ACCOBAMS
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Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans in the Black Sea Mediterranean Sea and Contigous Atlantic Area
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AEMET
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State Meteorological Agency (ES)
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AIS
|
Automatic Identification System
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API
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American Petroleum Institute
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ARGO
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system for observing temperature, salinity, and currents in the Earth’s oceans
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ARPEGE
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Research Project on Small and Large Scales
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AVISO
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Archiving, Validation and Interpretation of Satellite Oceanographic Data
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BirdLife
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Global Species Programme collates and analyses information on all the world’s birds
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BODC
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British Oceanographic Data Centre
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BOUSSOLE
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Buoy for the acquisition of long-term optical time series
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Cal/Val
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Calibration/Validation
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CAMP
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Coastal Area Management Programme
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CARBONOCEAN
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Marine carbon sources and sinks assessment
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CetaceanAlliance
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Preserving Whales and Dolphin of the Mediterranean Sea
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CFP
|
Common Fisheries Policy
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CH4
|
Methane
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Chl
|
Chlorophyll
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CISL
|
Computational and Information Systems Laboratory
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CLIM012
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Global and European sea level rise
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CLIM013
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Sea surface Temperature
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CLIM9434
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Ocean heat content
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CLS
|
Collecte Localisation Satellites (FR)
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CLU
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CLU s.r.l. (IT)
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CMCC
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Euro-Mediterranean Centre for Climate Change (IT)
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CNR
|
National Research Council (IT)
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CO2
|
Carbon Dioxide
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COCONet
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Continuously Operating Caribbean GPS Observational Network
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CODAS
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Consolidated Operations and Delay Analysis System
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Copernicus
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European Programme for the establishment of a European capacity for Earth Observation
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COST
|
Cooperation in Science and Technology
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CPR
|
Continuous Plankton Recorder
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Cs-137
|
Caesium-137
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CSDMS
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Community Surface Dynamics Modeling System
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CYCOFOS
|
Cyprus Coastal Ocean Forecasting and Observing System
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DAC
|
Data Assembly Center
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DCF
|
Data Collection Framework
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DCR
|
Data Collection Regulation
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DDT
|
Dichloro-Diphenyl-Trichloroethane
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DG-MARE
|
Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
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DIC
|
Dissolved Inorganic Carbon
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DIN
|
Dissolved Inorganic Nitrogen
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DIP
|
Dissolved Inorganic Phosphorous
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DIRM
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Inter-Regional direction of Mediterranean Sea
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DON
|
Dissolved Organic Nitrogen
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DOP
|
Dissolved Organic Phosphorus
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DTM
|
Digital Terrain Model
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E-AIMS
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Euro-Argo Improvements for the GMES Marine Service
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E-HYPE
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Pan-European hydrological model
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E-SURFMAR
|
Surface Marine Operational Service
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EC
|
European Commission
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ECMWF
|
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
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ECV
|
Essential Climate Variables
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EDF-EN
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EDF Energies Nouvelles (FR)
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EDMED
|
European Directory of Marine Environmental Data
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EEA
|
European Environmental Agency
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EEC
|
European Economic Community
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EEZs
|
Exclusive Economic Zones
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EGO
|
European Glider Observatory
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EIONet
|
European Environment Information and Observation Network
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EMODnet
|
European Marine Observation and Data Network
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EMSA
|
European Maritime Safety Agency
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EMSO
|
European Multidisciplinary Seafloor and Water Column Observatory
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ERIC
|
European Research Infrastructure Consortium
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ESA
|
European Space Agency
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ESFRI
|
European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures
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ESI
|
Environmental Sensitivity Index
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ESONET
|
European Seas Observatory NETwork
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EU
|
European Union
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EUMETNET
|
European National Meteorological Services
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EUNIS
|
European Nature Information System
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Euro-Argo
|
European contribution to ARGO program
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EUROGOOS
|
European Global Ocean Observing System
