Integrated Flood Observing and Warning System. National Weather Service flood warning program.

Sailors' term for an old ship that needed a lot of paint and repairs.

Construction Reserve Fund.

Working Party on Stability Subdivision and Load Lines (IACS)

Do Not Attend.

A manmade waterway used to connect bodies of water that do not connect naturally. Canals use locks to raise and lower boats when connecting bodies of water that have different water levels.

River and Estoarial Water Service.

A small free-moving submersible designed for exploring the ocean depths.

Same as dropsonde.

Rumania (Flag)

Steel disc, that is dogged down over a porthole to secure against breakage of the glass and to prevent light from showing through.

The space within a building or structure that is normally occupied by people, and that may be conditioned (heated, cooled and/or ventilated).

The processes that a work input/output system undergoes and in which the initial and final states are identical.

The standard deviation (positive square-root of the variation) of the errors associated with physical measurements of an unknown quantity, or statistical estimates of an unknown parameter or of a random variable.

Emission or transfer of energy in the form of electromagnetic waves or particles.

Any coefficient used to calculate heat transmission by conduction, convection, or radiation through materials or structures.

The trapping of light inside a semiconductor material by refracting and reflecting the light at critical angles; trapped light will travel further in the material, greatly increasing the probability of absorption and hence of producing charge carriers.

Deterioration of metals as a result of the metabolic activity of microorganisms.

The energy developed through the use of heat energy.

A lit navigational aid such as a lighthouse that can be used at night or in poor visibility.