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 Social Security Administration
Issued about 9 years ago
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This file contains SSA client's language preference for written and spoken communication only if the preference for written or spoken is other than English.
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 expendable bathythermograph (XBT) casts from the USCGC ACUSHNET in the Gulf of Mexico in support of the Integrated Global Ocean Services System (IGOSS) from 07 February 1978 to 09 February 1978 (NODC Accession 7800092)
Published By National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Issued about 9 years ago
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XBT data were collected from the USCGC ACUSHNET in support of the Integrated Global Ocean Services System (IGOSS). Data were collected by the US Coast Guard from 07 February 1978 to 09 February 1978. 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 expendable bathythermograph (XBT) instruments. Standard XBTs can obtain profiles at depths of about 450 or 760 m. With special instruments, measurements can be obtained to 1830 m. Cruise information, position, date, and time are reported for each observation. The data record comprises pairs of temperature-depth values. Unlike the MBT data file, in which temperature values are recorded at uniform 5m intervals, the XBT Data File contains temperature values at non-uniform depths. These depths are at a minimum number of points ("inflection points") required to record the temperature curve to an acceptable degree of accuracy. On output, however, the user may request temperature values either at inflection points or interpolated to uniform depth increments.
Published By National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Issued about 9 years ago
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This program will utilize a well-characterized Pulsed Plasma Thruster (PPT) to test experimental high-energy extinguishable solid propellants (HE), instead of standard Teflon propellant. ET Materials LLC originally formulated this material as an environmentally friendly automotive airbag inflator propellant. In preliminary testing, the material was found suitable for use in PPTs. Electric arc discharges of the PPT apparently causes only thin surface layers of the energetic propellant to be ignited, without uncontrolled propagation to underlying propellant. The current Isp of these propellants is ~225 sec. but newer formulations appear to be reaching an Isp of 245 sec., essentially that of ammonium perchlorate propellants. The relative thrust contribution from plasma ionization and thermal expansion of non-ionized combustion gases will determine how much the energetic fuel enhances PPT performance. All testing and evaluation of the HE propellant will be conducted using the Aerojet Modular Test Unit Pulsed Plasma Thruster. This modular test unit was specifically designed to evaluate new flight configurations of the EO-1 PPT design. Using the high-energy propellant in the EO-1 PPT, should increase dramatically increase. This program will provide NASA with directly applicable results for a high-energy drop-in alternative propellant for the EO-1 PPT, providing new mission capabilities.
Published By National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Issued about 9 years ago
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Published By National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Issued about 9 years ago
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ABSTRACT: MISR (Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer) views the sunlit Earth simultaneously at nine widely spaced and collects global images with high spatial detail in four colors at every angle. These images are carefully calibrated to provide accurate measures of the brightness, contrast, and color of reflected sunlight. The change in reflection at different view angles affords the means to distinguish different types of atmospheric particles (aerosols), cloud forms, and land surface covers. Combined with stereoscopic techniques, this enables construction of 3-dimensional models and more accurate estimates of the total amount of sunlight reflected by Earth's diverse environments.MISR was built for NASA by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. It is part of NASA's Terra spacecraft, launched into a polar orbit around the Earth on December 18, 1999.The Southern African Fire Atmosphere Research Initiative (SAFARI) 2000 field campaign focused on the smoke and gases released into the environment of southern Africa by industrial, biological, and man-made sources such as biomass burning. The area of study and MISR path numbers include Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. These MISR data cover the period August 12 through September 28, 2000.
Published By National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Issued about 9 years ago
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Published By Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security
Issued about 9 years ago
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Terrain data, as defined in FEMA Guidelines and Specifications, Appendix M: Data Capture Standards, describes the digital topographic data that was used to create the elevation data representing the terrain environment of a watershed and/or floodplain. Terrain data requirements allow for flexibility in the types of information provided as sources used to produce final terrain deliverables. Once this type of data is provided, FEMA will be able to account for the origins of the flood study elevation data. (Source: FEMA Guidelines and Specifications, Appendix M, Section N.1.2).
