C&GC
Climate and Global Change
C&GCP
Climate and Global Change Program
C&GS
(NOS) Coast and Geodetic Survey
C&GS
Charting and Geodetic Services
CAA
Career Advancement Award
CAA
Clean Air Act (of 1970)
CAAA
Clean Air Act Amendments (of 1990)
CAB
Contract Appeals Board
CAC
Centro de Analysis Climatico (Center of Climatic Analysis)
CAC
Climate Analysis Center
CAC
Coastal Aquaculture Centre
CAFSAC
Canadian Atlantic Fisheries Scientific Advisory Committee
CAIP
(AAAS) Consortium of Affiliates for International Programs
CalBOBL
CalCOFI Bongo Oblique Net Tow
CalCOFI
California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations
CalFIN
California Fishery Information Network
CALMR
Convention for Antarctic Living Marine Resources
CAM
Coastal Area Management
CAM
Commerce Acquisition Manual
CAMA
Coastal Area Management Act
CAMEO
Computer-Aided Management of Emergency Operations
CAMMS
California Marine Mammal Survey
CAMRAQ
Consortium for Advanced Modeling of Regional Air Quality
CAN
(NASA) Cooperative Agreement Notice
CAN
Coastal Aquaculture Network
CANAINPES
Mexican National Chamber of Fisheries Atlantic Scientific Research Institute of Marine Fisheries and Oceanography
CAPB
Canadian Comparative Animal Physiologists and Biochemists
CAPS
Commerce Automated Procurement System
CAPTEX
Cross-APpalachian Tracer EXperiment
CAR
Climate and Atmospheric Research
CAR
Commerce Acquisition Regulation (Procurement)
CARB
California Air Resources Board
CARB/MAC
CARB Modeling Advisory Committee
CARE
Committee of Age Reading Experts
CARICOM
Caribbean Community
CAS
Cost Accounting Standards
CASC
Central Administrative Support Center
CASE
Council for Advancement and Support of Education
CASI
Compact Airborne Spectral Imager
CAST
Computer Aided Sighting Technology
CASTNET
Clean Air Status and Trends NETwork
CBC
Commerce Bankcard Center
CBD
Commerce Business Daily
CBED
Chesapeake Bay Evaluation and Disposition (Committee)
CBL
Chesapeake Biological Laboratory
CBL
Convective Boundary Layer
CBNERRS-VA
Chesapeake Bay National Estaurine Research Reserve System in Virginia
CBO
Congressional Budget Office
C-BOSS
Chemical-Biological-Optical Sensing System
CBS
Central Bering Sea
CBS
Commission for Basic Systems
CBW
Community-Based Whaling
CCA
Centro de Ciencias de la Atmosfera
CCAMLR
Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources
C-CAP
CoastWatch Change Analysis Project
CCAS
Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Seals
CCC
California Coastal Commission
CCC
Cod and Climate Change
CCCO
Committee on Climatic Change in the Ocean
CCE
Charge Composition Explorer
CCF
Capital Construction Fund
CCF
Capital Cost Fund
CCLM
(FAO) Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters
CCMP
Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan
CCNAA
Coordinating Council for North America Affairs
CCOD
Current Contents on Disk
CCRRSP
Coastal and Coral Reef Resources Systems Program
CCS
California Current System
CCT
Computer Compatible Tape
CCW
Carolina Capes Water
CD
Commerce Department
CDA
Command and Data Acquisition
CDFG
California Department of Fish and Game
CDFO
Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans
CDFR
Captain's Daily Fishing Report
CDMSCS
Committee for the Development and Management of Fisheries in the South China Sea
CDP
(NOAA) Candidate Development Program
CDQ
Community Development Quota
CDR
Call Detail Record
CD-ROM
Compact Disc-Read-Only Memory
CDS
Centre for Development Studies
CE
Corps of Engineers
CEC
Commission of European Community
CEC
Commission on Environmental Cooperation
CED
Coastal Ecosystem Dynamics
CEDAR
Coupled Energetics and Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions
CEDB
Cost-Earnings Data Base
CEEF
Closed Ecology Experimental Facility
CEES
California Energy Extension Service
CEES
Committee on Earth and Environmental Sciences
CEH
NMFS Coastal Ecosystem Health
CEHAB
Causes and Effects of Harmful Algal Blooms
CEMP
CCAMLR Ecosystem Monitoring Program
CEN
Bureau of the Census
CEOS
Climate and Eastern Ocean Systems
CEOS
Committee on Earth Observation Satellites
CEP
Caribbean Environment Program
CEQ
Council on Environmental Quality
CER
Coordinated Ecosystems Research
CERCLA
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (also known as Superfund Act)
CERES
Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System
CES
Committee on Earth Sciences
CES
Cooperative Extension Services
CETAP
Cetacean and Turtle Assessment Program
CFC
