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Remote Sensing Inc. distributes science quality wind velocity data from the SeaWinds instrument onboard NASA's QuikSCAT satellite. SeaWinds is a microwave scatterometer designed to measure surface winds over the global ocean. Wind velocity fields are provided in zonal, meridional, and modulus sets. The reference height for all wind velocities is 10 meters.

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Average percent coverage and standard deviation of each canopy stratum from subplots at each aspen site during the SNF study in the Superior National Forest, Minnesota

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post-award contract disputes between government contractors and the Department of Defense, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and other entities with whom the ASBCA has entered into agreements to provide services.

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<p>This research team has developed a solid-state electromagnetic device that, when embedded along the leading edge of an aircraft wing, can disrupt laminar air flow on command. The methodology employs a combination of high-voltage AC and DC electric fields and high-strength magnets to generate cross flow. This cross flow either forms vortices or trips the flow to turbulent (depending on conditions), energizing the boundary layer to keep the flow attached and prevent stall. Presumed usage would be for an aircraft to activate the device at take off, turn the device off after gear-up and initial climb-out, then turn back on for descent and landing. Using natural laminar flow principles in aircraft design can reduce fuel burn by 6 to 12 percent.</p><p><strong>Work to date: </strong>The device has been tested on a flat plate in a wind tunnel. </p><p><strong>Looking ahead: </strong>In 2014, the group plans to test the device on a Dryden Remotely Operated Integrated Drone (DROID) aircraft and is targeting 2015 for tests on a Prototype Technology Evaluation Research Aircraft (PTERA). </p><p><strong>Partner: </strong>Brigham Young University provides a wind tunnel and machining facilities to build test articles. </p><p> </p><p><strong>Benefits </strong></p><ul><li><strong>Efficient: </strong>Enables fuel reduction </li><li><strong>Simple: </strong>Works with no moving parts, simplifying fabrication and maintenance </li><li><strong>Improves safety: </strong>Facilitates safer takeoffs and landings </li></ul><p><strong>Applications </strong></p><ul><li>Aircraft wings </li><li>Industrial fluid processing </li><li>Heat transfer processes </li></ul>

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This is the fenced animal management plan for Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge. Grazing by large mammals is a major factor in the tallgrass prairieoak savanna ecosystem, and the Refuge is reintroducing bison and elk to graze the prairie. This plan outlines objectives, grazing management, disease prevention and control, management for public viewing, management needs, and equipment.

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The 2003 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA:03) is a study that is part of the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) program. PISA:03 (http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pisa/) is a cross-sectional study that measures the yield of education systems, or what skills and competencies students have acquired and can apply in reading, mathematics, and science to real-world contexts by age 15. For PISA:03, mathematics literacy was the subject area assessed in-depth. The study was conducted using questionnaires and direct assessments of 15-year-old students. 15-year-old students in April to May of 2003 were sampled. The study�s response rate was 83 percent. Key statistics produced from PISA:03 are 15-year-olds' capabilities in reading, mathematics, and science literacy.

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This map layer portrays Metropolitan Statistical Areas in the United States and Puerto Rico. The map layer was created from data produced by the U.S. Census Bureau. Metropolitan Statistical Areas have at least one urbanized area of 50,000 or more population, and include adjacent territory that has a high degree of social and economic integration with the core as measured by commuting ties.

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Version 3.0 of the NFHP Data System consists of data access and visualization tools and underlying data management tools and functions. The NFHP National Assessment Results Viewer allows users to visualize the primary results reported in Through a Fish's Eye: The Status of Fish Habitats in the United States 2010 at various spatial scales. It depicts the condition of stream and coastal habitats across the country on a variety of base maps and provides one-click access to more detailed information at finer scales. The NFHP Data Theme Viewer provides a summarized look at available data by theme. Datasets are displayed to show data distribution and data density nationally, compared to available data linked to the NFHP spatial framework. The first theme to be provided is the Biological Data theme. Future priority data themes will be determined through the efforts of the National Science and Data Committee. The NFHP Data System provides streamlined data access and download capabilities for national and partnership data via a familiar Web page format. Behind the scenes, data management and delivery tools are powered by two existing USGS systems to enhance the data sharing, documentation, and delivery capabilities available to partners: USGS ScienceBase provides the data file upload and catalog services, while the USGS Core Science Metadata Clearinghouse assists with data documentation and preservation best practices that will improve the ability for partners, researchers, and managers whom access and use data now and in the future.

