Marine Meteorology and Oceanogrraphy Programme (MMOP) related glossary and acronyms are listed below. Other WMO related acronyms can be found here.
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| ADCP |
Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler |
| ABE-LOS |
IOC Advisory Body on the Law of the Sea |
| ADOS |
Autonomous Drifting Ocean Station |
| AG |
DBCP Action Groups |
| AIC |
Argo Information Centre |
| ALRS |
Admiralty List of Radio Signals |
| AMDAR |
Aircraft Meteorological Data Relay (WWW) |
| AMOC |
Area Meteorological and Oceanographic Coordinator |
| AMVER |
Automated Mutual assistance Vessel Rescue system |
| ANIMATE |
Atlantic Network of Interdisciplinary Moorings and Time-series for Europe |
| AODCJF |
Australian Ocean Data Centre Joint Facility |
| AOML |
NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (USA) |
| AOPC |
Atmospheric Observations Panel for Climate (of GCOS) |
| Argo |
International sub-surface profiling float programme of CLIVAR and GODAE (not an acronym) |
| ASAP |
Automated Shipboard Aerological Programme |
| ASAPP |
ASAP Panel (of JCOMM/SOT) |
| AST |
Argo Steering Team |
| ATF |
Acoustic Tank Facility |
| ATWS |
Australian Tsunami Warning System |
| AVOS |
Automatic Voluntary Observing Ships System (Canada) |
| AWS |
Automated Weather Station |
B |
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| BATHY |
Report of bathythermal observation (FM 63–XI Ext. BATHY) |
| BATOS |
Automatic shipboard data acquisition and transmission system (Météo France) |
| BILKO |
UNESCO Virtual global faculty for remote sensing |
| BODC |
British Oceanographic Data Centre |
| BOM |
Bureau of Meteorology (Australia) |
| BSH |
Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie (Germany) |
| BSIM |
Baltic Sea Ice Meeting |
| BUFR |
Binary Universal Form for the Representation of meteorological data (FM 94–XI Ext. BUFR) |
| BUOY |
Report of a buoy observation (FM 18-XII BUOY) |
C |
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| CADC |
China Argo Data Centre |
| CARTWS |
Caribbean and Adjecent Seas Tsunami Warning System |
| CAS |
Commission for Atmospheric Sciences (of WMO) |
| CAVASSO |
Project for Atlantic VOS pCO2 measurement |
| CB |
Capacity Development |
| CBS |
Commission for Basic Systems (of WMO) |
| CCl |
Commission for Climatology (of WMO) |
| CDC |
Climate Diagnostic Centre (USA) |
| CDIAC |
Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Centre (USA) |
| CDMP |
Climate Database Modernization Program (NOAA) |
| CDMS |
Climate Data Management System |
| CEOS |
Committee on Earth Observation Satellites |
| CGMS |
Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites |
| CHy |
Commission for Hydrology (of WMO) |
| CIMO |
Commission for Instruments and Methods of Observation (of WMO) |
| CIS |
Canadian Ice Service |
| CLIMAR |
JCOMM International Workshops on Advances in Marine Climatology |
| CLIVAR |
Climate Variability and Predictability Programme (of WCRP) |
| CLIWOC |
Climatological Database for the World’s Ocean 1750-1854 |
| CLS |
Collecte Localisation Satellites (France) |
| CM |
MCSS Contributing Member |
| C-MAN |
Coastal-Marine Automated Network (of NOAA/NDBC, USA) |
| CMM |
Commission for Marine Meteorology (of WMO, superseded by JCOMM in 1999) |
| CNES |
Centre national d'études spatiales (France) |
| CNRS |
French National Centre for Scientific Research (France) |
| COAPS |
Center for Ocean Atmosphere Prediction Studies (USA) |
| COMSAR |
Sub-Committee on Radio Communications and Search and Rescue (of IMO) |
| COOP |
Coastal Ocean Observations Panel (of GOOS) |
| COP |
Conference of the Parties (UNFCCC) |
| COPEPOD |
Coastal & Oceanic Plankton Ecology, Production & Observation Database |
| CORC |
