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Convert a Common Oceanic/Atmospheric Acronym to/from a Full Name

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Accession Tracking Data Base Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler Advanced Along Track Scanning Radiometer ADvanced CIRCulation ADvanced CIRCulation Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer on EOS Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer on EOS Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer on JAXA's GCOM-W1 Advanced Research Weather Research and Forecasting Model Advanced SCATterometer Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer Advanced Visible & Near-Infrared Radiometer Aerosol Optical Depth Agouron Institute Air Resources Laboratory Airborne eXpendable BathyThermograph Alaska Fisheries Science Center Alaska Ocean Observing System Alaska Regional Office Alcatel Espace Systems Alfred Wegener Instituite for Polar and Marine Research Antarctic Circumpolar Currents Levels by Altimetry and Island Measurement Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre Antarctic Sciences Apparent Oxygen Utilization Archiving, Validation and Interpretation of Satellite Data in Oceanography Arctic Sciences Array for Real-time Geostrophic Oceanography Asia-Pacific Data-Research Center Astrobiology Science & Technology for Exploring Planets Asynchronous Regional Regression Model Atlantic Oceanographic & Meteorological Laboratory Atlantic Remote Sensing Land/Ocean Experiment Atlas of Surface Marine Data Atmosphere Model Intercomparison Project Australia Bureau of Meteorology Australian Antarctic Sciences Program Australian Institute of Marine Science Australian Oceanographic Data Center Automated Near-real-time Data Acquiring System Automated Weather Interactive Processing System Autonomous Lagrangian Circulation Explorer Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office Biological Information Retrieval System British Oceanographic Data Centre Bureau of Meteorology Bureau of Meteorology Bureau of Ocean Energy Management California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations California Department of Fish and Wildlife California Sea Grant Canadian Center for Remote Sensing Canadian Earth Observation Network Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure Canadian Meteorological Centre CARbon dioxide and DEEPwater formation Caribbean Coastal Ocean Observing System Caribbean Regional Association Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment Center for Dark Energy Biosphere Investigations Center for Integrated Marine Technology Center for Ocean Analysis and Prediction Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research Coastal Ocean Program Central and Northern California Ocean Observing System Centre d'Etudes de la Meteorologie Spatiale Centre ERS d'Archivage et de Traitment Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales Centro de Investigacao Marinha e Ambiental Chesapeake Bay Monitoring Program ChloroFlouroCarbon Chlorophyll-a Climate and Forecast Climate Anomaly Monitoring System Climate Change Science Program Climate Data Assimilation System Climate Data Research Institute Climate Model Intercomparison Project Climate Model Intercomparison Project 4 Climate Model Intercomparison Project 5 Climate Model Intercomparison Project 6 Climate Model Output Rewriter Climate Prediction Center Climate Program Office Climate Variability and Predictability programme Climate: Long-range Investigation Mapping and Prediction Climatic Research Unit Climatology of Global Ocean Winds Coastal and Marine Management Program Coastal Marine Automated Networks Coastal Marine Automated Networks Coastal Ocean Currents Monitoring Program Coastal Ocean Dynamics Applications Radar Coastal Ocean Observing and Analysis Coastal Relief Model CoastWatch CoastWatch Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico Collecte Localisation Satellites College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences Colored Dissolved Organic Matter Common Oceanographic Data Analysis System Commonwealth of the Northen Mariana Islands Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation Comprehensive Aerological Reference Data Set Comprehensive Large Array-data Stewardship System Comprehensive Ocean Atmosphere Data Set Comprehensive Ocean Atmosphere Data Set 1 Conductivity, Temperature, Depth Contiguous United States Continuous Plankton Recorder Continuously Managed Database Cooperative Institute for Oceanographic Satellite Studies Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences Cooperative Institute for Research the Atmosphere Cooperative Investigations of the Caribbean & Adjacent Regions Cooperative Investigations of the Northern part of the Eastern Central Atlantic Coral Reef Monitoring Network Coral Reef Watch Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere-Wave-Sediment Transport Danish Meteorological Institute Data Acquisition for Tidal Applications for the Remote Interrogation of Network Gauges Data Center for Digital Bathymetry Defence Science and Technology Laboratory Defense Meteorological Satellite Program Department of Commerce Department of Defense Department of Energy Department of Fisheries and Oceans Deutscher Wetterdienst Division of Environmental Biology Division of Integrative and Collaborative Education and Research Division of Integrative Organismal Systems Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences Division of Ocean Sciences Division of Polar Programs Doppler Orbitography and Radiopositioning Integrated by Satellite Earth System Research Laboratory Eastern Gulf of Mexico El Nino - Southern Oscillation Ensemble Coupled Data Assimilation Environmental Protection Agency ENVironmental SATellite Environmental