Multibeam collection for AMAT04RR: Multibeam data collected aboard Roger Revelle from 2006-04-18 to 2006-05-23, departing from Honolulu, HI and returning to Honolulu, HI
Published By National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Issued over 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 US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
Issued over 9 years ago
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This progress report covers work done on wolverine ecology. Summarized is the field work done on the project, including radio collaring, ground aerial observations. Wolverine carcasses and necropsied. Data analysis is discussed.
Published By US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
Issued over 9 years ago
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Distribution and abundance of waterbirds, marine mammals, and other wildlife were surveyed by helicopter in coastal areas of upper Cook Inlet 1314 July 1993, in areas where there is development potential. Numerous surveys of wildlife use of Upper Cook Inlet have been conducted during spring however, few have been conducted during summer when waterfowl are rearing young or molting, and when shorebirds have commenced their southward migrations. Upper Cook Inlet contains important habitat resources for many species of migratory birds, marine mammals, and other wildlife. Upper Cook Inlet is also an area of extensive onshore and offshore oil and gas production, commercial and sport fishing, oceangoing transportation, and military activities; and it is a potential area for coal and hardrock mining, hydroelectric power generation, and timber harvest. New infrastructures may be proposed at any time for new oil and gas finds, and for developing and exporting coal, minerals and timber. New infrastructures may be proposed to be located in valuable wildlife habitats. These surveys were conducted to identify and gather preliminary data on valuable wildlife habitats.
Published By National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Issued over 9 years ago
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NGDC builds and distributes high-resolution, coastal digital elevation models (DEMs) that integrate ocean bathymetry and land topography to support NOAA's mission to understand and predict changes in Earth's environment, and conserve and manage coastal and marine resources to meet our Nation's economic, social, and environmental needs. They can be used for modeling of coastal processes (tsunami inundation, storm surge, sea-level rise, contaminant dispersal, etc.), ecosystems management and habitat research, coastal and marine spatial planning, and hazard mitigation and community preparedness.
Published By National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Issued over 9 years ago
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This data set provides the results of controlled burns conducted to assess the flammability of mature forests on the Catuaba Experimental Farm of the Federal University of Acre - Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil. Controlled burns were conducted in 1998, and the rate of fire spread was calculated based on the duration of the fire and the measured extent of the burned area. Environmental variables measured included type of forest, canopy openness, leaf area index, number of days without rainfall, precipitation, height of litter, litter humidity, brushwood humidity, amount of water in the ground, air temperature, and relative humidity. Results from 50 fires set in 1998 are reported. There is one comma-delimited data file with this data set.These data are part of a larger study reported in the thesis by Elsa Renee Huamon Mendoza, Susceptibility of primary forest to fire in 1998 and 1999: A case study in Acre, south-eastern Amazonia, Brazil. The thesis, in Portuguese, is included as a companion file with this data set.
Published By US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
Issued over 9 years ago
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This annual narrative report for Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge outlines Refuge accomplishments during the 2000 fiscal year. The report begins with an introduction to the Refuge. Information about monitoring and studies including surveys and censuses and studies and investigations is provided next. Habitat restoration and management projects are also covered; activities include wetland restoration, upland restoration, water level management, moist soil management, farming, timber management, prescribed burning, and vegetation control. Fish and wildlife management are discussed next with emphasis on bird banding, disease monitoring, reintroductions, nest structures, and animal control. Coordination activities, such as interagency coordination, tribal coordination, and private land activities, are outlined. The resource protection section provides an update on law enforcement, wildfire preparedness, permits, contaminant investigation, water rights, and land acquisition support. Information about public education and recreation is given including visitor services and outreach. Finally, comprehensive management planning and general administration are discussed in the Refuge planning and administration section.
Published By US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
Issued over 9 years ago
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This narrative report cover activities during January to April 1945 for Lake Ardoch, Kellys Slough, Little Goose, Pioneer Lake, Wood Lake, Silver Lake, Lac Aux Mortes Devils Lake, Buffalo Lake, Johnsons Lake, Sibley Lake, Prairie Lake, Lambs Lake, Billings Lake, Rose Lake, Pleasant Lake. Water and wildlife are discussed. Followed by refuge development and maintenance, public relations, violations and field investigations or applied research. Photographs and NR forms are included.
Published By Federal Laboratory Consortium
Issued over 9 years ago
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The Cruise Missile Defense Systems (CMDS) Project Office is establishing a secure System Integration Laboratory at the AMRDEC. This lab will contain tactical Signal and Data Processors (SDP) for the Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor (JLENS) system, along with other tactical and modeling and simulation (M&S) components. The lab will be utilized to perform subsystem integration testing, as a risk reduction facility, for pre-test planning and post-test analysis, to analyze tactical software performance, for Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) of software, and for Verification, Validation, and Accreditation (VV&A) of M&S. Additionally, the lab will be utilized to prototype system changes and potentially for operator training. This facility will also contain an End-to-End Digital Simulation in support of the Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Project Office. This will be used to integrate and exercise digital simulations, providing a means for investigating IAMD requirements and architecture designs.
