7. Acronyms 
ARGO 
Array for Real-time Geostrophic Oceanography 
BATHY 
WMO Code for reporting bathythermal observations 
BSH 
Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie (Germany) 
CAVASSOO 
Carbon Variability Studies by Ships of Opportunity 
CLIVAR 
Climate Variability and Predictability (WCRP component) 
CTD 
Conductivity-Temperature-Depth instrument 
DFG 
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Germany) 
DHI 
Deutsches Hydrographisches Institut (Germany) 
EU 
European Union 
GOOS 
Global Ocean Observing System 
GTS 
Global Telecommunication System of WMO 
IGOSS 
Integrated Global Ocean Services System of IOC-WMO 
IOC 
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (UNESCO) 
JCOMM 
Joint Commission for Ocean and Marine Measurements of IOC-WMO 
LSW 
Labrador Sea Water 
MARNET 
Marine Monitoring Network in the North Sea and Baltic Sea (Germany) 
MEDS 
Marine Environmental Data Services (Canada) 
MOC 
Meridional Overturning Circulation 
NAC 
North Atlantic Current 
NAO 
North Atlantic Oscillation 
NOAA 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (USA) 
NODC 
National Oceanographic Data Centre of IODE 
SEAS 
Shipboard Environmental Data Acquisition System of NOAA 
SOOP 
Ship of Opportunity Programme 
SOOPIP 
Ship of Opportunity Programme Implementation Panel of IOC 
SSS 
Sea Surface Salinity 
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