Science Data and Information Management Estuarine and Coastal Ocean Model with Sediment Transport European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts European Commission Marie Curie Actions Program European Commission Seventh Framework Program European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites European REference Frame European Remote Sensing Satellite European Union eXpendable Conductivity-Temperature-Depth profiler Expendible Bathythermograph Experimental System for Predicting Shelf and Slope Optics Experimental System for Predicting Shelf and Slope Optics Experimental System for Predicting Shelf and Slope Optics Federation of Astronomical and Geophysical Data Analysis Services Fifth Assessment Report Fish & Wildlife Service Fisheries-Oceanography Cooperative Investigations Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center Fluorescence Line Height Fondo Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación of Venezuela Forecast Model Run Collection Foundation for Research, Science and Technology Fourth Assessment Report Framework Convention on Climate Change Free Surface Mask GEodetic and Oceanographic SATellite Geodetic Satellite Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory Geosat Follow-On Geostationary Meteorological Satellite Geostationary Meteorology Satellite Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite Global Area Coverage Global Argo Data Repository Global Australian Multi-Sensor SST Analysis Global Climate Observing System Global Data Assembly Centres Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment Global High-Resolution Sea Surface Temperature Global Historical Climatology Network Global Ocean Data Assimilation Experiment Global Ocean Data Assimilation System GLOBal Ocean ECosystems Dynamics Global Ocean Flux Study Global Ocean Observing System Global Ocean SAlinity MonitORing Global Ocean Temperature & Salinity Global Oceanographic Data Archaeology and Rescue Global Positioning System Global Precipitation Climatology Centre Global Precipitation Climatology Project Global Sea Level Observing System Global Sea Level Observing System subset used for ALTimetry calibrations Global Sea Level Observing System subset used for Long Term Trends studies Global Sea Level Observing System subset used for ongoing Ocean Circulation monitoring Global Self-consistent, Hierarchical, High-resolution Shorelines Global Telecommunications System Global Temperature-Salinity Profile Program Global Terrestrial Observing System Global Tropical Moored Buoy Array Goddard Earth Sciences Distributed Active Archive Center Goddard Institute for Space Studies Goddard Space Flight Center GOES Precipitation Index Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Tellus Great Lakes Coastal Forecasting System Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory Great Lakes Observing System Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office Gulf of Maine Ocean Observing System Gulf of Mexico Gulf of Mexico Coastal Observing System Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission Hadley Centre Sea Ice and Sea Surface Temperature Hadley Centre Sea Ice and Sea Surface Temperature 1 Hadley Centre Sea Ice and Sea Surface Temperature 1.1 Hadley Centre Sea Ice and Sea Surface Temperature 1.2 Harmful Algal Bloom Hawai'i Undersea Research Laboratory Hawaiian Ocean Time Series Health Of The Oceans High Frequency High Frequency Radar High Frequency Radar HIgh Resolution Atmospheric Model High Resolution Picture Transmission Historical Sea Surface Temperature Data project HYbrid Coordinate Ocean Model Ice Water Path Indian National Oceanographic Data Center Indian National Satellite Indonesian Through Flow InfraRed Institut Francais de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer Integrated Global Observing Strategy Integrated Global Ocean Services System Integrated Marine Observing System Integrated Ocean Observing System Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change International Comprehensive Ocean Atmosphere Data Set International Coral Reef Action Network International Geosphere Biosphere Programme International Hydrographic Bureau International Hydrographic Organisation International Lithosphere Programme International Maritime Satellite Organisation International Ocean Colour Coordinating Group International Oceanographic Data Exchange International Pacific Research Center International Science and Technology Fund International Southern Ocean Studies International Union for Quaternary Research InterTropical Convergence Zone Intra-Americas Sea Nowcast/Forecast System Irish Marine Institute Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Japanese Meteorological Agency Japanese Reanalysis Jet Propulsion Laboratory JMA Climate Data Assimilation System Joint Archive for Sea Level Joint Global Ocean Flux Study Joint Institue for the Study of Atmoshere and Ocean Joint WMO/IOC technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology Journal of Climate Journal of Geophysical Research Journal of Physical Oceanography Kelp Forest Monitoring King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Liquid Water Path Local Area Coverage Long Term Mean Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Main Hawaiian Islands Maine Department of Marine Resources Making Earth System Data Records for Use in Research Environments Marine and Aviation Operations Marine EnviRonment and Security for the European Area Marine Environmental Data Service Marine Mammal Research Program MArine Optical BouY Marine Optical Buoy System Marine Optical Characterization Experiment Marine Protected Area Marine Science and Technology Foundation Marine Spill Analysis System Marshall Space Flight Center Master Oceanographic Observations Data Set Maximum