Published By National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Issued about 9 years ago
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Extracting water and volatiles from icy soils requires excavating and manipulating those soils as feedstock, but the Phoenix mission demonstrated some of the difficulties that may be encountered during such operations. The solution to these problems is an integrated mobile mining and water extraction system that uses an auger based excavation approach and an integrated water-ice extraction plant – hence, if the water-ice does sublime, it will sublime straight into the extraction system.
Published By National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Issued about 9 years ago
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The gravity station data (152,624 records) were compiled by the University of Texas at Dallas. This data base was received in June 1992. Principal gravity parameters include Free-air Anomalies and Simple Bouguer Anomalies (no terrain correction applied). The observed gravity values are referenced to the International Gravity Standardization Net 1971 (IGSN 71). The gravity anomaly computation uses the Geodetic Reference System 1967 (GRS 67) theoretical gravity formula. The data are randomly distributed within the boundaries and offshore of South America.
MaritimeMaya2011: The Costa Escondida Project: Exploring the Hidden World of the Maritime Maya on the Yucatan Peninsula between 20110509 and 20110531
Published By National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Issued about 9 years ago
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The northeast tip of the Yucatan Peninsula is a largely unexplored coastline where ancient Maya traders traveled in massive dugout canoes filled with goods from across Mesoamerica. Along this coastline lies the ancient port site of Vista Alegre. The ancient Maya survived and thrived here despite an extraordinarily complex and harsh coastal environment by employing highly specialized subsistence strategies involving perennial access to freshwater, exploitation of marine resources, and cultivation of nich plant species. By bringing together scholars from the fields of archaeology, coastal ecology, geoarchaeology, and hydrogeology, the Costa Escondida Project will explore adaptive subsistence strategies at the human-coastal interface.
Published By Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security
Issued about 9 years ago
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The Floodplain Mapping/Redelineation study deliverables depict and quantify the flood risks for the study area. 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 Floodplain Mapping/Redelineation flood risk boundaries are derived from the engineering information 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).
Published By Department of Veterans Affairs
Issued about 9 years ago
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Composite scores reflecting quality of care for outpatients (NEXUS) and inpatients (ORYX). Quality of outpatient care is further stratified by comparison of outpatient care by gender and age.
Isopachs of total net coal in beds >1.2' thick, A - G coal zones, Danforth Hills coal field (dan*thkg)
Published By U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior
Issued about 9 years ago
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These are shapefiles and ARC/INFO polygon coverages showing the isopachs of total net coal in beds greater than or equal to 1.2' thick for the A through G coal zones, Danforth Hills coal field. The coverage danathkg is the isopach coverage for the A coal zone; danbthkg is for the B coal zone, and so on.
NOAA Office for Coastal Management Coastal Inundation Digital Elevation Model: National Weather Service Forecast Office - Charleston (CHS)
Published By National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Issued about 9 years ago
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These data were created as part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Office for Coastal Management's efforts to create an online mapping viewer called the Sea Level Rise and Coastal Flooding Impacts Viewer. It depicts potential sea level rise and its associated impacts on the nation's coastal areas. The purpose of the mapping viewer is to provide coastal managers and scientists with a preliminary look at sea level rise (slr) and coastal flooding impacts. The viewer is a screening-level tool that uses nationally consistent data sets and analyses. Data and maps provided can be used at several scales to help gauge trends and prioritize actions for different scenarios. The Sea Level Rise and Coastal Flooding Impacts Viewer may be accessed at: http://www.coast.noaa.gov/slr This metadata record describes the Charleston Weather Forecast Office (CHS WFO) digital elevation model (DEM), which is a part of a series of DEMs produced for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Office for Coastal Management's Sea Level Rise and Coastal Flooding Impacts Viewer described above. The DEMs created for this project were developed using the NOAA National Weather Service's Weather Forecast Office (WFO) boundaries. This DEM includes the best available lidar known to exist at the time of DEM creation that met project specifications for the Charleston WFO, which includes the coastal areas of the counties of Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton, and Jasper. Beaufort County, while in the CHS WFO area, is not included in this DEM because the data is proprietary. The DEM was produced from the following lidar data sets: 1. 2010 USGS ARRA - South Carolina Coastal Plains Lidar: Allendale, Hampton, and Lee Counties 2. 2010 US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) JALBTCX Topobathy Lidar: Southeast (NC, SC, GA, FL) 3. 2009 South Carolina Lidar Consortium Lidar: Charleston County (North and South portions of county) 4. 2009 South Carolina Lidar Consortium Lidar: Berkeley County 5. 2009 South Carolina Lidar Consortium Lidar: Dorchester County 6. 2007 FEMA/NOAA/SC DNR Lidar: Charleston County (Central portion), Colleton County, and Jasper County Hydrographic breaklines were delineated from LiDAR intensity imagery generated from the LiDAR dataset. The final DEM is hydro flattened such that water elevations are less than or equal to -0.5 meters. The DEM is referenced vertically to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD88) with vertical units of meters and horizontally to the North American Datum of 1983 (NAD83). The resolution of the DEM is approximately 5 meters.
