1998 Year of the Ocean Marine Science, Technology, and Research 



LIST OF ACRONYMS 



AUV autonomous underwater vehicles 



CORE Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education 



MEDEA Measurement of Earth Data for Environmental Analysis 



NAS National Academy of Sciences 



NMEA National Marine Educators Association 



NCAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 



NORLC National Oceanographic Research Leadership Council 



NRC National Research Council 



NSF National Science Foundation 



ONR Office of Naval Research 



ROV Remotely Operated Vehicle 



TOGA Tropical Ocean-Global Atmosphere 



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