Consortium on the Oceans Role in Climate |
| CORIOLIS |
In situ component of the French Operational Oceanography System |
| CPPS |
Permanent Commission of South Pacific |
| CPRNW |
Committee for Promulgation of Radio Navigational Warnings (of IHO) |
| CREX |
Character form for the REpresentation and eXchange of Data (FM 95–XII CREX) |
| CSA |
Canadian Space Agency |
| CSIRO |
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (Australia) |
| CSM |
Commission for Synoptic Meteorology (of WMO, now CBS) |
| CTD |
Conductivity-Temperature-Depth probe |
D |
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| DAC |
Data Assembly Centre |
| DAMOCLES |
Developing Arctic Modeling and Observing Capabilities for Long-term Environmental Studies (European joint project) |
| DAR |
Data Discovery, Access and Retrieval service (WMO WIS) |
| DART |
Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis (buoy) |
| DB-TAG |
E-SURFMAR Data Buoy Technical Advisory Group |
| DBCP |
WMO-IOC Data Buoy Co-operation Panel |
| DCPC |
Data Collection and Production Centre (of WIS) |
| DCS |
Data Collection System |
| DiGIR |
Distributed Generic Information Retrieval |
| DM |
Data Management |
| DMAC |
IOOS Data Management and Communications (USA) |
| DMCG |
Data Management Coordination Group (of JCOMM) |
| DMPA |
Data Management Programme Area (of JCOMM) |
| DODS |
Distributed Oceanographic Data System |
| DPM |
Natural Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Programme (of WMO, now DRR) |
| DRM |
Disaster Risk Management |
| DRR |
Disaster Risk Reduction Programme (of WMO, formerly DPM) |
| DWD |
German Weather Service |
E |
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| E2E |
End to End Data Management |
| E2EDM |
End-to-End Data Management (JCOMM Pilot Project) |
| E-ASAP |
EUMETNET ASAP |
| EBD |
Equivalent Buoy Density |
| EC |
Executive Council |
| EC |
European Commission |
| ECDIS |
Electronic Chart Display Information System |
| ECMWF |
European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts |
| ECV |
Essential Climate Variables |
| EDMED |
European Directory of Marine Environmental Data |
| EEZ |
Exclusive Economic Zone |
| EGOS |
European Group on Ocean Stations (now merged into E-SURFMAR) |
| EMA |
Emergency Management Australia |
| EMSA |
European Maritime Safety Agency |
| ENC |
Electronic Navigational Charts |
| ENCODE |
Specific masking of the ship’s identification within GTS reports using a non repeating encoded ship’s identification |
| ENVISAT |
Environmental Satellite (ESA) |
| EOF |
Empirical Orthogonal Functions |
| ERA40 |
ECMWF 40-Year Re-analysis |
| ERS |
European Remote Sensing |
| ESA |
European Space Agency |
| E-SURFMAR |
Surface Marine programme of the Network of European Meteorological Services, EUMETNET (also a DBCP Action Group) |
| ET |
Expert Team |
| ET-AWS |
Expert Team on Requirements for Data from Automatic Weather Stations (of CBS/IOS) |
| ET-DRC |
Expert Team on Data Representation and Codes (of CBS) |
| ET-EGOS |
Expert Team on the Evolution of the Global Observing System (of CBS/IOS) |
| ET-CCDI |
Expert Team on Climate Change Detection and Indices(of CCl, CLIVAR, and JCOMM) |
| ET-CTS |
Expert Team on WIS-GTS, Communication Techniques and Structure (of CBS) |
| ET-DMP |
Expert Team on Data Management Practices (of JCOMM/DMPA and IODE) |
| ET-MAES |
Expert team on Marine Accident and Emergency Support (of JCOMM/SPA) |
| ET-MC |
Expert Team on Marine Climatology (of JCOMM/DMPA) |
| ET-MSS |
Expert team on Maritime Safety systems (of JCOMM/SPA) |
| ETRP |
Education and Training Department (of WMO) |
| ET-SI |
Expert Team on Sea Ice (of JCOMM/SPA) |
| ET-WISC |
Expert Team on WIS GISCS and DCPCs (of CBS) |
| ET-WS |
Expert Team on Wind Waves and Storm Surges (of JCOMM/SPA) |
