1998 Year of the Ocean 



Impacts of Global Climate Change 



LIST OF ACRONYMS 



AOML 



ASRL 



CDC 



CENR 



CO2 



CPC 



CZM 



DOE 



ENSO 



ERL 



FCCC 



FEMA 



GCM 



GCRMN 



GEWEX 



GFDL 



GOALS 



GOOS 



ICM 



IOC 



IPCC 



IRI 



NAO 



NASA 



NCEP 



NOAA 



NSF 



OAR 



PMEL 



PNA 



SAV 



SCPP 



SST 



TAO 



TOGA 



UNEP 



UNESCO 



VOS 



WMO 



WOCE 



Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory 



accelerated sea-level rise 



Climate Diagnostics Center 



White House Committee on the Environment and Natural Resources 



carbon dioxide 



Climate Prediction Center 



Coastal Zone Management 



Department of Energy 



El Nino/Southern Oscillation (The term ENSO will be used to refer to both a 



warm and a cold episode; El Nino will be used to specify a warm episode, and La 



Nina will be used to specify a cold episode.) 



Environmental Research Laboratories 



Framework Convention on Climate Change 



Federal Emergency Management Agency 



General Circulation Model 



Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network 



Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment 



Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory 



Global Ocean Atmosphere Land System 



Global Ocean Observing System 



Integrated Coastal Management 



Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission 



Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 



International Research Institute for Climate Prediction 



North Atlantic Oscillation 



National Aeronautics and Space Administration 



National Centers for Environmental Prediction 



National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 



National Science Foundation 



(Office of ) Oceanic and Atmospheric Research 



Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory 



Pacific-North American 



submerged aquatic vegetation 



Seasonal-to-Interannual Climate Prediction Program 



sea surface temperature 



Tropical Atmosphere Ocean 



Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere 



United Nations Environmental Programme 



United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization 



Volunteer Observing Ship 



World Meteorlogical Organization 



World Ocean Circulation Experiment 



G-52 



