| C-GOOS |
Coastal Panel of GOOS |
| CAOS |
Coordinated Adriatic Observing System |
| CARICOMP |
Caribbean Coastal Marine Productivity Programme |
| CDOM |
Coloured Dissolved Organic Matter |
| CHL |
Chlorophyll |
| CMS |
Centre of Marine Studies of the Federal University of Parana |
| COMAR |
Coastal Marine |
| CoMSBLACK |
Cooperative Marine Science Programme for the Black Sea |
| CPR |
Continuous Plankton Recorder |
| CSD |
Commission on Sustainable Development |
| CSI |
Coastal Regions and Small Island States |
| CZCS |
Coastal Zone Colour Scanner System |
| DFID |
Department for International Development |
| EASY |
Environmental analysis system |
| EuroGOOS |
European GOOS |
| FANSA |
Goupo de Trabajo sobre Floraciones Algales Nocivas en Sudam‚rica |
| GCOS |
Global Climate Observing System |
| GCRMN |
Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network |
| GEOHAB |
Global Ecology of Harmful Algal Blooms |
| GIPME |
Global Investigation of Pollution in the Marine Environment |
| GLOBEC |
Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics |
| GLOSS |
Global Sea-Level Observing System |
| GODAE |
Global Ocean Data Assimilation Experiment |
| GOSSP |
Global Observing Systems Space Panel |
| GPO |
GOOS Project Office |
| GSC |
GOOS Steering Committee |
| GTOS |
Global Terrestrial Observing System |
| HAB |
Harmful Algal Bloom |
| HEED |
Health, Ecological and Economic Dimensions of Global Change Programme |
| HELCOM |
Helsinki Commission |
| HOTO |
Health of the Oceans |
| IAEA |
International Atomic Energy Agency |
| ICAM |
Integrated Coastal Area Management |
| ICES |
International Council for the Exploitation of the Sea |
| ICRI |
International Coral Reef Initiative |
| ICSU |
International Council for Science |
| IGBP |
International Geosphere - Biosphere Programme |
| IGU |
International Geographical Union |
| IHP |
International Hydrological Programme |
| IMO |
International Maritime Organization |
| IOC |
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission |
| IODE |
International Ocean Data and Information Exchange programme |
| ISRS |
International Society for Reef Studies |
| IUCN |
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (and Natural Resources) |
| J-DIMP |
Joint Data and Information Management Panel |
| LABNET |
Network of US Coastal Laboratories |
| LMR |
Living Marine Resources |
| LOICZ |
Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone |
| MAP |
Mediterranean Action Plan |
| MAST |
Marine Science and Technology programme |
| MedGOOS |
Mediterranean GOOS |
| NGOs |
Non-governmental Organizations |
| NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| NODCs |
National Oceanographic Data Centres |
| NOWPAP |
Northwest Pacific Action Plan |
| OOPC |
Ocean Observing panel for Climate |
| OOSDP |
Ocean Observing System Development Panel |
| OSPARCOM |
Oslo-Paris Commission |
| PACSICOM |
Pan African Conference on Sustainable Integrated Coastal Management |
| PICES |
Pacific ICES |
| PSMSL |
Permanent Service for Mean Sea-Level |
| PSP |
Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning |
| RAMP |
Rapid Assessment of Marine Pollution |
| ROSE |
Radar Ocean Sensing |
| SAR |
Synthetic Aperture Radar |
| SEAGNET |
Seagrass Network |
| SIDA-SAREC |
Swedish Development Agency |
| SPREP |
South Pacific Regional Environment Programme |
| SS |
Suspended Solids |
| TAO |
Tropical Atmosphere Ocean (buoy array) |
| TEMA |
Training, Education and Mutual Awareness |
| TSM |
Total Suspended Matter |
| TWAS |
Third World Academy of Sciences |
| UFDP |
Federal University of Parana |
| UNEP |
United Nations Environment Programme |
| WESTPAC |
IOC's regional group for the western Pacific |
| WIOMAP |
Western Indian Ocean Marine Applications Project |
| WMO |
World Meteorological Organization |
| WOCE |
World Ocean Circulation Experiment |
| WWW |
World Weather Watch |