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We are proposing to utilize quantum dots to develop a super high-efficiency multijunction III-V solar cell for space. In metamorphic triple junction space solar cells, pioneered by Essential Research, Inc., the InGaAs junction or bottom cell of the three-cell stack is the current limiting entity. In Phase I of this program, we demonstrated that InAs quantum dots can be formed by MOVPE, and then incorporated in an InGaAs cell to provide sub-gap absorption and thus improve its short-circuit current. For the Phase II work, we propose to optimize this quantum dot InGaAs cell, and develop a three-cell stack to achieve a space solar cell whose efficiency would dramatically exceed current SOA standards. A theoretical estimate predicts that a InGaAlP(1.95 eV)/InGaAsP(1.35 eV)/InGaAs(1.2 eV) triple junction cell incorporating quantum dots to improve the bottom cell current would have an efficiency exceeding 40%. Quantum dots will allow NASA not only to improve device efficiency by expanding the spectral response of individual cells, but to improve the temperature coefficients and radiation tolerance as well. This is extremely important as NASA attempts to increase array specific power with new concentrator designs and continues to expand the range of environments to be encountered in future missions.

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Library Catalog may include: Data Management Plans, Cruise Plans, Cruise Summary Reports, Scientific "Quick Look Reports", Video Annotation Logs, Image Collections, Highlight Images, Video Collections, Highlight Video Clips, Dive Plans, Dive Summary Reports, Maps, Essays, News Articles, Presentations, Education Lesson Plans, Biographies, Web Logs/Summaries.

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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).

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On August 17, 1996, the Japanese Space Agency (NASDA - National Space Development Agency) launched the Advanced Earth Observing Satellite (ADEOS). ADEOS was in a descending, Sun synchronous orbit with a nominal equatorial crossing time of 10:30 a.m. Amoung the instruments carried aboard the ADEOS spacecraft was the Ocean Color and Temperature Scanner (OCTS). OCTS is an optical radiometer with 12 bands covering the visible, near infrared and thermal infrared regions. (Eight of the bands are in the VIS/NIR. These are the only bands calibrated and processed by the OBPG) OCTS has a swath width of approximately 1400 km, and a nominal nadir resolution of 700 m. The instrument operated at three tilt states (20 degrees aft, nadir and 20 degrees fore), similar to SeaWiFS.

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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).

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This dataset has High Low Tide Predictions from NOAA NOS Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS). The official Tide and Tidal Current prediction tables are published annually on October 1, for the following calendar year. Tide and Tidal Current predictions generated prior to the publishing date of the official tables are subject to change. The enclosed data are based upon the latest information available as of the date of your request. Tide and Tidal Current predictions generated may differ from the official predictions if information for the station requested has been updated since the publishing date of the official tables. WARNING: * Queries for data MUST include stationID=, time>= and timet completely reliable. If your request returns no data when you think it should: * Try revising the request (e.g., a different time range). * The list of stations offering this data may be incorrect. * Sometimes a station or the entire data service is unavailable. Wait a while and try again.

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MISR Level 3 Global Joint Aerosol monthly product (Suggested Usage: This file contains MISR Level 3 Global Joint Aerosol monthly product, binned at 5 degree resolution.)

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Employee Assistance Program Case Tracking (EAP Track) is a case management and scheduling tool which uses a commercial-off-the-shelf application, called Caseware 20/20. Caseware 20/20 was developed using a Microsoft Access database. EAP Tracking is run on

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The proposed research is in response to the In-flight Biological Sample Preservation and Analysis topic and offers a non-invasive, proven, space and cost and time effective approach to biological sample collection and preservation. Our proposal is to collect capillary whole blood from the fingertip in addition to urine samples, and to store these samples as dried spots on a custom wick-matrix. The process of sample collection is minimally invasive to non-invasive, and samples can be stored efficiently at ambient temperatures during space flight. A wide array of blood analytes can already be determined from these samples, but in addition, we propose to develop and validate further assays that meet the specific objectives of NASA, its scientists and clinicians.

