International 
                    JGOFS
                  AGU- American 
                    Geophysical Union
                  ASLO- American 
                    Society of Limnology and Oceanography
                  CARIACO- 
                    Carbon Retention In A Colored Ocean Project
                  CCSP- 
                    Carbon Cycle Science Program
                  CDIAC-Carbon 
                    Dioxide Information Analysis Center 
                  CLIVAR- 
                    An International Research Programme on Climate Variability 
                    and Predictability
                  CoOP- 
                    Coastal Ocean Processes
                  DOCS- 
                    Department of Energy Center for Research on Ocean Carbon Sequestration
                  ECOHAB- 
                    The Ecology and Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms
                  EDOCC- 
                    Ecological Determinants of Ocean Carbon Cycling
                  IGBP- 
                    International Geosphere-Biosphere Program 
                  IOC-Intergovernmental 
                    Oceanographic Commission
                  IPCC-Intergovernmental 
                    Panel on Climate Change 
                  LexEn- 
                    Life in Extreme Environments
                  MARGINS- 
                    The Margins Program
                  OCEANS- 
                    Ocean Biogeochemistry and Ecosystems Analysis
                  Ocean 
                    Sensor Gateway 
                  
                  OCTET- 
                    Ocean Carbon Transport, Exchanges and Transformations
                  ODP- 
                    Ocean Drilling Program
                  PAGES- 
                    Past Global Changes
                  Repeat 
                    Hydrography
                  
                  RIDGE- 
                    Interdisciplinary Study of Mid-ocean Ridge Processes
                  SeaWiFS- 
                    Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-View Sensor
                  SCOR- 
                    Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research
                  SOLAS- 
                    Surface Ocean Lower Atmosphere Study
                  International 
                    SOLAS
                  
                  U.S. 
                    CLIVAR- U.S. Component of the International Research Program 
                    on Climate Variability and Predictability
                  U.S. 
                    GCRP-Global Change Research Program
                  U.S. 
                    GLOBEC- Global Ocean Ecosystems Dynamics
                  U.S. 
                    GOOS- The Global Ocean Observing System
                  U.S.WOCE- 
                    World Ocean Circulation Experiment