APPENDIX L 



SOME ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS 

 USED IN OCEANOGRAPHY 



AEC: Atomic Energy Commission. 



ART: Airborne Radiation Thermometer. 



ASTM: American Society for Testing Materials. 



ASW: Anti- Submarine Warfare. 



ASWEPS: Anti -Submarine Warfare Environmental Prediction System. 



BCF: Bureau of Commercial Fisheries. 

 BT: Bathythermograph. 

 BUSHIPS: Bureau of Ships. 

 BUWEPS: Bureau of Naval Weapons. 



CMR: Common Mode Rejection. 



CNO: Chief of Naval Operations. 



CSIRO: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organiza- 

 tion (Australia). 



DECCA: A continous-wave, hyperbolic radio aid to navigation in 



which a receiver measures and indicates the relative phase 

 differences between signals received fronn two or more 

 synchronized ground stations. 



DOD: Department of Defense. 



DOG: Director, Office of Oceanography. The proposed office to be 



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