NAAC
NOAA Aircraft Allocation Council
NAC
North American Commission
NACMF
National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods
NAD83
North American Datum of 1983
NADBank
North American Development Bank
NAFEO
National Association for Equal Opportunity in Education
NAFO
Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization
NAFTA
North American Free Trade Agreement
NAML
National Association of Marine Laboratories
NAMMCO
North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission
NANOHAB
National Assessment of Nutrient Overenrichment and Harmful Algal Blooms
NAO
NOAA Administrative Order
NAP
Network Access Point
NAPAP
National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program
NARA
National Aquatic Resources Agency
NARA
National Archives and Records Administration
NARB
(NOAA) Network Advisory and Review Board
NARE
North Atlantic Regional Study
NAS
National Academy of Sciences
NAS
Nonindigenous Aquatic Species
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASC
North Atlantic Salmon Convention
NASCO
North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization
NASDA
(Japan) National Space Development Agency
NAVD88
North America Vertical Datum of 1988
NAVO
Naval Oceanographic Office
NAVSEA
Naval Sea Systems Command
NAWAS
National Warning System
NBS
National Biological Survey
NBSP
(NOAA) National Benthic Surveillance Project
NC
NOAA Corps
NCAR
National Center for Atmospheric Research
NCASC
National Capital Administrative Support (or Service) Center (serving NOAA only)
NCAT
National Center for Advanced Technologies
NCCCS
Northern California Coastal Circulation Study
NCCF
NOAA Central Computer Facility
NCDC
(NOAA) National Climatic Data Center
NCDS
NASA Climate Data System
NCEP
National Centers for Environmental Prediction
NCLF
National Civilian Labor Force
NCM
National Coastal Monitoring
NCMC
National Coalition for Marine Conservation
NCOP
NOAA Coastal Ocean Program
NCPDI
National Coastal Pollutant Discharge Inventory
NCSA
National Center for Supercomputing Applications
NDADS
NASA Data Archive Distribution Service
NDBC
National Data Buoy Center
NDBO
National Data Buoy Office
NDC
NOAA Diving Center
NDM
NOAA Directives Manual
NDMC
National Data Management Committee
NDMC
NOAA Data Management Council
NDP
NOAA Diving Program
NEAC
North-East Atlantic Commission
NEC
National Economic Council
NEC
North Equatorial Current
NECC
North Equatorial Countercurrent
NECOP-MAR (NOAA)
Nutrient Enhanced Coastal Ocean Productivity - Mississippi/Atchafalaya Rivers
NECPA
National Energy Conservation Policy Act
NEDRES
National Environmental Data Referral Service
NEFA
Non-Esterified Fatty Acids
NEFMC
New England Fishery Management Council
NEFSC
Northeast Fisheries Science Center
NEI
National Estaurine Inventory
NEI
National Export Initiative
NEMP
(NOAA) Northeast Monitoring Program
NEP
National Estuary Program
NEPA
National Environmental Policy Act (of 1969)
NEPPI
Northeast Pacific Pressure Index
NER
Northeast Region
NERR
National Estaurine Research Reserve
NERRS
National Estaurine Research Reserve System
NES
National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information System
NESDD
(NOAA) Earth Systems Data Directory
NESDIS
(NOAA) National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service
NESSP
New England Sighting Survey Program
NEV
Net Economic Value
NEW
(NOAA) National Environmental Watch
NEWS
National Earth Watch Service
NEXRAD
Next Generation (Weather) Radar
NFA
National Fisheries Administration
NFC
National Finance Center
NFI
National Fisheries Institute
NFIP
National Flood Insurance Program
NFPA
National Fire Protection Association
NFRDA
(Korea) National Fisheries Research and Development Agency
NFRS
National Fisheries Research Center-Seattle
NFSPC
National Fish and Seafood Promotional Council
NFWF
National Fish and Wildlife Federation
NGA
National Governors Association
NGDC
(NOAA) National Geophysical Data Center
NGO
Non-Governmental Organization
NGPSA
Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act
NGS
(CGS) National Geodetic Survey
NGT
Nominal Group Technique
NGWLMS
Next Generation Water Level Measurement System
NHC
(NOAA) National Hurricane Center
NIC
(NOAA) Network Information Center
NIDP
Notice of Intent to Deny Permit
NIDS
NEXRAD Information Dissemination Service
NIE
(NOAA) National Institutes for the Environment
NII
National Information Infrastructure
NIOSH
National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety
NIP
NOAA Information Policy
