Published By National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Issued about 9 years ago
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This full color poster of Marine Gravity from GEOSAT over the Southern Ocean is Report MGG-8. In many areas of the global ocean, the depth of the seafloor is not well known because survey lines by ships are hundreds of kilometers apart. Satellites carrying radar altimeters have measured the shape of the ocean along tracks only 3-4 km apart, and from these data we can make very accuratore (+/-3mGal) and high resolution (15km) maps of the marine gravity field. The gravity field mimics the seafloor topography in the 15-160 km wavelength band if sediment cover on the ocean floor is thin. Long-wavelength (greater than 160 km) topography is isostatically compensated and is not correlated with the gravity field. In addition, the satellite gravity field and the available depth measurements were used to determine the correlation between gravity and the seafloor topography. By applying this correlation to the gravity field we predict seafloor topography in the 15-160 km wavelength band. This topography is combined with a long-wavelength component estimated directly from ship depth measurements. The result reveals many new features and is within +/- 100m of actual depths in many cases. The Predicted Seafloor Topography derived from the depths estimated from Satellite Altimetry in combination with measured trackline bathymetry is an inferred data set and is not true bathymetry. It is, however, the best estimate of seafloor topography available resulting from satellite gravity data and actual ship depth measurements. These data are intended for scientific research and should not be used for navigational purposes. Additional software is required in order to manipulate the data or produce your own graphic images. Poster and CD-ROM products are available for both gravity anomaly and estimated seafloor topography of several regions. Please refer to URL http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/fliers/93mgg05.html for more information, and to download sample images.
Published By National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Issued about 9 years ago
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Subbottom Profile data files: Subbottom Profiler
Department of the Interior Environmental Assessment: Public Deer Hunting on Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge
Published By US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
Issued about 9 years ago
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The U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposes to initiate an annual public hunt for whitetailed deer on Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge. It is the purpose of the hunting program to reduce the deer herd, maintain the population at a level commensurate with the carrying capacity of the habitat and to providea quality outdoor recreational experience for a specific number of hunters. This Environmental Assessment evaluates the initiation of public deer hunting as a means of keeping wildlife populations inbalance with the Back Bay habitat, while providing significant public outdoor recreational benefits.
Published By Securities and Exchange Commission
Issued about 9 years ago
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The opinions and orders issued by the Commission in 2008 adjudicating either appeals from initial ALJ decisions or disciplinary or adverse action taken by self-regulatory organizations (such as FINRA) or motions in connection with these proceedings.
Published By National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Issued about 9 years ago
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NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer Underway Meteorological Data (Near Real Time, updated daily) are from the Shipboard Automated Meteorological and Oceanographic System (SAMOS) program. IMPORTANT: ALWAYS USE THE QUALITY FLAG DATA! Each data variable's metadata includes a qcindex attribute which indicates a character number in the flag data. ALWAYS check the flag data for each row of data to see which data is good (flag='Z') and which data isn't. For example, to extract just data where time (qcindex=1), latitude (qcindex=2), longitude (qcindex=3), and airTemperature (qcindex=12) are 'good' data, include this constraint in your ERDDAP query: flag=~"ZZZ........Z.*" in your query. "=~" indicates this is a regular expression constraint. The 'Z's are literal characters. In this dataset, 'Z' indicates 'good' data. The '.'s say to match any character. The '*' says to match the previous character 0 or more times. See the tutorial for regular expressions at http://www.vogella.de/articles/JavaRegularExpressions/article.html
Published By National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Issued about 9 years ago
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Lithium ion battery technology provides the highest energy density of all rechargeable battery technologies available today. However, the majority of the research into this technology is focused on developing lower cost materials for the consumer electronics market, and not on high reliability or long life. As a result, the materials developed do not meet the needs of the aerospace industry in terms of mass and volume specific storage capacities, and suppliers will often alter the formulation or process with little warning. It is therefore proposed to use domestically manufactured, advanced anode, cathode, and electrolyte materials to design advanced batteries for aerospace systems. The proposed anode material, developed at Applied Sciences, is a nanometer-scale composite of silicon and carbon nanofiber capable of providing 1000 mAh/g with coulombic efficiencies above 99.6% to moderate cycle numbers. The electrolyte will be a multi-blend of asymmetric linear carbonates capable of operating from -40<SUP>o</SUP>C to +70<SUP>o</SUP>C. These materials will be coupled with high capacity cathode materials to enable the production of cells with specific energy (> 300 Wh/kg) and an energy density (> 600 Wh/l) that can operate across a wide temperature range. Cells fabricated under this program will be characterized for electrochemical performance and safety.
