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This List of Acronyms and other Abbreviations was compiled from the coral, coral reef, marine tropical ecosystems, and related peer-reviewed literature, grey literature, and other written and electronic reports, including e-mail messages. The terms on the list number nearly 3,600 (as of February 2010) and continue to grow on a daily to weekly basis. CoRIS invites readers to suggest additional acronyms and abbreviations via coris.metadata@noaa.gov or coris@noaa.gov.
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| B | C |
D | E | F
| G | H |
I | J | K
| L | M
N | O |
P | Q | R
| S | T |
U | V | W
| X | Y |
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| VA | Varangue (Reunion) |
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| VB | Visual Basic Code |
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| VBGF | von Bertalanffy Growth Function |
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| VCS | Voluntary Carbon Standard |
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| VDCC | Voltage Dependent Calcium Channels |
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| VDMS | Video Data Management System (NOAA) |
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| VDSC | Voltage Dependent Sodium Channels |
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| VEPA | Vietnam Environment Protection Agency |
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| VERTIGO | Vertical Transport In the Global Ocean |
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| VGE | Venous Gas Embolism |
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| VGI | Volunteered Geographic Information |
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| VHF | Very High Frequency |
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| VHRR | Very High Resolution Radiometer |
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| VI | Vegetation Index |
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| VICR | Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument |
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| VICRNM | Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument |
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| VIEC | Virgin Islands Environmental Council (BVI) |
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| VIERS | Virgin Islands Environmental Resource Station |
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| VIFEP | Vietnam Institute of Fisheries and Economic Policy (Republic of Vietnam) |
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| VIIRS | Visible/Infrared Imager/Radiometer Suite |
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| VIIS | Virgin Islands National Park |
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| VIMAS | Virgin Islands Marine Advisory Service |
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| VIMPAC | Virgin Islands Marine Park Advisory Committee |
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| VIMS | Virginia Institute of Marine Science (CWM) |
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| VINE | Virgin Islands Network of Environmental Educators |
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| VINP | Virgin Islands National Park |
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| VIP | Vehicle Interface Program |
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| VIPR | Vieques Island, Puerto Rico |
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| VIS | Visible Band |
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| VK | Viasca Knoll |
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| VLF | Very Low Frequency |
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| VMAS | Virgin Islands Marine Advisory Service |
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| VME | Vulnerable Marine Ecosystem |
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| VMS | Vessel Monitoring System |
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| VMSCP | Vulnerable Marine Species Conservation Program (Palau) |
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| VOA | Volatile Organic Analysis |
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| VOA | Vibrational Optical Activity |
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| VOC | Volatile Organic Compound |
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| VOGNET | Hawaii Island volcanic aerosol monitoring Network |
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| VOMIL | Antillean Minister of Public Health and Environment (NA) |
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| VOS | Volunteer Observing Ships |
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| VPA | Virtual Population Analysis |
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| VRS | Veracruz Reef System |
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| VSI | Visual stock identification |
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| VT | Video Transect |
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| VTR | Vessel Trip Report |
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| VU | Vulnerable |
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| VUB | Free University of Brussels (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) |
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