Acronyms
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NMISA
Nigerian Maritime and Safety Agency
NOAA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOSDRA
National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (of Nigeria)
NRCS
Normalized Radar Cross Section
NRT
Near Real Time
NSCAT
NASA Scatterometer
NSF
National Science Foundation
OCM
Ocean Colour Monitor (1 and 2)
OIW
Oceanic Internal Waves
OLCI
Ocean Land Colour Instrument
OSCAT
Oceansat-2 Scatterometer
OSI-SAF
Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility
OSTM
Ocean Surface Topography Mission
PALSAR
Phased Array type L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar
PAR
Photosynthetically Available Radiation
PCA
Principle Component Analysis
PFZ
Potential Fishing Zone
PolSAR
Polarimetric SAR
PRF
Pulse Repetition Frequency
PROBA
Project for On-Board Autonomy (satellite)
PROCAS
Protection and Conservation of the European Seas (JRC Action)
PSP
Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning
psu
practical salinity units
PUMA
Preparation for Use of MSG in Africa
QuikSCAT Quick Scatterometer (EO satellite carrying the SeaWinds
scatterometer)
RA
Radar Altimeter
RE
Radiometrically Enhanced (product variant)
RGB
Red-Green-Blue (colour composite)
RS
Remote Sensing
RSS
Remote Sensing Systems
RR
Reduced Resolution
SAINT
SAR AIS INtegrated Toolbox
SAR
Synthetic Aperture Radar
SARAL
Satellite with ARgos and AltiKa
SASS
Seasat-A Satellite Scatterometer
SatAIS
Satellite-based system (for monitoring) AIS (equipped ships)
SCAT
Scatteromenter
SCS
small cool season (of the Cˆ ote d’Ivoire)
SDD
Secchi Disk Depth
SDT
Secchi Disk Transparency
SeaDAS
SeaWiFS Data Analysis System