Appendix D. Index of Acronyms and Abbreviations
U.S. GLOBEC U.S. Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics
CoOP Coastal Ocean Processes
NOAA National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
NSF National Science Foundation
ONR Office of Naval Research
MMS Minerals Management Service
CalCOFI California Cooperative Ocean Fisheries Investigation
NMFS National Marine Fisheries Service
ICES International Council for the Exploration of the Seas
PICES Pacific Marine Science Organization
OPEN Ocean Production Enhancement Network
U.S. JGOFS U.S. Joint Global Ocean Flux Study
ENSO El Niño Southern Oscillation
OSSE Observational System Simulation Experiments
GOOS Global Ocean Observing System
EBC Eastern Boundary Current
CCS California Current System
SPACC Small Pelagic Fish and Climate Change