Published By Social Security Administration
Issued over 9 years ago
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Several PSSVES request files are transmitted to SSA each year for processing in the State Verification and Exchange System (SVES). This is a first step in obtaining annual earnings information for railroad retirement beneficiaries. The output from SVES processing is used by SSA as input for the VAEARN program.
Published By National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Issued over 9 years ago
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In Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR), a short pulse of coherent light generated by a laser (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation) is transmitted in a narrow beam to illuminate corner cube retroreflectors on the satellite. The return signal, typically a few photons, is collected by a telescope and the time-of-flight is measured. Using information about the satellite's orbit, the time-of-flight, and the speed of light, the location of the ranging station can be determined. Similar data acquired by another station, many kilometers distant from the first, or on a different continent, can be used to determine the distance between stations to precisions of centimeters or better. Repetitive measurements over months and years yield the change in distance, or the motion of the Earth's crust.
Published By US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
Issued over 9 years ago
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This narrative report for Snake Creek National Wildlife Refuge outlines Refuge accomplishments from January through April of 1962. The report begins by summarizing the weather conditions, habitat conditions, water conditions, and food and cover during this period. Wildlife including migratory birds, upland game birds, big game animals, furbearers, predators, rodents, raptors, fish, and reptiles is also covered. The Refuge development and maintenance section discusses physical developments, plantings, collections and receipts, and wildfires. Resource management is outlined; topics include grazing. A progress report on field investigations and applied research is also provided. The public relations section of the report describes recreational uses, Refuge visitors, Refuge participation, and violations. Items of interest, NR forms, and photographs are attached.
Published By National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Issued over 9 years ago
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Published By National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Issued over 9 years ago
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This data product contains TOMS/Meteor-3 UV Reflectivity Daily L3 Global 1x1.25 deg Lat/Lon Grid Version 8 data in ASCII format. (The shortname for this Meteor-3 TOMS Product is TOMSM3L3dref) The Metero-3 Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) Version 8 Daily Gridded Data consist of daily, global coverage of total column ozone and UV-B Lambertian effective surface reflectivity (Rayleigh corrected). Four TOMS instruments have been successfully flown on the following satellites: Nimbus-7 (Nov. 1978 - May 1993), Meteor-3 (Aug. 1991 - Dec. 1994), Earth Probe (July 1996 - current), and ADEOS (Sep. 1996 - June 1997). Earth Probe, Meteor-3 and Nimbus-7 data are currently reprocessed using the Version-8 algorithm (http://toms.gsfc.nasa.gov/version8/v8toms_atbd.pdf) . These Version-8 data are archived at the Goddard Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC). The total ozone, aerosol index, reflectivity data and UV-B Erythemal irradiances are mapped to a global grid of size 180 x 288 with a Lat/Lon resolution of 1.00 x 1.25 degrees. These data are also stored in the EOS Version of Hierarchical Data Format (HDF-EOS). HDF was developed by the National Center for Supercomputer Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. TOMS data are produced by the Laboratory for Atmospheres at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (Code 613). The Version-8 Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document (ATBD) is available from the TOMS site http://toms.gsfc.nasa.gov/version8/v8toms_atbd.pdf For detailed information about the TOMS instrument, data, and ozone see the TOMS official Home Page at: http://toms.gsfc.nasa.gov/
Real-Time XBT Data assembled by US NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) for the Global Temperature-Salinity Profile Program (GTSPP) and submitted, 03/20/2006 - 03/26/2006 (NODC Accession 0002607)
Published By National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Issued over 9 years ago
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These data represent data collected from the Shipboard Environmental (data) Acquisition System (SEAS), a program developed by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to provide accurate meteorological and oceanographic data in real time from ships at sea through the use of satellite data transmission techniques. The system transmits data through either the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) or the International Maritime Satellite Organization (INMARSAT C) satellites to NOAA for use in weather, climatological and ocean models. NOAA is actively participating in an international effort to increase the number of subsurface temperature observations in support of global oceanographic and climate studies. NOAA's Expendable Bathythermograph (XBT) program, SEAS, currently supports about 80 Voluntary Observing Ships (VOS). SEAS XBT data are archived by the National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) on a weekly basis.
Published By Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security
Issued over 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 National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Issued over 9 years ago
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ML2HOCL is the EOS Aura Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) standard product for hypochlorous acid derived from radiances measured primarily by the 640 GHz radiometer. The current version is 2.2. Spatial coverage is near-global (-82° to +82° latitude), with each profile spaced 1.5° or ~165 km along the orbit track (roughly 15 orbits per day). The recommended useful vertical range is from 10 to 2.15 hPa, and the vertical resolution is about 6 km. Users of the ML2OHCL data product should read section 3.12 of the EOS MLS Level 2 Version 2.2 Quality Document for more information (http://mls.jpl.nasa.gov/data/v2-2_data_quality_document.pdf). Users are encouraged to register with the MLS science team at https://mls.jpl.nasa.gov/forms/reguser.php to obtain updates and information about this data product. The data are stored in the version 5 EOS Hierarchical Data Format (HDF-EOS5), which is based on the version 5 Hierarchical Data Format, or HDF5. Each file contains two swath objects (one with profile data, the other with column data), each with a set of data and geolocation fields, swath attributes, and metadata. The data fields include the geophysical parameter values and precision (standard deviation), convergence values, data quality, and a status flag. The geolocation fields include a time stamp in TAI-93 format (seconds since January 1, 1993), geodetic latitude and longitude, and pressure level values, as well as local solar time, solar zenith angle, line of sight angle, and orbit geodetic angle. There is one file per day.
Published By National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Issued over 9 years ago
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This 0.3x0.3 meter imagery mosaic of Coral Bay, St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands was created by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) using a collection of orthophotos collected by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 2012. This collection of orthophotos included: o134-07_NAD83.tif, o140-07_NAD83.tif, o140-08_NAD83.tif, o140-09_NAD83.tif, o140-10_NAD83.tif, o238-11_NAD83.tif, o238-12_NAD83.tif, o238-13_NAD83.tif, o238-14_NAD83.tif. Sun glint was removed from each scene using the process described in: Hedley, J.D., A.R. Harborne and P.J. Mumby. 2005. Simple and robust removal of sun glint for mapping shallow-water benthos. International Journal of Remote Sensing 26(10): 2107 - 2112. The mosaic was created in ENVI 5.0.An orthophoto is remotely sensed image data in which displacement of features in the image caused by terrain relief and sensor orientation have been mathematically removed. Orthophotography combines the image characteristics of a photograph with the geometric qualities of a map. Each orthophoto provides imagery for a standard USGS 1/16th quadrangle map. The imagery was captured at 12-bit radiometric resolution and converted to 8-bit radiometric resolution during post processing. The imagery was captured with 60% forward overlap between adjacent scenes and 30% sidelap between all adjacent flight lines. The imagery was obtained and processed by all digital means beginning with data acquisition using a Z/I Imaging DMC-II 230 digital sensor. The orthophotos are available in GeoTIFF form. The projected coordinate system is State Plane Puerto Rico / US Virgin Islands (Zone 5200), NAD 83, GRS 80, Units Meters.
ROTASONIC - Coastal Plain Rotasonic Boreholes acquired within the lower coastal plain of South Carolina's Grand Strand region (Point)
Published By U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior
Issued over 9 years ago
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In 1999, the USGS, in partnership with the South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium, began a study to investigate processes affecting shoreline change along the northern coast of South Carolina, focusing on the Grand Strand region. Previous work along the U.S. Atlantic coast shows that the structure and composition of older geologic strata located seaward of the coast heavily influences the coastal behavior of areas with limited sediment supply, such as the Grand Strand. By defining this geologic framework and identifying the transport pathways and sinks of sediment, geoscientists are developing conceptual models of the present-day physical processes shaping the South Carolina coast. The primary objectives of this research effort are: 1) to provide a regional synthesis of the shallow geologic framework underlying the coastal upland, shoreface and inner continental shelf, and define its role in coastal evolution and modern beach behavior; 2) to identify and model the physical processes affecting coastal ocean circulation and sediment transport, and to define their role in shaping the modern shoreline; and 3) to identify sediment sources and transport pathways; leading to construction of a regional sediment budget.
Published By National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Issued over 9 years ago
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The Birds of the Americas Family Presence Grids of the Gridded Species Distribution, Version 1 is a reclassified version of the original grids of the bird species distribution maps of North America, South America and the Caribbean Islands. The data include 1- kilometer presence/absence grids for individual species available in Geographic Coordinate System (GCS). The input vector layers were produced by a consortium led by NatureServe. The gridding and grid processing are done by the Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN).
Published By National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Issued over 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 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Issued over 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 over 9 years ago
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Joint Warfare Assessment Laboratory (JWAL) is a high-tech 48,000 square-foot world-class facility that is highly secured and has satellite connectivity. It allows the integration and merging of Navy test exercise data needed to assess the performance of Navy ships, aircraft and combat systems.
Published By National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Issued over 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.
WATER DEPTH and Other Data from BROOKE and Other Platforms from 19741005 to 19761028 (NODC Accession 8300116)
Published By National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Issued over 9 years ago
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Published By Federal Laboratory Consortium
Issued over 9 years ago
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Description/History: Chemistry and biology laboratories The Bio Engineering Laboratory (BeL) is theonly full spectrum biotechnology capability within the Department of Defense (DoD). It is fully staffed for industrial-scale production of bio-molecules used in detection and decontamination systems fielded to the Warfighter and to civilian responders. The BeL is an engineering facility with fermentation ranging from 5L to 1500L, along with matching scale downstream protein separation, purification lyophilization and spray drying. The BeL also houses a biosurety-compliant, secure, state-of-the-are cold storage capability. Bio Engineering Laboratory Fact Sheet