Acronym Decoder

OOI Acronyms

 

NSF      National Science Foundation

OOI      Ocean Observatories Initiative

OOIFB  Ocean Observatories Initiative Facilities Board

 

Arrays

CGSN   Coastal and Global Scale Nodes (Coastal Pioneer, Global Irminger and Station Papa arrays)

EA        Coastal Endurance Array

NSF      National Science Foundation

RCA     Regional Cabled Array

Implementing Organizations (IOs)

Marine Implementing Organizations (MIO)

OSU     Oregon State University

UW      University of Washington

WHOI Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Program Management Office (PMO)

Instruments

ADCP(T/S)       Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler

CTDBP             CTD (Conductivity-Temperature-Depth sensor) Bottom Pumped

CTDMO           CTD Mooring (Inductive)

DOSTA             Dissolved Oxygen (sometimes called DO or O2)

ENG                 Engineering

FDCHP             Direct Covariance Flux

FLORT             Fluorometer

IMM                Inductive modem (not an instrument, but used to transmit data inductively from an instrument to a DCL, STC, or other subsurface mooring controller)

METBK            Bulk Meteorology Instrument Package (multiple instruments that have data collected in a standalone controller unit before sending data to the DCL)

NUTNR            Nitrate

OPTAA             Spectrophotometer

PCO2A             pCO2 Air-Sea

PCO2W            pCO2 Water

PHSEN             Seawater pH

PRESF              Seafloor Pressure

SPKIR               Spectral Irradiance

VEL3D              3-D Single Point Velocity Meter

VELPT              Single Point Velocity Meter (similar to VEL3D, but different instruments)

WAVSS            Surface Wave Spectra

WFP                 Wire-following profiler (also referred to as MMP)

ZPLS(C/G)        Bio-acoustic Sonar

 

Platform Name Decoder (e.g., CP02PMCI)

1st digit:

C = Coastal

G = Global

 

2nd digit:

E = Endurance Array

P = Pioneer Array (after C); Station Papa (after G)

I = Irminger Sea

S = Southern Ocean

A = Argentine Basin

 

3rd & 4th digits:

Two numbers, where the first is currently always 0.

 

5th-8th digits:

CN = CeNtral

IS = InShore

OS = OffShore

CI = Central Inshore

CO = Central Offshore

UI = Upstream Inshore

UO = Upstream Offshore

SM = Surface Mooring

PM = Profiler Mooring

HYPM = Hybrid Profiler Mooring (Subsurface Mooring, or “SSM”)

FLMA = FLanking Mooring A (SSM)

FLMB = FLanking Mooring B (SSM)

MOAS = MObile ASset (e.g., gliders & AUVs)

 

Additional digits:

-PG### = Profiling Glider (data mules for SSMs) & glider number

-GL### = Coastal Glider or Open Ocean Glider (gather scientific data) & glider number

-A#### = Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) & AUV number