Chlorofluorocarbons
CFC
Combined Federal Campaign
CFDA
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
CFE
Coastal Fishery Ecosystem
CFMP
Coastal Fishery Management Plan
CFO
Chief Financial Officer
CFP
(European Community) Common Fisheries Policy
CFR
Code of Federal Regulations
CFRAM
Caribbean Fishery Resources Assessment and Management Program
CFRD
Coastal Fisheries Resources Division
CFS
Coastal Forecast System
CFS
Core Financial System
CFS
Current Fishery Statistics
CFSI
California Fisheries and Seafood Institute
CFTA
Canada Free Trade Agreement
CFTC
Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation
CFZ
Common Fisheries Zone
CGIAR
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
CGRO
Comptom Gamma Ray Observatory
CHARR
Cod Halibut Arctic Radiation Research
CHC
Chlorinated Hydrocarbon
CI
Catalog Interoperability
CI
Confidence Intervals
CIAC
Cephalopod International Advisory Council
CIAMS
Cooperative Institute for Applied Meteorological Studies
CIB
(Center of Biological Research of Baja California Sur)
CIB
Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas de Baja California Sur
CICESE
(Center of Scientific Research and Superior Education of Ensenada)
CICESE
Centro de Investigacion Cientifica y de Education Superior de Ensenada, BC
CICIMAR
(Interdisciplinary Center of Marine Sciences)
CICIMAR
Centro Interdisciplinario de CIencias MARinas - La Paz
CICS
Cooperative Institute for Climate Studies
CIDS
Computer Information Delivery Service
CIEA
(Center of Research and Advanced Studies)
CIEA
Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados
CIEDE
(Center of Research and Ecological Education)
CIEDE
Centro de Investigacion y Educacion Ecologica
CIESIN
Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network
CIFA
Committee for Inland Fisheries of Africa
CIFO
Cooperative Institute for Fishery Oceanography
CIFRAI
(USAID) Committee for International Fisheries Research and Assistance Institutions
CIIO
Comision Intersecretarial de Investigacion Oceanografica
CILER
Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystems Research
CIMAS
(Univ of Miami) Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies
CIMMS
Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies
CIMRS
Cooperative Institute for Marine Resources Studies
CINE
Council on International Nontheatrical Events
CINMS
Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary
CINP
Channel Islands National Park
CINTEX
Catalogue Interoperability Experiment
CINVESTA
(Mexico's Center for Research and Advanced Study)
CINVESTA
Centro de Investigaciones y de Estudios Avanzados
CIQRO
Centro de Investigaciones de Quintana Roo (Center of Research)
CIRA
Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere
CIRES
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
CIRIOS
Cooperative Institute for Research in the Integrated Ocean Sciences
CIS
Commonwealth of Independent States
CIS
Coordinated Information System
CITES
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (of Wild Fauna and Flora)
CIX
Commercial Internet Exchange
CLA
Catch Limit Algorithm
CLINS
Contract Line Items Numbering Scheme
CLIVAR
Climate Variability (Program)
CLMR
California's Living Marine Resources
CM
Corrective Maintenance
CM
Facultad de Ciencias Marinas (Faculty of Marine Sciences)
C-MAN
Coastal Marine Automation Network
Cmas
Computer Mapping and Analysis System
CMC
Center for Marine Conservation
CMDL
Climate Monitoring and Dynamics (or Diagnostic) Laboratory
CMER
(NOAA) Cooperative Marine Education and Research
CMER
Cooperative Monitoring, Evaluation and Research
CMIA
Cash Management Improvement Act
CMMC
California Marine Mammal Center
CMMP
Coastal Marine Mammal Program
CMP
Coastal Management Programs
CMS
Convention of Migratory Species
CMSA
Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Areas
CNES
Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales
CNMI
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
CNPCP
Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Programs
CO
Central Operations
CO
Commanding Officer
CO
Contracting Officer
COA
(Taiwan) Council of Agriculture
COADS
Comprehensive Ocean Atmospheric Data Set
COAP
(NOAA) Center for Ocean Analysis and Prediction
COARE
(TOGA) Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiments
COB
Close of Business
COBE
Cosmic Background Explorer
CODAR
Coastal Ocean Dynamics Applications Radar
CODE
Coastal Ocean Dynamics Experiment
COE
