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A survey of passerine nesting and growth intended to gather baseline data yielded insufficient information for comparison with data from lower altitudes.

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This digital elevation model (DEM) is a part of a series of DEMs produced for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Office for Coastal Management's Sea Level Rise and Coastal Flooding Impacts Viewer (www.coast.noaa.gov/slr/viewer). The DEMs created for this project were developed using the NOAA National Weather Service's Weather Forecast Office (WFO) boundaries. Because the WFO boundaries can cover large areas, the WFO DEM was divided into smaller DEMs to ensure more manageable file sizes. The Mobile/Tallahassee (AL/FL) WFO DEM was split into three smaller DEMS. They are divided as follows: 1. Mobile/Tallahassee (AL/FL) WFO - Mobile County in Alabama and Escambia, Santa Rosa, and Okaloosa (portion) Counties in Florida 2. Mobile/Tallahassee (AL/FL) WFO - Okaloosa (portion), Walton, Bay, Gulf, Franklin (portion), and Wakulla (portion) Counties 3. Mobile/Tallahassee (AL/FL) WFO - Wakulla (portion), Franklin (portion), Jefferson, Taylor, Dixie, and Levy Counties. This metadata record describes the DEM for the Mobile/Tallahassee (AL/FL) WFO - Wakulla (portion), Franklin (portion), Jefferson, Taylor, Dixie, and Levy Counties. The DEM includes the best available lidar data known to exist at the time of DEM creation for the coastal areas of Wakulla (portion), Franklin (portion), Jefferson, Taylor, Dixie, and Levy counties, that met project specification. This DEM is derived from LiDAR collected for the Florida Department of Emergency Management (FDEM). Hydrographic breaklines used in the creation of the DEM were obtained from FDEM and Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFWMD). This DEM is hydro flattened such that water elevations are less than or equal to 0 meters. This DEM is referenced vertically to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD88) with vertical units of meters and horizontally to the North American Datum of 1983 (NAD83). The resolution of the DEM is approximately 5 meters.

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Carbon dioxide (CO2) is an important greenhouse gas released through natural processes such as respiration and volcano eruptions and through huma activities such as deforestation and burning fossil fuels. AIRS is the Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder, AIRS, was launched aboard the Aqua Spacecraft in 2002 as part of NASA’s Earth Observing System Afternoon Constellation of satellites known as the ‘A-Train’.

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A map depicting model estimates of monthly average daily total radiation using inputs derived from satellite and surface observations of cloud cover, aerosol optical depth, precipitable water vapor,albedo, atmospheric pressure and ozone sampled at a 40km resolution.

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Antidumping and Countervailing Duty redeterminations issued under remand from the Court of International Trade.

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The National Nutrient Criteria Database allows users to derive ecoregion- and waterbody-specific numeric nutrient criteria ranges.

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This dataset consists of a workspace (folder) containing four gridded datasets and a personal geodatabase. The gridded datasets are a grid of mean annual precipitation, a grid of forest land cover, and region grids used in the Idaho StreamStats application. One region grid is for peak flow estimates, the other is for low flows, mean annual flows, and monthly flow statistics. The personal geodatabase contains a polygon feature class of exclusion polygons, which identify areas in which use the StreamStats application is restricted.

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The 1/3-second Newport, Oregon Elevation Grid provides bathymetric data in ASCII raster format of 1/3-second resolution in geographic coordinates. This grid is strictly for tsunami inundation modeling

