| ASCII |
American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
| B.P. |
before present |
| CSV |
Comma Separated Value |
| DGPS |
Differential Global Positioning System |
| DN |
digital number |
| DRI |
Directed-Research Initiative |
| DTM |
Digital Terrain Model |
| ESRI |
Environmental Systems Research Institute |
| GeoTIFF |
Georeferenced Tagged Image Format File |
| GIS |
Geographic Information System |
| GPS |
Global Positioning System |
| JPEG |
Joint Photographic Experts Group |
| JSF |
EdgeTech native format |
| MRU |
Motion Reference Unit |
| MVCO |
Martha's Vineyard Coastal Observatory |
| NGDC |
National Geophysical Data Center |
| NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| OASIS |
Optics Acoustics and Stress In Situ |
| ONR |
Office of Naval Research |
| PDF |
Portable Document Format |
| RTK |
Real-Time Kinematic |
| R/V |
Research Vessel |
| SVP |
Sound Velocity Profile |
| tfw |
Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) world files |
| TIFF |
Tagged Image Format File |
| USGS |
U.S. Geological Survey |
| UTM |
Universal Transverse Mercator |
| WGS84 |
World Geodetic System 1984 |
| WHOI |
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
| WHSC |
Woods Hole Science Center |
| XTF |
eXtended Triton Format |
U.S. Department of the Interior |
U.S. Geological Survey