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Accuracy Assessment, Observation and Plot Points

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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 1:24,000.

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"This file contains reported cases of collisions, derailments, fires, explosions, acts of God, or other events involving the operation of railroad on-track equipment and involving damages exceeding the reporting threshold for the year reported. National files from 1975 through the current year are available for download. In addition, individual files by State are available for the years 1991 through the current year.

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<p>There is an increasing need to fly Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) in the National Airspace System (NAS) to perform missions of vital importance to national security and defense, emergency management, science, and to enable commercial applications. However, routine access by UAS to the NAS remains unrealized. <br /><br />The UAS community needs routine access to the global airspace for all classes of UAS. Based on this need, NASA's UAS Integration in the NAS Project identified the following goal: To provide research findings to reduce technical barriers associated with integrating UAS into the NAS utilizing integrated system level tests in a relevant environment. These barriers include: a lack of sense-and-avoid concepts and technologies that can operate within the NAS, robust communication technologies, robust human systems integration, and a relevant environment for use in testing the developed technologies.<br /><br />The project's goal will be accomplished by developing system-level integration of key concepts, technologies and/or procedures, as well as demonstrating those integrated capabilities in an operationally relevant environment. <br /><br />The project conducts research to address technical barriers in the following areas:</p><ul><li>Sense and Avoid (SAA) [synonymous with Detect and Avoid (DAA)] Performance Standards: Provide research findings to develop and validate UAS Minimum Operational Performance Standards (MOPS) for SAA performance and interoperability.</li><li>Command and Control (C2) Performance Standards: Provide research findings to develop and validate UAS MOPS for terrestrial C2 communication.</li><li>Human Systems Integration (HSI): Provide research findings to develop and validate HSI ground control station (GCS) guidelines enabling implementation of the SAA and C2 performance standards.</li><li>Integrated Test and Evaluation (IT&E): Develop a relevant test environment that is a live virtual constructive (LVC) distributed environment (DE), for use in generating research findings to develop and validate HSI guidelines, DAA, and C2 MOPS with test scenarios supporting integration of UAS into the NAS.</li></ul><p>These activities support research within the aeronautics strategic thrust area 6. </p>

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The Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) Food Distribution Programs provide food and nutrition assistance to school children and families and support American agriculture by distributing high quality, 100 percent American-grown USDA Foods. This report analyzes State of origin data for Fiscal Year (FY) 2012, which captures the State where USDA purchased USDA Foods during FY 2012. In FY 2012, USDA purchased over 2 billion pounds of food, worth nearly $2 billion. Purchased USDA Foods included both raw food products such as meats, vegetables, and fruits, as well as finished food products like cereal, crackers, and pasta.

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Hardrock mining for gold and other metals is proposed for the Kensington Mine, located on Lynn Canal in Southeast Alaska, approximately 45 miles north of Juneau. The adjacent Jualin Mine is in the exploration phase. Over a tenyear period, various scenarios have been proposed for the Kensington Mine, including the cyanidation process to extract gold from crushed orebearing rock, a tailings pond for tailings disposal above anadromous fish streams, mixing zones for excess tailings water into fresh andor marine waters, dry upland tailings storage, and most recently, submarine tailings disposal, and onsite process water treatment. The Kensington Mine is located adjacent to marine waters that support large numbers of migratory waterfowl, salmon, and herring. There are few baseline data on metals in local organisms available to compare with later monitoring data if this and other mines become operational. The object of this study is to produce a set of data to be used as a predevelopment baseline for metal and cyanide concentrations in sediments and biota from potentially affected areas near Kensington and adjacent mining properties. Marine sediment was collected in 1994 from two coastal locations and blue mussels Mytilus trossulus were taken from six locations adjacent to the Kensington Mine site. Total metals and cyanide analyses were done for all samples. Dolly Varden Salvelinus malma and prickly sculpin Cottus asper were collected from Sherman and Sweeny Creeks, which flow through the Kensington Mine site. Metal concentrations in sediments mean concentrations in ppm dry weight DW: As 9.65, Cd 0.1, Cr 24.41, Cu 43.94, Hg 0.027, Ni 17.75, Pb 6.07, Zn 47.24 were comparable to other Southeast Alaska locations that have not been affected by human activities. Cyanide concentrations mean of 0.07 ppm DW were close to the level of detection in all marine sediment samples. Metal concentrations in blue mussels were also comparable to those in mussels from other Southeast Alaska locations with the exception of cadmium. Cadmium concentrations mean of 9.95 ppm DW were higher than any concentrations previously reported from Southeast Alaska mussels. Composite samples of Dolly Varden and sculpin arsenic concentrations 1.88, 1.37 ppm DW, respectively were higher than expected when compared to fish from other Southeast Alaska locations, but reflect naturally high arsenic levels reported in water from Sweeny and Sherman Creeks collected by Coeur Alaska. Other freshwater fish metal concentrations were similar to those reported in previous baseline studies from Southeast Alaska. These data will provide partial baseline data prior to any mine development.

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The US DOT through the Office of Aviation Analysis issues the Consumer Air Fare Report on a quarterly basis, which provides information about average prices being paid by consumers in the top 1,000 domestic city-pair markets in the continental United States. The source data is the US DOT Origin and Destination Survey.

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To provide the user with a general idea of areas where final critical habitat for Houston toad (Bufo houstonensis) based on the description provided in the Federal Register. The geographic extent includes Bastrop and Burleson Counties, Texas.

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This is multifamily property data, including location, FHA No, contract no., client group, Section of Act, and owner and agent information.

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This data set contains three-dimensional mobile lidar elevation data for seven villages in American Samoa on the island of Tutuila. The seven villages are: Fagaalu, Fagotogo, Pago Pago, Vatia, Leone, Amanave, and Poloa. The data were collected by Sanborn Map Company on October 27 - 30, 2010 Partners in this effort were the NOAA Pacific Services Center, the American Samoa Department of Commerce, and the National Park of American Samoa. The classifications available for download from the Digital Coast are: 1. Ground (2) 2. Low Vegetation (3) 3. Medium Vegetation (4) 4. High Vegetation (5) 5. Building (6) 6. Model Key Point (8) A smooth surface can be generated from model key points.

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The FEMA Housing Portal is intended to help individuals and families, who have been displaced by a disaster, find a place to live. The portal consolidates rental resources identified and provided by federal agencies, such as the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), U.S. Veterans Administration (VA), private organizations, and the public, to help individuals and families find available rental units in their area.

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A collection of photographs of mine sites, mining operations, and tailings taken prior to 1980 at a variety of sites throughout Colorado and Utah. A database of photograph metadata is provided to contain the subject and location of each photograph.

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These ESRI shape files are of National Park Service tract and boundary data that was created by the Land Resources Division. Tracts are numbered and created by the regional cartographic staff at the Land Resources Program Centers and are associated to the Land Status Maps. This data should be used to display properties that NPS owns and properties that NPS may have some type of interest such as scenic easements or right of ways.

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Provides management information on disability cases.

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This Record of Decision ROD documents the decision and rationale for selecting a water rights acquisition strategy to sustain a longterm average of 25,000 acres of primary wetland habitat in the Lahontan Valley, as directed by the TruckeeCarsonPyramid Lake Water Rights Settlement Act, Title II of Public Law 101618 Public law 101618. The ROD was developed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in compliance with agency decisionmaking requirements for the National Environmental Policy Act NEPA of 1969, as amended. The Final Environmental Impact Statement provides an indepth analysis of alternatives for acquiring sufficient water to achieve the 25,000acre objective.

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This data set represents geologic structure contours for the top of the Inyan Kara Group, Black Hills, South Dakota.