Published By Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security
Issued about 9 years ago
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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; classificatons 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 UTM projection and coordinate system. The specifications for the horizontal control of DFIRM data files are consistent with those required for mapping at a scale of 1:12,000.
Published By US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
Issued about 9 years ago
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Habitat Management Plans HMPs are dynamic working documents that provide refuge managers a decisionmaking process; guidance for the management of the refuges habitats; and longterm vision, continuity, and consistency for habitat management on refuge lands. Each plan incorporates the role of the refuges habitats in international, national, regional, tribal, state, ecosystem, and refuge goals and objectives; guides the analysis and selection of specific habitat management strategies to achieve those habitat goals and objectives; and uses key data, scientific literature, expert opinion, and staff expertise. An HMP is a stepdown management plan of the refuges Comprehensive Conservation Plan CCP. The CCP describes the desired future conditions of a refuge or planning unit and provides longrange guidance and management direction to achieve the purposes of the refuge; helps fulfill the mission of the System; maintains and, where appropriate, restores the biological integrity, diversity, and environmental health of each refuge within the System; helps achieve the goals of the National Wilderness Preservation System, if appropriate; and meets other mandates. The CCP for Clarks River National Wildlife Refuge NWR was completed in 2013 USFWS 2013.
Evaluating the potential water quality impacts of animal feeding operations on National Wildlife Refuges on the Delmarva Peninsula
Published By US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
Issued about 9 years ago
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The Delmarva peninsula is one of the largest poultry areas in the U.S., producing some 600 million chickens and 1.6 billion pounds of manure annually. In addition to nutrients, poultry litter contains feed additives such as trace metals and antibiotics, as well as naturally produced hormones. In spring 2000, a twoyear field study was initiated to evaluate potential water quality impacts on National Wildlife Refuges NWRs associated with animal feeding operations AFOs. Specifically, our objectives were to: 1 map locations of AFOs in the vicinity of refuge lands and identify watersheds at high and low risk for AFOrelated impact; 2 conduct studies to evaluate chemical and biological impacts to these watersheds, with an emphasis on assessing the potential impact of animal feed additives and other nontraditional contaminants. The study included the deployment of polar organic compound integrative water samplers POCIS, organic analysis of poultry litter and sediments, and the analysis of trace elements in litter, water, sediments and fish. Biological endpoints included analysis of vitellogenin Vtg in the blood of male fish as an indicator of exposure to endocrine disrupting compounds and benthic macroinvertebrate surveys.
Published By Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security
Issued about 9 years ago
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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 Department of Transportation
Issued about 9 years ago
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The North American Transborder Freight Database, available since April 1993, contains freight flow data by commodity type and by mode of transportation (rail, truck, pipeline, air, vessel, and other) for U.S. exports to and imports from Canada and Mexico.