| EUCOS |
EUMETNET Composite Observing System |
| EUMETNET |
The Network of European Meteorological Services |
| EUMETSAT |
European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites |
| EuroSITES |
European integrated network of open ocean multidisciplinary observatories |
| ECV |
Essential Climate Variable |
| EWS |
Early Warning System |
F |
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| FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization |
| FGDC |
Federal Geographic Data Committee (USA) |
| FOAM |
Forecast Ocean Assimilation Model |
| FWIS |
Future WMO Information System |
G |
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| GA |
Geoscience Australia |
| GARP |
Global Atmospheric Research Programme |
| GCC |
Global Collecting Centre (for the MCSS) |
| GCMD |
Global Change Master Directory |
| GCN |
GLOSS Global Core Network |
| GCOS |
Global Climate Observing System (WMO-IOC-UNEP-ICSU) |
| GDAC |
Global Data Access Centre |
| GDP |
Global Drifter Programme (a DBCP Action Group) |
| GDPFS |
Global Data Processing and Forecasting System (of CBS) |
| GDSIDB |
Global Digital Sea Ice Data Bank |
| GEO |
Group on Earth Observations |
| GEOHAB |
Global Ecology and Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms |
| GEOSS |
Global Earth Observation System of Systems |
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Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature |
| GIS |
Geographical Information System |
| GISC |
Global Information System Centres (of WIS) |
| GLOSS |
Global Sea-level Observing System (of JCOMM) |
| GLOSS-GE |
GLOSS Group of Experts |
| GMDSS |
Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (of IMO) |
| GMES |
Global Monitoring for Environment and Security |
| GNI |
Gross National Income |
| GODAE |
Global Ocean Data Assimilation Experiment (of OOPC) |
| GODAR |
Global Oceanographic Data Archaeology and Rescue |
| GOHWMS |
Working Group on the Framework for a Global Tsunami and other Ocean-Related Hazards Early Warning System |
| GOOS |
Global Ocean Observing System (of IOC, WMO, UNEP, ICSU) |
| GOS |
Global Observing System (of WWW) |
| GOSUD |
Global Ocean Surface Underway Data Pilot Project (of IODE, JCOMM) |
| GPS |
Global Positioning System |
| GRA |
GOOS Regional Alliance |
| GSC |
GOOS Steering Committee |
| GSSC |
GOOS Scientific Steering Committee |
| GTOS |
Global Terrestrial Observing System (WMO, UNESCO, FAO, UNEP, ICSU) |
| GTS |
Global Telecommunication System (of WWW) |
| GTSPP |
Global Temperature Salinity Profile Programme (of IODE, JCOMM) |
H |
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| HAB |
Harmful Algal Bloom (IOC) |
| HF |
High Frequency |
| HGMIO |
Harmonizing Group on Marine Information Objects |
| HNS |
Hazardous and Noxious Substances |
| HOT |
Hawaii Ocean Timeseries |
I |
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| IABP |
International Arctic Buoy Programme (a DBCP Action Group) |
| IALA |
International Association of Lighthouse Authorities |
| IATTC |
Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) |
| IBPIO |
International Buoy Programme for the Indian Ocean (a DBCP Action Group) |
| ICAO |
International Civil Aviation Organization |
| ICCAT |
International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna |
| ICES |
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea |
| ICG-IOTWS |
Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (of IOC) |
| ICG-ITSU |
International Coordination Group for ITSU (of IOC) |
| ICG-PTWS |
Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Pacific Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (of IOC) |
| ICG-WIS |
Inter-commission Coordination Group on the WMO Information System |
| ICOADS |
International Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set |
| ICS |
International Chamber of Shipping |
| ICSU |
International Council for Science |
| ICTT-QMF |
Inter Commission Task Team on Quality Management Framework (of WMO) |
| IFREMER |
Research Institute for the Exploitation of the Sea (France) |
| IGDDS |
Integrated Global Data Dissemination Service (of the WWW of WMO) |
| I-GOOS |
Intergovernmental Committee for GOOS |
| IGOS |
Integrated Global Observing Strategy |
| IGOSS |
WMO-IOC Integrated Global Ocean Services System (superseded by JCOMM in 1999) |
| IHO |
International Hydrographic Organization |
| IICWG |
International Ice Charting Working Group |
| IIP |
International Ice Portal |
| IMB |
Ice Mass Balance buoy |
| IMET |
Improved Meteorology program |
| IMMA |
International Maritime Meteorological Archive |
| IMMPC |
International Maritime Meteorological Punch-Card |
| IMMSC |
International Maritime Met-ocean Services Conference |
| IMMT |
International Maritime Meteorological Tape |
| IMO |
International Maritime Organization |
| IMO |
Icelandic Meteorological Office |
| IMSO |
International Mobile Satellite Organization |
| IMWM |
Institute of Meteorology and Water Management (Poland) |
| INMARSAT |
International maritime satellite private company |
| INPE |
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (Brazil) |
| INSPIRE |
Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe |
| INTERCARGO |
International Association of Dry Cargo Shipowners |
| INTERTANKO |
International Association of Independent Tanker Owners |
| IOC |
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (of UNESCO) |
| IOCCP |
International Ocean Carbon Coordination Project (of IOC) |
| IODE |
International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (of IOC) |
| IOI |
International Ocean Institute |
| IOOS |
Integrated Ocean Observing System (USA) |
| IOTC |
Indian Ocean Tuna Commission |
| IOTWS |
Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (of IOC) |
| IP |
Implementation Plan |
| IPAB |
WCRP-SCAR International Programme for Antarctic Buoys (a DBCP Action Group) |
| IPCC |
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| IPET-MI |
Inter Programme Expert Team on Metadata Implementation (of CBS) |
| IPHAB |
Intergovernmental Panel on Harmful Algal Blooms |
| IPY |
International Polar Year (2007-2008) |
| IRD |
Institut de recherche pour le développement (France, ex ORSTOM) |
| ISABP |
International South Atlantic Buoy Programme (a DBCP Action Group) |
| ISDM |
Integrated Science Data Management (formerly MEDS) of Canada |
| ISO |
International Organization for Standardization |
| ISS |
Information Systems and Services (of CBS) |
| IT |
Information Technology |
| ITG |
Inter-commission Task Group |
| ITIC |
International Tsunami Information Center (of IOC) |
| ITP |
International Tsunameter Partnership |
| ITSU |
International Coordination Group for the Tsunami Warning System in the Pacific (of IOC) |
J |
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| JAMBOREE |
IODE/GOOS/JCOMM Combined Modelling and Data Management Training Workshop |
| JASON |
Altimeter Satellite (TOPEX follow-on) |
| JC |
Joint Committee |
| JCOMM |
Joint WMO-IOC Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology |
| JCOMMOPS |
JCOMM in situ Observations Programme Support Centre |
| JCOPE |
Japanese Coastal Ocean Predictability Experiment |
| J-EPB |
JCOMM Electronic Product Bulletin |
| JEWL-PP |
JCOMM Extreme Water Level Pilot Project |
| JMA |
Japan Meteorological Agency |
| JTA |
Joint Tariff Agreement (Argos) |
K |
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| KEO |
Kuroshio extension region |
| KMA |
Korea Meteorological Administration (Rep. Korea) |
