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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Ozone is generated by a complex atmoshperic chemical process. Industrial and automobile pollutants in the form of oxides of nitrogen and hydrocarbons react in the atmosphere when air is stagnant and temperatures are high to form ozone. Ozone is known to cause adverse health effects in humans. See the following websites for more information on air quality and data. (http://www.epa.gov/airnow/; http://www.epa.gov/air/; http://www.epa.gov/ttn/; http://www.epa.gov/ttn/airs/airsaqs/; http://www.epa.gov/ttn/amtic/; http://www.epa.gov/air/criteria.html). More information about these resources, including the variables used in this study, may be found here: https://edg.epa.gov/data/Public/ORD/NERL/ReVA/ReVA_Data.zip.

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The Ozone design value is based on the average of the annual 4th highest daily 8-hour maximum over a 3-year period (1998-2000) in this case. This is a human health based metric. Ozone causes respiratory illness in humans. More information about these resources, including the variables used in this study, may be found here: https://edg.epa.gov/data/Public/ORD/NERL/ReVA/ReVA_Data.zip.

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The GRIP Flight Tracks and Animations dataset includes both KML files and animation files. The KML files use Google Earth to show the flight tracks on a map. The animations vary by type. Created by the Real-time Mission Monitor (RTMM) software, the .avi files show the flight track versus time superimposed over the GOES IR data. The National SubOrbital Education and Research Center provided a file in two formats (.mov, .mp4) viewing hurricane Earl from the NASA DC-8 aircraft. Also a NBC newscast informs the public of the GRIP's goals during the campaign.

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Point coverage of bathymetry target points for Lake Darling in Washington Co., Iowa. The U.S. Geological Survey conducted a bathymetric survey of Lake Darling in 2004.

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The Digital Flood Insurance Rate Map (DFIRM) Database depicts flood risk information and supporting data used to develop the risk data. The primary risk classifications used are the 1-percent-annual-chance flood event, the 0.2-percent-annual- chance flood event, and areas of minimal flood risk. The DFIRM Database is derived from Flood Insurance Studies (FISs), previously published Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), flood hazard analyses performed in support of the FISs and FIRMs, and new mapping data, where available. The FISs and FIRMs are published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The file is georeferenced to earth's surface using the Universal Transverse Mercator Coordinate System (ZONE 17N) and Lambert Conformal conic projection. The specifications for the horizontal control of DFIRM data files are consistent with those required for mapping at a scale of 1:12,000.

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This is a vector GIS coverage (ESRI ArcInfo format) of the land use of the island of Oahu, 1998, derived from multiple sources of digital orthophotos.

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LDAR Raw data consists of level 1 data, and contains the date, time and spatial location in three dimensions of an individual event (K change).

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This NASA SBIR Phase I program proposes the development of a high thermal conductivity (400 W/mK), low coefficient of thermal expansion (7-10 ppm/?K), and light weight (3-4 g/cm3) functionally graded material (FGM) heat sinks for microelectronic packaging applications. The uniquely defined ?FGM concept? pursued in this project uses a metallic package base that consists of a light metal matrix composite material to provide low thermal expansion and a high thermal conductivity functional core to cool the high power semiconductor die. The thermal performance of the heat sink is doubled by using the high thermal conductivity functional core bonded through the body of the heat sink.

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To provide the user with a general idea of areas where final critical habitat for Gila chub (Gila intermedia) occur. The geographic extent includes Cochise, Gila, Graham, Greenlee, Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz, and Yavapai Counties, Arizona; and Grant County, New Mexico.

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Diamond Data Systems (DDS) proposes the development of a new advanced architecture, algorithms and software to support the end-to-end processing of LIDAR data to derive useful information products such as Digital Elevation Models (DEM). The approach is innovative in three ways. First, it proposes a complete end-to-end system instead of a solution that addresses only a single step of the complex problem of accurately gathering, processing, and reporting of the data. Second, it proposes a system that is designed to minimize human interaction and manual data entry. Third (and possibly the most important) is that it proposes both the implementation of multiple algorithms to perform the data processing, as well as an extensible, open software architecture which allows algorithms to be incorporated into the system in the future. This approach allows for the development of a dynamic system which can be extended not only by DDS, but by third parties as well. Our proposal is relevant to topic E3.03 in that it provides for the efficient production of a DEM product from an active imaging system (LIDAR).