Published By Department of Energy
Issued about 9 years ago
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_(Abstract):_ Monthly Average Solar Resource for flat-plate collectors tilted at latitude for Bangladesh. _(Purpose):_ Provide information on the solar resource potential for the data domain. The insolation values represent the average solar energy available to a flat plate collector, such as a photovoltaic panel, oriented due south at an angle from horizontal equal to the latitude of the collector location. _(Supplemental Information):_ These data provide monthly average and annual average daily total solar resource averaged over surface cells of approximately 40 km by 40 km in size. The solar resource value is represented as watt-hours per square meter per day for each month. The data were developed from NREL's Climatological Solar Radiation (CSR) Model. This model uses information on cloud cover, atmospheric water vapor and trace gases, and the amount of aerosols in the atmosphere to calculate the monthly average daily total insolation (sun and sky) falling on a horizontal surface. Existing ground measurement stations are used to validate the data where possible. The modeled values are accurate to approximately 10% of a true measured value within the grid cell due to the uncertainties associated with meteorological input to the model. The local cloud cover can vary significantly even within a single grid cell as a result of terrain effects and other microclimate influences. Furthermore, the uncertainty of the modeled estimates increase with distance from reliable measurement sources and with the complexity of the terrain.
Published By Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security
Issued about 9 years ago
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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). In addition to the preceding, required text, the Abstract should also describe the projection and coordinate system as well as a general statement about horizontal accuracy.
Published By National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Issued about 9 years ago
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The Auke Lake system has endemic populations of pink, chum, sockeye and coho salmon, and supports populations of Dolly Varden char and cutthroat and steelhead trout. The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), and its predecessor agency, U.S. Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, began salmon research at Auke Creek, near Juneau, Alaska, in 1961. There are emigrant and immigrant counts of several species over nearly five decades (Appendices 1 and 2). Pink salmon fry populations at Auke Creek were estimated annually, 1972-79, and counted at the weir since 1980. Fyke nets were used capture sockeye salmon smolts leaving Auke Lake, and estimates are available for some years between 1961 and 1979. Total sockeye smolt counts are available since 1980. Chum salmon fry were counted annually since 1985. Coho salmon smolt estimates were made in 1976, 1977, and 1979, and the total coho smolt emigration was counted since 1980. Dolly Varden char and cutthroat trout were counted in 1970 and since 1980. Steelhead emigrants were counted since 1990. Weir counts of sockeye salmon adults at Auke Creek began in 1963; pink and chum salmon were counted 1967-68, and all salmon were counted since 1971. Chinook salmon entered Auke Creek since 1987 as a result of releases of juveniles from other hatcheries. Immigrant Dolly Varden and cutthroat and steelhead trout were counted from 1997-2006. Auke Creek is the site of many research projects on wild and hatchery salmonids. The present weir at Auke Creek was constructed in 1980, and provided the capability to capture all emigrant and immigrant salmonids. Annual operations and maintenance costs associated with Auke Creek Research Station are provided by NMFS through the salmon research program of Auke Bay Laboratory. Projects at Auke Creek between 1971 and 1983 operated under several cooperative agreements. An interagency cooperative agreement relating to Auke Creek weir was established in 1983 between the NMFS, University of Alaska-Fairbanks (UAF), and Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADFG). The agreement provided the authority to jointly fund a full-time person to assist with the operation of the fish counting weir at Auke Creek. The primary objective is to operate the weir on a daily basis and maintain the long-term data collections on migrant salmonids. Auke Creek weir usually operates from early March through late October. A report of fish counts from daily weir operations and other information related to salmonid research involving the facilities at the weir is prepared each year. The annual fish count data are available in the Auke Creek data file at the NMFS Auke Bay Laboratory. Data collected on specific projects outside the scope of the cooperative agreements are usually not included in the annual report. Those data may be available from project investigators or their respective agencies.
Published By Department of Transportation
Issued about 9 years ago
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The North American Transborder Freight Database, available since April 1993, contains freight flow data by commodity type and by mode of transportation (rail, truck, pipeline, air, vessel, and other) for U.S. exports to and imports from Canada and Mexico.
Published By Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security
Issued about 9 years ago
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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 State Plane projection and coordinate system. The specifications for the horizontal control of DFIRM data files are consistent with those required for mapping at a scale of 1:12,000.
DH_SedimentSamples: Locations and analysis of sediment samples collected in the Duxbury to Hull Massachusetts survey area.
