ACRONYMS

Table 1: Acronyms of Organizations, Manufacturers, Products

ACRONYM	DESCRIPTION	URL-email
CNR	Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche	www.cnr.it
IGM	Istituto per la Geologia Marina CNR	www.igm.bo.cnr.it
GIN	Geological Inst. Acad. Sc. Russia	Moscow, Russia
MSU	Moscow State University	www.msu.ru
PNRA	Progetto Nazionale Ricerche Antartide	www.pnra.it
ENEA	Ente Nazionale Energie Alternative	www.enea.it
IFREMER	Inst. Francais Eploitation Mer	www.ifremer.fr
DSTN	Dip. Servizi Tecnici Naz. - Pres.Cons.	www.dstn.it
GNV	Gruppo Nazionale Vulcanologia
IIM	Istituto Idrografico della Marina	Passo Osservatorio, Genova
CGGE	Central Geol. Geophys. Expedition	Gelendzhik, Russia
UNESCO	United Nations Scient. and cultural org.	www.unesco.org
IOC	Intergov.Oceanogr.Comm. of UNESCO	www.ioc.org
IHO	Int. Hydrographic Organization	www.iho.org
BODC	British Oceanographic Data Center	www.nbi.ac.uk/bodc
IIV	Int. Inst. Vulcanology	www.iiv.ct.cnr.it
JOG	Joint Operation Group
SACLANT	SACLANT Undersea Research Centre	www.saclantc.nato.int
IFA	Istituto Fisica Atmosfera CNR	www.ifa.rm.cnr.it
ING	Istituto Nazionale Geofisica	www.ingrm.it
OGS	Osservatorio Geofisico Sperimentale	www.ogs.it
IOF	Istituto Oceanografia Fisica CNR	www.iof.sp.cnr.it
ITS	Istituto Talassografico Trieste CNR	www.its.ts.it
GAS	Geological Application and Services	gas@asianet.it
SOPROMAR
SEG	Society of Exploration Geophysicists	www.seg.org
GNU,GPL	GNU is not Unix,General Public License	www.gnu.org
GEBCO	General Bathymetric Chart of the Ocean	www.nbi.ac.uk/bodc/gebco.html
IBCM	Int. Bathym. Chart of the Mediterranean	www.nbi.ac.uk/bodc/gebco.html
MEDATLAS	Mediterranean Atlas	www.ifremer.fr/sismer/program/medatlas/gb/gb_medat.htm
WODB98	World Ocean Database 1998 edition
NEPTUNE,MERLIN,IRAP	Kongsberg-Simrad	www.kongsberg-simrad.com/Products
CARAIBES	Traiment Cartographique Batimetrie	www.ifremer.fr/dnis_esi/cartographie/caraibes/index.html
GMT	Generic Mapping Tool	imina.soest.hawaii.edu/gmt
MySQL	Data Base Management System	www.tcx.se
GLOBE	Global 1km Land Project	www.ngdc.noaa.gov/seg/topo/globe.shtml
PostScript,PDF		www.adobe.com