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AMT Atlantic Meridional Transect
AUV Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
BIS Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
BODC British Oceanographic Data Centre
BOSCORF British Ocean Sediment Core Research Facility
CAROS Co-operative Arrangement for Research on Ocean Science
CLIVAR Climate Variability and Predictability
COAPEC Coupled Ocean-atmosphere processes and European Climate
CTD Conductivity, Temperature and Depth instrument package
DARDNI Department of Agriculture and Rural Development for Northern Ireland
DEFRA Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
ERFF Environment Research Funders Forum
ESF European Science Foundation
FP6 European Commission Framework programmes
FP7 European Commission Framework programmes
FAB Funding allocation and budgeting
GCOS Global Climate Observing System
GEOSS Global Earth Observations System of Systems
GLOSS Global Sea Level Observing System
GMES Global Monitoring for Environment and Security
GOOS Global Ocean Observing System
IACMST Inter-Agency Committee on Marine Science and Technology
ICES International Council for Exploration of the Seas
IMarEST Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology
IOC International Oceanographic Commission
IODP Integrated Ocean Drilling Program
MDIP Marine Environment Data and Information Network
MFP Marine Facilities Planning
MIAS Marine Information and Advisory Service
MOC Meridional Overturning Circulation
MSCC Marine Science Coordinating Committee
NCOF National Centre for Ocean Forecasting
NMCO National Marine Coordination Office
NMF-SS National Marine Facilities Sea Systems
MMO Marine Management Organisation
NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
POGO Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans
QUEST Quantifying and Understanding the Earth System
RCUK Research Councils UK
SERPENT Scientific and Environmental ROV Partnership using Existing iNdustrial Technology project
SISB NERC Science and Innovation Strategy Board