southern Hemisphere
SICC
South Intermediate CounterCurrent
SIO
Scripps Institution of Oceanography (USA)
SLP
Sea Level Pressure
SMMR
Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer
SMWG
Synthesis and Modelling WG (WOCE)
SO(I)
Southern Oscillation (Index)
SOC
Southampton Oceanography Centre
SOFAR
Sound Fixing and Ranging
SOOP
Ship-of-Opportunity Programme
SPESTMW
South Pacific Eastern SubTropical Mode Water
SPMW
Subpolar Mode Water
SPSTMW
South Pacific SubTropical Mode Water
SSCC
Southern Subsurface CounterCurrent
SSD
Sea Surface Density
SSG
Scientific Steering Group
SSH
Sea Surface Height
SSM/I
Special Sensor Microwave Imager
SSS
Sea Surface Salinity
SST
Sea Surface Temperature
SSW
Standard Sea Water
STMW
SubTropical Mode Water
STP
Standard Temperature and Pressure
STR
Software Test Report
STUW
SubTropical UnderWater
Sv
Sverdrup (unit of current transport:10
6 m
3 s
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SVP
Surface Velocity Programme (of TOGA and WOCE) (replaced by GDP) drifter
SVP-B
SVP ‘barometer’ drifter
SYNOP
Synoptic Ocean Prediction (US National Science Foundation/
Office of Naval Research Program)