NAFO - The Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) is a regional fisheries body that incorporates scientific advice and management. 16 countries plus EU (European Union) signed the NAFO Convention that applies to most fishery resources of the Northwest Atlantic.
Category: - Maritime - Acronym

National Search and Rescue Secretariat - The National Search and Rescue Secretariat (NSS) acts as a liaison for Search and Rescue (SAR) agencies and all partners involved in Canadian search and rescue.
Category: - SAR

Nautical Mile - 6,076 feet (a land mile is 5,280 feet); Approximately one and one-seventh statute miles
Category: - Maritime

Navigating Bridge - A deck from which the ship is navigated.
Category: - Maritime

Navigator - Both the Hercules and the Buffalo have a Navigator on the crew. The Nav is responsible for navigation, communications and also functions as the winch operator on the Buffalo when the SAR Techs parachute.
Category: - SAR

NAVTEX - Telegraphy system for transmission of maritime safety information, navigation and meteorological warnings and urgent information to ships. "NAVTEX"
Category: - Maritime - Acronym

NCE - The Networks of Centres of Excellence (NCE) Program fosters powerful partnerships between university, government and industry. Networks of Centres of Excellence funded by the program are designed to develop Canada's economy and improve the quality of life of Canadians.
Category: - Acronym

Net Capacity - The number of tons of cargo which a vessel can carry when loaded in salt water to her summer freeboard marks. Also called cargo carrying capacity, cargo deadweight, useful deadweight.
Category: - Maritime

Net Registered Tons - This tonnage is frequently shown on ship registration papers; it represents the volumetric area available for cargo at 100 cubic feet = 1 ton. Equals gross tonnage minus deductions for space occupied by crew accommodations, machinery, navigation equipment and bunkers. It represents space available for cargo (and passengers) It often is used by port and canal authorities as a basis for charges.
Category: - Maritime

Net Tonnage - A figure obtained by making deduction from the gross tonnage for space not available for carrying cargo.
Category: - Maritime - Acronym

Network of Centres of Excellence - The Networks of Centres of Excellence (NCE) Program fosters powerful partnerships between university, government and industry. Networks of Centres of Excellence funded by the program are designed to develop Canada's economy and improve the quality of life of Canadians.
Category: - General

NIF - The New SAR Initiatives Fund (NIF), was established by the federal government in 1988, and is managed by the National Search and Rescue Secretariat (NSS), on behalf of the Lead Minister for Search and Rescue.
Category: - Acronym

Night Sun - The night sun is an externally mounted spotlight used on both the Labrador and Griffon. It is used to illuminate objects on the ground or in the water at night. The beam can be focused on a small area or widened to give a general view of a larger area. The night sun can be easily identified on both aircraft; it is black, about the size of a five gallon pail and mounts under the nose of the Labrador and on the right side of the Griffon.
Category: - SAR

Night Vision Goggles - Night vision goggles (NVGs) are used to spot objects from the air at night. The goggles intensify the ambient light. They are particularly effective in full moon conditions.
Category: - SAR

NM - Nautical Mile: Equal to 1,852 meters (or 6,076 feet)
Category: - General

NOCL - The NOCL or Notice of Crash Location is a message sent from SAR Techs on the ground to an aircraft and in turn onto the Rescue Coordination Centre. The NOCL is encoded for reasons of confidentiality. It details whether the object found is in fact what was being searched for, the condition of personnel and the requirements for the rescue.
Category: - Acronym - SAR

Node - The end of an arc. At first, any significant point in a map data structure. Later, only those points with topological significance, such as the ends of lines.
Category: - GIS

Nominal - A level of measurement at which only subjective information is available about a feature. For a point, for example, the name of the place.
Category: - GIS

Non-SAR Incident - An incident, other than a search and rescue (SAR) incident, which requires the provision of assistance of search and rescue units, including assistance to police for specific operations such as apparent suicides, drug interdiction, vessel arrest, body recoveries. "incident non SAR"
Category: - SAR

NORDREG CANADA - Arctic Canada Vessel Traffic System
Category: - Maritime - Acronym

Normal - The long-term average value of a meteorological element for a certain area. For example, "temperatures are normal for this time of year." Usually averaged over 30 years.
Category: - Weather

Normal Distribution - A distribution of values symmetrically about a mean with a given variance.
Category: - GIS

Normalize - To remove an effect biasing a statistic; for example, the influence of the size of the sample.
Category: - GIS

Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization - The Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) is a regional fisheries body that incorporates scientific advice and management. 16 countries plus EU (European Union) signed the NAFO Convention that applies to most fishery resources of the Northwest Atlantic.
Category: - Maritime

Notice of Crash Location - The NOCL or Notice of Crash Location is a message sent from SAR Techs on the ground to an aircraft and in turn onto the Rescue Coordination Centre. The NOCL is encoded for reasons of confidentiality. It details whether the object found is in fact what was being searched for, the condition of personnel and the requirements for the rescue.
Category: - SAR

NRT - Net registered tons: This tonnage is frequently shown on ship registration papers; it represents the volumetric area available for cargo at 100 cubic feet = 1 ton. It often is used by port and canal authorities as a basis for charges.
Category: - Maritime - Acronym

NSS - The National Search and Rescue Secretariat (NSS) acts as a liaison for Search and Rescue (SAR) agencies and all partners involved in Canadian search and rescue.
Category: - Acronym - SAR

NVG - Night vision goggles (NVGs) are used to spot objects from the air at night. The goggles intensify the ambient light. They are particularly effective in full moon conditions.
Category: - Acronym - SAR