| N |
|
Newton |
| N |
|
North |
| NAAPS |
|
Navy Aerosol Analysis and Prediction System |
| NAM |
|
North American Mesoscale |
| NAMMA |
|
NASA African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analyses |
| NAR |
|
Non-Advocate Review |
| NASA |
|
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| NASCOM |
|
NASA Communications |
| NASTRAN |
|
NASA Structural Analysis |
| NAVOCEANO |
|
Naval Oceanographic Office |
| NCAR |
|
National Center for Atmospheric Research |
| NCDC |
|
National Climatic Data Center (NESDIS) |
| NCEP |
|
National Center for Environmental Prediction (NWS) |
| NCF |
|
Network Control Facility |
| NCIRT |
|
NOAA Computer Incident Response Team |
| NCOMP |
|
Nighttime Cloud Optical and Microphysical Properties |
| NDA |
|
Non-Disclosure Agreement |
| NDE |
|
Non-Destructive Evaluation |
| NDE |
|
NPOESS Data Exploitation |
| NDSI |
|
Normalized Difference Snow Index |
| NDVI |
|
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index |
| NEC |
|
NOAA Executive Council |
| NEDR |
|
Noise Equivalent Delta Radiance |
| NEDT |
|
Noise Equivalent Delta Temperature |
| NEMA |
|
National Electrical Manufacturers Association |
| NEN |
|
NASA Engineering Network |
| NEP |
|
NOAA Executive Panel |
| NEPA |
|
National Environmental Policy Act |
| NEII |
|
NESDIS Enterprise Infrastructure Interface |
| NESDIS |
|
National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service |
| NESDIS AA |
|
NOAA Assistant Administrator for Satellite and Information Services |
| NET |
|
no earlier than |
| NetCDF |
|
Network Common Data Form |
| NFS |
|
NASA Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Supplement |
| NGDC |
|
National Geophysical Data Center (NESDIS) |
| NGST |
|
Northrop Grumman Space Technology |
| NHC |
|
National Hurricane Center |
| NIC |
|
National Ice Center |
| NIMO |
|
Networks Integration Management Office |
| NIR |
|
Near Infrared |
| NIRREF |
|
Near Infrared Snow Test |
| NISN |
|
NASA Integrated Services Network |
| NIST |
|
National Institute of Standards and Technology |
| NIST-SURF |
|
National Institute of Standards and Technologies Synchrotron Ultraviolet Radiation Facility |
| NITRB |
|
NOAA Information Technology (IT) Review Board |
| NLDN |
|
National Lightning Detection Network |
| NLT |
|
no later than |
| N-m |
|
Newton-meter |
| N-m-sec |
|
Newton-meter-second |
| NMFC/JTWC |
|
Naval Maritime Forecast Center/Joint Typhoon Warning Center |
| NMFS |
|
National Maritime & Fisheries Services (NOAA) |
| NOA |
|
New Obligation Authority |
| NOAA |
|
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| NODC |
|
National Oceanographic Data Center |
| NODIS |
|
NASA On-Line Directives Information System |
| NOHRSC |
|
National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center |
| NOMAT |
|
Non Operational Mission Allowable Temperatures |
| NOS |
|
National Ocean Service |
| NOSA |
|
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Observing System Architecture |
| NOSC |
|
NOAA Observing System Council |
| NOT |
|
Non-operational Temperatures |
| nPa |
|
Nano Pascals |
| NPD |
|
NASA Policy Directive |
| NPOESS |
|
National Polar-Orbiting Environmental Satellite System |
| NPG (replaced with NPR) |
|
NASA Procedures and Guidelines |
| NPP |
|
NPOESS Preparatory Project |
| NPR |
|
NASA Procedural Requirement(s) |
| NPSL |
|
NASA Parts Selection List |
| NRA |
|
NASA Research Announcement |
| NRL |
|
Naval Research Lab |
| NRT |
|
Near Real Time |
| NRZ-S |
|
non-return to zero space |
| N/S |
|
North - South or North/South |
| NSA |
|
National Security Agency |
| NSIDC |
|
National Snow and Ice Data Center |
| NSOF |
|
NOAA Satellite Operations Facility |
| NSPAR |
|
Nonstandard Parts Approval Request |
| NSSK |
|
North/South Station-keeping |
| nT |
|
nano Tesla |
| NTIA |
|
National Telecommunications and Information Administration |
| NTGSE |
|
WindowsNT Ground Support Equipment |
| NVR |
|
Non-Volatile Residue |
| NWA |
|
National Weather Association |
| NWP |
|
numerical weather prediction |
| NWS |
|
National Weather Service |
| NWSTG |
|
NWS Telecommunications Gateway |
