| ASCII |
American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
| BASE |
bathymetry based on statistical error |
| BICM |
Barrier Island Comprehensive Monitoring |
| cm |
centimeter |
| CMGP |
Coastal and Marine Geology Program |
| CORS96 |
Continuously Operating Reference Station 1996 |
| CPRA |
Coastal Protection Restoration Authority |
| CRMS |
Coastwide Reference Monitoring System |
| CTD |
conductivity, temperature, pressure |
| DEM |
Digital Elevation Model |
| DGPS |
Differential Global Positioning System |
| DMS |
dynamic motion sensor |
| Esri |
Environmental Systems Research Institute |
| FACS |
Field Activity Collection System |
| FAN |
Field Activity Number |
| FGDC |
Federal Geographic Data Committee |
| ft |
foot |
| GIS |
Geographic Information System |
| GNSS |
Global Navigation Satellite System |
| GPS |
Global Positioning System |
| HIPS |
Hydrographic Information Processing System |
| Hz |
hertz |
| Inc. |
Incorporated |
| ITRF00 |
International Terrestrial Reference Frame 2000 |
| JPEG (or jpg) |
Joint Photographic Experts Group |
| KB |
kilobyte |
| km |
kilometer |
| km2 |
square kilometers |
| LCA S&T |
Louisiana Coastal Area Science and Technology |
| LDNR |
Louisiana Department of Natural Resources |
| m |
meter |
| MB |
megabyte |
| mm |
millimeter |
| ms |
millisecond |
| m/s |
meters per second |
| N |
north |
| NAD83 |
North American Datum of 1983 |
| NAVD88 |
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 |
| NGS |
National Geodetic Survey |
| NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| OPUS |
On-Line Positioning User Service |
| PAF |
Point Au Fer |
| PDF (or pdf) |
Portable Document Format |
| ppm |
parts per million |
| QA/QC |
quality assurance and quality control |
| RMS |
root mean square |
| R/V |
research vessel |
| s |
second |
| SBB |
single-beam bathymetry |
| SIPS |
Sonar Information Processing System |
| SOS |
speed of sound |
| SPCMSC |
Saint Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center |
| SVP |
sound velocity profile |
| SWAMP |
System Wide Assessment and Monitoring Program |
| TIFF |
tagged image file format |
| TIN |
triangulated irregular network |
| UNO |
University of New Orleans |
| USGS |
United States Geological Survey |
| UTC |
Coordinated Universal Time |
| UTM |
Universal Transverse Mercator |
| WGS84 |
World Geodetic System of 1984 |
| X (or x) |
easting |
| Y (or y) |
northing |
| Z (or z) |
elevation |