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Meteorology

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Neoglacial

Weather; Meteorology

A period of general expansion of glaciers variously defined as spanning from approximately 3000 to 2000 years ago or covering the last 4000–5000 years.

NEBUL code

Weather; Meteorology

A code in which data on cloud systems are encoded and transmitted; it is a modified form of the international analysis code.

The specific 19-year period adopted by the National Ocean Service as the official time segment over which sea level observations are taken and reduced to obtain mean values for datum definition. The ...

National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS)

Weather; Meteorology

Air quality standards regarding air pollution for the United States that are required to be met by industry and are enforceable by law. See emission standard.