Published By Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
Issued about 9 years ago
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A listing of multiemployer pension plan terminations, mergers, and insolvencies reported to the PBGC for the current fiscal year. This data set will be updated annually.
NOAA Integrated Ocean and Coastal Mapping (IOCM) orthorectified mosaic image tiles, Delaware Bay - New Jersey shoreline, 2011 (NODC Accession 0100336)
Published By National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Issued about 9 years ago
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This data set contains ortho-rectified mosaic tiles, created as a product from the NOAA Integrated Ocean and Coastal Mapping (IOCM) initiative. The source imagery was acquired from 20110421 - 20110608. The images were acquired with an Applanix Digital Sensor System (DSS). Imagery products are true color (RGB) and near-infrared (IR) images. The original images were acquired at a higher resolution than the final ortho-rectified mosaic. Ortho-rectified mosaic tiles are an ancillary product of NOAA's Coastal Mapping Program (CMP), created through a wider Integrated Ocean and Coastal Mapping initiative to increase support for multiple uses of the data. Data are in .tif format with associated .omd (Class model Prosa OM), .his (HIStory), browse graphic (.jpg), and metadata (.txt) files. The metadata utilize the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) format. The ground sample distance (GSD) for each pixel is 0.50 m.
Published By Department of Housing and Urban Development
Issued about 9 years ago
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HMBS Loan-Level file (loan file of existing and New Issuances loans with HMBS pool types RM and ML for the month)
Published By National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Issued about 9 years ago
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Alchemist - Air Separation Technology Development Project
Published By National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Issued about 9 years ago
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Collection includes a variety of indices related to solar activity contributed by a number of national and private solar observatories located worldwide. This metadata record is currently under construction.[SolarIndices A]
Lightweight Hybrid Ablator Incorporating Aerogel-Filled Open-Cell Foam Structural Insulator, Phase II Project
Published By National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Issued about 9 years ago
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In previous work for NASA and DoD, Ultramet developed lightweight open-cell foam insulators composed of a carbon or ceramic structural foam skeleton filled with a high temperature nanoscale aerogel insulator. Structural integrity and high insulation behavior have been demonstrated when used in combination with a non-ablating, coated carbon/carbon or ceramic matrix composite outer shell. In Phase I, Ultramet demonstrated the initial feasibility of a foam-reinforced hybrid ablator/aerogel insulator thermal protection system (TPS) in which a portion of the thickness (front face) of a low thermal conductivity structural foam was infiltrated with an ablative material and the remainder of the thickness (back face) was filled with the high temperature aerogel insulator. The potential benefit is a reduction in the ablator mass required to reject the aerothermal heat load. The three-dimensionally interconnected foam reinforcement is anticipated to provide increased char retention relative to alternative fiber and honeycomb reinforcements. The vehicle interface temperature will be controlled by the highly insulating aerogel-filled portion of the foam structure. In Phase II, Ultramet will team with Materials Research & Design (MR&D) for continued thermomechanical design optimization, and ARA Ablatives Laboratory for ablator infiltration of Ultramet structural foam. Performance will be evaluated through high heat flux ablation testing and a demonstration of scaleup potential up to 18" diameter.
Published By US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
Issued about 9 years ago
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These data identify, in general, the areas where final critical habitat occurs for 99 listed plant species known historically from the island of Lanai. The three species are Bidens micrantha ssp. kalealaha, Portulaca sclerocarpa, and Tetramolopium remyi. A total of approximately 320 hectares (789 acres) of land on Lanai fall within the boundaries of the six critical habitat units designated for the three species.
Published By National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Issued about 9 years ago
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Space Life and Physical Sciences Research and Applications Program
Published By US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
Issued about 9 years ago
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This plan provides guidelines for the administration of hunting activity and for the development, maintenance, and enforcement of regulations and guidelines on Whittlesey Creek National Wildlife Refuge. It specifically addresses the areas of information, access, use patterns, regulations, area restrictions, permits, and enforcement. Target species include waterfowl.
Published By U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Issued about 9 years ago
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A design value is a statistic that describes the air quality status of a given location relative to the level of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). Design values are defined to be consistent with the individual NAAQS as described in CFR Part 50. They are typically used to designate and classify nonattainment areas, as well as to assess progress towards meeting the NAAQS. To view a list of areas designated nonattainment, see EPA's Green Book site. Design values are computed and published annually by EPA's Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards and reviewed in conjunction with the EPA Regional Offices. Some of these design values can change after the date of publication for a variety of reasons, including but not limited to: 1) EPA agreement that certain data were influenced by exceptional events and therefore not subject for comparison with the NAAQS, 2) States retroactively entering or changing erroneous data based on later findings, and/or 3) notification of a monitoring issue (e.g. network design, site combination, change in the regulatory status of a monitor) that would prompt a revision.