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This part of SIM 3302 presents data for faults for the geologic and geomorphic map (see sheet 10, SIM 3302) of the Offshore of Coal Oil Point map area, California. The vector data file is included in "Faults_OffshoreCoalOilPoint.zip," which is accessible from http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/781/OffshoreCoalOilPoint/data_catalog_OffshoreCoalOilPoint.html. This map area is in the Ventura Basin, in the southern part of the Western Transverse Ranges geologic province, which is north of the California Continental Borderland (Fisher and others, 2009). Significant clockwise rotation--at least 90 degrees--since the early Miocene has been proposed for the Western Transverse Ranges province (Luyendyk and others, 1980; Hornafius and others, 1986; Nicholson and others, 1994), and this region is presently undergoing north-south shortening (see, for example, Larson and Webb, 1992). In the eastern part of the map area, cross sections suggest that this shortening is, in part, accommodated by offset on the North Channel, Red Mountain, South Ellwood, and More Creek Fault systems (Bartlett, 1998; Heck, 1998; Redin and others, 2005; Leifer and others, 2010). Crustal deformation in the western part of the Offshore of Coal Oil Point map area apparently is less complex than that in the eastern part (Redin, 2005); the western structure is dominated by a large, south-dipping homocline that extends from the south flank of the Santa Ynez Mountains beneath the continental shelf. References Cited: Bartlett, W.L., 1998, Ellwood oil field, Santa Barbara County, California, in Kunitomi, D.S., Hopps, T.E., and Galloway, J.M., eds., Structure and petroleum geology, Santa Barbara Channel, California: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Pacific Section, and Coast Geological Society, Miscellaneous Publication 46, p. 217-237. Fisher, M.A., Sorlien, C.C., and Sliter, R.W., 2009, Potential earthquake faults offshore southern California from the eastern Santa Barbara channel to Dana Point, in Lee, H.J., and Normark, W.R., eds., Earth science in the urban ocean--The Southern California Continental Borderland: Geological Society of America Special Paper 454, p. 271-290. Heck, R.G., 1998, Santa Barbara Channel regional formline map, top Monterey Formation, in Kunitomi, D.S., Hopps, T.E., and Galloway, J.M., eds., Structure and petroleum geology, Santa Barbara Channel, California: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Pacific Section, and Coast Geological Society, Miscellaneous Publication 46, 1 plate. Hornafius, J.S., Luyendyk, B.P., Terres, R.R., and Kamerling, M.J., 1986, Timing and extent of Neogene rotation in the western Transverse Ranges, California: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 97, p. 1,476-1,487. Larson, K.M., and Webb, F.H., 1992, Deformation in the Santa Barbara Channel from GPS measurements 1987-1991: Geophysical News Letters, v. 19, p. 1,491-1,494. Leifer, I., Kamerling, M., Luyendyk, B.P., and Wilson, D.S., 2010, Geologic control of natural marine hydrocarbon seep emissions, Coal Oil Point seep field, California: Geo-Marine Letters, v. 30, p. 331-338, doi:10.1007/s00367-010-0188-9. Luyendyk, B.P., Kamerling, M.J., and Terres, R.R., 1980, Geometric model for Neogene crustal rotations in southern California: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 91, p. 211-217. Nicholson, C., Sorlien, C., Atwater, T., Crowell, J.C., and Luyendyk, B.P., 1994, Microplate capture, rotation of the western Transverse Ranges, and initiation of the San Andreas transform as a low-angle fault system: Geology, v. 22, p. 491-495. Redin, T., 2005, Santa Barbara Channel structure and correlation sections--Correlation Section no. 36, N-S structure and correlation section, western Santa Ynez Mountains across the Santa Barbara Channel to Santa Rosa Island: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Pacific Section, Publication CS 36, 1 sheet. Redin, T., Kamerling, M., and Forman, J., 2005, Santa Barbara Channel structure and correlation sections--Correlation Section no. 35, North Ellwood-Coal Oil Point area across the Santa Barbara Channel to the north coast of Santa Cruz Island: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Pacific Section, Publication CS 35, 1 sheet.

