Narrative report January, February, March, April, 1951 Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge, Lostwood National Wildlife Refuge, & Easement Refuges - District IV & 4a
Published By US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
Issued about 9 years ago
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This narrative report for Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge outlines Refuge accomplishments from January through April of 1951. The report begins by summarizing the weather conditions, water conditions, and food and cover during this period. Wildlife including migratory birds, upland game birds, big game animals, furbearers, predators, rodents, raptors, and fish is also covered. The Refuge development and maintenance section discusses physical developments and plantings. Resource management is outlined; topics include grazing, haying, and fur harvesting. A progress report on field investigations and applied research is also provided. The public relations section of the report describes recreational uses, Refuge visitors, and Refuge participation. NR forms and photographs are attached.
Published By National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Issued about 9 years ago
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has the statutory mandate to collect hydrographic data in support of nautical chart compilation for safe navigation and to provide background data for engineers, scientific, and other commercial and industrial activities. Hydrographic survey data primarily consist of water depths, but may also include features (e.g. rocks, wrecks), navigation aids, shoreline identification, and bottom type information. NOAA is responsible for archiving and distributing the source data as described in this metadata record.
NOAA TIFF Image - 1m Multibeam Bathymetry, US Virgin Islands - Vieques Island (El Seco) - Project NF-09-01 - (2009), UTM 20N NAD83
Published By National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Issued about 9 years ago
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This dataset contains a unified ESRI Geotiff with 1x1 meter cell size representing the bathymetry of El Seco, a selected portion of seafloor east of Vieques Island, derived from data collected in March and April 2009. NOAA's NOS/NCCOS/CCMA Biogeography Branch, in collaboration with NOAA vessel Nancy Foster and territory, federal, and private sector partners, acquired multibeam bathymetry data around Vieques Island from 3/26/09 to 4/2/09. Data was acquired with a hull-mounted Kongsberg Simrad EM 1002 multibeam echosounder (95 kHz) for water depths greater than 75 meters, and with a moon pool flange-mounted Reson 7125 multibeam echosounder (dual frequecy, 200/400 kHz) for water depths of less than 75 meters. It was processed by a NOAA contractor using CARIS HIPS software. Data has all correctors applied (attitude, sound velocity) and has been reduced to mean lower low water (MLLW) using final approved tides and zoning from NOAA COOPS. Data is in UTM zone 20 north, datum NAD83. The processed CARIS data was used to generate a CARIS BASE surface based on swath angle. An ASCII XYZ file was exported from the BASE surface and opened in ESRI ArcMap 9.x as an XY event. Then the ArcToolbox conversion tool 'Feature to Raster' was used to generate the final ESRI Geotiff. The project was conducted to meet IHO Order 1 and 2 accuracy standards, dependent on the project area and depth. All users should individually evaluate the suitability of this data according to their own needs and standards.
Published By US Agency for International Development
Issued about 9 years ago
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The function of the operation is to provide e-Signature and document management support for Acquisition and Assisitance (A&A) documents including vouchers in AIDW and missions. This includes the electronic storage of contract documents and the implementation fo electronic voucher approval in the missions.
Published By US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
Issued about 9 years ago
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The purpose of this report is to create a baseline inventory of all nonmotorized trails on Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge. Trails in this inventory are eligible for funding under the Refuge Roads Program SAFETEALU. The report describes all the attributes e.g., location, surface type, condition, distance of trails in the FWS asset inventory.
NOAA marine environmental buoy data from the National Data Buoy Center for 2009-09 (NODC Accession 0058498)
Published By National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Issued about 9 years ago
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Published By US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
Issued about 9 years ago
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This map was produced by the Division of Realty to depict landownership at Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge. It was generated from rectified aerial photography, cadastral surveys and recorded documents.
Appropriations and Apportionments for Grant Programs: Bus and Bus Facilities - Allocations (FY2009-Supplemental-Omnibus Appropriations Act)
Published By Department of Transportation
Issued about 9 years ago
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Each year Congress passes legislation which, when signed by the President, appropriates funds for the Department of Transportation and related agencies. After this legislation is enacted, FTA publishes a Notice in the Federal Register which provides an overview of the apportionments and allocations based on these funds for the various Federal Transit Administration programs as well as statements of policy and guidance on public transit administration. These data sets show how FTA funding is distributed.
