ASCII |
American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
BASE |
Bathymetry Based on Statistical Error |
BIM |
Barrier Island Mapping |
cm |
centimeter |
CTD |
Conductivity, Temperature, Pressure, and Depth |
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 |
FAN |
field activity number |
FGDC |
Federal Geographic Data Committee |
ft |
foot |
GEOID12B |
geoid model of 2012 version B |
GIS |
geographic information system |
GPS |
Global Positioning System |
GUIS |
Gulf Islands National Seashore |
HIPS |
Hydrographic Information Processing System |
HP |
High Precision |
Hz |
hertz |
IFB |
interferometric swath bathymetry |
IMU |
inertial measurement unit |
ITRF00 |
International Terrestrial Reference Frame of 2000 |
ITRF08 |
International Terrestrial Reference Frame of 2008 |
KB |
kilobyte |
kHz |
kilohertz |
km |
kilometer |
lidar |
light detection and ranging |
m |
meter |
MB |
megabyte |
MCU |
maximum cumulative uncertainty |
MHW |
mean high water |
MLLW |
Mean Lower Low Water |
mm |
millimeter |
ms |
millisecond |
m/s |
meter per second |
MsCIP |
Mississippi Coastal Improvements Program |
NAD83 |
North American Datum of 1983 |
NAVD88 |
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 |
NGOM |
Northern Gulf of Mexico |
NGS |
National Geodetic Survey |
NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
NPS |
National Park Service |
OPUS |
Online Positioning User Service |
PDF |
Portable Document Format |
PID |
Permanent Identifier |
ppm |
part per million |
QA/QC |
quality assurance and quality control |
RMS |
root mean square |
R/V |
research vessel |
s |
second |
SBB |
single-beam bathymetry |
SEA |
Systems Engineering and Assessment Ltd. |
SIPS |
Sonar Information Processing System |
SOS |
speed of sound |
SPCMSC |
St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center |
SVP |
sound velocity profile |
SVS |
Sound Velocity Sensor |
TIN |
triangulated irregular network |
USACE |
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |
USGS |
U.S. Geological Survey |
UTC |
Coordinated Universal Time |
UTM |
Universal Transverse Mercator |
WGS84 |
World Geodetic System of 1984 |
XML |
Extensible Markup Language |