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GlossaryLAS ..................Live Access ServerLEO 15 ............Long-term Environmental Observatory 15LOICZ .............Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal ZoneMARS ..............Monterey Accelerated Research SystemMBARI ............Monterey Bay Aquarium Research InstituteMODIS ...........Moderate Resolution Imaging SpectroradiometerNARA ..............National Archives and Records AdministrationNASA ..............National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNCDDC ..........National Coastal Data Development CenterNDBC .............National Data Buoy CenterNEON .............National Ecological Observatory NetworkNeptune ..........a project seeking to establish a seafloor observatory in the Northeast Pacific OceanNOAA .............National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationNODC ............National Oceanographic Data CenterNOPP ..............National Oceanographic Partnership ProgramNVODS ...........National Virtual Ocean Data System (NVODS)OBIS ................Ocean Biogeographic Information SystemOcean.US ........The national office for integrated and sustained ocean observationsODAP ..............Ocean Data Access ProtocolOIT .................Ocean Information TechnologyOITP ...............Ocean Information Technology ProjectOOI .................Ocean Observatory InitiativeOPeNDAP .......Open source Project for a Network Data Access ProtocolORION ...........Ocean Research Interactive Observatory Networks programOSSE ...............Observing System Simulation ExperimentPODAAC ........Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive CenterPDA .................Primary Data AssemblyQC ...................Quality ControlQuikSCAT ......satellite that has wind-measuring instrumentationRDBMS ...........Relational Database Management SystemRNODC ..........Responsible National Oceanographic Data CenterSeaWinds ........a specialized radar on the QuikSCAT satellite that measures near-surface wind speed and directionat a 25 km resolution.SMTP ..............Simple Mail Transfer ProtocolSQL .................Structured Query LanguageTAO .................Tropical Atmosphere OceanTCP/IP ............Transmission Control Protocol/Internet ProtocolTeAM ..............Technology Assessment and ManagementT/P ..................TOPEX/POSEIDON satellite, providing ocean surface topographyTRP .................Technology Refreshment PlanURI .................Universal Resource IdentifierVOS .................Volunteer Observing ShipWDC ...............World Data CenterWMO ..............World Meteorological OrganizationWOCE .............World Ocean Circulation ExperimentWWW .............World Wide WebXBT .................Expendable BathythermographXML ................Extensible Markup Language