Published By U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Issued about 9 years ago
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This data layer identifies areas in the U.S. where air pollution levels have not met the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for the 2008 Lead National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) and were designated "nonattainment" in 2010. The EPA Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (OAQPS) has set the NAAQS for six principal pollutants, which are called "criteria" pollutants. Under provisions of the Clean Air Act, which is intended to improve the quality of the air we breathe, EPA sets limits on how much of a pollutant can be in the air anywhere in the United States. This ensures that all Americans have the same basic health and environmental protections. The law allows individual states to have stronger pollution controls, but states are not allowed to have weaker pollution controls than those set for the whole country. EPA calls these pollutants "criteria air pollutants" because the agency has regulated them by first developing health-based criteria (science-based guidelines) as the basis for setting permissible levels. One set of limits (primary standard) protects health; another set of limits (secondary standard) is intended to prevent environmental and property damage. A geographic area that meets or does better than the primary standard is called an attainment area; areas that don't meet the primary standard are called nonattainment areas.
Published By National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Issued about 9 years ago
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To fulfill National Standard 8 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, the Northwest Fisheries Science Center is collecting economic data in seven U.S. coastal communities. The data is collected via voluntary mail surveys of locally operated businesses and resident households. Data collected from these groups will focus on determining the impact of marine resources on local economies. The data will be used to construct regional economic models to analyze the economic impacts of fishery management alternatives, and to investigate the degree of economic dependence on marine resources in the respective communities. Household and business data collected from community economic survey
Published By National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Issued about 9 years ago
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Global Land Ice Measurements from Space (GLIMS) is an international project with the goal of surveying a majority of the world's estimated 160,000 glaciers. GLIMS uses data collected primarily by the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) instrument aboard the Terra satellite and the LANDSAT Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+), along with historical observations. The GLIMS project is currently creating a unique glacier inventory, storing information about the extent and rates of change of all the world's glacial resources. GLIMS consists of many institutions called Regional Centers, who produce glacier analyses for their particular region. The GLIMS Glacier Database provides students, educators, scientists, and the public with reliable glacier data from these analyses. New glacier data are continually being added to the database. The GLIMS Glacier Viewer Web Mapping Service (WMS) was developed to provide the public with easy access to the GLIMS Glacier Database. This WMS allows users to view and query several thematic layers, including glacier outlines, ASTER footprints, Regional Center locations, and the World Glacier Inventory. Query results can be downloaded into a number of GIS-compatible formats, including ESRI Shapefiles, MapInfo tables, and Geographic Mark-up Language (GML). Please note, the citation below is a general citation for the entire GLIMS data collection. If you download data, please use the appropriate citation(s) listed in the file called 'CITATIONS_nnnn.txt' (where nnnn is a number) for the specific GLIMS data you use.
Published By Department of Justice
Issued about 9 years ago
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The Mobile Device Enterprise System provides Blackberry device support on the JCON II System.
Published By U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Issued about 9 years ago
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112th Congressional districts for Region 9.
Published By U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Issued about 9 years ago
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This web service contains the following layers: Mandatory Class 1 Federal Area polygons and Mandatory Class 1 Federal Area labels in the United States. The polygon layer draws at all scales. The labels draw at scales greater than or equal to 1:3 million. Data used to create this web service are available as a separate download at the secondary linkage listed above. Full FGDC metadata are available by clicking the layer name in the web service table of contents and clicking the Full Metadata link in the layer description. This dataset was developed by EPA's Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (OAQPS) based on features originating from several data sources, including USEPA, USFS, USFWS, NPS and BIA.
