| ASCII |
American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
| cm |
centimeter |
| CORS |
Continuously Operating Reference Stations |
| CSV |
Comma Separated Values |
| CTD |
Conductivity, Temperature, and Depth |
| DEM |
Digital Elevation Model |
| FGDC |
Federal Geographic Data Committee |
| GeoTIFF |
Georeferenced Tagged Image File Format |
| GNSS |
Global Navigation Satellite System |
| GPS |
Global Positioning System |
| Hz |
Hertz |
| kHz |
Kilohertz |
| km |
Kilometer |
| m |
Meter |
| m/s |
Meters per second |
| NAVD88 |
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 |
| NAD83 |
North American Datum of 1983 |
| NGS |
National Geodetic Survey |
| NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| N.Y. |
New York |
| OPUS |
Online Positioning User Services |
| PC |
Personal Computer |
| PID# |
Permanent Identification Number |
| PWC |
Personal Watercraft |
| RMS |
Root Mean Square |
| s |
Second |
| SPCMSC |
St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center |
| TIN |
Triangulated Irregular Network |
| USGS |
United States Geological Survey |
| UTC |
Coordinated Universal Time |
| UTM |
Universal Transverse Mercator |
| WGS84 |
World Geodetic System 1984 |
| x |
Easting |
| y |
Northing |
| z |
Elevation |
U.S. Department of the Interior |
U.S. Geological Survey