Glossary
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Description |
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NAQDS |
National Air Quality Data Service |
NCRIS |
National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy |
NEII |
National Environmental Information Infrastructure |
NEMSR |
The National Environmental Monitoring Sites Register provides a consolidated view of Australia's environmental monitoring sites. It can be accessed via an interactive mapping tool, or programmatically through URL end points. See www.neii.gov.au/nemsr. |
NEOMR |
National Environmental Observing Methods Register |
NERP |
National Environmental Research Programme |
NESP |
National Environmental Science Program |
NetCDF |
Network Common Data Form is a set of software libraries and self-describing, machine-independent data formats that support the creation, access, and sharing of array-oriented scientific data |
NEVS |
National Environmental Vocabulary Service |
NGO |
Non-Government Organisation |
NICTA |
National Information Communication Technology Australia |
NPEI |
National Plan for Environmental Information |
NRCan |
Natural Resources Canada |
NRM |
Natural Resource Management |
NSS/ESA |
National Statistical Service and Essential Statistical Assets |
numerical model |
a software code for calculating a mathematically-complex model of a physical system (e.g., the climate system) |
numerical simulation |
the process of executing a numerical model and the output data produced |
NZSDI |
New Zealand Spatial Data Infrastructure |