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List of Abbreviations
Symbols
1-D
one-dimensional
2-D
two-dimensional
2-D-URANS
two-dimensional unsteady,
Reynolds-Averaged, Navier–Stokes
2.5-D
two-and-a-half-dimensional
3-D
three-dimensional
4-D
four-dimensional
A
A/D
analog-to-digital
A/R
asphaltenes and resins
ABE
autonomous benthic explorer
ACDP
acoustic current Doppler profiler
ACF
actual cubic feet
ACTUV
anti-submarine warfare unmanned
surface vehicle
ACV
air cushion vehicle
ADCP
acoustic Doppler current profiler
ADV
acoustic Doppler velocimeter
AGV
automated guided vehicle
AHRS
attitude-heading reference system
AIS
automatic identification system
ALIVE
autonomous light intervention
vehicle
ALT
alternating-lift technology
AM
analog modulation
AMOC
Atlantic meridional overturning
circulation
AOP
apparent optical properties
AOSN
autonomous ocean sampling network
AOV
autonomous ocean vehicle
ARMA
Auto-Regressive Moving Average
ARQ
automatic repeat request
ASAP
adaptive sampling and prediction
ASC
autonomous surface craft
ASL
autonomous systems laboratory
ATA
absolute pressure in atmospheres
ATB
articulated tug barge
AUSV
autonomous USV
AUV
autonomous underwater vehicle
AWACS
autonomous wide aperture cluster for
surveillance
AWM
added-weight method
Awp
areas of waterplane
AWS
Archimedes wave swing
B
BAUV
biorobotic autonomous underwater
vehicle
Bbl
billion barrels
BCH
Bose-Chaudhuri-Hocquenghem
BENS
Broadband Environmental Networked
Sensor
BHP
brake horsepower
BM
metacentric radius
BML
longitudinal metacentric radius
BOD
biochemical oxygen demand
BOG
boil-off gas
BOP
blow-out-preventer
BTEX
benzene, toluene, ethyl-benzene and
xylenes
BTR
beam-time record
C
C3MR
air products propane precooled mixed
refrigerant
CA
cellular automata
CAB
captured air bubble
CAD
computer-aided design
CALM
Catenary Anchor Leg Mooring
CARACaS
control architecture for robotic agent
command and sensing
CBM
constant-buoyancy method
CCD
charge-coupled device
CCL
compact control language
CDF
cumulative distribution function
CDMA
code-division multiple access
CE
control and estimation
CEP
circular error probability
CF
cross-flow
CFD
computational fluid dynamics
CFL
Courant–Friedrichs–Lévy
CNG
compressed natural gas
COB
center of buoyancy
COBRAS
Cornell breaking wave and structure
COG
center of gravity
COM
center of mass
COMCOT
Cornell multi-grid coupled tsunami
model
CONOPS
concept of operations
COSI
coastal storm impulse
COULWAVE
Cornell University long and
intermediate wave model
List of Abbreviations
Symbols
1-D
one-dimensional
2-D
two-dimensional
2-D-URANS
two-dimensional unsteady,
Reynolds-Averaged, Navier–Stokes
2.5-D
two-and-a-half-dimensional
3-D
three-dimensional
4-D
four-dimensional
A
A/D
analog-to-digital
A/R
asphaltenes and resins
ABE
autonomous benthic explorer
ACDP
acoustic current Doppler profiler
ACF
actual cubic feet
ACTUV
anti-submarine warfare unmanned
surface vehicle
ACV
air cushion vehicle
ADCP
acoustic Doppler current profiler
ADV
acoustic Doppler velocimeter
AGV
automated guided vehicle
AHRS
attitude-heading reference system
AIS
automatic identification system
ALIVE
autonomous light intervention
vehicle
ALT
alternating-lift technology
AM
analog modulation
AMOC
Atlantic meridional overturning
circulation
AOP
apparent optical properties
AOSN
autonomous ocean sampling network
AOV
autonomous ocean vehicle
ARMA
Auto-Regressive Moving Average
ARQ
automatic repeat request
ASAP
adaptive sampling and prediction
ASC
autonomous surface craft
ASL
autonomous systems laboratory
ATA
absolute pressure in atmospheres
ATB
articulated tug barge
AUSV
autonomous USV
AUV
autonomous underwater vehicle
AWACS
autonomous wide aperture cluster for
surveillance
AWM
added-weight method
Awp
areas of waterplane
AWS
Archimedes wave swing
B
BAUV
biorobotic autonomous underwater
vehicle
Bbl
billion barrels
BCH
Bose-Chaudhuri-Hocquenghem
BENS
Broadband Environmental Networked
Sensor
BHP
brake horsepower
BM
metacentric radius
BML
longitudinal metacentric radius
BOD
biochemical oxygen demand
BOG
boil-off gas
BOP
blow-out-preventer
BTEX
benzene, toluene, ethyl-benzene and
xylenes
BTR
beam-time record
C
C3MR
air products propane precooled mixed
refrigerant
CA
cellular automata
CAB
captured air bubble
CAD
computer-aided design
CALM
Catenary Anchor Leg Mooring
CARACaS
control architecture for robotic agent
command and sensing
CBM
constant-buoyancy method
CCD
charge-coupled device
CCL
compact control language
CDF
cumulative distribution function
CDMA
code-division multiple access
CE
control and estimation
CEP
circular error probability
CF
cross-flow
CFD
computational fluid dynamics
CFL
Courant–Friedrichs–Lévy
CNG
compressed natural gas
COB
center of buoyancy
COBRAS
Cornell breaking wave and structure
COG
center of gravity
COM
center of mass
COMCOT
Cornell multi-grid coupled tsunami
model
CONOPS
concept of operations
COSI
coastal storm impulse
COULWAVE
Cornell University long and
intermediate wave model