| KNMI |
Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute |
| KPI |
Key Performance Indicator |
| KPT |
Key Performance Target |
L |
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| LDC |
Least Developed Countries Programme (of WMO) |
| LES |
Land Earth Station (Inmarsat) |
| LRIT |
Long-range Identification and Tracking Systems |
| LUT |
Local User Terminal (Argos) |
M |
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| MAES |
Marine Accident Emergency Support (Expert Team of JCOMM/SPA) |
| MAN |
Management Committee (of JCOMM) |
| MARCDAT |
International Workshop on Advances in the Use of Historical Marine Climate Data |
| MASK |
Specific masking of the ship’s identification within FM-13 GTS reports using a unique repeating identification number |
| MCS |
Fast Track Marine Core Service |
| MCS |
Marine Climatological Summary |
| MCSS |
Marine Climatological Summaries Scheme |
| MDB |
Marine Data Bank, UK |
| MED |
Marine Environment Division (of IMO) |
| MEDI |
Marine Environmental Data Inventory |
| MEDS |
Marine Environmental Data Service (now ISDM), Canada |
| MEOW |
Maximum Envelope of Water |
| MERSEA |
Marine Environment and Security for the European Area (of EU) |
| META-T |
Water Temperature Metadata Pilot Project (JCOMM) |
| MFS |
Mediterranean ocean Forecasting System (of EU) |
| MIM |
MERSEA Information Management |
| MIO |
Marine Information Objects |
| MIROS |
Microwave Radar Observing System |
| MMI |
Marine Metadata Interoperability Project |
| MMOP |
Marine Meteorology and Oceanography Programme (of WMO) |
| MMS |
Marine Meteorological Services |
| MOC |
Meridional Overturning Circulation |
| MOTHY |
Modèle Océanique de Transport d'HYdrocarbures (France) |
| MPERSS |
Marine Pollution Emergency Response Support System (of JCOMM) |
| MPI |
Marine Pollution Incident |
| MQCS |
Minimum Quality Control Standards |
| MSC |
Maritime Safety Committee (of IMO) |
| MSG |
METEOSAT Second Generation (of EUMETSAT) |
| MSI |
Maritime Safety Information |
| MSS |
Maritime Safety Services |
| MT10 |
BUFR Master Table number 10 for Oceanographic Data |
N |
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| NAVOCEANO |
Naval Oceanographic Office (USA) |
| NAVTEX |
International system for reception of marine safety information |
| NBDP |
Narrow Band Direct Printing |
| NC |
National Centre (of WIS) |
| NCAR |
National Center for Atmospheric Research (USA) |
| NCDC |
National Climatic Data Center (NOAA, USA) |
| NCDDC |
National Coastal Data Development Center (NOAA, USA) |
| NCEP |
National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NOAA, USA) |
| NDBC |
National Data Buoy Center (NOAA, USA) |
| NDG |
NERC DataGrid |
| NEAMTWS |
Northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean Tsunami Warning System |
| NERC |
Natural Environment Research Council |
| NESDIS |
National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service (NOAA, USA) |
| NetCDF |
Network Common Data Form |
| NGO |
Non Governmental Organization |
| NIOT |
National Institute of Ocean Technology (India) |
| NIS |
National Ice Services (Canada) |
| NMDIS |
National Marine Data and Information Service (China) |
| NMHS |
National Meteorological and Hydrological Service (WMO) |
| NMS |
National Meteorological Service |
| NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (USA) |
| NOCS |
National Oceanography Center Southampton (UK, former SOC) |
| NODC |
National Oceanographic Data Centre (IODE) |
| NORI |
National Oceanographic Research Institute (Rep. Korea) |
| NPDBAP |
DBCP-PICES North Pacific Data Buoy Advisory Panel (a DBCP Action Group) |
| NPOESS |
National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (USA) |
| NSF |
National Science Foundation (USA) |
| NTWC |