Chlorophyll Index Mean Sea Level Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere Mediterranean Data Archeology and Rescue Mediterranean Oceanic Data Base Meteorological Office Meteorological Office Historical Sea Surface Temperature Meteosat Operational Programme Meteosat Second Generation Microwave Scanning Radiometer Microwave Sounding Unit Mid-Atlantic Regional Association Coastal Ocean Observing System Minnesota Sea Grant Mission to Planet Earth Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer on Aqua Modular Ocean Data Assimilation System Multi-Purpose Stellite Operations Center Multi-scale Ultra-high Resolution Multiple Opening/Closing Net & Environmental Sensing System MultiSpectral Scanner NASA Climate Data System National Aeronautics and Space Administratio National Center for Atmospheric Research National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science National Centers for Environmental Information National Centers for Environmental Prediction National Climatic Data Center National Coastal Data Development Center National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy National Commission for Science and Technology (CONICYT), Chile National Coral Reef Institute National Data Buoy Center National Data Buoy Office National Drought Mitigation Center National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service National Estuarine Reserve Research System National Geophysical Data Center National Hurricane Center National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences National Institute of Standards and Technology National Institutes of Health National Marine Data Inventory National Marine Fisheries Service National Marine Sanctuaries National Meteorological Center National Ocean Partnership Program National Ocean Service National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Oceanic Program National Oceanographic Data Center National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System National Polar-orbiting Partnership National Research Council National Science Foundation National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada National Severe Storms Laboratory National Snow and Ice Data Center National Space Science Data Center National Spatial Data Infrastructure National Tidal Facility National Tide Observation Network National Virtual Ocean Data System National Weather Service Natural Environment Research Council Naval Oceanographic Office Naval Oceanography Naval Postgraduate School Naval Research Laboratory Navy Aerosol Analysis and Prediction System Navy Coastal Ocean Model Navy Coupled Ocean Data Assimilation Navy Global Environmental Model Navy Oceanographic Meteorological Automatic Device Navy Operational Global Atmospheric Prediction System Navy Remote Oceanographic Sensing System Near Real Time Nearshore Sediment Transport Study Nephelometric Turbidity Units Network Common Data Format Neurotoxic Shellfish Poisoning New Jersey Shelf Observing System New York Harbor Observing and Prediction System Next Generation Water Level Measurement System NEXt Generation Weather RADar NOAA Marine and Aviation Operations NOAA Shipboard Sensor Data Acquisition Normalized Difference Snow Index Normalized Difference Vegetation Index Normalized Vegetation Index North Americal Model North Atlantic Bloom Experiment North Atlantic Oscillation North Atlantic Treaty Organisation North East Pacific North Equatorial CounterCurrent NorthEast Consortium NorthEast Fisheries Science Center NorthEast Gulf of Alaska Northeastern Regional Association Ocean Observing Systems Northern California Coastal Circulation Study Northwest Association of Networked Ocean Observing Systems Northwest Fisheries Science Center Oak Ridge National Laboratory Observations for Model Intercomparisons Observations for Model Intercomparisons Observing System Monitoring Center Ocean and Sea Ice Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility Ocean Biogeographic Information System Ocean Biology Processing Group Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry Program Ocean Climate Laboratory Ocean Color and Temperature Scanner Ocean Current Drifter Data Ocean Data View Ocean Drilling Program Ocean Exploration Program Ocean Observation Panel for Climate Ocean Observing System Development Panel Ocean-Coastal Management Program Oceanic General Circulation Model Oceanographic Profile DataBase Office of Habitat Conservation Office of International Affairs Office of International Science and Engineering Office of Naval Research Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research Office of Protected Resources Office of Satellite and Product Operations Office of Satellite Data Processing and Distribution Office of Satellite Operations Office of Science and Technology Office of Science and Technology Infrastructure Office of Sustainable Fisheries Open Working Group Operational Sea Surface Temperature and Sea Ice Analysis Optimum Interpolation Optimum Interpolation Sea Surface Temperature Oregon State University Outgoing Longwave Radiation Pacific Decadal Oscillation Pacific Equatorial Ocean Dynamics Pacific Fisheries Environmental Group Pacific Fisheries Environmental Laboratory Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System Pacific Islands Regional Office Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory Pacific Region Harmful Algal Blooom Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre Palmer Drought Severity Index Pelagic Fisheries Research Program Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level Photosynthetically Available Radiation Physical Ocean Data Group Physical Oceanographic Real-Time Systems Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center Physical Oceanography Division Physical Oceanography Division Physical