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The GSA Orderding System (GSA) is an automated ordering system for supplies available through GSA. All information about the order including the item description, item number, costs, accounting information, dates and status is recorded.

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Oxidation catalysts based on innovative, physically-robust activated carbon materials containing dispersed noble metals are essential in process optimization for production of high-quality potable water in long-duration manned space missions. An innovative catalyst technology is proposed for development to a full-scale advanced life support and space station system size and configuration. The innovative support material is Porous Solid Carbon (PSC) monolith, which has been highly successful at small scale operation under previous programs, but has not been fully developed for spacecraft use to date. This material represents the state-of-the-art in advanced catalyst supports being developed for industrial applications. A catalytic oxidation process based on the PSC catalysts and operated at or below pasteurization temperatures is expected to meet NASA objectives at the minimum power/mass/consumables penalty. The key benefit of the PSC catalyst technology is that it has unsurpassed potential to exhibit the combination of physical stability and high catalytic activity over multi-year operational lives. The Phase I material development program will lay the foundation for an operational pilot system to be fabricated and delivered during the Phase II program.

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The Policy Feedback System (PFS) is a web application developed by the Office of Disability Policy Management Information (ODPMI) team that gathers empirical data from individual disability claims to identify policy issues, recommend training, and prioritize workloads. PFS is a strategic tool available to SSA and state components. The application allows for customized reports at the national, regional, state and office levels.The reports allow drill down capabilities to view the specific data in the electronic folder.

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The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) is a joint U.S.-Japan satellite mission to monitor tropical and subtropical precipitation. The Visible/Infrared Scanner (VIRS) Radiance Gridded Orbital data are a special product derived from the TRMM standard product, VIRS Radiance (1B-01), and mapped to a 0.25 degree x 0.25 degree latitude/longitude grid. The spatial coverage is defined by a 720 km swath bounded by the latitudes 38 degree N and 38 degree S for a single satellite orbit. The parameters included in this data set are the scene radiance data for the five VIRS channels.

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Presence or absence of acroporid corals marked by handheld GPS during snorkel or tow surveys of shallow water (<5m) reef habitats in the Upper Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (USA)

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The data contain records of sentenced offenders committed to the custody of the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) during fiscal year 2002. The data include commitments of United States District Court, violators of conditions of release (e.g., parole, probation, or

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This report discusses land conditions and availability of food for waterfowl at Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge. The following information is outlined; sources of water, abundance of vegetation, and wildlife using the Refuge.

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A survey was conducted from MarchSeptember 1977 to determine the current status of six federally endangered butterflies which reside in California. The butterflies are the San Bruno elfin Callophrys mossii bayensis, Misson blue Plebejus icarioides missionensis, Lotis blue Lycaeides argyrognomon lotis, Smiths blue Shijimiaeoides enoptes smithi, El Segundo blue Shijimiaeoides battoides allyni, and Langes metalmark Apodemia mormo langei. The following aspects were investigated for each of the endangered species: 1 Survey of the sites currently inhabited and exploration for unknown sites; 2 Population size, density and mortality factors determined by markreleaserecapture techniques 3 Life history investigations to determine larval food plants, and; 4 Determination of factors threatening their survival.

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This list is intended to alert consumers about Web sites that are or were illegally marketing unapproved, uncleared, or unauthorized products in relation to the 2009 H1N1 Flu Virus (sometimes referred to as the 'swine flu' virus).

