| 3D |
Three dimensional |
| ACP |
American Clean Power |
| ACT |
Atlantic Cooperative Telemetry Network |
| AI |
Artificial Intelligence |
| AMAPPS |
Atlantic Marine Assessment Program for Protected Species |
| ASMFC |
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries |
| ATN |
Animal Telemetry Network |
| AUV |
Autonomous Underwater Vehicle |
| AWWI |
American Wild Wildlife Institute (now Renewable Energy Wildlife Institute) |
| AZMP |
Atlantic Zone Monitoring Program |
| BIWF |
Block Island Wind Farm |
| BOEM |
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management |
| BRI |
Biodiversity Research Institute |
| BRUVS |
Baited Remote Underwater Video Station |
| CARE |
Collective benefit, Authority to control, Responsibility, Ethics |
| CBIBS |
Chesapeake Bay Interpretive Buoy System |
| CCE |
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County |
| CDIP |
Coastal Data Information Program |
| CEC |
Clean Energy Center |
| CFMC |
Caribbean Fishery Management Council |
| CFRF |
Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation |
| CMECS |
Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard |
| CNAPS |
Coupled Northwest Atlantic Prediction System |
| COP |
Construction and Operation Plan |
| CT DEEP |
Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection |
| CVOW |
Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind |
| DAC |
Data Assembly Center |
| DGSC |
Data Governance Subcommittee |
| DMR |
Department of Marine Resources |
| DNR |
Department of Natural Resources |
| DNREC |
State of Delaware. Department of Natural Resources and. Environmental Control |
| DOE |
U.S. Department of Energy |
| DOI |
Digital Object Identifier |
| DPS |
Distinct Population Segments |
| DTAG |
Digital Acoustic Recording Tag |
| eDNA |
Environmental DNA |
| EA |
Environmental Assessments |
| eDNA |
Environmental Deoxyribonucleic Acid |
| EEF |
Essential Fish Habitat |
| EEZ |
Exclusive Economic Zone |
| EIS |
Environmental Impact Statements |
| EMF |
Electromagnetic field |
| eNGO |
Environmental Non-Governmental Organization |
| EOV |
Essential Ocean Variables |
| ERDDAP |
Environmental Research Division Data Access Program |
| ESA |
Endangered Species Act |
| E-TWG |
Environmental Technical Working Group |
| FACT Network |
Florida Atlantic Coast Telemetry Network |
| FAIR |
Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable |
| FSU |
Florida State University |
| FVCOM |
Finite Volume Community Ocean Model |
| FWRI |
The Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, formerly the Florida Marine Research Institute |
| GCOOS |
Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System |
| GEO |
Governor’s Energy Office |
| GPS |
Global Positioning System |
| HF Radar |
High Frequency Radar |
| HMS |
Highly Migratory Species |
| HVDC |
High Voltage Direct Current |
| Hz |
Hertz |
| IOOS |
Integrated Ocean Observing System |
| IOOS RA |
Integrated Ocean Observing System Regional Association |
| ISO |
International Organization for Standardization |
| IUCN |
International Union for Conservation of Nature |
| LTER |
Long Term Ecological Research |
| MACAN |
Mid-Atlantic Coastal Acidification Network |
| MAFMC |
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council |
| MARACOOS |
Mid-Atlantic Regional Association Coastal Ocean Observing System |
| MARCO |
Mid-Atlantic Regional Council on the Ocean |
| MATOS |
Mid-Atlantic Acoustic Telemetry Observation System |
| MBON |
Marine Biodiversity Observation Network |
| MMF |
Marine Megafauna Foundation |
| MOU |
Memorandum of Understanding |
| MSA |
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act |
| MTS |
Marine Technology Society |
| NABat |
North American Bat Monitoring Program |
| NARWC |
North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium |
| NASA |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| NCCOS |
National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science |
| NCDMF |
North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries |
| NCEI |
National Centers for Environmental Information |
| NDBC |
National Data Buoy Center |
| NECAN |
North East Coastal Acidification Network |
| NEFMC |
New England Fishery Management Council |
| NEFSC |
Northeast Fisheries Science Center |
| NEPA |
National Environmental Policy Act |
| NERACOOS |
Northeastern Regional Association of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems |
| NESDIS |
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service |
| NIST |
National Institute of Standards and Technology |
| NJ DEP |
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection |
| NMFS |
National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries) |
| NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| NOMEC |
National Ocean Mapping, Exploration, and Characterization Council |
| NOPP |
National Oceanographic Partnership Program |
| NOWRDC |
National Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium |
| NROC |
Northeast Regional Ocean Council |
| NUWC |
Naval Undersea Warfare Center Newport |
| NWFSC |
Northwest Fisheries Science Center |
| NWLON |
National Water Level Observation Network |
| NYSERDA |
New York State Energy Research and Development Authority |
| OBIS-SEAMAP |
Ocean Biogeographic Information System – Spatial Ecological Analysis of Megavertebrate Populations |
| OCS |
Outer Continental Shelf |
| OSSE |
Observing system simulation experiments |
| OSW |
Offshore Wind |
| OTN |
Ocean Tracking Network |
| PAM |
Passive Acoustic Monitoring |
| PCOD |
Population Consequences of Disturbance |
| PCOMS |
Population Consequences of Multiple Stressors |
| PNNL |
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |
| Project WOW |
Project Wildlife and Offshore Wind |
| PSO |
Protected Species Observer |
| QA/QC |
Quality Assurance/Quality Control |
| QARTOD |
Quality Assurance of Real-Time Oceanographic Data |
| REWI |
Renewable Energy Wildlife Institute |
| RI DEM DMF |
Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management Division of Marine Fisheries |
| RMI |
Research and Monitoring Initiative |
| RODEO |
Real-time Opportunity for Development Environmental Observations |
| ROMS |
Regional Ocean Modeling System |
| ROSA |
Responsible Offshore Science Alliance |
| ROV |
Remotely Operated Vehicle |
| RUMFS |
Rutgers University Marine Field Station |
| RWSC |
Regional Wildlife Science Collaborative for Offshore Wind |
| SAFMC |
South Atlantic Fishery Management Council |
| SBNMS |
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary |
| SECOORA |
Southeastern Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association |
| SEER |
Synthesis of Environmental Effects Research |
| SMRU |
Sea Mammal Research Unit |
| SOCAN |
Southeast Ocean and Coastal Acidification Network |
| STSSN |
Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network |
| TBD |
To Be Determined |
| THREDDS |
Thematic Real-time Environmental Distributed Data Services |
| TRUST |
Transparency, Responsibility, User focus, Sustainability, Technology |
| UAV |
Uncrewed Aerial Vehicle |
| UMCES |
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science |
| UNESCO |
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
| USFWS |
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service |
| USGS |
United State Geological Survey |
| VIMS |
Virginia Institute of Marine Science |
| WEA |
Wind Energy Area |
| WHOI |
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
| WREN |
Working Together to Resolve Environmental Effects of Wind Energy |
| XML |
eXtensible Markup Language |