| ASCII |
American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
| BASE |
Bathymetry Based on Statistical Error |
| BIM |
Barrier Island Mapping |
| Chirp |
Compressed High Intensity Radar Pulse |
| cm |
Centimeter |
| CUBE |
Combined Uncertainty and Bathymetry Estimator |
| DEM |
Digital Elevation Model |
| DGPS |
Differential Global Positioning System |
| Esri |
Environmental Systems Research Institute |
| FACS |
Field Activity Collection System |
| FGDC |
Federal Geographic Data Committee |
| ft |
Foot |
| GIS |
Geographic Information System |
| GMT |
Generic Mapping Tools |
| GUIS |
Gulf Islands National Seashore |
| GPS |
Global Positioning System |
| GRS80 |
Geodetic Reference System of 1980 |
| HIPS |
Hydrographic Information Processing System |
| HTML |
Hypertext Markup Language |
| Hz |
Hertz |
| IFB |
Interferometric Bathymetry |
| in |
Inch |
| ID |
Identification |
| Inc. |
Incorporated |
| IMU |
Inertial Measurement Unit |
| ITRF00 |
International Terrestrial Reference Frame 2000 |
| ITRF05 |
International Terrestrial Reference Frame 2005 |
| JPEG |
Joint Photographic Experts Group |
| KB |
Kilobyte |
| kHz |
Kilohertz |
| kn |
Knot |
| km |
Kilometer |
| km2 |
Kilometer squared |
| La. |
Louisiana |
| Lidar |
Light Detection and Ranging |
| Ltd. |
Limited |
| m |
Meter |
| MB |
Megabyte(s) |
| μSEC |
microsecond |
| MLLW |
Mean Lower Low Water |
| MsCIP |
Mississippi Coastal Improvements Program |
| m/s |
Meters per second |
| ms |
Millisecond |
| N |
North |
| NAD83 |
North American Datum 1983 |
| NAVD88 |
North American Vertical Datum 1988 |
| NetCDF |
Network Common Data Form |
| NGS |
National Geodetic Survey |
| NPS |
National Park Service |
| NGOM |
Northern Gulf of Mexico |
| NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| NWR |
National Wildlife Refuge |
| PDF |
Portable Document Format |
| RTK |
Real Time Kinematic |
| RMS |
Root Mean Square |
| R/V |
Research Vessel |
| s |
Second |
| 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 |
| SSS |
Side-scan Sonar |
| 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 |
| USACE |
United States Army Corps of Engineers |
| USFWS |
United States Fish and Wildlife Service |
| USGS |
United States Geological Survey |
| UTC |
Coordinated Universal Time |
| UTM |
Universal Transverse Mercator |
| W |
Watt |
| WGS84 |
World Geodetic System 1984 |
| XML |
Extensible Markup Language |
| XTF |
Extended Triton Format |
U.S. Department of the Interior |
U.S. Geological Survey