Published By National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Issued about 9 years ago
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This project is a cooperative effort between the National Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment, the University of Hawaii, BAE Systems Spectral Solutions and Analytical Laboratories of Hawaii, LLC. The goal of the work was to map the coral reef habitats of the Main Eight Hawaiian Islands by visual interpretation and manual delineation of IKONOS and Quick Bird satellite imagery.A two tiered habitat classification system was tested and implemented in this work. It integrates geomorphologic reef structure and biological cover into a single scheme and subsets each into detail. It also includes fourteen zones. This shapefile was created from the shoreline digitized during this process.
Published By National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Issued about 9 years ago
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ABSTRACT: The BOREAS Follow-On FLX-01 team collected tower flux, surface meteorological, and soil temperature data at the BOREAS NSA-OBS site continuously from March 1994 through December 1998. Data from March 1994 through October 1996 are included in the BOREAS TF-03 effort while data from the end of October 1996 through December 1998 are included in the BOREAS Follow-on FLX-01 effort.
Published By National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Issued about 9 years ago
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has the statutory mandate to collect hydrographic data in support of nautical chart compilation for safe navigation and to provide background data for engineers, scientific, and other commercial and industrial activities. Hydrographic survey data primarily consist of water depths, but may also include features (e.g. rocks, wrecks), navigation aids, shoreline identification, and bottom type information. NOAA is responsible for archiving and distributing the source data as described in this metadata record.
Temperature profiles from MBT casts from the BERING STRAIT from Ocean Weather Station V (OWS-V) in the North Pacific Ocean from 19 October 1961 to 12 November 1961 (NODC Accession 6100264)
Published By National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Issued about 9 years ago
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Bathythermograph data were collected from the BERING STRAIT within a 1-mile radius of Ocean Weather Station V (3400N 16400E) and in transit. Data were collected by the United States Coast Guard from 19 October 1961 to 12 November 1961. The platform was equipped and staffed to observe weather and sea conditions. Data were processed by NODC to the NODC standard Universal Bathythermograph Output (UBT) format. Full format description is available from NODC at www.nodc.noaa.gov/General/NODC-Archive/bt.html. The UBT file format is used for temperature-depth profile data obtained using the mechanical bathythermograph (MBT) instrument. The maximum depth of MBT observations is approximately 285 m. Therefore, MBT data are useful only in studying the thermal structure of the upper layers of the ocean. Cruise information, date, position, and time are reported for each observation. The data record comprises pairs of temperature-depth values. Temperature data in this file are recorded at uniform 5 m depth intervals.
Published By US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
Issued about 9 years ago
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In order to conform to the Wilderness Act of 1964, a study was conducted by the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife personnel to ascertain which of the Kenai National Moose Ranges acres qualify for possible inclusion into the National Wilderness System. This document contains supporting actions, public hearing analysis, wilderness proposal synopsis, proposed recommendations, a draft letter to the secretary, draft legislation, a draft letter of the president, and costtime data.
Published By National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Issued about 9 years ago
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has the statutory mandate to collect hydrographic data in support of nautical chart compilation for safe navigation and to provide background data for engineers, scientific, and other commercial and industrial activities. Hydrographic survey data primarily consist of water depths, but may also include features (e.g. rocks, wrecks), navigation aids, shoreline identification, and bottom type information. NOAA is responsible for archiving and distributing the source data as described in this metadata record.
Published By National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Issued about 9 years ago
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This accession contains one month of waveform data records (WDRs) from the GEOSAT Geodetic Mission (GM) and(or) Exact Repeat Mission (ERM) for the time period of June 01, 1985 to June 30, 1985. Parameters include: time, orbit, latitude/longitude, and sea surface height. Corrections to the data include: sea level, wind and wave data, tides, dry and wet troposphere, ionosphere, height bias, altimeter crossover differences, altimeter sea surface measurement, and spacecraft orientation. These data were submitted by the U.S. Navy via National Oceanic Service. The US Navy Geosat (Geodetic Satellite) radar altimeter mission lasted for nearly 5 years (March 1985 to January 1990) and collected approximately 750 million measurements of sea level, wave height, and wind speed over the global oceans. During the Geodetic Mission (March 1985 to September 1986), the satellite did not repeat its ground track for the duration of the mission. The orbit of the satellite was changed in October 1986 to begin the Exact Repeat Mission (ERM) which lasted from November 8, 1986 until the satellite quit functioning in January 1990. During the ERM, the satellite repeated its ground track every 17 days. Data were initially processed by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, MD in coordination with the NOAA/NOS Satellite Altimeter Group. Data products were transferred to the NOAA National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) for distribution. Data products are archived at the NODC.
