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Annex: Acronyms
ARGO Array for Real-time Geostrophic Oceanography
BOOS Baltic Operational Oceanographic System
BSH Bundesamt fUr Seeschiffahrt und Hydrographie (Germany)
CCCO Committee for Climate Change in the Ocean
CEC Commission of the European Communities
ECMWF European Centre for Medium Term Weather Forecasting
EEZ Exclusive Economic Zone
ENSO El Nifio Southern Oscillation
ERS Earth Resources Satellite
ESA European Space Agency
ESF European Science Foundation
EU European Union
EUMETSAT European Meteorological Satellite Organization
EUREKA European Research and Co-ordination Agency
EuroCLIVAR European Climate Variability and Predictability
EuroGOOS European (component) Global Ocean Observing System
EUROMAR European Marine Research Programme within EVREKA
FOAM Forecasting Ocean Atmosphere Model
G30Ss The three Global Observing Systems (GCOS, GOOS and GTOS)
GCOS Global Climate Observing System
GEOSAT Ocean observing satellite
GLOBEC Global ocean Ecosystems dynamics
GLOSS Global Sea Level Observing System
GNP Gross National Product
GOOS Global Ocean Observing System
GTOS Global Terrestrial Observing System
IACMST Inter-Agency Committee on Marine Science and Technology (UK)
ICES International Council for the Exploration ofthe Seas
IFREMER French institute for research and exploitation of the sea
lOC Intergovemmental Oceanographic Commission (UNESCO)
JGOFS Joint Global Ocean Flux Study
JSC Joint Scientific Committee of the World C1imate Research Programme
MedGOOS Mediterranean Global Ocean Observing System
MERCATOR French operational high-resolution global ocean prediction project
MFSPP Mediterranean Forecasting System Pilot Project
MOS Ocean observing satellite
NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US)
OECD Organisation for European Co-operation and Development
OOSDP Ocean Observing System Development Panel
RASCL Roger A Stacey Consultants Ud.
RlKZ Netherlands Institute for Coastal and Marine Management
SEASAT Ocean observing satellite
SEAWIFS Ocean observing satellite