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Why are rugged, low temperature actuator materials important? By themselves, they are useless; however, when fabricated into thin films and integrated into optical devices that require movement of optical surfaces for functionality, they extend the device operational envelope into temperature and environmental extremes not previously accessible. The actuator media also serves as a compliant adhesive that holds optical surfaces to rigid mechanical supports and allows optical devices to survive extremely low temperatures and harsh vibration environments such as vehicle launch without producing deleterious high voltage. Our actuator technology enables tunable optical devices without a media like liquid crystals in the optical path. Consequently, our optical devices will have superior optical performance limited only by the quality of the optical coatings and substrate surfaces. Several areas will be advanced by this new low-temperature actuator technology. High-resolution tunable optical filters such as Fabry-Perot optical filters are needed in direct-detection LIDAR applications to spectrally resolve the back scattered radiation broadened by temperature and Doppler-shifted by atmospheric winds. When used in imaging spectrometers, the ability to cool the narrowband optical filter and retain etalon plate motion will allow greater instrumental sensitivity to resolving trace ChemBio species. Our rugged low temperature actuator technology could enhance device operation on airborne and satellite platforms.

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This dataset contains the location of hospitals that performed Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) surgery in California in 2011 and 2012. It also provides performance ratings for the following outcome measures related to the CABG surgery: risk-adjusted operative mortality (2012), post-operative stroke (2011-2012), and 30-day readmission (2012); and number of adverse events and cases for each CABG outcome measure.

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This Phase 2 SBIR proposal describes the design, fabrication and calibration of a brass-board Self-Calibrating Vector Helium Magnetometer (SVHM). The SVHM instrument is capable of making high accuracy vector component measurements of Earth and planetary magnetic fields. The major SVHM innovation is use of scalar field measurements made with the SVHM sensor to self-calibrate the vector measurements thereby eliminating the standard suite of three fluxgate vector magnetometers and the independent scalar magnetometer required to correct for fluxgate drifts and offsets. The SVHM bread-board conceptual design can achieve a dynamic range of !S65,000 nT, both vector and scalar accuracy with self-calibration of !S1 nT, and sensitivity of <10 pT /?)Hz. The SVHM bread-board will be miniaturized to meet volume, power and mass goals. The SVHM bread-board will utilize a fiber-coupled laser pump source and resonance drive, which permits reduction of helium cell volume by a factor of 10 and eliminates resonance drive coils and cables. The feasibility of designing a brass-board SVHM model using advanced laser and digital components was established in Phase 1. The SVHM bread-board will be calibrated and the self-calibration function demonstrated at a NASA coil facility during Phase 2.

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Temperature profile, nutrients, species identification, and other data were collected using net and bottle casts from the RYOFU MARU in the Northwest Pacific Ocean. Data were collected from 10 June 1975 to 05 August 1975. Data were collected and submitted by the Japan Meteorological Agency with support from the Global Ocean Data Archaeology and Rescue (GODAR) project.

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The Consolidated State Performance Report, 2004-05 (CSPR 2004-05) is part of the Consolidated State Performance Report (CSPR) program: a required annual reporting tool for each state, the District of Columbia, the Bureau of Indian Education, and Puerto Rico; program data is available since 2005-06 at . CSPR 2004-05 (http://www2.ed.gov/admins/lead/account/consolidated/index.html) is a cross-sectional survey that measures each state's progress towards implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) and the reporting instrument for state formula grant programs authorized by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) as amended by NCLB. The reporting was conducted using questionnaires of state education agencies (SEAs). CSPR 2004-05 is a universe survey. The study's response rate was 100%. Key statistics include information on adequate yearly progress, state performance assessments, highly qualified teachers, public school choice and supplemental education services options.

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This data set contains surface roughness data collected at several agricultural sites as a part of the Soil Moisture Active Passive Validation Experiment 2012 (SMAPVEX12).

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Wintering snow goose populations have increased dramatically in the vicinity of Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge during the last 20 years. Peak populations have risen from 1,500 in 1968 to over 198,000 in 1997. The birds concentrate their feeding activities in a relatively small portion of the refuge salt marshes and create eatouts, areas of marsh stripped of vegetation, following their feeding activities. Beginning with the 198384 season the refuge opened portions of the marshes to public snow goose hunting. Since it was noted that most damage occurred shortly after the birds arrived in October, a special early hunt was permitted prior to the regular State waterfowl season beginning in 198788 which has continued since that time. With the advent of snow goose hunting in Bombay Hooks marshes changes in the birds use patterns on Bombay Hook and surrounding areas were noted. Concentrations of the birds began using Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge, the Little Creek Wildlife Management Area, as well as private lands to the west into Marylands eastern shore. This study was proposed to documentand monitor the habitat preferences, population fluctuations, and vegetation changes associated with the snow goose flocks in the Bombay Hook Area.