Published By US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
Issued about 9 years ago
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The purpose of this report is to update the progress of the bald eagle migration and movements study begun during July 1982. The study was initiated to: 1 determine and compare seasonal movement patterns of subadult and adult bald eagles on Kodiak Island, and 2 to identify possible emigration and immigration patterns between the Kodiak population of bald eagles and other Alaskan or North Pacific bald eagle populations.
Published By US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
Issued about 9 years ago
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This narrative report for Medicine Lake NWR outlines Refuge accomplishments from June through July of 1938. The report begins by summarizing the weather conditions and water conditions during this period. Wildlife including migratory birds, upland game birds, predators, and rodents is also covered. The Refuge development and maintenance section discusses physical developments, plantings, and collections and receipts. Resource management is outlined; topics include grazing, haying, sharecropping, and timber removal. The public relations section of the report describes recreational uses and violations. Photographs are attached.
CRED Rapid Ecological Assessment Belt Surveys of Coral Population and Disease Assessment at Pagan, Marianas in 2011
Published By National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Issued about 9 years ago
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To support a long-term NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) for sustainable management and conservation of coral reef ecosystems, from 20110407 to 20110509, belt transect surveys of coral population and diseases quantitative assessments were conducted, as a part of Rapid Ecological Assessments (REA), during the Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (RAMP) cruise HA1101 in Marianas at biennial intervals by the Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED) at the NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC). During the cruise, there were 7 surveys in total conducted at REA sites around Pagan. At the specific REA sites, coral biologists along with algal biologists and marine invertebrate zoologist entered the water and conducted a fine-scale (approximately 300 m^2) and high degree of taxonomic resolution REA survey to assess and monitor species composition, abundance, percent cover, size distribution, diversity, and general health of corals, macro-invertebrates, and algae in shallow-water (less than 35 m) habitats. As a part of REA surveys, the coral belt surveys were focused on quantifying the diversity, abundance, density, and size-class distribution of the anthozoan and hydrozoan corals as well as the condition and health state of the coral reef populations. The surveys were conducted along two consecutively-placed, 25 m transect lines. The belt width was 1 m wide, 0.5 m on each side of the transect line. Within each 25 m transect, five 2.5 m segments were surveyed (beginning at points: 0, 5, 10, 15, and 20 meters), whereby in each segment, all coral colonies whose center fell within 0.5 m of either side of the transect line were identified to the lowest taxonomic level possible (genus or species) and two planar size metrics were collected: maximum diameter and diameter perpendicular to the maximum diameter. In addition, the extent of mortality, both recent and old, was estimated for each colony. Observers paid special attention to identifying as best as possible the extent of the former live colony. When a coral colony exhibited signs of disease or compromised health, additional information was recorded including type of affliction (bleaching, skeletal growth anomaly, white syndrome, tissue loss other than white syndrome, trematodiasis, necrosis, other, pigmentation responses, algal overgrowth, and predation), severity of the affliction (mild, moderate, marked, severe, acute), as well as photographic documentation and occasional tissue samples. Tissue samples were cataloged and fixed in buffered zinc-formalin solution for further histopathological analyses. Raw survey data included species presence and relative abundance, colony counts per taxon, size (width and length), mortality, predation, and health status. A surveyed area was ranging from 10 m^2 to 25 m^2 per site.
Real-Time XBT Data assembled by US NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) for the Global Temperature-Salinity Profile Program (GTSPP) and submitted, 10/03/2005 - 10/09/2005 (NODC Accession 0002391)
Published By National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Issued about 9 years ago
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These data represent data collected from the Shipboard Environmental (data) Acquisition System (SEAS), a program developed by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to provide accurate meteorological and oceanographic data in real time from ships at sea through the use of satellite data transmission techniques. The system transmits data through either the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) or the International Maritime Satellite Organization (INMARSAT C) satellites to NOAA for use in weather, climatological and ocean models. NOAA is actively participating in an international effort to increase the number of subsurface temperature observations in support of global oceanographic and climate studies. NOAA's Expendable Bathythermograph (XBT) program, SEAS, currently supports about 80 Voluntary Observing Ships (VOS). SEAS XBT data are archived by the National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) on a weekly basis.