National Tsunami Warning Centre |
| NWP |
Numerical Weather Prediction |
| NWPTA |
Northwest Pacific Tsunami Advisory |
| NWS |
National Weather Service (NOAA, USA) |
O |
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| OBIS |
Ocean Biogeographical Information System |
| OBSJMA |
Software package for the use of electronic observational logbooks (developed by the JMA) |
| OceanObs |
First International Conference for the Ocean Observing System for Climate |
| OceanSITES |
OCEAN Sustained Interdisciplinary Timeseries Environment observation System (a DBCP Action Group) |
| OCG |
Observations Coordination Group (of JCOMM) |
| OCO |
Office of Climate Observation (NOAA, USA) |
| ODAS |
Ocean Data Acquisition System |
| ODASMS |
ODAS Metadata Service (Operated by China for JCOMM) |
| ODIN |
Ocean Data and Information Network (of IOC) |
| ODINAFRICA |
Ocean Data and Information Network for Africa (of IODE) |
| OFS |
Operational Ocean Forecasting System |
| OGC |
Open Geospatial Consortium |
| OGP |
Oil and Gas Producers |
| OGP |
International Association of Oil and Gas Producers |
| ONR |
Office of Naval Research (USA) |
| OOPC |
Ocean Observation Panel for Climate (of GOOS, GCOS, WCRP) |
| OPA |
Observations Programme Area (of JCOMM) |
| OPAG |
Open Programme Area Group (of a WMO Technical Commission) |
| OPeNDAP |
Open-source Project for a Network Data Access Protocol |
| OPRC |
International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Cooperation |
| OPSC |
Observing Programme Support Center |
| OPSCOMM |
Argos Operations Committee |
| ORION |
Ocean Research Interactive Observatory Networks project (USA, NSF) |
| OSE |
Observing System Experiment |
| OSMC |
Observing System Monitoring Center (NOAA, USA) |
| OSSE |
Observing System Simulation Experiment |
| OSTM |
Ocean Surface Topography Mission |
| OT |
OceanTeacher (of IOC) |
P |
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| PA |
Programme Area |
| PACPLAN |
Pacific Islands Regional Marine Spill Contingency Plan |
| PANGEA |
Partnerships for new GEOSS Applications |
| PAP |
Porcupine Abyssal Plain |
| PAPA |
Programme for a bAltic network to assess and upgrade an oPerational observing and forecAsting System in the region (EU project) |
| PDE |
Puertos Del Estado (Spain) |
| PGC |
Principal GTS Co-ordinator (of DBCP) |
| PICES |
North Pacific Marine Science Organization |
| PICO |
Panel for Integrated Coastal Observations |
| PICO |
Platform and Instrumentation for Continuous ocean Observations |
| PIRATA |
Pilot Research Moored Array in the Tropical Atlantic |
| PMEL |
Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (NOAA, USA) |
| PMO |
Port Meteorological Officer |
| PMOC |
Principal Meteorological or Oceanographic Centres responsible for the quality control of buoy data (of DBCP) |
| PMSI |
Polar Maritime Safety Information |
| PMT |
Platform Messaging Transceivers |
| POGO |
Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans |
| POPS |
Polar Ocean Profiling System |
| PP |
Pilot Project |
| PTT |
Platform Transmitter Terminal (Argos) |
| PTWS |
Pacific Tsunami Warning System |
| PWS |
Public Weather Service |
Q |
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| QA |
Quality Assurance |
| QARTOD |
Quality Assurance of Real-Time Oceanographic Data |
| QC |
Quality Control |
| QM |
Quality Management |
| QMF |
WMO Quality Management Framework |
R |
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| RA |
Regional Association |
| RA |
Regional Alliances |
| RA |
Radar Altimeter |
| RCC |
Rescue Coordination Centres |
| REAL |
FM-13 GTS report where the ship’s identification (the call sign) is not masked |
| RECLAIM |
RECovery of Logbooks And International Marine data project |
| RIC |
WMO Regional Instrument Centre |