(Army) Corps of Engineers
COE
Council of Europe
COFI
(FAO) Committee on Fisheries
COGENE
Committee on Genetic Experimentation
COLA
Cost-of-Living Adjustment
COLAMAR
(Latin American Congress of Sciences of the Sea)
COLAMAR
Congreso Latinoamericano de Ciencias del Mar
COLEF
Colegio de la Frontera Norte (Baja California)
COMET
Cooperative Operational Meteorological Education and Training
COMNAP
Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs
COMPAS
Coastal Ocean Management, Planning and Assessment System
COMSEC
Communications Security
COMSTM
COMprehensive Sulfur Tracking Model
CONACyT
(National Council of Science and Technology)
CONACyT
Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia
CONUS
Continental US
CoOP
COastal Ocean Processes
CoOP
Coastal Oceanography Program
COP
Coastal Ocean Program
COP
Council Operating Procedure
COP/CFE
(NOAA) Coastal Oceans Program's Coastal Fisheries Ecosystem
COPESCAL
Commission for Inland Fisheries of Latin American
CoPO
Coastal Physical Oceanography
COPR
Coastal Ocean Policy Roundtable
COPS
Coastal Ocean Prediction Systems
COR
Circular of Requirements
CORM
California Ocean Resources Management
CORRE
Cooperative Oceanographic Reef Recruitment Experiment
CORRE-A
-Atlantic
CORRE-P
-Pacific
COS
Class of Services
COSMIC
Computer Software Management and Information Center
COSU
Coastal Ocean Space Utilization
COTR
Contracting Officers Technical Representative
COTS
Commercial Off The Shelf
CPC
Commissioned Personnel Center
CPDC
Coastal Planning and Development Commission
CPDF
Catch per Day's Fishing
CPDF
Central Personnel Data File
CPDS
Commerce Procurement Data System
CPFV
Commercial Passenger (or Partyboat) Fishing Vessel
CPHC
Central Pacific Hurricane Center
CPI
Consumer Price Index
CPPS
Comision Permanente del Pacifico Sur (Permanent Commission of the South Pacific)
CPR
Commerce Performance Review
CPR
Continuous Plankton Recorder
CPSDF
Catch per Standard Days Fishing
CPTCC
Catch per Ton of Carrying Capacity
CPU
Central Processing Unit
CPUE
Catch Per Unit of Effort
CPY
Current Potential Yield
CR
Clearance Required
CR
Continuing Resolution
CRAC
Coastal Resources Advisory Committee
CRADA
Cooperative Research and Development Agreement
CRC
Coastal Resource Coordinator
CRDA
Cooperative Research and Development Agreements
CRESCENT
(A program for investigating early life history and recruitment processes in the Gulf of Mexico)
CRF
Catch Report Form
CRFDP
Columbia River Fisheries Development Program
CRI
Coral Reef Initiative
CRIP
Centro Regional de Investigacion Pesquera (Regional Center of Fishery Research)
CRITFC
(Public Info Dept) Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission
CRS
CoastWatch Regional Site
CRS
Congressional Research Service
CRSP
Collaborative Research Support Program
CS
Chief Scientist
CSA
Committee of Scientific Advisors
CSD
(UN) Commission for Sustainable Development
CSE
Child Support Enforcement
CSF
Critical Success Factor
CSG
Cetacean Specialist Group
CSI
Center for Science Information
CSI
Cetacean Society International
CSIRO
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization
CSLA
California State University at Los Angeles
CSMT
Country Studies Management Team
CSO
(AT&T) Customer Support Office
CSRS
Civil Service Retirement System
CSRS
Customer Service Reporting System
CSS
Center for Streamside Studies
CTA
Chief Technical Adviser
CTD
Conductivity-Temperature-Depth
CTDMPLUS
Complex Terrain Dispersion Model PLus algorithms for Unstable Situations
CTM
Chemistry Transport Model
CTMFM
(Technical Joint Commission of Maritime Front)
CTMFM
(Argentina/Uruguay) Comision Technica Mixta del Frente Maritimo
CTR
Commute Trip Reduction
CTX
Ciguatoxin
CTZ
Coastal Transition Zone
CUWA
California Urban Water Associastion
CV
Coefficient of Variation
CV
Curriculum Vitae
CVAS
Competitive (or Consolidated) Vacancy Announcement System
CVD
Counter-Vailing Duty
CVF
Circular Variable Filters
CVFE
Commercial Vessel Fishing Effort (Logbook)
CWA
Clean Water Act
CWP
Coordinating Working Party
CWR
Center for Whale Research
CWT
Coded Wire Tag
CY
Calendar Year
CY
Current Yield
CYOP
Current Year Operating Plan
CYRA
(IATTC) Commission's Yellowfin Regulatory Area
CZARA
Coastal Zone Act Reauthorization Amendments
CZCS
Coastal Zone Color Scanner
CZES
Coastal Zone and Estaurine Studies
CZM
Coastal Zone Management
CZMA
(Federal) Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972
CZM-NEP
Coastal Zone Management - National Estuary Program