| Φ |
phi particle-size scale |
| ASTM |
American Society for Testing and Materials |
| AVS |
American Vibracore Services |
| BNWR |
Breton National Wildlife Refuge |
| CC |
Creative Cloud |
| cm |
centimeter |
| .csv |
comma-separated values |
| DGPS |
Differential Global Positioning System |
| Esri |
Environmental Systems Research Institute |
| FACS |
Field Activity Collection System |
| FAN |
Field Activity Number |
| FGDC |
Federal Geographic Data Committee |
| GEOID12A |
geoid model 12A |
| GIS |
geographic information system |
| GPS |
Global Positioning System |
| JPEG |
Joint Photographic Experts Group |
| KB |
kilobytes |
| KML |
Keyhole Markup Language |
| km |
kilometer |
| m |
meter |
| MB |
megabytes |
| μm |
microns, micrometers |
| mm |
millimeter |
| MRGO |
Mississippi River Gulf Outlet |
| M/V |
motor vessel |
| NAD83 |
North American Datum of 1983 |
| NAVD88 |
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 |
| NOAA |
National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration |
| OPUS |
On-Line Positioning User Service |
| OSL |
Optical Stimulated Luminescence |
| PDF |
Portable Document Format |
| .shp |
Esri shapefile |
| SPCMSC |
St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center |
| TIFF |
Tagged Image File Format |
| USFWS |
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
| USGS |
U.S. Geological Survey |
| UTM |
Universal Transverse Mercator |
| WGS84 |
World Geodetic System of 1984 |
| .zip |
compressed (zipped) archive |
U.S. Department of the Interior |
U.S. Geological Survey