Sciences Division Pilot Research Moored Array in the Tropical Atlantic Platforms of Opportunity Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellite Polar Orbiting Meteorological Satellite System Practical Salinity Scale Practical Salinity Unit Princeton Ocean Model Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory Quality Assurance Quality Control Radio Frequency Real-Time Ocean Forecast System Regional Australian Multi-Sensor SST Analysis Regional Data Assembly Centres Regional Ocean Modeling System Regional Ocean Modeling System Relative Sea Level Remote Sensing Systems Remotely Operated Vessel Research Moored Array for African-Asian-Australian Monsoon Analysis and Prediction Research Quality Data Set Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study Salinity-Temperature-Depth profiler San Francisco State University Satellite Altimetry Laboratory Satellite Laser Ranging Schmidt Ocean Institute School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology Science Applications International Corporation Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research Scripps Institution of Oceanography Sea Level Pressure Sea Surface Height Sea Surface Temperature Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly Sea Surface Topography Sea, Lake & Overland Surge from Hurricanes Sea-Wide Field-of-View Sensor Self-calibrated Palmer Drought Severity Index Severe Storms Forecast Center Side-Looking Airborne Radar Significant Wave Height Simple Ocean Data Assimilation Simulating WAves Nearshore model Single Sensor Error Statistics Sixth Assessment Report Sound Fixing and Ranging Sounding Oceanographic Lagrangian Observer South China Sea South Florida Ecosystem Restoration, Prediction, and Modeling Program South Pacific Convergence Zone Southeast Area Monitoring & Assessment Program Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association Southeast Fisheries Science Center Southeast Regional Office Southern California Coastal Ocean Observing System Southern Ocean Sea Level Centre Southwest Fisheries Science Center Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager Standard Mapped Image Storm Tide Warning Service Sub-Surface Pressure Sultan Qaboos University Surface CUrrents from a Diagnostic model Swiss National Science Foundation Synthetic Aperture Focusing Technique Synthetic Aperture Radar Technische Universiteit Delft Television Infrared Observation Satellite Third Assessment Report Tide Gauge Bench Mark TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder TOPEX/POSEIDON Follow-On Topography Experiment TRMM Microwave Imager Tropical Atmosphere/Ocean Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission Ultra High Frequency UltraViolet United Kingdom Meteorology Office United Nations Conference on Environment and Development United Nations Development Programme United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation United Nations Environment Programme United States United States Climate Reference Network United States Department of Agriculture United States Department of Commerce United States Department of Defense United States Department of Energy United States Fish & Wildlife Service United States Geological Survey United States Historical Climatological Network United States Total Electron Content United States West Coast University Corporation for Atmospheric Research University of California, San Deigo University of Connecticut University of Hawaii University of Hawaii Sea Level Center University of Maine University of South Florida University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System Unmanned Underwater Vehicle Vegetation Index Very High Frequency Very High Resolution Radiometer Very Long Baseline Interferometry Video Plankton Recorder Visible and Infrared Imager/Radiometer Suite Visible and Infrared Imager/Radiometer Suite/Suomi-NPP Visible and Infrared Imager/Radiometer Suite/Suomi-NPP Visible and Infrared Radiometer Visible InfraRed Scanner Visible InfraRed Scanning Radiometer Voluntary Observing Ships Water Resources Research Center Weather Forecast Office Weather Research and Forecasting Model West Coast Node West Coast Regional Node West Coast Regional Office West Pacific Oscillation Western Equatorial Pacific Ocean Circulation Study Western Regional Climate Center Western Tropical Atlantic Experiment Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution World Climate Research Programme World Data Centre World Meteorological Center World Meteorological Organisation World Ocean Atlas World Ocean Atlas 2005 World Ocean Atlas 2009 World Ocean Atlas 2013 World Ocean Atlas 2017 World Ocean Circulation Experiment World Ocean Database World Ocean Database X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar Year Of The Ocean
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• Exact Match - This service requires case-sensitive, exact matches. If there is no exact match, you will get an error error message. Most of the acronyms are entirely uppercase. Some common variants with different cases are included (e.g., ESPRESSO and ESPreSSO).
   
• Not Perfect - This service isn't perfect. Many acronyms could be expanded to two or more full names. This service includes acronyms that fairly reliably (> 95% confidence?) expand to a particular name, but that doesn't mean it will be correct for your use of the acronym. This service doesn't include acronyms that commonly expand to more than one full name (e.g., SAF, which could be expanded to Synthetic Aperture Focusing or Satellite Application Facility).
   
• Suggestions? This service's list of acronyms is not complete. If you want to add a common acronym or make a correction, please email it to bob dot simons at noaa dot gov .
   

 

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