Published By Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security
Issued about 9 years ago
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FEMA Framework Basemap datasets comprise six of the seven FGDC themes of geospatial data that are used by most GIS applications (Note: the seventh framework theme, orthographic imagery, is packaged in a separate NFIP Metadata Profile): cadastral, geodetic control, governmental unit, transportation, general structures, hydrography (water areas & lines. These data include an encoding of the geographic extent of the features and a minimal number of attributes needed to identify and describe the features. (Source: Circular A16, p. 13)
Published By National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Issued about 9 years ago
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The Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications (MERRA) is a state-of-the-art reanalysis data product that provides, in addition to atmospheric fields, global estimates of soil moisture, latent heat flux, snow, and runoff for 1979-present. A supplemental and improved set of land surface hydrological fields (MERRA-Land) was generated by re-running a revised version of the land component of the MERRA system (Reichle et al., 2012). Specifically, the MERRA-Land estimates benefit from corrections to the precipitation forcing with the global gauge-based NOAA Climate Prediction Center Unified (CPCU) precipitation product and from revised parameter values in the rainfall interception model, changes that effectively correct for known limitations in the MERRA surface meteorological forcings. With a few exceptions, the MERRA-Land data appear more accurate than the original MERRA estimates and are thus recommended for those interested in using MERRA output for land surface hydrological studies. The MERRA-Land product, MSTMNXMLD or tavgM_2d_mld_Nx, is a simulated 2-Dimensional monthly mean at the native resolution. All collections from this group are at reduced horizontal resolution. The data are on the GEOS-5 native 540 x 361 grid with 2/3° longitude x 1/2° latitude resolution. Data are archived in the HDF-EOS (Grid) format, based on HDF4.
Published By National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Issued about 9 years ago
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has the statutory mandate to collect hydrographic data in support of nautical chart compilation for safe navigation and to provide background data for engineers, scientific, and other commercial and industrial activities. Hydrographic survey data primarily consist of water depths, but may also include features (e.g. rocks, wrecks), navigation aids, shoreline identification, and bottom type information. NOAA is responsible for archiving and distributing the source data as described in this metadata record.
Published By National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Issued about 9 years ago
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In this proposal we describe a plan to build a deformable mirror suitable for space-based operation in systems for high-resolution imaging. The prototype DM will be fabricated through a combination of micromachining and wafer bonding steps that were all proven feasible in the Phase I project. The device will rely on single crystal silicon for all structural components, promising unprecedented thermal stability and optical quality. A principal goal of this Phase II SBIR project will be to fabricate a high precision microelectromechanical (MEMS) deformable mirror with a 60mm optical diameter, having surface roughness less than 5nm RMS. The mirror will be supported by 1600 independently controllable electrostatic actuators, each capable of up to 1mm of stroke with sub-nanometer repeatability. The device will become an enabling component for applications including space-based imaging, optical communication, and lithography.
Published By National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Issued about 9 years ago
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The MATMNXRAD or tavgM_2d_rad_Nx data product is the MERRA Data Assimilation System 2-Dimensional surface and TOA radiation flux that is time averaged single-level at the native resolution. It is a history file that is produced from the GCM during the corrector segment of the IAU cycle. All collections from this group are at reduced horizontal resolution. MERRA, or the Modern Era Retrospective-analysis for Research and Application, is a NASA reanalysis for the satellite era (30 years 1979-current) using the Goddard Earth Observing System Data Assimilation System Version 5 (GEOS-5 DAS). This data product contains 2-dimensional fields that do not vary during the reanalysis. The data are on the GEOS-5 native 540 x 361 grid with 2/3° longitude x 1/2° latitude resolution. Data are archived in the HDF-EOS (Grid) format, based on HDF4.
Published By US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
Issued about 9 years ago
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This narrative report for J. Clark Salyer NWR outlines Refuge accomplishments during the 1977 calendar year. The report begins by summarizing the weather conditions, habitat conditions, water conditions, and food and cover during this period. Wildlife including migratory birds, upland game birds, big game animals, furbearers, predators, rodents, mammals, raptors, reptiles, fish, and disease is also covered. The Refuge development and maintenance section discusses physical developments, plantings, collections and receipts, vegetation control, and prescribed burning. Resource management is outlined; topics include grazing, haying, and fur harvesting. A progress report on field investigations and applied research is also provided. The public relations section of the report describes recreational uses, Refuge visitors, Refuge participation, hunting, violations, and safety. Items of interest, NR forms, and photographs are attached.