| RM |
Responsible Members (of the MCSS) |
| RMC |
Regional Meteorological Centre |
| RNODC |
Responsible National Oceanographic Data Centre (of IODE) |
| RNODC/DB |
Responsible National Oceanographic Data Centre for Drifting Buoys (of IODE) |
| ROCRAM |
Operative Network of Regional Cooperation between Maritime Authorities of South America, Cuba, Mexico and Panama |
| ROOS |
Regional Ocean Observing Systems |
| RRR |
Rolling Review of Requirements |
| RSMC |
Regional Specialized Meteorological Centre (of CBS) |
| RTAC |
Regional Tsunami Advisory Centre |
| RTMC |
VOSClim Real Time Monitoring Centre |
| RTWC |
Regional Tsunami Warning Centre |
S |
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| SAMOS |
Shipboard Automated Meteorological and Oceanographic System |
| SAMS |
Scottish Association for Marine Science |
| SAR |
Search and Rescue |
| SAR |
Synthetic Aperture Radar |
| SAT |
Site Acceptance Test |
| SAWS |
South African Weather Service |
| SBD |
Short Burst Data (Iridium) |
| SBSTA |
Subsidiary Body for Science and Technological Affairs (of UNFCCC) |
| SCAR |
Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research |
| SCDPM |
Sub-Committee on Data Policy and Management (of IPY) |
| SCEOS |
Sub-Committee on Education, Outreach and Communication (of IPY) |
| SCG |
Services Coordination Group (of JCOMM) |
| SCOBS |
Sub-Committee on Observations (of IPY) |
| SCOR |
Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (of ICSU) |
| SDR |
Satellite Data Requirements |
| SEACORM |
South East Asia Center for Ocean Research and Monitoring (Republic of Indonesia) |
| SeaDataNET |
Pan-European infrastructure for Ocean & Marine Data Management (of EU) |
| SEAS |
Shipboard Environmental (data) Acquisition System (electronic logbook of NOAA) |
| SG |
Steering Group |
| SGMC |
Subgroup on Marine Climatology (formerly of CMM; now ETMC under JCOMM) |
| SG-MEDI |
Steering Group for MEDI (of IODE) |
| SHIP |
GTS Report of surface observation from a Sea Station (FM 13–XI Ext. SHIP) |
| SHIP |
Specific masking of the ship’s identification within FM-13 GTS reports using the generic letters ”SHIP” |
| SHOM |
Service Hydrographique et Océanographique de la Marine (France) |
| SI |
Sea Ice |
| SIGRID |
Format for the archival and exchange of sea-ice data in digital form |
| SIMORC |
System of Industry Metocean data for the Offshore and Research Communities |
| SIO |
Scripps Institution of Oceanography (University of California, USA) |
| SL |
Sea Level |
| SMHI |
Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute |
| SMOS |
ESA's Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity |
| SOBP |
Southern Ocean Buoy Programme (of DBCP) |
| SOC |
Southampton Oceanography Centre (UK, Now NOCS) |
| SOC |
Specialized Oceanographic Data Centre (of former IGOSS, now JCOMM) |
| SOG |
Statement of Guidance |
| SOLAS |
International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea |
| SOO |
Ship-of-Opportunity |
| SOOP |
Ship Of Opportunity Programme |
| SOOPIP |
Ship-of-Opportunity Programme Implementation Panel (of JCOMM/OPA/SOT) |
| SOT |
Ship Observation Team (of JCOMM/OPA) |
| SPA |
Services Programme Area (of JCOMM) |
| SSH |
Sea Surface Height |
| SSM/I |
Special Sensor Microwave/Imager |
| SSO |
Single Sign On |
| SSS |
Sea Surface Salinity |
| SST |
Sea Surface Temperature |
| STIP |
Stored Tiros Information Processing |
| Storm surge |
See defininition in FAQ
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| SURFA |
Surface Flux Analysis Project |
| SVP |
Surface Velocity Programme (of TOGA and WOCE, replaced by GDP) |
| SVP-B |
SVP Barometer drifter |
| SVP-BS |
SVP Barometer drifter with salinity |
| SVP-BT |
SVP drifter with temperatures in depth |
| SVP-BW |