Published By National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Issued about 9 years ago
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Standard suite of ancillary data files generated through a scripting process following an ROV dive on NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer during EX1304L1: Northeast U.S. Canyons Exploration Dive 13 on 20130721
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 Federal Laboratory Consortium
Issued about 9 years ago
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Advanced low-cost, reliable processing techniques are essential for the transition of polymer matrix composites to Army ground vehicles, aircraft, and other materiel. ARL's ISO 9001:2008 certified composites processing facility produces structural, ballistic, and research grade composite solutions using fully-automated autoclaves, high pressure compaction presses, large and small diameter filament winding stations,and other research tools to resolve scientific and engineering challenges in process optimization, materials fabrication, and automated process control.
An Evaluation of Ecosystem Restoration and Management Options for Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge
Published By US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
Issued about 9 years ago
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This Evaluation of Ecosystem Restoration and Management Options covers the hydrogeomorphic analysis HGM for the Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge NWR. This three step process outlines the historical landscape, contemporary changes from presettlement conditions, restoration and management options and monitoring and evaluation needs within wetland, riverine, and upland areas on the refuge. Topics include geomorphology, soils, topographyelevation, climate and hydrology. This report provides a hydrogeomorphic HGM evaluation of ecosystem restoration and management options for the Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge NWR. Objectives of the report are:1. Describe the preEuropean settlement hereafter Presettlement ecosystem condition and ecological processes occurring near and including the wetland and riverine habitats along the Green River in Sweetwater County, Wyoming. 2. Document changes in the regional ecosystem from the Presettlement period with specific reference to alterations in hydrology, vegetation community structure and distribution, and resource availability to key fish and wildlife species.3. Identify restoration and management options incorporating ecological attributes needed to restore specific habitats and conditions within Seedskadee NWR.
Meteorological and other data collected from CTD and other instruments in TOGA Area - Pacific by MOANA Wave from 04 March 1993 to 28 March 1993 (NODC Accession 9400081)
Published By National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Issued about 9 years ago
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Temperature, meteorological, and other data were collected using CTD casts and other instruments by MOANA WAVE in the TOGA Area - Pacific Ocean. Data were collected from 04 March 1993 to 28 March 1993 by the University of Hawaii at Manoa with support from the Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere (TOGA) project.
Published By US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
Issued about 9 years ago
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This narrative report for Tewaukon National Wildlife Refuge summarizes refuge activities from May through August of 1957. The report begins with a summary of the weather and habitat conditions during this period. Qualitative and quantitative observations are documented for fish and wildlife including migratory birds, upland game birds, big game animals, fur animals, predators, rodents, other mammals and other birds. The report includes a refuge development and maintenance section which discusses physical development, plantings, collections and receipts of seed. A section on resource management is included in the report. The public relations section of the report explains: recreational uses, refuge visitors, refuge participation, hunting and violations. The report also reviews other items of interest, includes a photograph and a map depicting refuge habitat units. Narrative report forms for species and population information in the refuge are provided. This report describes easement refuges for District 5A, which include Lake Elsie and Storm Lake.
Published By National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Issued about 9 years ago
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The OMI/Aura Level-3 Global Gridded(0.25x0.25 deg) Nitrogen Dioxide Product "OMNO2d" is now released (Jan 10, 2013) to the public from the NASA Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center(GES DISC). The OMNO2 (Level-2) and OMNO2G (Level-2G, binned) processed earlier (in 2012) are also available from GES DISC. see http://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/Aura/data-holdings/OMI/ Nitrogen dioxide is an important chemical species in both, the stratosphere where it plays a key role in ozone chemistry, and in the troposphere where it is a precursor to ozone production. In the troposphere, it is produced in various combustion processes and in lightning and is an indicator of poor air quality. (The shortname for this Level-3 Global Gridded Nitrogen Dioxide Product is OMNO2d_V003) The algorithm leads for the NO2 products are NASA OMI scientist Dr. Nickolay Krotkov and KNMI scientist Dr. Pepijn Veefkind. OMNO2d data product is a Level-3 Gridded Product where pixel level data of good quality are binned and "averaged" into 0.25x0.25 degree global grids. This product contains Total column NO2 and Total Tropospheric Column NO2, for all atmospheric conditions, and for sky conditions where cloud fraction is less than 30 percent. Details are available in the documents provided on the NASA GES DISC OMI site http://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/Aura/OMI/documents/v003/omno2d_v003.shtml OMNO2d data are stored in EOS Hierarchical Data Format (HDF-EOS). Each file contains data from the day lit portion of the orbit (~14 orbits). The average file size for the OMNO2d data product is about 6 Mbytes.