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EUROSION
|
European initiative for sustainable coastal erosion management
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EuroSITES
|
European Open Ocean Observatory Network
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EUROWATERNET
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European Environment Agency’s Monitoring and Information Network for Inland Water Resources
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EUSeaMap
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Mapping European seabed habitats
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EWGs
|
Expert Working Groups
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FAO
|
Food and Agriculture Organization
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FEM
|
Association de Préfiguration de l’IEED France Energies Marines (FR)
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FishStat
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Universal software for fishery statistical time series
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FixO3
|
Fixed point Open Ocean Observatory network
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FP7
|
Seventh Framework Programme
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GDAC
|
Global Data Assembly Center
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GEBCO
|
General Bathimetric Chart of the Oceans
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GEO
|
Group on Earth Observation
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Geoportal
|
type of web portal used to find and access geographic information
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GEOSS
|
Global Earth Observation System of Systems
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GES
|
Good Environmental Status
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GFCM
|
General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean
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GIS
|
Geographic information system
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GISC
|
GMES in-situ coordination
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GLA
|
Green Line Association
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GMES
|
Global Monitoring for Environment and Security
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GNOO
|
National Group for Operational Oceanography
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GOOS
|
Global Ocean Observing System
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GPS
|
Global Positioning System
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GRDC
|
Global Runoff Data Center
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GSA
|
Geographical Sub-Areas
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H2S
|
Sulfuric Acid
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HAB
|
Harmful Algal Bloom
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HadISST
|
Hadley Centre Sea Ice and Sea Surface Temperature data set
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HCMR
|
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (GR)
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HF
|
High Frequency
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HO
|
Hydrostatic Office
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HyMeX
|
Hydrological cycle in the Mediterranean Experiment
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ICCAT
|
International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas
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ICES
|
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
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ICZM
|
Integrated Coastal Zone Management
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IEO
|
Instituto Español de Oceanografía
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IFREMER
|
Institut Français de Recherche pour l’Exploitation de la Mer (FR)
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IH-Cantabria
|
Fundación Instituto de Hidráulica Ambiental de Cantabria (ES)
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IHO
|
International Hydrographic Organization
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IMEDEA
|
Mediterranean Advanced Studies Institute
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IMO
|
International Maritime Organization
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IMP
|
Integrated Maritime Policy
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INGV
|
National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (IT)
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INSPIRE
|
Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community
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IOC
|
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
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IPCC
|
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
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IRIS-SES
|
Integrated Regional monitoring Implementation Strategy in the South European Seas
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ISAC
|
Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate
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ISCOMAR
|
Isleña Marítima de Contenedores
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ISO
|
International Organization for Standardization
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ISPRA
|
Italian National Protection Agency
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IUCN
|
International Union for Conservation of Nature
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IUU
|
Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated
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JCOMM
|
Joint WMO-IOC Commission on Marine Meteorology
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JERICO
|
Towards a joint European research infrastructure network for coastal observatories
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JRC
|
Joint Research Centre
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LAT
|
Lowest Astronomical Tide
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LBS
|
Land Base Sources
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LIFE
|
EU’s financial instrument supporting environmental, nature conservation and climate action projects throughout the EU
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MAP
|
Mediterranean Action Plan.
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MAPMED
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Management of port areas in the Mediterranean Sea Basin
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MARBEF
|
Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning
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MARBOUND
|
VLIZ Maritime Boundaries Geodatabase
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Med-Hycos
|
Mediterranean Hydrological Cycle Observing System
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MEDAR/MEDATLAS
|
Mediterranean Data Archaeology and Rescue
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MEDESS4MS
|
Mediterranean Decision Support System for Marine Safety
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MEDISEH
|
Mediterranean Sensitive Habitats
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MEDPAN
|
MEDiterranean Protected Areas Network
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MEDPOL
|
Programme for the Assessment and Control of Marine Pollution in the Mediterranean
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MEDSLIK
|
Mediterranean oil spill model
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MNHN
|
Inventaire National du Patrimoine Naturel
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MONGOOS
|
Mediterranean Operational Network for the Global Ocean Observing System
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MOOSE
|
Mediterranean Ocean Observing System on Environment
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MPA
|
Marine Protected Area
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MRE
|
Marine Renewable Energy
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MRI
|
Marine Research Infrastructure
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MS
|
Member States
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MSFD
|
Marine Strategy Framework Directive