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NASA has a pressing need for increasing the efficiency of launch range surveillance during mission launch operations. Difficulty in verifying a cleared range causes significant launch delay that may significantly affect the operation safety, cost and schedule. We propose this SBIR to develop a novel &amp;quot;Smart Pan/Tilt/Zoom Visible/IR Sensor&amp;quot; platform, especially suited for detection, tracking, recognition, and identification of persons and objects that have intruded areas of the range that must be cleared in order to conduct safe launch operations. Conventional optical sensors have limited field of views (FOV). They observe objects through a small solid angle subtended in front of the sensor. Although the high optical amplification may provide high resolution image of a target, detecting and tracking potential target within a large area is difficult, resulting in lengthy search time, costly UAV maneuvers, low efficiency of verifying range clearance, even missing intruded target due to limited FOV. Increasing FOV, however, is a double-edged sword that, for any given sensor, leads to a decreased spatial resolution, causing difficulties in target recognition and classification. To address these contradicting requirements on FOV and resolution for range surveillance applications, we propose a novel Smart PTZ sensor concept with the following unique advantages: (1)Novel optical design of wide FOV optics, no blind spot, no image distortion; (2)Simultaneous wide FOV and zoomed high resolution images; (3)Smart PTZ target tracking; (4)Intelligent video analysis algorithms for automatic target detection and tracking; (5)Embedded on-board DSP processing module; (6)Novel optical design applies to both visible and infrared sensors; (7)Flexible mounting options: on-board UAV, land vehicle mounted, and fixed camera.

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We propose to demonstrate a fully automatic capability for generating a global, high resolution (30 m) land classification map, with continuous updates from satellite imagery and crowdsourced ground truth, and an annual publication cycle. The resulting map will be fully extensible, supporting many layers including Anderson type land cover categories, specific crop types in agricultural areas, and even continuous variables such as crop yield estimates. Our methodology involves fusing imagery with existing raster and vector ground truth data sets, applying a novel classification technique to enable vastly improved spatial/temporal model portability, and continuous updating as additional imagery and crowdsourced ground truth data becomes available. By employing a systematic crowdsourcing strategy that is responsive to local and regional market incentives, the map's accuracy will improve most over time in those geographic regions where higher accuracy is most needed. The resulting map product will find immediate use for a multitude of applications in agriculture, commodities trading, ecological forecasting, wildlife conservation and climate change studies. We foresee monetizing the continuous production effort by obtaining stakeholder funding to make a standard product freely available to the global public, but we also intend to develop higher precision, commercial products for lucrative applications such as precision agriculture in targeted locations worldwide.

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The Pod (or pods) of Mature Source Rock is a critical element of the Total Petroleum System and incorporates all source rocks that potentially have generated hydrocarbons within the system. The Pod(s) of Mature Source Rock is shown here as a geographic boundary defined and mapped by the geologist responsible for the province, and incorporates the known limit of thermally mature, organic-rich source rock(s) that is responsible for generating and expelling discovered and undiscovered petroleum accumulations, shows, or seeps within the Total Petroleum System. The Pod(s) of Mature Source Rock boundary was mapped by the province geologist after studying the extent of the source rock facies and the temperature and burial histories of the source rock within the province or basin. Thermal maturity studies are typically performed through investigations of geothermal gradient using well data, and thermal modeling calculations and commercial computer programs, such as BasinMod.

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A list of all public documents relating to SBA IT policy.

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This memo describes the waterfowl evaluation on Lake Ophelia and Grand Cote National Wildlife Refuges. A team of multiagency biologist overviewed the waterfowl management potentials of the subject refuges in 1990. This memo summarizes the highest priority recommendations.

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This is the weighted prevalence of 1,276 schoolchildren. 1,276 out of 1,280 cases examined had prevalence available. One out of 1,276 cases had grade information missed, 564 were in Kindergarten and 711 in 3rd grade. Prevalence is defined as occurrence of any caries among all selected population. Mean is the average number of teeth with caries among students with caries in the selected population. Region Identifiers and Constituent Counties: Western (Allegany, Frederick, Garrett, Washington); Central D.C. (Howard, Montgomery, Prince George’s); Southern (Calvert, Charles, St. Mary’s); Central Baltimore (Anne Arundel, Baltimore City, Baltimore County, Carroll, Harford); Eastern Shore (Caroline, Cecil, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne’s, Somerset, Talbot, Wicomico, Worcester).