Published By U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Issued about 9 years ago
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Number of deaths among Maryland residents for which cerebrovascular disorders were the underlying cause of death. This includes deaths coded to the following International Classification of Diseases codes: ICD-3 (1920-1929) -- 74 ICD-4 (1930-1938) -- 82 ICD-5 (1939-1948) -- 83 ICD-6 (1949-1957) -- 330-334 ICD-7 (1958-1967) -- 330-334 ICD-8 (1968-1978) -- 430-438 ICD-9 (1979-1998) -- 430-438 ICD-10 (1999-present) -- I60-I69.
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 tsunami forecasting and modeling efforts at the NOAA Center for Tsunami Research, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL). The DEMs are part of the tsunami forecast system SIFT (Short-term Inundation Forecasting for Tsunamis) currently being developed by PMEL for the NOAA Tsunami Warning Centers, and are used in the MOST (Method of Splitting Tsunami) model developed by PMEL to simulate tsunami generation, propagation, and inundation. Bathymetric, topographic, and shoreline data used in DEM compilation are obtained from various sources, including NGDC, the U.S. National Ocean Service (NOS), the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and other federal, state, and local government agencies, academic institutions, and private companies. DEMs are referenced to the vertical tidal datum of Mean High Water (MHW) and horizontal datum of World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS84). Grid spacings for the DEMs range from 1/3 arc-second (~10 meters) to 3 arc-seconds (~90 meters).
Contaminant assessment of coastal bald eagles at Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge and Acadia National Park
Published By US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
Issued about 9 years ago
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Environmental contaminants including organochlorine compounds e.g., polychlorinated biphenyls PCBs, dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene DDE, polybrominated diphenyl ether PBDE, and mercury were measured in 16 nonviable or abandoned bald eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus eggs and 65 nestling blood samples collected between 2000 and 2012 from the Maine coast. The study objectives were to compare current contaminant levels in eggs and blood to suggested toxicity threshold levels reported in the scientific literature and to two previous Maine bald eagle investigations conducted in the 1990s.
Published By National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Issued about 9 years ago
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The gravity station data total 28493 records. This data base was received in April 1997. Principal gravity parameters include Free-air Anomalies which have been adjusted to the International Gravity Standardization Net 1971 (IGSN 71), and the gravity anomaly computation uses the Geodetic Reference System 1980 (GRS80) theoretical gravity formula (Somigliana formula). The data are randomly distributed within the boundaries of Spain.
Published By National Park Service, Department of the Interior
Issued about 9 years ago
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These ESRI shape files are of National Park Service tract and boundary data that was created by the Land Resources Division. Tracts are numbered and created by the regional cartographic staff at the Land Resources Program Centers and are associated to the Land Status Maps. This data should be used to display properties that NPS owns and properties that NPS may have some type of interest such as scenic easements or right of ways.
Published By Department of Agriculture
Issued about 9 years ago
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Patented technologies on BioEnergy that are available for licensing
Published By US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
Issued about 9 years ago
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This report summarizes the Waterfowl Production and Habitat Survey for southern Saskatchewan during 1960. The primary purpose of the survey is to provide information on duck production from the midcontinent breeding areas. Survey methods, weather and habitat conditions, production indices, and tables of waterfowl brood and latenesting indices are provided.
