A
ASEAN |
Association of South East Asian Nations |
ATCM |
Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting |
AWI |
Alfred-Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Germany |
ABLOS |
IHO-IAG Advisory Board on the Law of the Sea |
ATCP |
Antarctic Treaty Consultative Party |
B
BSHC |
Baltic Sea Hydrographic Commission |
BSH |
Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie |
C
CBC |
IHO Capacity Building Committee |
C&SMWG |
IHO Colours and Symbols Maintenance Working Group |
CCIR |
International Radio Consultative Committee |
CGOM |
IOC Consultative Group on Ocean Mapping |
CHRIS |
IHO Committee on Hydrographic Requirements for Information Systems (CHRIS) (now HSSC) |
CHS |
Canadian Hydrographic Service |
COMSAR |
IMO Sub-Committee on Radiocommunications and Search and Rescue |
CPRNW |
IHO Commission on Promulgation of Radio Navigational Warnings (now WWNWS Sub Committee) |
CSPCWG |
Chart Standardization and Paper Chart WG |
D
DCDB |
IHO Data Center for Digital Bathymetry (DCDB) |
DOALOS |
Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea |
DQWG |
IHO Data Quality Working Group |
E
EAHC |
East Asia Hydrographic Commission |
EAtHC |
Eastern Atlantic Hydrographic Commission (EAtHC) |
ECDIS |
Electronic Chart Display Information System |
F
FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
G
GBE |
GEBCO Bathymetric Editor |
GEBCO |
General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans |
GIS |
Geographic Information System |
GLOSS |
Global Sea-Level Observing System |
GMDSS |
Global Maritime Distress and Safety System |
GOOS |
Global Ocean Observing System |
GPS |
Global Positioning System |
H
HCA |
IHO Hydrographic Commission on Antarctica |
HCIWWG |
IHO Hydrography & Cartography in Inland Waters WG |
HGMIO |
IHO Harmonization Group on Marine Information Overlays |
HNODC |
Hellenic National Oceanographic Data Centre |
HSSC |
IHO Services and Standards Committee |
I
IAATO |
International Association of Antarctic Tour Operators (IAATO) |
IAEA |
International Atomic Energy Agency |
IALA |
International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities |
IBC |
International Bathymetric Chart |
IBCAO |
International Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic Ocean |
IBCCA |
International Bathymetric Chart of the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico |
IBCEA |
International Bathymetric Chart of the Central Eastern Atlantic |
IBCM |
International Bathymetric Chart of the Mediterranean and its Geological/Geophysical Series |
IBCSEP |
International Bathymetric Chart of the South Eastern Pacific |
IBCWIO |
International Bathymetric Chart of the Western Indian Ocean |
IBCWP |
International Bathymetric Chart of the Western Pacific |
ICA |
International Cartographic Association |
ICAO |
International Civil Aviation Organization |
ICES |
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea |
ICSEM |
International Commission for the Scientific Exploration of the Mediterranean (ICSEM) |
IEC |
International Electrotechnical Commission |
IFREMER |
Institut français de recherche pour l'exploitation de la mer |
IGU |
International Geographical Union |
IHB |
International Hydrographic Bureau |
IHO |
International Hydrographic Organization |
IMA |
International Maritime Academy |
IMO |
International Maritime Organization |
INMARSAT |
International Maritime Satellite Organization |
IOC |
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission |
IRCC |
IHO Inter-Regional Coordination Committee |
ISO |
International Organization for Standardization |
ISPWG |
IHO Strategic Plan WG |
IUGG |
International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics |
IUGS |
International Union of Geological Sciences |
J
JODC |
Japan Oceanographic Data Centre |
K
KODC |
Korea Oceanographic Data Centre |
L
LAC |
IHO Legal Advisory Committee |
LADS |
Laser Airborne Depth Sounder |
LAT |
Lowest Astronomical Tides |
LES |
Land Earth Station (Inmarsat term) |
LORAN |
Long Range Navigation |
M
MACHC |
Meso-American and Caribbean Sea Hydrographic Commission |
MBSHC |
Mediterranean and Black Seas Hydrographic Commission (MBSHC) |
MEPC |
IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee |
MoHWG |
IHO Manual on Hydrography Working Group |
MSC |
IMO Maritime Safety Committee |
MSDIWG |
IHO Marine Spatial Data Infrastructure WG |
N
NAV |
IMO Sub-Committee on Safety of Navigation |
NGDC |
National Geophysical Data Center |
NHC |
Nordic Hydrographic Commission |
NIOHC |
North Indian Ocean Hydrographic Commission |
NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
NOS |
National Ocean Service |
NSHC |
North Sea Hydrographic Commission |
NZOI |
New Zealand Oceanographic Institute |
O
OCIMF |
Oil Companies International Marine Forum |
OOS |
Ocean Observing System |
P
PAIGH |
Pan American Institute of Geography and History |
PERSGA |
Regional Organization for Conservation of the Environment and the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden |
PSMSL |
Permanent Service for Mean Sea-Level |
Q
R
RAN |
Royal Australian Navy |
RCSSMRS |
Regional Centre for Services in Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing |
RNZN |
Royal New Zealand Navy |
RODC |
Regional Oceanographic Data Centre |
ROPME |
Regional Organisation for the Protection of the Marine Environment |
RSAHC |
ROPME Sea Area Hydrographic Commission |
S
SAIHC |
Southern Africa and Islands Hydrographic Commission |
SCALOP |
Standing Committee on Antarctic Logistics and Operations |
SCAR |
Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research |
SCDB |
Sub-Committee on Digital Bathymetry |
SCUFN |
Sub-Committee on Undersea Feature Names |
SEPHC |
South-East Pacific Hydrographic Commission |
SHOM |
Service Hydrographique et Océanographique de la Marine (France) |
SIO |
Scripps Institution of Oceanography (Calif., USA) |
SNPWG |
IHO Standardisation of Nautical Publications Working Group |
SOLAS |
International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea |
SWAtHC |
South West Atlantic Hyrographic Commission |
SWPHC |
South-West Pacific Hydrographic Commission |
TCC |
IMO Technical Cooperation Committee |
TSMAD |
IHO Transfer Standard Maintenance and Application Development Working Group |
U
UKHO |
Hydrographic Office of the UK |
UNCLOS |
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea |
UNESCO |
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
USBGN |
United States Board on Geographic Names |
USCG |
United States Coast Guard |
USCHC |
US/Canada Hydrographic Commission |
USNODC |
United States National Oceanographic Data Center |
USNOO |
United States Naval Oceanographic Office |
V
VHO |
Volunteering Hydrographic Office |
W
WEND |
IHO Worldwide Electronic Navigational Chart Data Base Committee |
Working Group
WGGI |
Working Group on Geodesy and Geographic Information |
WGS |
World Geodetic System |
WOCE |
World Ocean Circulation Experiment |
WVS |
World Vector Shoreline |
WWNWS |
IHO Sub Committee on the World Wide Navigation Warning Service |
X
XBT |
Expendable Bathythermograph |
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