List of Abbreviations and Acronyms 



AOR Area Of Responsibility 



AXBT Air-deployed expendable BathyThermograph 



AVHRR Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer 



BAPS iceBerg Analysis and Prediction System 



CAMSLANT Communications Area Master Station Atlantic 



CIS Canadian Ice Service 



DFO Department of Fisheries and Oceans 



FLAR Forward-looking Airborne Radar 



HF High Frequency 



HMCS Her Majesty's Canadian Ship 



IGOSS Integrated Global Ocean Services System 



IIP International Ice Patrol 



INMARSAT International Maritime Satellite (also Inmarsat) 



jRD Ice Reconnaissance Detachment 



jRI International Research Institute 



LAKI Limit of All Known Ice 



LDEO Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory 



LOS Length Of Season 



MA/ Motor Vessel 



NAC North Atlantic Current 



NAO North Atlantic Oscillation 



NAOI North Atlantic Oscillation Index 



NIC National Ice Center 



NSSI Normalized Season Severity Index 



NTIS National Technical Information Service 



PAL Provincial Air Lines 



RADAR Radio Detection And Ranging (also radar) 



RMS Royal Mail Steamer 



SOLAS Safety Of Life At Sea 



SLAR Side-Looking Airborne Radar 



SST Sea Surface Temperature 



WOCE World Ocean Circulation Experiment 



WWW World Wide Web 



