Wet Mate Connector.

A line on a map or chart that connects all points having the same depth below the surface of a body of water (sometimes called depth contour); also, having constant depth.

Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute.

Technology Demonstration Project.

Acoustic Current Meter. ACMs use the Doppler effect to measure current velocities in the ocean environment. 

Atlantic Canada Opportunites Agency.

Advanced Circulation Obviation Retrofit Kit (see CORK).

Analogue to Digital Converter.

Acoustic Current Doppler Profiler. The ADCP is an active sonar system for measuring ocean currents, much like the weather Doppler systems used to map atmospheric winds and rain. It consists of multipl [..]

Analoge Digitale Meßsysteme, German instrument manufacturer.