Published By National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Issued about 9 years ago
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2014 NOAA Ortho-rectified Mean Low Low Water Color Mosaic of Perdido Bay, Alabama: Integrated Ocean and Coastal Mapping Product
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 20131218 - 20140112 with an Applanix Digital Sensor System (DSS). The original images were acquired at a higher resolution to support the final ortho-rectified mosaic.
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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These GIS data contain stream reaches that were designated as "critical habitat" for the Puget Sound (PS) Chinook salmon Evolutionarily Significant Unit (ESU). The critical habitat is defined in the National Marine Fisheries Service's (NOAA Fisheries) final rule to designate critical habitat for 12 ESUs of Pacific salmon and steelhead. The fish distribution in this data set was compiled from data gathered from the the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW). Additionally, we received comments from the public, federal agencies, and state and tribal salmon co-managers during the rule making process. A detailed description of this process can be found in the following document: Final Assessment of NOAA Fisheries' Critical Habitat Analytical Review Teams For 12 Evolutionarily Significant Units of Pacific Salmon and Steelhead, NOAA Fisheries Protected Resources Division, 2005. - The original source of data is 1:24,000 scale fish distribution data from WDFW. We have excluded portions of the range of the ESU from the final designation of critical habitat. Exclusions are based on economic and other relevant impacts considered during our analysis, as described in our 4(b)(2) Report. We also excluded Indian lands and Habitat Conservation Plans (HCP). However, due to legal concerns about the disclosure of the location of HCP and Indian lands, as well as questions about the accuracy of the data, we do not identify the location of these exclusions within this data set. For exact legal descriptions of critical habitat please consult the Federal Register notice.
Published By US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
Issued about 9 years ago
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This annual narrative report for Alamosa National Wildlife Refuge outlines Refuge accomplishments during the 1990 calendar year. The report begins with a summary of the years highlights and weather conditions. Land acquisition is covered. The report includes a planning section which discusses management planning, public participation, and research and investigations. Refuge administration is outlined; information about personnel, volunteer programs, funding, safety, and technical assistance is given. Habitat management is also covered; subjects include wetlands, croplands, grazing, haying, pest control, and water rights. The wildlife section of the report discusses wildlife diversity, endangered and threatened species, waterfowl, marsh birds and waterbirds, shorebirds, raptors, game mammals, fisheries resources, scientific collections, animal control, and disease control. The public uses of the Refuge described in this report include outdoor classrooms, interpretive programs, hunting, trapping, wildlife observation, outdoor recreation, and law enforcement. The equipment and facilities section of the report provides information about new construction, rehabilitation, equipment replacement, communication systems, computer systems, and energy conservation. Cooperative programs are provided at the end. Refuge brochures are attached.
Published By National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Issued about 9 years ago
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Optical thickness data from KSU staff science
Published By US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
Issued about 9 years ago
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To determine the relative needs of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Federal Highway Administration FHWA was asked to inventory all public access and administrative Service use only roads and parking lots and provide a condition assessment of each. This report summarizes the inventory for Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge.All roads and parking lots were mapped using Trimble GPS units and visually assessed for condition using the RSL method of evaluation developed at Utah State University. A cost estimate for maintenance and construction of roads is provided in the report.
Published By Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security
Issued about 9 years ago
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Digital orthographic imagery datasets contain georeferenced images of the Earth's surface, collected by a sensor in which object displacement has been removed for sensor distortions and orientation, and terrain relief. Digital orthoimages have the geometric characteristics of a map, and image qualities of a photograph. (Source: Circular A-16, p. 16)
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.