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MSP
|
Maritime Spatial Planning
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MSSD
|
Mediterranean Strategy for Sustainable Development
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MyO
|
MyOcean, Ocean Monitoring and Forecasting
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NATURA 2000
|
centrepiece of EU nature & biodiversity policy
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NAUSICAA
|
National Sea Centre
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NKUA
|
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
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NOAA
|
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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NRT
|
Near Real Time
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NUTS
|
Nomenclature of territorial units for statistics
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OCEANS-CAT
|
OCEANS Catalonia International SL (ES)
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OCHA
|
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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OGC
|
Open Geospatial Consortium
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OSE
|
Observing System Experiment
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OSOCC
|
Oil Spill Operations and Co-ordination Centre
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OSSE
|
Observing System Simulation Experiments
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OWF
|
Offshore Wind Farms
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P01
|
BODC Parameter Usage Vocabulary
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P02
|
SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary
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P03
|
SeaDataNet Agreed Parameter Groups
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PAL
|
Passive Acoustic Listener
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PANGAEA
|
Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science
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PCB
|
polychlorinated biphenyls
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pCO2
|
partial pressure of carbon dioxide
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PERSEUS
|
Policy-oriented marine Environmental Research in the Southern European Seas
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pH
|
Acidity
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PLOCAN
|
Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands
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PODAC
|
Product-Oriented Design And Construction Cost Model
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POSEIDON
|
Applications of Seismic Oceanography
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PROTECTEDPLANET
|
The latest initiative harnessing the World Database on Protected Areas
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PSMSL
|
Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level
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Pu-239
|
Plutonium-239
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RAC-SPA
|
Regional Activity Centre for Specially Protected Areas
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RAMSAR
|
Convention on Wetlands of International Importance
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REMPEC
|
Regional Marine Pollution Emergency Response Centre for the Mediterranean Sea
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REMSS
|
Remote Sensing Systems
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RESPONSES
|
project investigating EU policy action on climate change
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RI
|
Research Infrastructure
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RITMARE
|
Italian Marine Research Program
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RivDIS
|
Global River Discharge
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RMS
|
Root Mean Square Error
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ROOS
|
Regional Operational Oceanographic Systems
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RORO
|
Roll-on/roll-off
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S-AWS
|
Shipborne Automated Weather Stations
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SACOSTA
|
Environmental Sensitivity of the Coastline
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SAR
|
Search and Rescue
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SCREAM
|
Spatially Continuous Resource Economic Analysis Model
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SDN
|
SeaDataNet, pan-european infrastructure for ocean & marine data management
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SeaBASS
|
SeaWiFS Bio-optical Archive & Storage System
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SEDNET
|
European Sediment Network
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SESAME
|
Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East
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SHOM
|
Service hydrographique et océanographique de la marine
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SIH
|
French Fisheries Information System
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SKIRON
|
The regional weather forecasting system
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SOCIB
|
Balearic Islands Coastal Observing and Forecasting System (ES)
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SONEL
|
Système d’Observation du Niveau des Eaux Littorales
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SOOP
|
Ship Of Opportunity Programme
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SPA
|
Special Protection Area
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SPAMI
|
Specially Protected Areas of Mediterranean Importance
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SPLASHCOS
|
Submerged Prehistoric Archaeology and Landscapes of the Continental Shelf
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SST
|
Sea Surface Temperature
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STAG
|
Scientific and Technical Advisory Group
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STECF
|
Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries
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TAC
|
Total Allowable Catch
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TBT
|
Tributyltin
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TMOOS
|
Marine Technologies, Operational Oceanography and Sustainability Department
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TN = Tot_N
|
Total Nitrogen
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TOC
|
Total Inorganic Carbon
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TOSCA
|
Tracking Oil Spills & Coastal Awareness network
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TP= Tot_P
|
Total Phosphorus
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TPT
|
triphenyltin
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UCY
|
University of Cyprus (CY)
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UHSLC
|
University of Hawaii Sea Level Center
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UN
|
United Nations
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UNCLOS
|
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
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UNEP
|
United Nations Environment Programme
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UNESDO
|
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
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VLIZ
|
Flanders Marine Institute
|
VMS
|
Vessel Monitoring System
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VOS
|
Voluntary Observing Ship
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WASP
|
Wind Atlas Analysis and Application Program
|
WDPA
|
World Database on Protected Areas
|
WFD
|
Water Framework Directive
|
WISE
|
Water Information System for Europe
|
WMO
|
World Meteorological Organisation
|
WMOP
|
SOCIB Western Mediterranean Sea Operational forecasting system
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WRF
|
Weather Research and Forecasting
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WSAG
|
Water System Analysis Group
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WWF
|
World Wildlife Fund
|