Published By Department of Energy
Issued about 9 years ago
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Technical Reference for Hydrogen Compatibility of Materials --------------------------------------------------------------------- Guidance on materials selection for hydrogen service is needed to support the deployment of hydrogen as a fuel as well as the development of codes and standards for stationary hydrogen use, hydrogen vehicles, refueling stations, and hydrogen transportation. Materials property measurement is needed on deformation, fracture and fatigue of metals in environments relevant to this hydrogen economy infrastructure. The identification of hydrogen-affected material properties such as strength, fracture resistance and fatigue resistance are high priorities to ensure the safe design of load-bearing structures. To support the needs of the hydrogen community, Sandia National Laboratories ("Sandia") is conducting an extensive review of reports and journal publications to gather existing materials data for inclusion in the *Technical Reference for Hydrogen Compatibility of Materials*. Additionally, Sandia is working internationally with collaborators to acquire newly generated data for inclusion in the Technical Reference. **SAND2012-7321** is an archival report issued by Sandia National Laboratories representing the reference information compiled as of September 2012. Updates and additions of individual sections of this report are available at http://www.sandia.gov/matlsTechRef . ### Technical Database for Hydrogen Compatibility of Materials The Technical Database for Hydrogen Compatibility of Materials is intended to be a complement to the Technical Reference for Hydrogen Compatibility of Materials. Although still in the development stage, the Technical Database will provide a repository of technical data measured in hydrogen and is meant to be an engineering tool to aid the selection of materials for use in hydrogen. The structure of the Technical Database will mirror the Technical Reference, using the same designations and classifications of materials. Below are some examples of the database information that is being compiled in the form of spreadsheets. A single material from a single study is represented in each spreadsheet: the material is indicated by the first four digits; the author and year are represented by the following characters; and the type of data follows (i.e. tensile, fracture and/or fatigue). #### Plain Carbon Ferritic Steels - 1100_CIA85_ten_fra_fat.xlsx - 1100_SAN10_fra_fat.xlsx - 1100_SAN10B_fra_fat.xlsx - 1100_SAN11_fra_fat.xlsx - 1100_SAN11B_fra_fat.xlsx #### Low-Alloy Ferritic Steels - 1211_NIB10_fra_fat.xlsx - 1211_SAN11_fat.xlsx #### Aluminum Alloys - 3230_SAN11_far_fat.xlsx *Financial support for the Technical Reference and the Technical Database is provided by the Safety, Codes and Standards program element of the Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Program, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, United States Department of Energy.*
Published By US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
Issued about 9 years ago
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This report documents a vascular plant inventory performed for Banks Lake NWR from 2009 through 2011. Banks Lake National Wildlife Refuge NWR comprises 3,559 acre 1,440 ha in Lanier County, Georgia Anonymous 2009. It is contiguous with Grand Bay Wildlife Management Area WMA and Moody Air Force Base to the south and Georgia Department of Transportation Wetland Mitigation property to the northwest, and collectively these areas form a natural ecological unit consisting of CypressGum Swamp, Carolina Bay wetland communities, and adjacent upland habitats Anonymous 2009; Bergstrom et al. 1995. Despite its ecological significance, there is currently no vouchered floristic inventory for Banks Lake NWR.The major objectives of our proposed study of Banks Lake NWR are 1 to conduct an intensive survey of the vegetation documenting the occurrence of all vascular plant species with special emphasis on rare, threatened, and endangered species RTE and exotic invasive species; 2 to characterize the major plant communities, according to the quantitative methodology of Peet et al. 1998; 3 to classify the plant communities according to the system developed by the Nature Conservancy NatureServe 2008; and 4 to map the plant communities.
Published By National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Issued about 9 years ago
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This SBIR project delivers a single-sensor structural health-monitoring (SHM) system that uses the impedance method to monitor structural integrity, wave propagation methods to assess surfaces, and acoustic SHM to detect adverse events (impacts). This Adverse Event Detection (AED) unit supports nondestructive evaluation (NDE) systems and evaluates advanced composite structures. Implications of the innovation Increasingly demanding weight and performance needs encourage widespread use of composite materials. New systems are needed to detect incipient flaws in composites before damage becomes critical. Health analyzers that actively examine structures across several length and time scales in an autonomous fashion greatly reduce the number of sensors required and lower system complexity and cost; however, no practical system exists. We address this deficiency by building on our existing SHM system. Technical objectives AED leverages our previous NASA SHM research. Our initial Phase 1 prototype takes the form of a single custom printed circuit board, and is a TRL 5 unit. We have demonstrated both the impedance method and wave propagation SHM as implemented by a single sensor. Phase 1 will focus on performing similar demonstrations for acoustic SHM using the same single sensor element. Research description We have established feasibility for a chip-level approach that combines the impedance method and wave propagation, and demonstrated damage detection on a model composite. Phase 1 will validate chip-level feasibility for acoustic operation, and demonstrate this additional capability in a laboratory prototype. Anticipated results Phase 1 attacks the problem of monitoring structural integrity across multiple time and distance scales and completes a TRL 5 prototype that can be deployed wirelessly. Phase 2 delivers a TRL 6 unit that autonomously senses damage across several length and time scales by integrating impedance based, wave propagation, and acoustic SHM.
