Buoy Owner Acronyms
Acronym	Meaning
AOML	Atlantic Oceanographic & Meteorological Laboratory
ASL	Arctic Submarine Laboratory
AWI	Alfred-Wegener-Institute for Polar and Marine Research
CRREL	Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory
EC	Environment Canada
GDP	Global Drifter Program
JAMSTEC	Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
NOAA	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NRL	US Naval Research Laboratory
ODU	Old Dominion University
PSC	Polar Science Center
USIABP	US International Arctic Buoy Program
WHOI	Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
OSU	Oregon State University

Buoy Logistics Acronyms
Acronym	Meaning
AARI	Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute
APLIS	Applied Physics Laboratory Ice Station
BGEP	Beaufort Gyre Exploration Project
BGOS	Beaufort Gyre Observing System
CAATEX	Coordinated Arctic Acoustic Thermometry Experiment
CASIMBO	Canadian Arctic Sea Ice Mass Balance Observatory
DND	Department of National Defense
JOIS	Joint Ocean Ice Study
NABOS	Nansen and Amundsen Basins Observational System
ONR	Office of Naval Research
RDAF	Royal Danish Air Force
USCG	United States Coast Guard
SASSIE	Salinity and Stratification at the Sea Ice Edge Complete data available on UpTempO Website

Buoy Type Acronyms
Acronym	Meaning
AXIB	Air-Deployable Expendable Ice Buoy
CALIB	Compact Air Launched Ice Beacon
ICEB	Ice Beacon
IMB	Ice Mass Balance
IT	Ice Tracker
ITB	Ice Tracker with BP
Ice Ball	No Drogue Ice Tracker
UTAP	Universal Ice Tracker (16in) aka Ice Ball
UT	Universal Ice Tracker (14in)
ITP	Ice Tethered Profiler
SVP	Surface Velocity Profiler
PAWS	Polar Area Weather Station
UPTEMPO	Upper Temperature of the Polar Oceans Complete data available on UpTempO Website
SASSIE	Salinity and Stratification at the Sea Ice Edge Complete data available on UpTempO Website
SPIT	Spot Polar Ice Tracker

AOML Owned Buoy Type Acronyms
Acronym	Meaning
SVP(3)	Argos2 SVP
SVPC	Argos2 SVP + Conductivity=
SVPO	Argos2 SVP + Optics
SVPS	Argos2 SVP + Salinity
SVPW	Argos2 SVP + Wind
SVPG	Argos2 SVP + GPS
SVPGO	Argos2 SVP + GPS + Optics
SVPGS	Argos2 SVP + GPS + Salinity
SVPGS3	Argos3 SVP + GPS + Salinity
SVP3A3	Argos3 SVP
SVGHA3	Argos3 SVP + GPS + Hull Humidity
SVP3GI	Iridium SVP + GPS (CLS Iridium)
SVPGHI	Iridium SVP + GPS + Hull Humidity
SVPGSI	Iridium SVP + GPS + Salinity
SVGSHI	Iridium SVP + GPS + Salinity + Hull Humidity
SVPVI	Iridium SVP + GPS + Wave
SVPVHI	Iridium SVP + GPS + Wave + Hull Humidity
SVPB(2,4,D)	Argos2 SVPB old formats
SVPBS	Argos2 SVP + Barometer + Salinity
SVPBD2	Argos2 SVP + Barometer
SVPBD2G	Argos2 SVP + GPS + Barometer
SVPBG	Argos2 SVP + GPS + Barometer
SVPBW(D)(G)	Argos2 SVP + GPS + Barometer + Wind
BD2A3	Argos3 SVP + Barometer
BDGA3	Argos3 SVP + GPS + Barometer
BDGHA3	Argos3 SVP + GPS + Barometer + Hull Humidity
BD2GI	Iridium SVP + GPS + Barometer
BD2GHI	Iridium SVP + GPS + Barometer + Hull Humidity
BD2GSI	Iridium SVP + GPS + Barometer + Salinity
BD2VI(BD2VHI)	Iridium SVP + GPS + Barometer + Wave (+ Hull Humidity)
BD2WHI	Iridium SVP + GPS + Barometer + Wind + Hull Humidity