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See &LINK001; National Association for Black Geologists and Geophysicists (US) North Atlantic Biocultural Organization North American Benthological Society. See &LINK002; Nansen Arctic Drilling Project North Atlantic Drift National Archaeological Database. Maintained by National Parks Service, USA. See &LINK003; North Atlantic deep water North African Regional Committee for &START; North Atlantic Fisheries Organization Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (US legislation). See &LINK004; National Association of Geoscience Teachers (US) North American land mammal ages northern annual mode, of Arctic Oscillation North American Micropaleontology Section of &SEPM; North Atlantic Oscillation non-arboreal pollen, a term used in palynology North American Paleontological Convention (conference, meets every 5 years) North American pollen database. See &LINK005; and follow links under "Paleovegetation". National Association of Physicians for the Environment (US organization) North Atlantic Regional Experiment (activity of &IGAC;) North American Research Strategy for Tropospheric Ozone naphthenic acids National Academy of Sciences (USA) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (US Federal agency) National Association of Student Anthropologists (US, a unit of &AAA;) National Association of State Archaeologists. See &LINK006; North Atlantic Seaboard Programme, a Working Group of &IGCP; Project 253 North Atlantic Chemistry Experiment North Atlantic Treaty Organization &NATO; advanced research workshop Northern Australian Tropical Transect New Brunswick (Canadian Province) niobium, a transition metallic element National Biological Information Infrastructure (US entity). See &LINK007; Northern Biosphere Observation and Modelling Experiment net biome production &ISO; country code for New Caledonia (France) North Carolina (US state) National Climate Archive (Canada, managed by &AES;) National Center for Atmospheric Research (US Federal agency). See &LINK008; National Climatic Data Center, a component of &NOAA;. National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (USA) Northern Contaminants Program (Canada, federal program). See &LINK020; National Center for Preservation Technology and Training (US agency, part of National Park Service). See &LINK009; National Climate Research Committee (Canadian National Committee of the &WCRP;) no date not dated no data not done no date not dated no data not done North Dakota (US state) neodymium, a rare-earth element non-dust storm Normalized Difference Vegetation Index, based on remote sensing data, compares stressed and unstressed vegetation. Used to evaluate crop health, especially for assessing drought conditions normalized difference wetness index normalized difference water index &ISO; country code for Niger New England, name for a region in northeastern US. Nebraska (US state) neon, a noble gas element Northeast Atlantic deep water National Energy Board (Canada, federal agency) Nutrient Enhanced Coastal Ocean Productivity Program (US) net ecosystem exchange North Greenland Eemian Ice Drilling project. See &LINK019; National Endowment for the Humanities (US funding agency) National Earthquake Information Center (component of &USGS; net ecosystem production Natural Environment Research Council (UK). See &LINK010; National Earth Science Teachers Association (US) &ISO; country code for Norfolk Island &ISO; country code for Nigeria natural gas combined cycle, an industrial process National Geophysical Data Center (US Federal agency) non-governmental organization(s) northern Great Plains (North America) North &GRIP; National Ground Water Association (US) National Ground Water Association (US) New Hampshire (US state) northern hemisphere natural history collection(s) northern hemisphere land and marine temperature Natural History Museum, London, UK. See &LINK011; National Hydrology Research Institute (Canada, Federal agency, located in Saskatoon) &ISO; country code for Nicaragua Northern Ireland nickel, a transition metallic element North Indian Intermediate Water not in my backyard, usually in reference to an unpopular land-use development such as a landfill or a windfarm near-infra-red spectrometry number of identified specimens, a term used in faunal analysis and zooarchaeology National Institute of Standards and Technology (US Commerce Department agency). See &LINK012; New Jersey (US state) &ISO; country code for The Netherlands Newfoundland and Labrador (Canada, Province) nearest living relative New Mexico (US state) night marine air temperature non-metric multi-dimensional scaling, a multivariate statistical technique identifier for specimens from National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC non-methane hydrocarbons non-methane hydrocarbons nuclear magnetic resonance not my problem, something we all wish we could say more often Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum (= National Museum of Natural History at Leiden, The Netherlands) &ISO; country code for Norway nobelium, a synthetic transition metallic element National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US Federal agency) Northern Oil and Gas Action Plan (Canada). See &LINK013;. Nitrous Oxide and Halocarbons Intercalibration Experiment (&IGAC; activity) Non-Methane Hydrocarbon Intercomparison Experiment (&IGAC; activity) National Ocean Sciences &AMS; Facility (located in Woods Hole, MA, USA) Northern Wetlands Study nitrogen oxides (NO and NO<SUB><SMALL>2</SMALL></SUB>) &ISO; country code for Nepal neptunium, a transition metallic element North Pacific Intermediate Water North Pacific Oscillation, often used as a synonym for &PDO; National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System, mission planned by (&NASA;) non-pollen palynomorphs net primary productivity/production National Parks system &ISO; country code for Nauru National Rivers Authority (UK) Nuclear Regulatory Commission (US Federal agency) National Research Council (USA) National Research Council of Canada, see &LINK014; Natural Resources Conservation Service (US Federal agency), used to be the Soil Conservation Service (&SCS;). See &LINK015; natural remanent magnetization, a term used in palaeomagnetic studies airport code for Tokyo Narita International Airport, Tokyo, Japan Nova Scotia (Canadian Province) Newfoundland Shelf National Soil Database (Canada) Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (Canada, Federal funding agency) National Science Foundation (US funding agency). See &LINK016; prefix for &AMS; radiocarbon dates produced at Nuclear Structure Research Laboratory, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR), University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado (USA) non-seasalt sulphate normal summer stage (of a river) not statistically significant non-segregating tailings, from oil sands processing New South Wales (Australian state) &ISO; country code for Neutral Zone or Neutral Territory Northern Territory (Australian state) National Topographic System (Canada) &ISO; country code for Niue prefix for &AMS; radiocarbon dates produced by Nagoya University Tandem Accelerator Centre, Nagoya (Japan) Nevada (US state) Natural Value Programme, of the &UK; government New World (the Americas) northwest north wall of the Gulf Stream North West Mounted Police, established in 1873, precursor to the &RCMP;, Canada numerical weather prediction Northwest Passage, around northern Canada normal winter stage (of a river) Northwest Territories (Canadian Territory) New York (US state) New York Times, a newspaper &ISO; country code for New Zealand New Zealand prefix for radiocarbon dates produced by the Rafter Radiocarbon Laboratory, New Zealand, by gas-proportional counters, prior to 1995 prefix for radiocarbon dates produced by the Rafter Radiocarbon Laboratory, New Zealand, by &AMS;, since 1987. See &LINK017; New Zealand Geographical Society. See &LINK018;