Glossaries - Terminology - Vocabularies:

Background

As with all sciences, the marine disciplines have a rich vocabulary of their own. These resources should help the hapless reader who faces a sea of "alphabet soup" (i.e. acronyms) or otherwise impenetrable jargon.

Acronyms

Some of the major lists of acronyms used by marine data and information managers:

• Consortium for Ocean Leadership - Acronyms
• Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Acronyms
• UNESCOTERM - Contains thousands of acronyms used by UNESCO. For each acronym you will fnd what it means in English, French, Spanish, Russian, Arab and Chinese. To make your search easier you can choose to search only the IOC acronyms. The UNESCO TermWeb database is maintained by UNESCO's Terminology department continuously, based upon documents published by IOC and other UNESCO bodies and programmes.

Glossaries and Dictionaries

Some of the best compilations of terms used by marine data and information managers:

• CIMAS Ocean Surface Currents Glossary
• Definition of Fisheries Technical Terms
• Fluid Dynamics Laboratory Glossary of Scientific Terms
• Glossary of Climatology/Climate Data Terms
• Glossary of Geology, Neuendorf, Mehl & Jackson n.d.
• Glossary of Marine Biology
• Glossary of Oceanography and the Related Geosciences with References - Earlier version of the next reference
• Glossary of Physical Oceanography and Related Disciplines - Well-known, definitive opus from Steve Baum at Texas A&M University
• Glossary of Terms Used in Tidal Measurements and Analysis
• Marine Botany Glossary
• Marine Meteorological Glossary
• MTS Glossary of Marine Technology Terms
• Online Nautical Dictionaries
• Optical Oceanography Glossary
• UK Met Office Marine Forecasts Glossary
• Weather Glossary