Published By U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior
Issued about 9 years ago
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This Historical North Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Tracks file contains the six-hourly (0000, 0600, 1200, 1800 UTC) center locations and intensities for all northern Atlantic subtropical depressions and storms, extratropical storms, tropical lows, waves, disturbances, depressions and storms, and all hurricanes, from 1851 through 2004. Included are storms in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. This is a replacement for the January 2005 map layer distributed as Historical North Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Tracks, 1851-2003.
Published By U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior
Issued about 9 years ago
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This part of DS 781 presents data for the bathymetry and shaded-relief maps of the Offshore of Bodega Head map area, California. Raster data file is included in "Bathymetry_OffshoreBodegaHead.zip," which is accessible from http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/781/OffshoreBodegaHead/data_catalog_OffshoreBodegaHead.html. The bathymetry and shaded-relief maps of the Offshore of Bodega Head Map Area, California, were generated from bathymetry data collected by California State University, Monterey Bay (CSUMB), and by Fugro Pelagos. Mapping was completed between 2007 and 2010, using a combination of 200-kHz and 400-kHz Reson 7125, and 244-kHz Reson 8101 multibeam echosounders, as well as 468-kHz SEA SWATHPlus interferometric system. These mapping missions combined to collect bathymetry (sheets 1, 2) from about the 10-m isobath to beyond the 3-nautical-mile limit of California State Waters. NOTE: the horizontal datum of the bathymetry data (NAD83) differs from the horizontal datum of other layers in this data series (WGS84). Some bathymetry grids within this map were projected horizontally from WGS84 to NAD83 using ESRI tools to be more consistent with the vertical reference of the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD88). These data are not intended for navigational purposes.
12-Digit Watershed Boundary Data 1:24,000 for EPA Region 2 and Surrounding States (NAT_HYDROLOGY.HUC12_NRCS_REG2)
Published By U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Issued about 9 years ago
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12 digit Hydrologic Units (HUCs) for EPA Region 2 and surrounding states (Northeastern states, parts of the Great Lakes, Puerto Rico and the USVI) downloaded from the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Geospatial Gateway and imported into the EPA Region 2 Oracle/SDE database. This layer reflects 2009 updates to the national Watershed Boundary Database (WBD) that included new boundary data for New York and New Jersey.
Published By National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Issued about 9 years ago
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Watershed Sciences, Inc. (WSI) collected Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) data on 6 days between September 15th and November 5th, 2010 for the Puget Sound LiDAR Consortium in Kittitas County, WA. The requested. As the dataset is adjacent to a previously delivered LiDAR dataset (Wenatchee), comparisons were made to ensure spatial accuracy between datasets. The total acreage of this delivery is 172,115 acres of LiDAR data. Point density 8.5 points/m2.
Published By US Census Bureau, Department of Commerce
Issued about 9 years ago
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The TIGER/Line shapefiles and related database files (.dbf) are an extract of selected geographic and cartographic information from the U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) Database (MTDB). The MTDB represents a seamless national file with no overlaps or gaps between parts, however, each TIGER/Line shapefile is designed to stand alone as an independent data set, or they can be combined to cover the entire nation. The Topological Faces / Military Installation Relationship File (FACESMIL.dbf) contains a record for each face / military installation relationship. Face refers to the areal (polygon) topological primitives that make up MTDB. A face is bounded by one or more edges; its boundary includes only the edges that separate it from other faces, not any interior edges contained within the area of the face. The face to which a record in the Topological Faces / Military Installation Relationship File (FACESMIL.dbf) applies can be determined by linking to the Topological Faces Shapefile (FACES.shp) on the permanent topological face identifier (TFID) attribute. The military installation to which a record in the Topological Faces / Military Installation Relationship File (FACESMIL.dbf) applies can be determined by linking to the Military Installation Shapefile (MIL.shp) on the military installation identifier (AREAID) attribute. A face may be part of multiple military installations. A military installation may consist of multiple faces.
Published By US Agency for International Development
Issued about 9 years ago
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OTI's worldwide activity database is a simple and effective information system that serves as a program management, tracking, and reporting tool. In each country, the database serves as the main instrument for chronicling the life cycles and outcomes of individual activities and is the primary library of data from which working documents and internal and external reports are generated. Evaluators, peer review teams, and others who need to research active or past OTI programs use it to read the story of a program through its lifecycle. It also allows staff at headquarters to provide immediate, up-to-date information to audiences in Washington without needing to query field teams.