SVP Barometer and Wind drifter |
| Swell |
See definition in FAQ
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TAO |
Tropical Atmosphere Ocean Array |
TAO |
Top Of Atmosphere |
| TC |
Technical Commission |
| TC |
Technical Coordinator |
| TC |
Tropical Cyclone |
| TCP |
Tropical Cyclone Programme (of WMO) |
| TDCF |
Table Driven Code Forms |
| TECO-WIS |
Technical Conference on the WIS |
| TEMP-SHIP |
Upper-level temperature, humidity and wind report from a sea station (FM 36–XI Ext. TEMP SHIP) |
| TEP |
Thematic Portals |
| TESAC |
Temperature, salinity and current report from a sea station (FM 64–XI Ext. TESAC) |
| TEWS |
Tsunami Early-Warning System |
| THORPEX |
The Observing system Research and Predictability Experiment (of WMO) |
| TIP |
Tiros Information Processing |
| TIP |
Tropical Moored Buoys Implementation Panel (a DBCP Action Group) |
| TLO |
Top Level Objectives |
| TMSI |
Tsunami Maritime Safety Information |
| TOGA |
Tropical Ocean and Global Atmosphere (of WCRP) |
| TOPEX |
Ocean Topography Experiment |
| TOR |
Terms of Reference |
| TOWS-WG |
Working Group on Tsunamis and Other Hazards related to Sea Level Warning and Mitigation Systems |
| TRACKOB |
Report of marine surface observation along a ship's track (FM 62–VIII Ext. TRACKOB) |
| TRITON |
Triangle Trans-Ocean buoy network |
| TSG |
Thermosalinograph |
| TSMAD |
Transfer Standard Maintenance and Applications Development |
| TT |
Task Team |
| TT-QCAS |
Task Team on Quality Control and Automated Systems (of JCOMM/SOT/SOOPIP) |
| TT-DMVOS |
Cross-cutting TT on Delayed-Mode Voluntary Observing Ship data (of JCOMM/DMPA) |
| TT-MOCS |
TT on Marine-meteorological and Oceanographic Climatological Summaries (of JCOMM/DMPA/ETMC) |
| TT-OPD |
Task Team on Ocean Products Development (of JCOMM/SPA) |
| TTR |
Task Team on Resources |
| TT-TDCF |
TT on Table Driven Code Forms (of JCOMM/DMPA) |
| TWI |
Tsunami Watch Information |
| TWS |
Tsunami Warning System |
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| UK |
United Kingdom |
| UN |
United Nations |
| UNEP |
United Nations Environment Programme |
| UNESCO |
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
| UNFCCC |
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
| UNOLS |
University National Oceanographic Laboratory System (USA) |
| UOP |
Upper Ocean Panel (of CLIVAR) |
| UOT |
Upper Ocean Thermal review |
| URD |
User Requirement Document (of SPA) |
| URL |
Uniform Resource Locator |
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| VOS |
Voluntary Observing Ship |
| VOSClim |
Voluntary Observing Ships Climate Subset Project |
| VOSP |
Voluntary Observing Ship Panel (of JCOMM/SOT) |
| VSOP-NA |
Special VOS Observing Project for the North Atlantic |
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| WaMoS |
Wave and Surface Current Monitoring System |
| WCP |
World Climate Programme (of WMO) |
| WCRP |
World Climate Research Programme (of WMO, IOC, and ICSU) |
| WDC |
ICSU World Data Centre |
| WGNE |
Working Group on Numerical Experimentation |
| WIS |
WMO Information System |
| WMO |
World Meteorological Organization (UN) |
| WMS |
Open Geospatial Consortium Web Map Services |
| WOCE |
World Ocean Circulation Experiment |
| WRAP |
Worldwide Recurring ASAP Project |
| WS |
Wind Waves and Storm Surges (Expert Team under JCOMM/SPA) |
| WSSRD |
Web Search Store Retrieve Display (of CDMP) |
| WWNWS |
World-Wide Navigational Warning Service (of IHO, and IMO) |
| WWW |
World Weather Watch (of WMO) |
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| XBT |
Expendable Bathythermograph |
| XCTD |
Expendable Conductivity, Temperature and Depth profiling system |
| XML |
Extensible Markup Language |
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