Abbreviations
| Abbreviation |
Definition
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|---|---|
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ALPS
|
Airborne Lidar Processing System
|
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ASCII
|
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
|
|
cm
|
centimeter(s)
|
|
CMGP
|
Coastal and Marine Geology Program
|
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CORS
|
Continuously Operating Reference Station
|
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CMGP
|
Coastal and Marine Geology Program
|
|
DEM
|
digital elevation model
|
|
DGPS
|
Differential Global Positioning System
|
|
DVD
|
Digital Versatile Disc
|
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EAARL
|
Experimental Advanced Airborne Research Lidar
|
|
ENP
|
Everglades National Park
|
|
ESRI
|
Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc.
|
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FACS
|
Field Activity Collection System
|
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FAN
|
Field Activity Number
|
|
FGDC
|
Federal Geographic Data Committee
|
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FWC
|
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
|
|
GB
|
gigabyte(s)
|
|
GEOIDYY
|
Geoid model of YYYY
|
|
GIS
|
Geographic Information System
|
|
GPS
|
Global Positioning System
|
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GIPSY
|
GNSS-Inferred Positioning System and Orbit Analysis Simulation Software
|
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HTDP
|
Horizontal Time-Dependent Positioning
|
|
HTML
|
Hypertext Markup Language
|
|
ICWW
|
Intercoastal Water Way
|
| IGS |
International GPS Service
|
|
IMU
|
Inertial Motion Unit
|
|
ITRF00
|
International Terrestrial Reference Frame 2000
|
|
JPL
|
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
|
|
JPEG
|
Joint Photographic Experts Group
|
|
KB
|
Kilobyte
|
|
kHz
|
kilohertz
|
|
km
|
kilometer
|
|
LIDAR
|
Light Detection and Ranging
|
|
m
|
meter(s)
|
|
MFL
|
Minimum Flows and Levels
|
|
MLLW
|
Mean Lower Low Water
|
|
MLW
|
Mean Low Water
|
|
ms
|
Millisecond
|
|
m/s
|
Meters per second
|
|
NASA
|
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
|
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NAD83
|
North American Datum 1983
|
|
NAVD88
|
North American Vertical Datum 1988
|
|
NAVSTAR
|
Navigation Satellite Timing and Ranging
|
|
NEP
|
National Environmental Protection
|
|
NGS
|
National Geodetic Survey
|
|
nm
|
nanometer(s)
|
|
NOAA
|
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|
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NWR
|
National Wildlife Refuge
|
|
OPUS
|
On-Line Processing User Service
|
|
PC
|
Personal Computer
|
|
PES
|
Priority Ecosystem Studies
|
|
PDF
|
Portable Document Format
|
|
PDOP
|
Position Dilution of Precision
|
|
PK
|
Parker Kaelon
|
|
PSRP
|
Picayune Strand Restoration Project
|
|
PVC
|
Poly Vinyl Chloride
|
|
RCF
|
Random Consensus Filter
|
|
RGB
|
Red-Green-Blue
|
|
R/V
|
Research Vessel
|
|
RMS
|
Root Mean Square
|
|
s
|
Second
|
|
SANDS
|
System for Accurate Nearshore Depth Surveying
|
|
SB
|
Single Beam
|
|
SBB
|
Single-beam Bathymetry
|
|
SCOUT
|
Scripps Coordinate Update Tool
|
|
SESC
|
Southeast Ecological Science Center
|
|
SFWMD
|
South Florida Water Management District
|
|
SLE
|
Saint Lucie Estuary
|
|
sonar
|
sound navigation and ranging
|
|
SPCMSC
|
St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
|
|
SWFFS
|
Southwest Florida Feasibility Study
|
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SWIM
|
Surface Water Improvement and Management Program
|
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TIF
|
Tagged Image File
|
|
TTI
|
Ten Thousand Islands
|
|
USGS
|
U.S. Geological Survey
|
|
UTC
|
Coordinated Universal Time
|
|
UTM
|
Universal Transverse Mercator
|
|
VDATUM
|
Vertical Datum transformation
|
|
WGS84
|
World Geodetic System 1984
|
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XML
|
Extensible Markup Language
|