Published By Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security
Issued over 9 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). 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 1:12000.
Published By US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
Issued over 9 years ago
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A wood treatment facility located on YavapaiPrescott Indian Tribe land near Prescott, Arizona released pentachlorophenol PCP, arsenic, and chromium into the environment from 19611985. We sampled sediment, water, fish, crayfish, eggs, tadpoles, and frogs for trace elements, organochlorine insecticides, polyaromatic hydrocarbons, total polychlorinated biphenyls, dioxins, and furans. Levels of arsenic, chromium, copper, and nickel remained elevated in sediment samples just below Slaughterhouse Gulch, which empties into Granite Creek just below the wood treatment facility. Crayfish are bioaccumulating mercury and selenium in Granite Creek. Granite Creek fish were highly contaminated with arsenic. Although copper was elevated in fish, concentrations were not high enough to exceed toxicity thresholds. Chromium contamination in fish was also evident, although the significance of the chromium concentrations remains unclear. High mercury concentrations were found in fish in Granite Creek and Watson Lake that could affect sensitive fisheating predatory birds. Fish pentachlorophenol residues were lower than suggested regulatory guidelines. Only three dioxins and furans were detected in fish samples. Currently, soils from the onsite pond and work area are being bioremediated and, as soon as PCP levels reach Arizona nonresidential soil remediation levels, the site will be recontoured and reopened to the tribe.
Published By U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Issued over 9 years ago
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Open Payments (otherwise known as the Sunshine Act) - Open Payments is a Congressionally-mandated transparency program that increases awareness of financial relationships between the health care industry and physicians by collecting and reporting any payments or transfers of value medical manufacturers make to physicians or teaching hospitals.
Published By National Science Foundation
Issued over 9 years ago
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Science and Engineering Indicators (SEI) comprises quantitative data on the U.S. and international science and engineering enterprise. The "indicators" are quantitative representations that provide summary information on the scope, quality, and vitality of science and engineering. SEI employs a variety of presentation styles including tables, figures, narrative text, bulleted text, Web-based links, highlights, introductions, conclusions, reference list to make the data accessible to readers with different information needs and information-processing preferences. SEI's 8 chapters cover the following subjects: 1) Elementary and Secondary Mathematics and Science Education 2) Higher Education in Science and Engineering 3) Science and Engineering Labor Force 4) Research and Development: National Trends and International Comparisons 5) Academic Research and Development 6) Industry, Technology, and the Global Marketplace 7) Science and Technology: Public Attitudes and Understanding 8) State Indicators SEI is prepared by the National Science Foundation's National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) under the guidance of the National Science Board (Board). It is subject to extensive review by outside experts, interested federal agencies, Board members, and NSF internal reviewers for accuracy, coverage, and balance.
TIGER/Line Shapefile, 2013, Series Information File for the Current Other Identifiers Relationship Files
Published By US Census Bureau, Department of Commerce
Issued over 9 years ago
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The TIGER/Line shapefiles and related database files (.dbf) are an extract of selected geographic and cartographic information from the U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) Database (MTDB). The MTDB represents a seamless national file with no overlaps or gaps between parts, however, each TIGER/Line shapefile is designed to stand alone as an independent data set, or they can be combined to cover the entire nation. The Other Identifiers Relationship File contains external identifier codes, such as National Hydrographic Dataset (NHD) codes and individual county identifiers. The edge to which an Other Identifiers Relationship File record applies can be determined by linking to the All Lines shapefile on the permanent edge identifier (TLID) attribute. Not every TLID has an external identifier associated with it and some TLIDs may have more than one.
Published By National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Issued over 9 years ago
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The Microwave Temperature Profiler (MTP) is a passive microwave radiometer which measures the thermal emmission from oxygen molecules in the atmosphere for a selection of elevation angles. Current observing frequencies are 56.6 and 58.8 GHz. Measured brightness temperatues versus elevation angle is converted to air temperature versus altitude using a statistical retrieval procedure. An altitude temperature profile is produced every three km along the flight path.
Published By Department of Transportation
Issued over 9 years ago
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The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Office of Pipeline Safety provides written clarifications of the Regulations (49 CFR Parts 190-199) in the form of interpretation letters. These letters reflect the agency's current application of the regulations to the specific facts presented by the person requesting the clarification. Interpretations are one form of Guidance provided by this office.
Published By National Park Service, Department of the Interior
Issued over 9 years ago
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The park boundary of Haleakala National Park was digitized from USGS quadrangle maps. Haleakala National Park was established in September 1960. Recent NPS land acquistions are included within the boundary.
Published By Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security
Issued over 9 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). 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.
Visible and Infrared Scanner (VIRS) Level 1 Raw and Calibrated Radiance Products (TRMM Product 1A01) V7
Published By National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Issued over 9 years ago
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The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) is a joint U.S.-Japan satellite mission to monitor tropical and subtropical precipitation and to estimate its associated latent heating. TRMM was successfully launched on November 27, at 4:27 PM (EST) from the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan. The Visible and Infrared Scanner (VIRS) is a five-channel visible/infrared radiometer, which builds on the heritage of the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) instrument flown aboard the NOAA series of Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellites (POES). The VIRS detects radiation at 1 visible, 2 near infrared and 2 thermal infrared wavelengths, allowing determination of cloud coverage, cloud top height and temperature, and precipitation indices. The central wavelengths for the VIRS channels are 0.63, 1.60, 3.75, 10.8, and 12.0 microns. All channels are in operation during the daytime, but only channels 3, 4 and 5 operate during the nighttime. The Level 1A product file (1A01) is a concatenation of the Level 0 data with a header record and, as such, is reversible to Level 0. The header record contains information pertaining to orbit times, orbit number, times of the first scan, and number of scans, among other things. The Level 0 data contain the actual channel data expressed as "sensor counts". A Level 1A file contains data for a single orbit and has a file size of about 31 MB (uncompressed). There are 16 files of VIRS 1A01 data produced per day. Spatial coverage is between 38 degrees North and 38 degrees South owing to the 35 degree inclination of the TRMM satellite. This orbit provides extensive coverage in the tropics and allows each location to be covered at a different local time each day, enabling the analysis of the diurnal cycle of precipitation.
Published By National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Issued over 9 years ago
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Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI) proposes to synthesize, characterize, and test new ionic liquids and formulations as lubricants for aerospace applications. The compounds will have low vapor pressures/outgassing and appropriate thermal stability. Upon addition of the innovative ionic liquids to the base lubricants, a 20% decrease in viscosity, friction coefficient, and wear will result. Minimal corrosive effects of the formulations at will be observed. The formulations will be shown more effective as liquid lubricants for use at low temperatures (-70oC) with long-term operational stability in aerospace systems. Several new ionic liquids will be scaled and a novel formulation will be evaluated in a NASA test bed. The technology will be at a TRL range from 3-4 upon completion of Phase II.
Published By Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security
Issued over 9 years ago
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Terrain data, as defined in FEMA Guidelines and Specifications, Appendix M: Data Capture Standards, describes the digital topographic data that was used to create the elevation data representing the terrain environment of a watershed and/or floodplain. Terrain data requirements allow for flexibility in the types of information provided as sources used to produce final terrain deliverables. Once this type of data is provided, FEMA will be able to account for the origins of the flood study elevation data. (Source: FEMA Guidelines and Specifications, Appendix M, Section N.1.2).
Published By National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Issued over 9 years ago
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For effective disaster response, software technology needs to provide several key features: enable real-time reporting of events, aggregate and analyze event reports in real-time, display event reports on maps (2D) and geobrowsers (3D). We propose to leverage several leading-edge software technologies and trends, as well as relevant existing open-source / accessible software platforms and mapping clients.
Baseline Marine Biological Survey Peacock Point Outfall and Other Point-Source Discharges, Wake Atoll, Pacific Ocean
Published By US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
Issued over 9 years ago
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On behalf of the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, biologists from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service were invited to Wake Atoll in June 1998. The purpose of the visit was to conduct baseline biological surveys in the vicinity of the Peacock Point outfall pipe and to examine the sites of other pointsource discharges to the marine environment i.e., power plant, desalinization plant, and storm water outlets. The biologists were asked to 1 generally characterize the coralreef habitats within the vicinity of the outfall, 2 document the primary species of reef fishes, corals, other macroinvertebrates, and algae that exist in those habitats, and 3 investigate whether the reef communities at the other sites appeared to have been impacted by the discharges. This report contains the results of these surveys.
Published By National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Issued over 9 years ago
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<p> The future of manned space exploration and development of space depends critically on the creation of a vastly more efficient propulsion architecture for in-space transportation. Nuclear-powered rockets can provide the large energy density gain required. A small scale, low cost path to fusion-based propulsion is to be investigated. It is accomplished by employing the propellant to compress and heat a magnetized plasma to fusion conditions, and thereby channel the fusion energy released into heating only the propellant. Passage of the hot propellant through a magnetic nozzle rapidly converts this thermal energy into both directed (propulsive) energy and electrical energy.</p>
Published By Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security
Issued over 9 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). The file is georeferenced to earth's surface using the State Plane 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.
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The DTIC Thesaurus provides a broad multidisciplinary subject term vocabulary that aids in information search and retrieval. Subject terms, called Descriptors, are organized into hierarchies, where series of narrower terms are linked to broader terms.
Published By US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
Issued over 9 years ago
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The Baseline Inventory Team was chartered by the Fulfilling the Promises Implementation Team to recommend minimum abiotic and biotic inventories for the National Wildlife Refuge System. On January 2004, the Baseline Inventory Team produced the report Baseline Inventory Data Recommendations for National Wildlife Refuges. This report identified the types of abiotic data layers that every National Wildlife Refuge should have at a minimum for planning and daily management. The primary abiotic layers described in the Baseline Inventory report were: Topography, Aerial Photography, Hydrography, Soils, Boundaries and Infrastructure Manmade features. The Baseline Inventory Data: Users Guide to Abiotic GIS Layers is intended to help refuge staff locate and download the basic abiotic layers or other spatial data available for lands within and outside refuge boundaries. This guide is intended to be simple and fairly straightforward with hyperlinks to online data warehouses and screenshots for easy navigation. This document identifies sources for geospatial data and describes the process for downloading abiotic GIS layers.
Published By U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Issued over 9 years ago
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Department of Health Hospitals listing
Published By Department of Agriculture
Issued over 9 years ago
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The 2013 Urban Influence Codes form a classification scheme that distinguishes metropolitan counties by population size of their metro area, and nonmetropolitan counties by size of the largest city or town and proximity to metro and micropolitan areas. The standard Office of Management and Budget (OMB) metro and nonmetro categories have been subdivided into two metro and 10 nonmetro categories, resulting in a 12-part county classification. This scheme was originally developed in 1993. This scheme allows researchers to break county data into finer residential groups, beyond metro and nonmetro, particularly for the analysis of trends in nonmetro areas that are related to population density and metro influence. An update of the Urban Influence Codes is planned for mid-2023.
Published By National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Issued over 9 years ago
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In flight diagnosis and anomaly detection is a difficult challenge that requires sufficient observation and real-time processing of health information. Our approach uses formalized attributes that are available as selectable and enforceable properties necessary for diagnosis based on principles of model based engineering (MBE). Using this information, two strategies are proposed. The first is to use the concept of perfect detectors as executable assertions to verify at run-time correct operating envelope behavior. This information is used to check for correct behavior status or identify entry into a chain of events that could have failure impact. The proposed Phase I effort uses a combination of tool support to analyze the system, identify the properties to be checked, and the failure path information needed by the in-flight diagnosis service. This approach, is relevant to lowering the cost of systems since and provides important benefits related to V&V of complex systems.
Published By Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security
Issued over 9 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). 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 1:12,000.
Published By Department of Energy
Issued over 9 years ago
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This API provides data on sulfur content in fossil fuels. Data organized by fuel type, i.e., coal, bituminous coal, subbituminous coal, lignite coal, petroleum liquids, and petroleum coke. Also by sector, i.e., electric power, electric utility, independent power producers, commercial, and industrial. Annual, quarterly, and monthly data available. Based on Form EIA-423 and Form EIA-923 data. Users of the EIA API are required to obtain an API Key via this registration form: http://www.eia.gov/beta/api/register.cfm
Published By U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior
Issued over 9 years ago
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The SRTM Water Body Data files are a by-product of the data editing performed by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) to produce the finished SRTM Digital Terrain Elevation Data Level 2 (DTED® 2). In accordance with the DTED® 2 specification, the terrain elevation data have been edited to portray water bodies that meet minimum capture criteria. Ocean, lake and river shorelines were identified and delineated. Lake elevations were set to a constant value. Ocean elevations were set to zero. Rivers were stepped down monotonically to maintain proper flow. After this processing was done, the shorelines from the one arc second (approx. 30-meter) DTED® 2 were saved as vectors in ESRI 3-D Shapefile format.
Published By Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security
Issued over 9 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.