Published By U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior
Issued about 9 years ago
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These data were collected under a cooperative agreement with the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (CZM) and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Woods Hole Science Center (WHSC). Initiated in 2003, the primary objective of this program is to develop regional geologic framework information for the management of coastal and marine resources. Accurate data and maps of sea-floor geology are important first steps toward protecting fish habitat, delineating marine resources, and assessing environmental changes due to natural or human impacts. The project is focused on the inshore waters (5-30 m deep) of Massachusetts between the New Hampshire border and Cape Cod Bay. Data collected for the mapping cooperative have been released in a series of USGS Open-File Reports (http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/project-pages/coastal_mass/html/current_map.html). This spatial dataset is from the study area located between Duxbury and Hull Massachusetts, and consists of high-resolution geophysics (bathymetry, backscatter intensity, and seismic reflection) and ground validation (sediment samples, video tracklines and bottom photographs). The data were collected during four separate surveys conducted between 2003 and 2007 (NOAA survey H10993 in 2003, USGS-WHSC survey 06012 in 2006, and USGS-WHSC surveys 07001 and 07003 in 2007) and cover more than 200 square kilometers of the inner continental shelf.
Published By Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Department of the Interior
Issued about 9 years ago
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The data was derived from US Coast Guard raw vessel point returns and preprocessed by ASA (Applied Science Associates), to one minute point interCAls. The data returns are in UTM zone 10 North and UTM zone 11 North. Each vessel type is analyzed seperately based on vessel type data (Cargo, Fishing, Passenger, Tanker, Tow, Tow over 200M, Tugs) included in the AIS dataset. A transit is counted for each unique vessel by MMSI traveling through each 1200 meter by 1200 meter aliquot each day. A running count is continued for each vessel type by aliquot by month, and then the months are summed to provide annual data. Although traffic diminishes significantly after 20nm from shore, the returns from line of site AIS signals also fade beyond 40nm. Data points input into the density analysis beyond 40nm are considered to be less reliable than closer to shore. For the 2011 data, separate vessel types were also extracted separately and run in addition to the full dataset. These separate counts are included in the attribute table and include Cargo Vessels, Fishing Vessels, Tankers, Passenger Ships, Tugs, Towing Vessels less than 200 meters in length, and Towing Vessels more than 200 meters in length.
Published By Department of Justice
Issued about 9 years ago
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This survey queried chief prosecuting attorneys of state prosecutorial districts (district attorneys, commonwealth attorneys, etc.) about the prosecution of felony cases within their jurisdictions during 1989-1990. Questions regarding the prefiling, filin
Published By Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security
Issued about 9 years ago
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The Floodplain Mapping/Redelineation study deliverables depict and quantify the flood risks for the study area. 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 Floodplain Mapping/Redelineation flood risk boundaries are derived from the engineering information 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).
Published By Social Security Administration
Issued about 9 years ago
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SSI Eligibility & Payment.
Published By National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Issued about 9 years ago
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NOAA's National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) is building high-resolution digital elevation models (DEMs) for select U.S. coastal regions. These integrated bathymetric-topographic DEMs are used to support individual coastal States as part of the National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program's (NTHMP) efforts to improve community preparedness and hazard mitigation. Bathymetric, topographic, and shoreline data used in DEM compilation are obtained from various sources including: NOAA; the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); the Puget Sound Lidar Consortium (PSLC); and other federal, state, and local government agencies, academic institutions, and private companies. DEMs are referenced to the vertical datum of NAVD 88 and horizontal datum of World Geodetic System 1984 geographic (WGS 84). Grid spacing for the DEM is 1/3 arc-second (~10 meters).
Published By Department of Justice
Issued about 9 years ago
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The Attorney Search Warrant (ASW) application is used by the Office of Enforcement Operations to track search warrant requests received from the U.S. Attorney Offices and other federal agencies. The application records detail information on the requestor,
Published By U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Issued about 9 years ago
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This dataset contains a partial list of Child Care Facility locations (810 Family Day Care Home). This data only includes information on Family Day Care Homes with a capacity of more than 8.