Published By US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
Issued almost 10 years ago
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This narrative report for Flint Hills NWR outlines Refuge accomplishments during the 1979 calendar year. The report begins with an introduction to the Refuge and information about weather conditions, habitat conditions, and the system status. Construction and maintenance are also described. Habitat management is covered; croplands, grasslands, wetlands, and forests are discussed. The wildlife section of the report discusses migratory birds, mammals, and nonmigratory birds. Interpretation and recreation activities are outlined; topics include information and interpretation, recreation, and law enforcement. Field investigations, cooperative programs, items of interest, brochures, and safety information are attached.
Published By National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Issued almost 10 years ago
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Published By National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Issued almost 10 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 almost 10 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.
l275np.m77t - MGD77 data file for Geophysical data from feld activity L-2-75-NP in Gulf of Alaska from 08/25/1975 to 09/04/1975
Published By U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior
Issued almost 10 years ago
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Single-beam bathymetry and magnetics data along with DGPS navigation data was collected as part of field activity L-2-75-NP in Gulf of Alaska from 08/25/1975 to 09/04/1975, http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/l/l275np/html/l-2-75-np.meta.html These data are reformatted from space-delimited ASCII text files located in the Coastal and Marine Geology Program (CMGP) InfoBank field activity catalog at http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/l/l275np/html/l-2-75-np.bath.html and http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/l/l275np/html/l-2-75-np.mag.html into MGD77T format provided by the NOAA's National Geophysical Data Center(NGDC). The MGD77T format includes a header (documentation) file (.h77t) and a data file (.m77t). More information regarding this format can be found in the publication listed in the Cross_reference section of this metadata file.
Global Near Real-Time Temperature and Salinity Profile Data from the GTSPP project from 15 September 2002 to 14 March 2003 (NODC Accession 0000958)
Published By National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Issued almost 10 years ago
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Physical, current, meteorological, and other data were collected from XBT casts, buoys, and other instruments from a World-Wide distribution. Data were collected from 15 September 2002 to 14 March 2003. Data were submitted by the Marine Environmental Data Service (MEDS) in support of the Array for Real-time Geostrophic Oceanography (Argo), the Gulf of Mexico NOAA/NMFS Ship of Opportunity (SOOP), and the Global Temperature-Salinity Pilot Project (GTSPP). Physical parameters include profiles of temperature and salinity. Current parameters include current direction and speed. Meteorological data include dry bulb temperature, wind speed, wind direction, relative humidity, and air pressure.
Plankton and other data collected using zooplankton net in the Bering Sea from NOAA Ship MILLER FREEMAN from 16 April 1977 to 15 May 1977 (NCEI Accession 7800407)
Published By National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Issued almost 10 years ago
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Plankton and other data were collected using zooplankton net from the NOAA Ship MILLER FREEMAN in the Bering Sea from the 16 April 1977 to 15 May 1977. Data were collected by National Marine Fisheries Service with support from the Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Assessment Program (OCSEAP) project.
Published By National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Issued almost 10 years ago
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The Integrated Biosphere Simulator (or IBIS) is designed to be a comprehensive model of the terrestrial biosphere. Tthe model represents a wide range of processes, including land surface physics, canopy physiology, plant phenology, vegetation dynamics and competition, and carbon and nutrient cycling. The model generates global simulations of the surface water balance (e.g., runoff), the terrestrial carbon balance (e.g., net primary production, net ecosystem exchange, soil carbon, aboveground and belowground litter, and soil CO2 fluxes), and vegetation structure (e.g., biomass, leaf area index, and vegetation composition). IBIS was developed by Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment (SAGE) researchers as a first step toward gaining an improved understanding of global biospheric processes and studying their potential response to human activity [Foley et al. 1996]. IBIS was constructed to explicitly link land surface and hydrological processes, terrestrial biogeochemical cycles, and vegetation dynamics within a single, physically consistent framework. Furthermore, IBIS was one of a new generation of global biosphere models, termed Dynamic Global Vegetation Models (or DGVMs), that consider transient changes in vegetation composition and structure in response to environmental change. Previous global ecosystem models have typically focused on the equilibrium state of vegetation and could not allow vegetation patterns to change over time. Version 2.5 of IBIS includes several major improvements and additions [Kucharik et al. 2000]. SAGE continues to test the performance of the model, assembling a wide range of continental- and global-scale data, including measurements of river discharge, net primary production, vegetation structure, root biomass, soil carbon, litter carbon, and soil CO2 flux. Using these field data and model results for the contemporary biosphere (1965-1994), their evaluation shows that simulated patterns of runoff, NPP, biomass, leaf area index, soil carbon, and total soil CO2 flux agreed reasonably well with measurements that have been compiled from numerous ecosystems. These results also compare favorably to other global model results [Kucharik et al. 2000].
