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Data Series 848

Coastal Bathymetry Data Collected in 2011 from the Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana

Acronyms


ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange
BASE Bathymetry Based on Statistical Error
BIM Barrier Island Monitoring
BIER Barrier Island Evolution Research
cm Centimeter
CMGP Coastal Marine Geology Program
CUBE Combined Uncertainty and Bathymetry Estimator
DEM Digital Elevation Model
DGPS Differential Global Positioning System
DVD Digital Versatile Disc
ESRI Environmental Systems Research Institute
FACS Field Activity Collection System
FGDC Federal Geographic Data Committee
ft Foot
GEOID09 Geoid model of 2009
GIS Geographic Information System
GPS Global Positioning System
GRS80 Geodetic Reference System of 1980
HIPS Hydrographic Information Processing System
HTML Hypertext Markup Language
in. Inch
ID Identification
IFB Interferometric Bathymetry
Inc. Incorporated
IMU Internal Measurement Unit
ITRF00 International Terrestrial Reference Frame of 2000
ITRF05 International Terrestrial Reference Frame of 2005
JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group
KB Kilobyte
kHz Kilohertz
km Kilometer
La. Louisiana
Ltd. Limited
m Meter
MLLW Mean Lower Low Water
ms Millisecond
N North
NAD83 North American Datum 1983
NAVD88 North American Vertical Datum 1988
NGS National Geodetic Survey
NGOM Northern Gulf of Mexico
NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
OPUS On-Line Positioning User Service
PDF Portable Document Format
RTK Real Time Kinematic
RMS Root Mean Square
RV Research Vessel
s Second
SANDS System for Accurate Nearshore Depth Surveying
SBB Single-beam Bathymetry
SEA Systems Engineering and Assessment
SIPS Sonar Information Processing System
SOS Speed of Sound
SPCMSC Saint Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
SVP Sound Velocity Profile
SVS Sound Velocity Sensor
SXP SEA Ltd. Swath Processor Processed File
SXR SEA Ltd. Swath Processor Raw File
SXS SEA Ltd. Swath Processor Session File
TIFF Tagged Image File Format
TIN Triangulated Irregular Network
USGS U.S. Geological Survey
UTC Coordinated Universal Time
UTM Universal Transverse Mercator
WGS84 World Geodetic System 1984

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