II 



Abbreviations and Acronyms 



V '1 



ACQS 



ALT 

 ARISTOTELES 



ARM 



BLM 

 B.O. 

 CHAMMP 



CNES 



CO. 



COA 



COP 



CS 



DIN 



DOC 



DOD 



DOE 



DOI 



Advisory Committee on Ocean Sciences 



(ACOS) 

 Radar altimeter 

 Applications and Research Involving Space 



Technologies 

 Observing the Earth's Field from Low Earth 



Orbiting Satellites 

 Atmospheric Radiation Measurements 



program (DOE) 

 Bureau of Land Management 

 Biological oceanography 

 Computer Hardware, Advanced Modeling and 



Model Physics program 

 French space agency .-"'l; 



Chemical oceanography -' ' 



Council on Ocean Affairs 

 Coastal Ocean Program (NOAA) ' *' 



Color scanner - ' 



dissolved inorganic nitrogen '' 



dissolved organic carbon ' ^ ■' 



Department of Defense ;-' 



Department of Energy 

 Department of the Interior ^ 



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