Oceanographic profile temperature, salinity and other measurements usings CTD taken from the DAWSON, HUDSON and other platforms in the Coastal N Atlantic, North Atlantic and other locations from 1970 to 1989 (NODC Accession 9600104)
Published By National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Issued almost 10 years ago
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Published By National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Issued almost 10 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 almost 10 years ago
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The Embedded Processor Laboratory provides the means to design, develop, fabricate, and test embedded computers for missile guidance electronics systems in support of technology demonstrations and other missile programs. It consists of equipment and expertise for developing and testing embedded hardware and software for missile and fire control computer systems. Capabilities include: (1) Electronic design tools and expertise, Hardware Description Language (HDL) development, and Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) implementation and simulation tools (2) Printed Circuit Board signal integrity analysis tools (3) Integrated Development Environments for multiple processors and Code Generation Tools for development, integration, and test of software (4) MultiChannel High Speed Logic Analyzers, High Bandwidth Digital Oscilloscopes, and Protocol Analyzers to test and troubleshoot electronic assemblies. This laboratory currently supports several variants of the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS), the MLRS Trajectory Correction Kit (TCK) program, and M299 launcher software development for Army Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs).
Published By National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Issued almost 10 years ago
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AM Biotechnologies (AM) will develop a diagnostic system in response to SBIR Topic X10.01 Reusable Diagnostic Lab Technology that will simultaneously detect and quantify numerous protein biomarkers with excellent sensitivity. AM will enhance the current clinical gold standard immunoassay methodology by using its proprietary bead-based aptamer selection process to select dithiophosphate backbone-modified (PS2) "thio" aptamers (PS2-thioaptamers) as replacements for antibodies in immunoassays. The PS2-thioaptamers are binding agents with functionality comparable to antibodies but with very long shelf-life under ambient environment storage. The PS2-thioaptamers bind much more tightly to their targets than regular aptamers without sacrificing specificity, and are much more nuclease resistant. AM's bead-based process allows fast selection and identification of PS2-thioaptamers, which cannot be directly selected using older aptamer technologies such as Systematic Evolution of Ligands by Exponential Enrichment (SELEX). AM will demonstrate PS2-thioaptamer integration into a state-of-the-art microfluidics instrument from Sandia National Laboratory that meets NASA's form factor needs for space flight. The Phase I Project will demonstrate detection and quantification of osteocalcin (OC) using a PS2-thioaptamer in a prototype microfluidics device (TRL-4). Phase II will entail completing the panel of biomarkers for bone demineralization and delivering a prototype of the system to NASA. In Phase III, AM and Sandia will deliver a flight test system to NASA and begin FDA validation of the system for potential use in clinical diagnostics of osteoporosis as well as other conditions.
Published By National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Issued almost 10 years ago
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Polygons: 976 Vertices: 1142
Published By National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Issued almost 10 years ago
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ABSTRACT: Contains sample measurements of the canopy biochemistry measured by the TE-09 team.
Real-time profile data assembled by Canada Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) for the Global Temperature-Salinity Profile Program (GTSPP) and submitted on 11/14/2012 (NODC Accession 0099418)
Published By National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Issued almost 10 years ago
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The Integrated Science Data Management (ISDM) office processes oceanographic profiles reported for the world oceans in near real-time from the Global Telecommunications System (GTS) for the Global Temperature and Salinity Profile Program (GTSPP). These data also support the activities of the Ship-of-Opportunity Programme Implementation Panel (SOOPIP) and the WOCE Upper Ocean Thermal Program (WOCE UOT).
Multibeam collection for PASC02WT: Multibeam data collected aboard Thomas Washington from 1983-02-06 to 1983-02-27, departing from Manzanillo, Mexico and returning to Easter Island, Chile
Published By National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Issued almost 10 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/
A Simulation Testbed for Dynamic Air Corridors within the Next Generation Air Transportation System Project
Published By National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Issued almost 10 years ago
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The key innovation in this effort is the development of a simulation testbed for identifying dynamic air corridors that can increase aircraft throughput in and around the terminal airspace. In this proposal, an air corridor is a three-dimensional region of space that is intended to safely isolate a stream of aircraft from other aircraft outside the corridor. Air corridors/routes effectively exist today in two forms: static and dynamic. Static air corridors exist in the form of published standard arrival routes (STAR) and standard instrument departures (SID). Dynamic air corridors are effectively created when air traffic control (ATC) issues vector and speed instructions to aircraft. The proposed testbed would identify dynamic air corridors that provide ATC with more options that are optimized to provide greater throughput than is currently available with today's static air corridors. The testbed would continuously identify dynamic air corridors in order to adapt to changing hazards, changing queues of arriving and departing aircraft, and changing runway configurations. We further propose integrating the simulation testbed with NASA's Airspace Concept Evaluation Software (ACES) in order to assess the impact of dynamic air corridors on the entire U.S. national airspace.
