| ABS |
Acoustic Backscatter Sensor |
| ADCP |
Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler |
| ADV |
Acoustic Doppler Velocimeter |
| EPIC |
Data storage, retrieval and management formats and tool maintained by NOAA (see www.pmel.noaa.gov/epic/). Initially called Equatorial Pacific Information Collection. |
| Flobee |
High Resolution Flow Tripod (see fig. 2) |
| LISST |
Laser In Situ Suspended Scattering and Transmissometry |
| NCEP NAM |
National Centers for Environmental Prediction North American Mesoscale forecast system |
| mab |
Meters above bottom |
| Matlab® |
Software marketed by The Math Works, Inc., Natick, MA (see www.mathworks.com) |
| mbs |
Meters below surface |
| MSDS |
Material Safety Data Sheet |
| 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 www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/) |
| NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (see www.noaa.gov) |
| NOS |
National Ocean Service (see www.nos.noaa.gov) |
| OBS |
Optical Backscatter Sensor |
| Paros |
Paros Digiquartz® Pressure sensor |
| PCADP |
Pulse-Coherent Acoustic Doppler Profiler |
| PUV |
A method for measuring directional and non-directional wave properties from below the surface. The abbreviation also represents the three quantities measured: Pressure, and the two components (horizontal and axial) of the wave’s orbital velocity, U and V, respectively. |
| RDI |
RD Instruments (see www.rdinstruments.com) |
| R/V |
Research Vessel |
| SBE |
Sea-Bird Electronics |
| TRBM |
Trawl-Resistant Bottom Mount |
| USC |
University of South Carolina (see www.sc.edu) |
| USCG |
U. S. Coast Guard (see www.uscg.mil) |
| USGS |
U. S. Geological Survey (see www.usgs.gov) |
| YSI |
The Yellow Springs Instrument Company, now known as YSI Inc. |
| WWW |
World Wide Web |
