| ACRONYM |
DEFINITION |
|
| ADCP |
Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler |
| Argos |
Satellite-based location and data-collection system developed by Service Argos, Inc.
(www.argosinc.com) |
| BASS |
Benthic Acoustic Stress Sensor |
| CECAP |
Controlled Environmental Chemical Antifouling Protection |
| CTD |
Conductivity, Temperature, Depth |
| DLCM |
Data Logging Current Meter -- a USGS data logger
used on the bottom tripod systems |
| EPIC |
Data storage, retrieval, and management formats and tool
maintained by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (see www.pmel.noaa.gov/epic/). Initially began as
Equatorial Pacific Information Collection. |
| LED |
Light Emitting Diode |
| LNB |
Large Navigational Buoy |
| MATLAB |
Software marketed by The Math Works, Inc., Natick, Mass.
(see http://www.mathworks.com) |
| MicroCAT |
Instrument made by Sea-Bird Electronics for time-series measurements of temperature and salinity
(see www.seabird.com) |
| MIDAS |
Multiparameter Intelligent Data Acquisition System - a
USGS data logger used on the bottom tripod systems |
| MWRA |
Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (see www.mwra.com) |
| NDBC |
National Data Buoy Center (part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
see www.ndbc.noaa.gov) |
| NetCDF |
Network Common Data Form--a data format and library of data access subroutines maintained
by Unidata (see
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/) |
| NEWDDISC |
A Fortran program used in processing of oceanographic data (outdated) |
| NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (see
www.noaa.gov) |
| NSINP |
Non Standard INPut--software program developed by
WHOI Buoy Group to input data to processing system |
| PCARPHP |
Portable Cassette Reading Program--software to convert data recorded on SeaData cassette
tapes into a format used by the WHOI
Buoy Group |
| PCMCIA |
Personal Computer Memory Card International Association--a credit card sized memory card
for laptop computers |
| PMEL |
Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (see
www.pmel.noaa.gov) |
| PSDEV |
Pressure Standard DEViation--standard deviation of bottom pressure measurements,
typically sampled at 1 to 2 Hz. Used as a measure of bottom currents
from surface waves |
| SEACAT |
Instrument made by Sea-Bird Electronics for time-series measurements of temperature and salinity
(see www.seabird.com) |
| SEADAT |
A program in C language used to change format of recorded data (outdated) |
| SeaData |
A manufacturer of low-power oceanographic data loggers and tape recorders (no longer in business) |
| SEASOFT |
Software created by Sea-Bird Electronics, Inc. for processing conductivity, temperature,
and depth observations (see www.seabird.com) |
| Tattletale |
A small, low-power computer made by Onset Computer Corporation used in oceanographic data loggers to control sampling and data storage (see
www.onsetcomp.com) |
| UCAR |
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (see
www.ucar.edu/ucar) |
| UNESCO |
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (see
www.unesco.org) |
| USCG |
U.S. Coast Guard (see www.uscg.mil) |
| USGS |
U.S. Geological Survey (see
www.usgs.gov) |
| VACM |
Vector-Averaging Current Meter |
| VAX |
A line of mid-range server computers made by Digital Computer Corp. in the 1980's |
| VMCM |
Vector-Measuring Current Meter |
| VMS |
Virtual Memory System--The operating system for the VAX computer |
| WHOI |
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (see
www.whoi.edu) |
Temperature in degrees Celsius (°C) may be converted to degrees Fahrenheit (°F) as follows:
°F=(1.8×°C)+32
Horizontal coordinate information is referenced to the North American Datum of 1983 (NAD83)
