U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 563
| ACRONYM OR ABBREVIATION |
DEFINITION |
|---|---|
ASCII |
American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
AVG |
Angle Varying Gain |
BASE |
Bathymetry Based on Statistical Error |
CCT |
Coastal Change and Transport |
Chirp |
Compressed High Intensity Radar Pulse |
cm |
Centimeter(s) |
CO-OPS |
Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services |
DGPS |
Differential Global Positioning System |
DVD |
Digital Versatile Disc |
EAARL |
Experimental Advanced Airborne Research Lidar |
ESRI |
Environmental Systems Research Institute |
FACS |
Field Activity Collection System |
FGDC |
Federal Geographic Data Committee |
FRAWG |
Frame Work Group |
GeoBar |
Georeferenced Backscatter Raster |
GIS |
Geographic Information System |
GPS |
Global Positioning System |
HIPS |
Hydrographic Information Processing System |
HP |
High Performance |
HTML |
Hypertext Markup Language |
ID |
Identification |
IMU |
Inertial Measurement Unit |
JPEG |
Joint Photographic Experts Group |
KB |
Kilobyte(s) |
kHz |
Kilohertz |
km |
Kilometer(s) |
Lidar |
Light Detection and Ranging |
Ltd |
Limited |
m |
Meter(s) |
MB |
Megabyte(s) |
MsCIP |
Mississippi Coastal Improvements Program |
MLLW |
Mean Lower Low Water |
NAD83 |
North American Datum 1983 |
NAVD88 |
North American Vertical Datum 1988 |
NGS |
National Geodetic Survey |
NGOM |
Northern Gulf of Mexico |
NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
PDF |
Portable Document Format |
R/V |
Research Vessel |
s |
Second(s) |
SEA |
Systems Engineering and Assessment |
SIPS |
Sonar Information Processing System |
SOS |
Speed of Sound |
SSS |
Side Scan Sonar |
SVP |
Sound Velocity Probe |
SVS |
Sound Velocity Sensor |
SXC |
SEA Ltd. Swath Processor Coverage File |
SXP |
SEA Ltd. Swath Processor Processed File |
SXR |
SEA Ltd. Swath Processor Raw File |
SXS |
SEA Ltd. Swath Processor Session File |
TIFF |
Tagged Image File Format |
TVG |
Time Varying Gain |
USACE |
United States Army Corps of Engineers |
USGS |
U. S. Geological Survey |
UTM |
Universal Transverse Mercator |
WGS84 |
World Geodetic System 1984 |
XML |
Extensible Markup Language |
XTF |
Extended Triton Format |
U.S. Department of the Interior |
U.S. Geological Survey
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