Published By National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Issued about 9 years ago
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The Office of Hydrologic Development of the National Weather Service operates HADS, the Hydrometeorological Automated Data System. This data set contains the last 48 hours worth of hydrometeorological measurements collected by Hydrometeorological Automated Data System. These basic measurements include air and water temperature, dew point temperature, river discharge, precipitation accumulator, actual increment precipitation, river/lake height, wind speed and direction, peak wind speed and direction, dissolved oxygen, ph, water turbidity, water velocity, water conductance, and salinity. The data set includes reports from many observing networks run by different providers.
Published By Department of the Treasury
Issued about 9 years ago
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Annual report that includes chart of accounts, accounts and definitions, account transactions, account attributes for USSGL proprietary account and budgetary account reporting, crosswalks to standard external reports for fiscal year reporting, crosswalks for reclassified statements for fiscal year reporting, and GTAS validations and edits.
Published By National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Issued about 9 years ago
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The Cost-Earnings program collects and maintains data needs to construct key economic performance measures such as profitability and regional economic impacts. The data gathered and performance measures constructed are used to address a wide range of issues, including the effect of the regional economic impact of fishery management policies, and predicting fishery economic performance under alternative harvest scenarios. The Open Access survey collects two years of data in one form, and is conducted every 2-3 years. Data have been collected for 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, and will be collected for 2011 and 2012 in 2013. Open Access Fleet data for 2008 and 2009
Multibeam collection for KNOX11RR: Multibeam data collected aboard Roger Revelle from 2007-11-07 to 2007-11-24, departing from Victoria, Seychelles and returning to Port Louis, Mauritius
Published By National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Issued about 9 years ago
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This data set is part of a larger set of data called the MultiBeam Bathymetric Data Base (MBBDB) where other similar data can be found at http://maps.ngdc.noaa.gov/viewers/multibeam/
Published By National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Issued about 9 years ago
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Global Landslide Proportional Economic Loss Risk Deciles is a 2.5 minute grid of landslide hazard economic loss as proportions of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per analytical unit. Estimates of GDP at risk are based on regional economic loss rates derived from historical records of the Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT). Loss rates are weighted by the hazard's frequency and distribution. The methodology of Sachs et al. (2003) is followed to determine baseline estimates of GDP per grid cell. To better reflect the confidence surrounding the data and procedures, the range of proportionalities is classified into deciles, 10 class of an approximately equal number of grid cells of increasing risk. This dataset is the result of collaboration among the Columbia University Center for Hazards and Risk Research (CHRR), International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank, and Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN).
Published By National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Issued about 9 years ago
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Intelligent Fiber Optic Systems and Auburn University propose a Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) integrated Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) sensor system capable of providing in-situ crack detection, location and quantification of damage, as well as validating structural models, using recent advances in non-contact, non-destructive dynamic testing of composite structures. The key innovation is an FBG-based SHM system for detecting, locating and quantifying crack and de-lamination in composite structures such as smart, composite jet engine vanes with embedded FBG sensor systems. These new techniques make it possible to analyze complex structures not only non-destructively, but also without physically contacting or implanting electrical elements into test samples. The state-of-art FBG sensor system will be capable of measuring strains, stress, temperature and pressure and monitor damage to the structure under test at the same time at wide temperature ranges. IFOS and its university research collaborator will investigate the feasibility of such multi-functional FBG sensors with great potential for SHM. Advanced signal processing, system identification and damage identification, location and quantification algorithms will be applied. Potentially, the solution could evolve into an autonomous onboard monitoring system to inspect and perform Non-Destructive Evaluation and SHM.