Published By National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Issued almost 10 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 Department of Energy
Issued almost 10 years ago
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Coal mine level data on the number of employees, labor hours, and production. Users of the EIA API are required to obtain an API Key via this registration form: http://www.eia.gov/beta/api/register.cfm
Waterfowl Production Areas : Arrowwood National Wildlife Refuge : Narrative report : Calendar year - 1966
Published By US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
Issued almost 10 years ago
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This annual narrative report for the Waterfowl Production Areas of Arrowwood NWR outlines Refuge accomplishments during the 1966 calendar year. The report begins by summarizing the weather conditions, habitat conditions, water conditions, and food and cover conditions during the year. Wildlife including migratory birds, upland game birds, big game animals, furbearers, and fish is also covered. The Refuge development and maintenance section discusses physical developments, plantings, and vegetation control. Resource management is outlined; topics include grazing 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, hunting, and safety. Items of interest, NR forms, and photographs are attached.
Published By National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Issued almost 10 years ago
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Published By Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security
Issued almost 10 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 Aeronautics and Space Administration
Issued almost 10 years ago
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To enable future robotic exploration systems to have greater mobility, sensing, sampling, and communication capabilities on difficult terrain such as craters, cliffs, gullies, and skylights, Tethers Unlimited proposes to develop a "Sensing and Positioning on Inclines and Deep Environments with Retrieval" (SPIDER) system. This system employs an innovative lightweight 'orbital winch' with the capacity for rapid tether deployment and high load retrieval or towing. The unique design of the orbital winch accomplishes cable winding and deployment without rotating the spool, minimizing mass and power consumption, while eliminating the need for electrical and optical slip-ring. The SPIDER system also integrates a launcher that can be used to deploy a wide variety of tethered end-effectors to provide new capabilities for sample retrieval and sensing. A carousel of these stowed end-effectors will allow selection of appropriate implements for a desired task. For example, tethered anchor end-effectors could give planetary rovers the ability to rappel down ravines, tow themselves up steep slopes, or free themselves from a stuck position. Sensing and sampling end-effectors with data- and power- transmitting tethers can be deployed and retrieved from otherwise inaccessible areas, giving in-situ feedback via optical fibers. The SPIDER system can also be a launch platform for subsurface boring or ice-penetrating probes such as the Cryobot. Moreover, by launching an RF transmitter/receiver, the system could improve communications for a planetary rover entering a geologic feature that would impede radio contact, such as a lava tube. The Phase I effort will mature the SPIDER to TRL 4 by testing prototypes of key components, and the Phase II will mature an integrated system to TRL 6 by testing and qualifying a prototype in a relevant terrestrial environment.
Published By National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Issued almost 10 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 almost 10 years ago
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Binary point-cloud data for part of Barnegat Bay, New Jersey, post-Hurricane Sandy (October 2012 hurricane), were produced from remotely sensed, geographically referenced elevation measurements by the U.S. Geological Survey. Elevation measurements were collected over the area using the second-generation Experimental Advanced Airborne Research Lidar, a pulsed laser ranging system mounted onboard an aircraft to measure ground elevation, vegetation canopy, and coastal topography. The system uses high-frequency laser beams directed at the Earth's surface through an opening in the bottom of the aircraft's fuselage. The laser system records the time difference between emission of the laser beam and the reception of the reflected laser signal in the aircraft. The plane travels over the target area at approximately 55 meters per second at an elevation of approximately 300 meters, resulting in a laser swath of approximately 240 meters with an average point spacing of 0.5-1.6 meters. The nominal vertical elevation accuracy expressed as the root mean square error (RMSE) is 25 centimeters. A peak sampling rate of 15-30 kilohertz results in an extremely dense spatial elevation dataset. More than 100 kilometers of coastline can be surveyed easily within a 3- to 4-hour mission. When resultant elevation maps for an area are analyzed, they provide a useful tool to make management decisions regarding land development.