Acronyms
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FLH
Fluorescence Line Height
FP7
Framework Programme (for Research and Development) 7
FPSO
Floating Production, Storage And Offloading (vessel)
FR
Full Resolution
GAFRD
General Authority for Fishery Resources Development (Egypt)
GCLME
Guinea Current Large Marine Ecosystem (project)
GCS
great cool season (of the Cˆ ote d’Ivoire)
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
GEF
Global Environment Facility
GES-DISC Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center
GEOSS
Global Earth Observation System of Systems
GFO
Geosat Follow-On
GHRSST
Group on High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
GIOVANNI Goddard Interactive Online Visualization ANd aNalysis Infrastructure
GIS
Geographic Information System
GK
Generalized-K (distribution)
GM
Global Mode
GMF
Geophysical Model Function
GMIS
Global Marine Information System
GOCE
Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer
GODAE
Global Ocean Data Assimilation Experiment
GOOS
Global Ocean Observing System
GPCC
Global Precipitation Climatology Centre
G-POD
Grid Processing on Demand (facility of ESA)
GRACE
Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment
GWS
great warm season (of the Cˆ ote d’Ivoire)
HAB
Harmful Algal Bloom
HH
horizontal co-polarisation
HPLC
High Performance Liquid Chromatography
HRG
High Resolution Geometry (sensor, on SPOT-5)
HRV
High-Resolution Visible (sensor, on SPOT 2/3)
HRV-IR
High-Resolution Visible-Infrared (sensor, on SPOT 4)
HS
High-Resolution Spotlight
H-TSRB
Hyperspectral Tethered Surface Radiometer Buoy
HV
horizontal/vertical cross-polarisation
HY
HY (HaiYang = Ocean) (ocean observing satellite series, China)
HYCOM
Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model
IBU
Intense Benguela Upwelling (index)
ICOL
Improve Contrast between Ocean & Land (technique)
IES
Institute for Environment and Sustainability (of JRC EC)
IM
Image Mode
INTA
Instituto Nacional de Tecnica Aeroespacial
IOC
Indian Ocean Commission