Environmental Data Coding Specification

Annex H
(normative)

Abbreviations and acronyms used in the construction of labels

H.1 Table of contents

See Table H.1 for the table of contents for this annex.

H.1 Table of Contents	Table H.4 -- Abbreviations and acronyms used in EELs
H.2 Overview	Table H.5 -- Abbreviations and acronyms used in EULs
H.3 Tables	Table H.6 -- Abbreviations and acronyms used in ESLs
Table H.1 -- Table of contents	Table H.7 -- Abbreviations and acronyms used in EQLs
Table H.2 -- Abbreviations and acronyms used in ECLs	Table H.8 -- Abbreviations and acronyms used in EOLs
Table H.3 -- Abbreviations and acronyms used in EALs	Table H.9 -- Abbreviations and acronyms used in EGLs

H.2 Overview

For each EDCS Dictionary (EC through EG), the corresponding Table H.2 through H.9 lists words and their abbreviations, as well as phrases and their acronyms, to be used for constructing

H.3 Tables

Table H.2 -- Abbreviations and acronyms used in ECLs

Word or phrase	Abbreviation or acronym
active highlight	ACTHIGH
atmosphere	ATM
building	BLDG
centreline/nexus	CN
character	CHARCTR
characteristic set	CHARSET
climatology	CLIM
collection	CLECT
communication	COMM
electromagnetic	EM
forecast	FRCST
geomagnetic field	GMAGFLD
high frequency	HF
infrared	IR
low frequency	LF
marginal ice zone	MIZ
material	MTRL
miscellaneous	MISC

Word or phrase	Abbreviation or acronym
observation	OBS
ocean	OC
ocean floor	OCFLR
ocean surface	OCSRF
radio frequency	RF
recreation	REC
reverberation	REVERB
scattering strength	SCATSTRN
segment	SGMT
signal	SGNL
sound speed	SNDSPD
storage / repair	STRRPR
surface	SRF
target strength	TGTSTRN
temperature	TEMP
terrain surface	TRSRF
topographic	TOPO
transmission	TRNS

Table H.3 -- Abbreviations and acronyms used in EALs

Word or phrase	Abbreviation or acronym
acoustic noise	ACNOISE
after tide reference level	ATREFLVL
altitude	ALT
approach angle	APANG
atmosphere	ATM
azimuth angle	AZANG
background	BKGND
before tide reference level	BTREFLVL
bidirectional reflectance distribution function	BRDF
bottom	BOT
climatology	CLIM
cloud	CLD
cloud free line of sight	CFLOS
coefficient	COEFF
component	COMP
compression(al)	CMPRS
concentration	CONC
correction	CRRCT
coverage	CVRG
declination	DECL
decorrelation	DECOR
depth	DEP
description	DESC
difference	DIF
direction(al)	DIR
distance	DIST
dominance	DOM
electrical conductivity	ELECNDCT
electromagnetic	EM
elevation angle	ELANG
evapotranspiration	EVPT
explosive destruction	EXPD
frequency	FREQ
geodetic	GDET
geomagnetic field	GMAGFLD
geopotential	GPOT
gradient	GRAD
height	HGT
high frequency	HF
high water	HWTR
horizontal	HORIZ
identification	ID
identifier	IDENT
independent	INDEP
index	NDX
information	INFO
inversion layer	INVLYR
ionospheric scintillation	IONSCINT
irregularity	IRREG
length	LEN
level	LVL
light (or lighting) intensity	LGTINT
location	LOC
location error ellipse	LOCERREL
low frequency	LF
low water	LWTR
maintenance	MAINT
major	MJR
marginal ice zone	MIZ
material	MTRL
material characteristic	MATCHAR
maximum	MAX
mean	MN
measurement	MSRMNT

Word or phrase	Abbreviation or acronym
meteorologic(al)	MET
minimum	MIN
minor	MNR
moisture mass	MMASS
navigation(al)	NAV
noise burst	NB
non-submarine contact	NSC
number	NUM
object	OBJ
observation	OBS
obstruction	OBST
occurance	OCRN
omni directional	OMNIDIR
parameter	PARM
percentile	PRCNTL
perpendicular	PERP
position	POS
power level spectrum	PWRLVLSPEC
precipitation	PRECIP
primary	PRI
propagation	PROP
proton flux	PFLUX
province	PROV
qualitative characteristic	QUALCHAR
radio frequency	RF
reduced	RDCD
reference level	REFLVL
reflect(ed / ion)	RFLCT
refract(ive)	REFRCT
refractive evaporation duct	REFEVAPDUCT
restriction	RSTRCT
restrictions	RSTRCTS
root mean squared	RMS
scattering layer	SCATLYR
scattering level	SCATLVL
scattering strength	SCATSTRN
season(al)	SSNL
second, secondary	SCND
sediment	SED
separation	SEP
shipping noise	SNOISE
significant	SIG
solar radiance	SOLRAD
solar radio frequency	SOLRF
sound speed	SNDSPD
spectral class	SPECCLS
spectral curve	SPECCRV
spectral power level	SPECPL
speed	SPD
standard deviation	STDV
storage	STOR
surface	SRF
suspended transmission line	SPNDTRNSLN
temperature	TEMP
temperature difference	TEMPDIF
tendency	TND
terrestrial time	TT
transmission	TRNS
transmissivity	TRNSMS
transmit(ted)	TRNSMT
variation	VAR
vegetation	VEG
wavelength	WAVLGTH

Table H.4 -- Abbreviations and acronyms used in EELs

In this International Standard, no abbreviations or acronyms were used to construct EELs, therefore Table H.4 is empty.

Table H.5 -- Abbreviations and acronyms used in EULs

Word or phrase	Abbreviation or acronym
ampere	AMP
atomic mass	AMASS
candela	CD
Celsius	C
centimetre	CM
electronvolt	EV
hertz	HZ
international	INT
kelvin	K
kilogram	KG
kilohertz	KHZ
kilometre	KM
metre	M

Word or phrase	Abbreviation or acronym
micrometre	MICRON
parts per billion	PPB
parts per million	PPM
parts per thousand	PPTH
parts per trillion	PPT
power	PWR
reciprocal	INV
referenced to	REF
second	SEC
square	SQ
squared	SQD
steradian	SR

Table H.6 -- Abbreviations and acronyms used in ESLs

Word or phrase	Abbreviation or acronym
exabinary	EXBI
gigabinary	GIBI
kilobinary	KIBI
megabinary	MEBI
petabinary	PEBI
terabinary	TEBI

Table H.7 -- Abbreviations and acronyms used in EQLs

Word or phrase	Abbreviation or acronym
coefficient	COEFF
concentration	CONC
current	CUR
density	DENS
emittance	EMIT
frequency	FREQ
impedance	IMPED
integrated	INTEGRATE

Word or phrase	Abbreviation or acronym
length	LEN
mechanical	MECH
radiant	RAD
rotatory	ROT
section	SECT
temperature	TEMP
thermodynamic	THERMO
vibrational	VIBRAT

Table H.8 -- Abbreviations and acronyms used in EOLs

In this International Standard, no abbreviations or acronyms were used to construct EOLs, therefore Table H.8 is empty.

Table H.9 -- Abbreviations and acronyms used in EGLs

Word or phrase	Abbreviation or acronym
electromagnetic	EM
transportation	TRNSP