Acronym "Dictionary"

Acronym	Spelled Out	Definition
ADCP	Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler
ADO	Arbitrary Digital Object	Object published in the digital library
ALV	Alvin	WHOI AUV
ATL	Atlantis	WHOI Research Vessel
AUV	Autonomous Underwater Vehicle	Submarine designed for deep water exploration
CCDS	Cannonical Cruise Data Structure	Directory organization of cruise data for publication
CV	Controlled Vocabulary	Managed list of possible values for given metadata criteria
GMT	Generic Mapping Tools	Program designed for electronic cartography
HDSS	Hydrographic Doppler Sonar System
MB System	MultiBeam System	Program designed for the evaluation and processing of multibeam data
MGD77	Marine Geophysical Data '77	File format for merged navigation, gravity, depth and magnetics. Submitted to the National Geophysical Data Center
MIF	Metadata Information File	ASCII file containing all metadata for a given ADO
MTF	Metadata Template File	Skeleton for a MIF
MV	Melville	SIO Research Vessel
ROV	Remotely Operated Vehicle	Submarine designed for deep water exploration
RR	Revelle	SIO Research Vessel
UNOLS	University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System	Organization of academic institutions and National Laboratories involved in oceanographic research and joined for the purpose of coordinating oceanographic ships' schedules and research facilitie
UW	Under-Way	Standard data collected while the cruise is underway, includes things like navigation, gravity, magnetics, etc.