List of Abbreviations and Acronyms 



AXBT Air-deployed expendable BathyThermograph 



BAPS iceBerg Analysis and Prediction System 



CAMSLANT Communications Area Master Station Atlantic 



CCGS Canadian Coast Guard Ship 



CIS Canadian Ice Service 



DFO Department of Fisheries and Oceans 



FLAR Forward-Looking Airborne Radar 



GPS Global Positioning System 



HMCS Her Majesty's Canadian Ship 



IGOSS Integrated Global Ocean Services System 



IIP International Ice Patrol 



IMO International Maritime Organization 



INMARSAT International Maritime Satellite 



IRD Ice Reconnaissance Detachment 



IRI International Research Institute 



KT Knots (nautical miles per hour) 



LAKI Limit of All Known Ice 



LAN Local Area Network 



LDEO Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory 



MA/ Motor Vessel 



MSS Maritime Surveillance System 



NAO North Atlantic Oscillation 



NIC National Ice Center 



NM Nautical Mile 



NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 



PRF Pulse Repetition Frequency 



RADAR Radio Detection And Ranging (also Radar, radar) 



RMS Royal Mall Steamer 



SDP Sensor Data Processor 



SOLAS Safety of Life at Sea 



SLAR Side-Looking Airborne Radar 



SSC Swedish Space Corporation 



SST Sea Surface Temperature 



USCG United States Coast Guard 



USS United States Ship 



WOCE World Ocean Circulation Experiment 