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This is land use/land cover digital data collected byUSGS and converted to ARC/INFO by the EPA. Thisdata which resides in EPA's Spatial Data Library (ESDLS),is useful for environmental assessment of land usepatterns with respect to water quality analysis, growthmanagement, and other types of environmental impactassessment. GIRAS LU/LC is being used in EPA's,Office of Water/OST BASINS water quality assessment model.

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Finding from survey of Bering Sea units, with comparisons of results from prior years.

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This is a record of strutting ground counts for sage grouse in White Pine County, Nevada between 1980 and 1984.

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Home Health Care - HHCAHPS State Data

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Many springs associated with the Edwards Aquifer of Texas are inhabited by relict populations of neotenic salamanders in the genus Eurycea. This study was done to assess the water quality characteristics in habitat springs of Eurycea salamanders associated with various springs of the Edwards Aquifer. The goals of the study were to identify bioavailable contaminants associated with individual springs and to evaluate the effects of contaminants and sediment turbidity on the survival of springassociated salamanders. Collections of samples andor salamanders made from five habitat springs Barrow Hollow Springs, Barton Springs, Collapsed Bridge Springs, San Marcos Springs, and Stillhouse Hollow Springs from two counties in central Texas. Analyses were conducted to determine 1 the presence of organic contaminants in salamander habitat springs as determined with semipermeable membrane devices SPMDs, 2 survival effects for salamanders under incremental increases in sediment loads, and 3 relative sensitivities of salamanders to selected contaminants under controlled conditions in a laboratory setting. Measurable concentrations were found by SPMD determinations for 13 organochlorines, 5 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons PAHs, and 2 pyrethroid pesticides for the five habitat springs. Three types of sediment slurry tests single 24h pulse, three 8h pulses, and continuous presence of sediment did not produce large biomass changes in two salamander species. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons PAHs in sediment at Barton Springs were sufficiently elevated to impact the amphipod Hyalella azteca, a food source of the endangered Barton Springs salamander Eurycea sosorum. Although results from preliminary acute toxicity tests presented in this study would indicate that Eurycea salamander species are similar to or less sensitive to tested contaminants as compared to fish species, the test results have to be regarded as preliminary because of the small number of salamanders and contaminants used for testing. Due to the lack of existing information of sublethal effects of contaminants on neotenic salamanders, regulatory protective measures such as water quality criteria, pesticide use restrictions, etc. should be conservative with respect to protection of Eurycea species from water or sedimentborne contaminants. Additionally, considerations should be given to protection of the habitat including the salamanders prey base.

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Long shelf life food packaging is a critical to maintaining the crew's well being in NASA's manned missions to the mars. Not only does the packaging have to offer an effective means to preserve the food's nutrition and flavor over a long period of time, but the packaging material itself should be easily managed/recycled inside a confined environment like a space shuttle. Although metal cans have long been used for long term food storage in daily life, trash management poses a serious problem for NASA. Recently, biodegradable polymers attracted a lot of attention as an environmentally friendly packaging material. However, they are mainly used for short shelf life products because of poor barrier properties. To enhance its barrier protection properties to oxygen and water, in this SBIR project, we propose a new composite material of PLA coated with a thin layer of transparent and pin-hole free amorphous Al2O3. To improve PLA thermal properties and produce retorted polymer structures nanoparticles will be introduced in the polymer matrix. Moreover, to obtain the desired barrier properties for long shelf life food packaging a unique technique will be used to deposit Al2O3 films at substrate temperatures less than 80C. This effort will greatly enhance PLA's barrier properties to provide a unique high barrier packaging material with less mass and, more importantly, totally biodegradable. This technology is easily scalable and a successful commercialization will definitely benefit NASA's manned missions. Moreover, as an environmentally friendly packaging material, the technology has the potential to have a broad impact on society.

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This Microsoft Access database is used to track grievances received to the Labor Relation team in HR/ELR.