NIST
National Institute for Standards and Technology (formerly NBS)
NITF
National Imagery Transmission Format
NLE
(NOAA) National Library for the Environment
NLSC
National Logistics Support Center
NM
Nautical Miles
NMC
(NWS) National Meteorological Center
NMFS
National Marine Fisheries Service
NMI
Northern Mariana Islands
NMML
National Marine Mammal Laboratory
NMMTB
National Marine Mammal Tissue Bank
NMNH
(Smithsonian Institution) National Museum of Natural History
NMP
New Management Procedure
NMPIS
National Marine Pollution Information System
NOAA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOAALINC
NOAA Library and Information Network Catalog
NOARL
Navy Oceanographic and Atmospheric Research Laboratory
NOC
Naval Oceanography Command
NOCN
NOAA's Ocean Communications Network
NOCOP
National Office of Coastal Ocean Program
NODC
(NOAA) National Oceanographic Data Center
NODIS
NASA On-Line Directory and Information System
NODS
NASA Ocean Data System
NOPPA
National Ocean Pollution Planning Act
NOS
National Ocean Service
NOS
National Ocean Survey
NOSC
Naval Ocean Systems Center (now NraD)
NOSIE
National Ocean Science Information Exchange
NOT
Notice of Intent
NOVA
Notice of Violation and Assessment
NOWES
Northern Wetlands Study
NOZE
National OZone Expedition
NPAFA
North Pacific Anadromous Fish Act
NPAFC
North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission
NPC
National Partnership Council
NPDES
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
NPF
Northern Prawn Fishery
NPFEP
North Pacific Fisheries Ecosystem Programs
NPFMC
North Pacific Fishery Management Council
NPFOP
North Pacific Fisheries Observer Plan
NPGOP
North Pacific Groundfish Observer Program
NPGRP
North Pacific Groundfish Research Plan
NPL
National Priorities List
NPR
National Performance Review
NPS
National Park Service
NPS
Naval Postgraduate School
NPTZ
North Pacific Transition Zone
NPUMM
North Pacific Universities Marine Mammal
NPV
Net Present Value
NRA
NASA Research Announcement
NraD
Naval Ocean Systems Center (formerly NOSC)
NRC
National Research Council
NRC
National Resources Council
NRC
Natural Resources Consultants, Inc.
NRC
Naval Reserve Center
NRC
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NRCC
Northwest Regional Calibration Center
NRDA
Natural Resource Damage Assessment
NREN
National Research and Education Network
NRI
Natural Resources Institute
NRIFSF
(Japan) National Research Institute for Far Seas Fisheries
NRL
Naval Research Laboratory
NRRC
Northwest Renewable Resources Center
NS
Non-Status
NS&T
National Status and Trends
NSA
National Security Agency
NSAA
NOAA Special Achievement Award
NSB
(Alaska) North Slope Borough
NSB
Natal Sharks Board
NSC
National Security Council
NSC
National Space Council
NSCAT
NASA Scatterometer
NSEP
National Security and Emergency Preparedness
NSF
National Science Foundation
NSFNET
National Science Foundation NETwork
NSGCP
National Sea Grant College Program
NSGD
National Sea Grant Depository
NSIDC
National Snow and Ice Data Center
NSIL
National Seafood Inspection Laboratory
NSIM
National Security Information Manual
NSIP
National Seafood Inspection Program
NSIS
National Shellfish Indicator Study
NSL
National Systematics Laboratory
NSO
National Solar Observatory
NSP
Neurological Shellfish Poisoning
NSPO
National Storm Program Office
NSRS
National Spatial Reference System
NSSDC
National Space Science Data Center
NSSFC
National Severe Storm Forecast Center
NSSL
National Severe Storm Laboratory
NSSP
National Shellfish Sanitation Program
NSTA
National Science Teachers Association
NSTC
National Science and Technology Council
NSW
New South Wales
NTE
Not to Exceed
NTI
National Technology Initiative
NTIA
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
NTIS
(DOC) National Technical Information Service
NTM
Non-Tariff Measure
NTP
National Toxicology Program
NTRVO
Notice to Research Vessel Operators
NTTC
National Technology Transfer Center
NTTVC
(DOC) National Technology Transfer Center
NURC
(NOAA) National Undersea Research Center
NURP
(NOAA) National Undersea Research Program
NWAFC
Northwest and Alaska Fisheries Center
NWC
Northwest Fisheries Center
NWF
National Wildlife Federation
NWF
Nuclear Waste Fund
NWHI
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
NWR
NOAA Weather Radio
NWR
Northwest Region
NWRN
Northwest Regional Node
NWS
National Weather Service
NWWS
NOAA Weather Wire Service
NYT
New York Times
NZEEZ
New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone