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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 1:12,000. This database was developed for the CLAY COUNTY DFIRM project in 2007 by CF3R/Baker for FEMA Region 6.

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CRG's shape memory polymer (SMP) Bladder Tooling is a cutting-edge manufacturing technology that can meet the manufacturing needs of the Ares launch vehicles. This process provides labor savings, weight reductions, and reliable manufacturing results for fabricating complex composites. SMP bladder tooling eliminates the transferring process by operating as both a rigid lay-up mandrel and an elastic bladder. Initially, the tooling is a rigid, durable surface for composite lay-up, then when heated during the cure cycle the tooling transitions to a flexible bladder to provide consolidation force. The tooling can then be easily removed from the cured composite while in the elastic state, reformed, and reused for the next part. In addition to increased part quality, SMP bladder tooling can present a significant cost reduction over current manufacturing processes. When comparing SMP bladder tooling with a silicone bladder over a foam insert for manufacturing of an Environmental Control System (ECS) duct, there is a 46% savings over the first three parts and 80% savings over twelve parts. A second cost saving example is the comparison of SMP bladder tooling with washout tooling for the same ECS duct. Cost saving for the first three parts is 40% and 79% over twelve parts.

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Earth orbiting spacecraft, deep space science missions, and unmanned aerial vehicles are facing increasing data volumes to be transmitted to ground stations. Laser Communication (Laser Com) terminals are necessary to handle the demand.

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Health, United States is an annual report on trends in health statistics, find more information at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/hus.htm.

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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).

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<p> Particle acceleration in solar flares and its contribution to coronal heating are among the main  unsolved problems in heliophysics. Accelerated electrons in a plasma radiate hard X-ray (HXR)  emission through the well-known process of bremsstrahlung. HXR observations therefore are a  powerful diagnostic tool, providing quantitative measurements of flare-accelerated electrons. Since  bremsstrahlung emission depends on the density of the ambient medium, solar HXR emission is  usually brightest from below the transition region, where the density increases rapidly towards the  photosphere. Electron beams entering the chromosphere lose energy quickly through collisions and  produce relatively intense HXR emission at the footpoints of magnetic field lines. Electron beams  moving in the relatively tenuous corona suffer very few collisions, losing little energy and producing  only faint HXR emission. Present-day HXR instrumentation does not have the sensitivity to see  faint HXR emission from electrons traveling in the corona, nor the dynamic range to see such  faint emission in the presence of bright HXR footpoint emission in the chromosphere. Existing  observations therefore show us only where energetic electrons are stopped, but not where they  are accelerated, nor along what path they escape from the acceleration site. The most sensitive  solar HXR observations so far are provided by the Reuven Ramaty High Energy Spectroscopic  Imager (RHESSI) (Lin et al. 2002). These measurements are obtained with a non-focusing rotation  modulation collimator (RMC) imaging technique (Hurford et al. 2002). RMCs and other types  of non-focusing imaging, however, have intrinsically limited dynamic range and sensitivity. HXR  focusing optics can overcome both of these limitations (Section 1.2.2). </p> <p> The Focusing Optics X-ray Solar Imager (FOXSI) is a sounding rocket payload funded under the  NASA Low Cost Access to Space (LCAS) program to test HXR focusing optics combined with  silicon strip detectors for solar observations (Krucker et al. 2009). The FOXSI program is being led  by the Space Sciences Laboratory at UC Berkeley in collaboration with the Marshall Space Flight  Center (MSFC) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). FOXSI is on schedule  and on budget for a launch in October 2010. FOXSI will offer imaging spectroscopy and  unprecedented HXR sensitivity and dynamic range. FOXSI will be !100 times more sensitive than  RHESSI at 10 keV, and, for the first time, detect the non-thermal counterparts of quiet sun network  flares (Section 1.2.4). </p> <p> Here we propose a continuation of the FOXSI program which includes data analysis  and a second flight with an upgraded version of FOXSI. At moderate cost, we propose to  enhance the effective area, in particular at higher energies (by a factor of !4 at 15 keV), by adding  3 more shells to the existing 7-shell optics (see Figure 9). Furthermore, our Japanese collaborators  will provide, at no cost, newly available double-sided cadmium telluride (CdTe) detectors as  a replacement for the Si detectors to allow us to take full advantage of the effective area at higher  energies. A second flight will therefore not only allow us to continue testing HXR focusing  optics for solar observations and also test newly developed CdTe strip detectors  in flight but is also expected to provide a significant increase in scientific return. In  this two year proposal, the first year (2011) will be used to upgrade the FOXSI payload and to  analyze data from the first flight, while the second flight is planned for the middle of the second  year (Spring 2012). </p> <p> FOXSI will be a pathfinder for the future generation of HXR solar spectroscopic  imagers. The NASA roadmap for Heliophysics 2009 promotes two future missions: the Solar  Energetic Particle Acceleration and Transport (SEPAT) mission and the Heliospheric Magnetics (HMag) misson. These include imaging spectrometers to study coronal HXR sources. Using focusing optics as in FOXSI, such a future space-based instrument will be about !1000 times more  sensitive than RHESSI at 10 keV (about 200 times at 50 keV), will have a dynamic range of several  hundred, spatial resolution around 7 arcsec, and an excellent spectral resolution of <1 keV (Sec- tion 1.4). An instrument with this kind of sensitivity and dynamic range will be able to  image where electrons are accelerated, along which field line they travel away from the  acceleration site, where they are stopped, and how some electrons escape into interplanetary  space. Simultaneously, spectroscopy will provide quantitative measurements such as  the energy spectrum, density, and energy content of the accelerated electrons. Such an instrument  will revolutionize our understand of electron acceleration in solar flares. </p>

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Filaments are formed in magnetic loops that hold relatively cool, dense gas suspended above the surface of the Sun (David Hathaway/NASA)

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The dataset contains import price index

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The MODIS Surface Reflectance products provide an estimate of the surface spectral reflectance as it would be measured at ground level in the absence of atmospheric scattering or absorption. Low-level data are corrected for atmospheric gases and aerosols, yielding a level-2 basis for several higher-order gridded level-2 (L2G) and level-3 products. Information on individual MODIS Land Surface Reflectance Products along with improvements/changes for Verson 6 are available at: https://lpdaac.usgs.gov/dataset_discovery/?f[0]=im_field_dataset_version%3A32&f[1]=im_field_product%3A10

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The Office of National Marine Sanctuaries manages a system of sanctuaries and other managed areas around the country. The legal boundaries of these sanctuaries are defined within the Code of Federal Regulations, at 15 C.F.R. Part 922 and the subparts for each national marine sanctuary. The GIS compatible digital boundary files for each national marine sanctuary are representations of those legal boundaries are based on the best available data. These files are available for public use at locations defined in this metadata record.

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Crew Station/Turret Motion Based Simulator (CS/TMBS) Test station simulates operational scenarios The CS/TMBS is a high-capacity six-degrees-of-freedom test device. The simulation framework enables engineers to quickly obtain key data and information on vehicle/Soldier performance with high quality. The simulator employs a virtual environment with computer-generated imagery and displays, a digital audio system, crew station controls, real-time computational dynamics and a network for synthetic battlefield operations. Capabilities This simulator is capable of reproducing dynamic conditions encountered by combat vehicle crew stations and turret systems traveling on secondary roads and cross-country terrain. Battlefield environments are reproduced to study Soldier and vehicle-in-the-loop issues in an operational setting well before developmental testing. Benefits • Repeatability and control over variables difficult to manage at test centers and proving grounds. • Gun turret drive characterization and control system algorithm development in a laboratory setting. • Soldier- and hardware-in-the-loop experimentation, plus power and energy management work for risk reduction. • Baseline versus modified studies in a quick q uantitative fashion. Vehicle Inertial Properties Evaluation Rig (VIPER) Measures system/subsystem inertial characteristics and center of gravity (COG) The VIPER is used to accurately measure system and subsystem inertial characteristics and COG for trucks, trailers and turrets, generally without modification or disassembly. It consists of a configurable platform capable of rotating in roll, pitch and yaw, as well as the software necessary to post-process the results. Capabilities The VIPER is capable of determining various parameters including vehicle COG, mass moments of inertia, total vehicle weight and roll/yaw mass product of inertia. The COG measurements are accurate to ±1%, the momentof inertia measurements to ±3%, and the weight and axle loads to ±0.5%. The VIPER is capable of measuring vehicles weighing between 1,500 and 60,000 lbs, and can accommodate vehicles up to 120 inches wide and 430 inches in length. Setup and test execution takes approximately three to five days. Benefits • Mass property measurements made are an essential component for developing realistic dynamics models when solid modeling is not an option due to cost or availability. • The VIPER directly impacts vehicle rollover analysis/ prediction, vehicle stability/handling/ride, turret drive/control, transportability assessments, suspension tuning/design, vehicle data plate information, design trade-off analysis, durability and failure analysis, accident reconstruction and vehicle configuration change management.

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The AQS Data Mart is a database that contains all of the information from the AQS system. It is a storehouse of air quality information that allows users to make queries of unlimited quantities of data. The Data Mart also includes information from the EPA?s substance and facility registry systems.

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Bibliography of Chinese Administrative Geography is a historical collection of bibliographic information on 75 published books describing the administrative geography of China. The information resides in a searchable database and includes title, author/editor, subject, spatial (national, provincial, local) and temporal coverage, publisher, description, and language, as well as location of the reference, for works published during the 1949-1994 period. This dataset is produced in collaboration with the University of Washington as part of the China in Time and Space (CITAS) project, Universities Service Center at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and the Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN). (Suggested Usage: To provide a database of works pertaining to the administrative geography of China, searchable by location, time, and subject matter)

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Map Points - Location By Separate Latitutde Longitude Columns

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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).

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The hillshade image was created from raster to grid data using U.S. Geological Survey 30 meter resolution Digital Elevation Models, (DEM's).

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This dataset contains a unified GeoTiff with 30x30 meter cell size representing the bathymetry of several deep coral priority areas off the South Atlantic Bight, derived from data collected in 2003. NOAA's NOS/NCCOS/CCMA Biogeography Branch, in collaboration with the College of Charleston, as well as the United State Navy Ship Pathfinder (USNS) , and private sector partners, acquired multibeam bathymetry data off the South Atlantic Bight from 06/14/03 to 07/6/03. Data was acquired with a hull-mounted Kongsberg Simrad EM 1002 multibeam echosounder (95 kHz). It was processed by the College of Charleston Department of Geology using CARIS HIPS software. Data has all correctors applied (attitude, sound velocity) and has been reduced to mean lower low water (MLLW) using final approved tides and zoning from NOAA COOPS. Data is in UTM Zone 17 north, datum NAD83. The processed CARIS data was used to generate a CARIS BASE surface based on swath angle. The CARIS Export option "BASE Surface to Image" was then used to create a GeoTiff of the priority areas.

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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).

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These data were generated to provide insight into marine traffic patterns on a macro scale so they could be analyzed across the coastal waters of the Continental United States, this data set is for the UTM Zone 15N. For this dataset a transit is counted for every unique vessel intersecting a 1 kilometer square grid cell each day. This data represents the total number of vessel transits from October 2009 - October 2010. Some grid cells were unable to be processed, but this does not interfere with the integrity of this dataset. Please note multiple connection errors occurred during the time frame of this study. In most cases data gaps were filled by making subsequent request to the coastguard or other groups receiving the same data feed. However, due to resource constraints uninterrupted coverage was not obtained. Overall data outages were minimal on the order less than a day per month and because random and affect all areas uniformly do not has a significant effect on the integrity of the data. Also as stated on the USCG NAIS website AIS data is not representative of all vessel traffic and USCG NAIS receivers do not fully cover the entire extent of this study area. Please take time to understand both of these limitations.

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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 1:12000.

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VA's Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem Program is offered annually (as funding permits) by the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care for Homeless Veterans (HCHV) Programs to fund community agencies providing services to homeless Veterans. The purpose is to promote the development and provision of supportive housing and/or supportive services with the goal of helping homeless Veterans achieve residential stability, increase their skill levels and/or income, and obtain greater self-determination. Only programs with supportive housing (up to 24 months) or service centers (offering services such as case management, education, crisis intervention, counseling, services targeted towards specialized populations including homeless women Veterans, etc.) are eligible for these funds. The program has two levels of funding: the Grant Component and the Per Diem Component. Grants: Limit is 65% of the costs of construction, renovation, or acquisition of a building for use as service centers or transitional housing.

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The 2011 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) dataset contains the most current TRI data available and reflects toxic chemical releases and pollution prevention activities that occurred at TRI facilities during the 2011 calendar year. You can use this dataset to find out what TRI-covered toxic chemicals are being produced and used at industrial facilities in your local area and how they are being managed. Please note that this dataset will change as the TRI Program continues to process TRI submissions. The TRI Program provides this dataset annually in late July to give the public an opportunity to see the most recent TRI information prior to the publication of the TRI National Analysis report in December. To view National Analysis reports from previous years, please consult TRI's archive of National Analysis data at http://www.epa.gov/tri/.

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This is the Reciprocal Fire Protection Agreement between the Crane Rangeland Fire Protection Association and the Burns Interagency Fire Zone. The objectives of the agreement are: to enhance the coordination and cooperation between the parties named in this agreement; to enhance and maximize the safety of all personnel and equipment involved in fire suppression and prescribed burning efforts; and to reduce the initial attack time and suppression costs by using the closest forces concept. Definitions, procedures, command structure, communications, liability, appropriation limitations, and cost sharing are all outlined in this agreement.

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<p> This NASA Innovative Research Grant activity conducts engineering analysis to demonstrate the feasibility and advantages of applyi?ng a breakthrough remote sensor calibration concept to a wide range of future NASA remote sensor science missions, e.g., PACE, GEO-CAPE, CLARREO, HySpIRI, GACM and Heliophysics research.</p> <script id="dstb-id" language="javascript"> if(typeof(dstb)!= "undefined"){ dstb();}</script>

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ATMOWeb ( as the part of FTPBrowser interface) provides a graphical browsing,subsetting and retrieval capability for selected ionospheric and atmospheric data. Data can be displayed as time series plots, filtering and scatter plot options are also included for a few spacecraft. ATMOWeb allows a user to list data by specifying a time interval and any combination of parameters and then to download (using the browser's capabilities) the data subset to the user's system.