| Abbreviation |
Meaning |
| CI |
The OOI Cyberinfrastructure system |
| CI IO |
Cyberinfrastructure Implementing Organization |
| CGSN |
Coastal and Global Scale Node |
| COL |
Consortium for Ocean Leadership |
| DoDAF |
Department of Defense Architecture Framework |
| EPE |
Education and Public Engagement |
| FDR |
Final Design Review |
| GEOSS |
Global Earth Observing System of Systems |
| GOOS |
Global Ocean Observing System |
| IO |
Implementing Organization |
| IOOS |
Integrated and Sustained Ocean Observing System |
| OOI |
Ocean Observatories Initiative |
| PDR |
Preliminary Design Review |
| RSN |
Regional Scale Node |
| TRL |
Technology Readiness Level |