Published By Department of Energy
Issued about 9 years ago
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This API provides data on U.S. total electricity consumption by fuel type, i.e., coal, petroleum liquids, petroleum coke, and natural gas. Data also organized by sector, i.e., electric power, electric utility, commerical and industrial. Annual, quarterly, and monthly data available. Based on Form EIA-906, Form EIA-920, and Form EIA-923 data. Users of the EIA API are required to obtain an API Key via this registration form: http://www.eia.gov/beta/api/register.cfm
Published By Election Assistance Commission
Issued about 9 years ago
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This dataset contains data about military and overseas voting for the 2010 election cycle. The dataset and corresponding report address ballot transmissions to, and ballot submissions from, uniformed and overseas citizen voters (UOCAVA). The data and corresponding report entitled Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act: Survey Observations are part of the EAC's Election Administration and Voting Survey biennial project.
Published By National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Issued about 9 years ago
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This metadata record describes the topographic mapping of Hancock and Jackson Counties, Mississippi during 2005. Using a combination of laser rangefinding, GPS positioning and inertial measurement technologies; LIDAR instruments are able to make highly detailed Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) of the earth's terrain, man-made structures and vegetation. This data was collected at submeter resolution to provide nominal 5m spacing of collected points. Multiple returns were recorded for each pulse in addition to an intensity value using a Leica ALS-50 Aerial Lidar Sensor.
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 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 1:12000.
Afforestation at Seney National Wildlife Refuge : 2-yr. results of Smith and Conlon Farm eastern white pine plantings and Driggs River Rd. opening red pine and eastern white pine (trans)plantings
Published By US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
Issued about 9 years ago
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This document describes the 2year results of treatments for promoting secondary succession within specific farm hay fields Conlon and Smith Farms and the xeric Driggs River Rd. opening at Seney National Wildlife Refuge Seney NWR. Overall guidance is provided by the 2009 Comprehensive Conservation Plan CCP, with more details in the 2013 Habitat Management Plan HMP. Management concepts imperfect as they might bewere derived from the Refuges Biological Program Review 2006, the Forest Ecology and Management Workshop 2009, and other exchanges with colleagues. Resulting management aims at incorporating ecologicallybased management principles within the constraints of time and financial limitations. Active management has also occurred on SubHeadquarters Field plowingdisking with no further treatment. No active treatments to Chicago Farm have been done at the time of this report and none are expected in the near future.
Published By U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior
Issued about 9 years ago
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This dataset represents point locations and flow characteristics for current (as of November 20, 2001) and historical U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) streamgages in the conterminous United States. The flow characteristics were computed from the daily streamflow data recorded at each streamgage for the period of record. The attributes associated with each streamgage include: Station number Station name Station latitude (decimal degrees in North American Datum of 1983, NAD 83) Station longitude (decimal degrees in NAD 83) First date (year, month, day) of streamflow data Last date (year, month, day) of streamflow data Number of days of streamflow data Minimum and maximum daily flow for the period of record (cubic feet per second) Percentiles (1, 5, 10, 20, 25, 50, 75, 80, 90, 95, 99) of daily flow for the period of record (cubic feet per second) Average and standard deviation of daily flow for the period of record (cubic feet per second) Mean annual base-flow index (BFI: see supplemental information) computed for the period of record (fraction, ranging from 0 to 1) Year-to-year standard deviation of the annual base-flow index computed for the period of record (fraction) Number of years of data used to compute the base-flow index (years) Reported drainage area (square miles) Reported contributing drainage area (square miles) National Water Information System (NWIS)-Web page URL for streamgage Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC, 8 digit) Hydrologic landscape region (HLR) River Reach File 1 (RF1) segment identification number (E2RF1##) Station numbers, names, locations, and drainage areas were acquired through the National Water Information System (NWIS)-Web (http://water.usgs.gov/nwis) on November 20, 2001. The streamflow data used to compute flow characteristics were copied from the Water server (water.usgs.gov:/www/htdocs/nwisweb/data1/discharge/) on November 2, 2001. The missing value indicator for all attributes is -99. Some streamflow characteristics are missing for: (1) streamgages measuring flow subject to tidal effects, which cause flow to reverse directions, (2) streamgages with site information but no streamflow data at the time the data were retrieved, and (3) streamgages with record length too short to compute the base-flow index.