SCAR Bulletin, No 154, July 2004

List of Acronyms and Abbreviations

AOSB	Arctic Ocean Science Board
ATCM	Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting
CEOS	Committee on Earth Observation Satellites
CliC	Climate and Cryosphere
CLIVAR	Climate Variability and Predictability Programme
COMNAP	Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programmes
EPB	European Polar Board
FAO	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
GIWA	Global International Waters Assessment
IASC	International Arctic Science Committee
ICARP	International Conference on Arctic Research Planning
ICSU	International Council for Science
IGBP	International Geosphere–Biosphere Programme
IGOS	Integrated Global Observing Strategy Partnership
IOC	Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
IPY	International Polar Year 2007–08
IPY–PG	IPY Planning Group
ISOS	Interdisciplinary Southern Ocean Science
IUGS	International Union of Geological Sciences
IYPE	International Year of Planet Earth
SALE	Subglacial Antarctic Lake Exploration
SCAR	Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
SCOR	Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research
SO-CLIVAR	Southern Ocean – Climate Variability and Predictability Programme
SO-GLOBEC	Southern Ocean – Global Ocean Ecosystems Dynamics project
SSG	Standing Scientific Group
UNEP	United Nations Environment Programme
UNESCO	United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
WCRP	World Climate Research Programme
WMO	World Meteorological Organization