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<p>Life support systems on human spacecraft are designed to provide a safe, habitable environment for the astronauts, and one of the most significant challenges is managing acceptable air quality. Carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>) is an important trace gas produced by human metabolism that must be actively removed from spacecraft cabin atmosphere.</p><p>The Carbon Dioxide Removal Assembly (CDRA) currently on board the ISS performs the carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>) removal function as part of the on-board Atmosphere Revitalization System (ARS). It is considered the state-of-the-art for manned spacecraft cabins, but has two significant drawbacks:</p><p>1. The CDRA requires that air be dried prior to CO<sub>2</sub> capture, and this costs energy – in fact, the system uses much energy drying the air than is required for capturing and releasing carbon dioxide.</p><p>2. The CDRA works in batch mode, requiring complicated valving and control to switch between sorbing and desorbing beds, while downstream CO<sub>2</sub> processing systems can operate on a continuous stream of CO<sub>2</sub>. This adds unnecessary complexity, as well as a second parasitic energy loss.</p><p>An ideal system would process CO<sub>2</sub> continuously without any need for drying of the air, and without any moving parts. Such a system would require a fraction of the size and weight of the CDRA while dropping the cost of CO<sub>2</sub> capture by 5X or more. Such a technology would be enabling for future long term manned flight missions, such as a mission to Mars. This element is developing a new electrochemical membrane technology using patented innovations in electrolyte materials. Technology development began under a Phase I effort funded by the NASA Advanced Innovative Concepts Program.</p><p>The prior Phase I effort demonstrated the functionality of the basic approach to CO<sub>2</sub> separation, demonstrating CO<sub>2</sub> removal using only electrical input using a film in a membrane configuration. Membrane synthesis and fabrication techniques were developed that allowed for the successful incorporation and retention of an electrochemically active carrier molecule using composite liquid membrane technology. This allowed for the successful demonstration of a continuous CO<sub>2</sub> capture rate at 40% in a single step with no moving parts. A higher capture rate of 80% was demonstrated in a batch mode during this phase.  The work gave promise that highly efficient, low energy separation of CO<sub>2</sub> was possible using this technology, with the potential of operational energy savings as high as 80% compared with the state of the art, together with a weight and size footprint that could be as much as 75% smaller. The key enabling technology – composite liquid membrane materials – allow creation of a functional electrochemical membrane in a thin film form factor that enables this technology and application.  This prior work, however, demonstrated CO<sub>2</sub> from nitrogen gas only, not humidified air.  It will be a technical challenge to prove the concept in representative cabin atmosphere containing moisture and oxygen.</p><p>This Element, representing Phase II tasks, will focus on modifying the composite membrane system, evaluating active carrier molecules, ionic liquid solvents and membrane properties to operate the system efficiently in humid air.  Reliability and performance of the system will be evaluated.  Finally, a subscale system for a prototype air purifier will be designed. The effort will include increasing the size of the test cell and demonstrating long-term operation of the membranes under simulated cabin air (oxygen and nitrogen mixture with moisture), consistent with NASA requirements.</p>

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Handwritten notes on birds observed on Charleston Peak.

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Black Forest Engineering has identified innovative modifications in uncooled focal plane array (UFPA) architecture and processing that allows development of large format long wavelength infrared (8-14 ?m) imaging sensors to meet future NASA system requirements for a light weight, low power, and radiation tolerant imager. These modifications allow development of bolometer-based large format UFPA, with a pixel pitch of 20-?m and 1024x768 pixel elements with sensitivity comparable to commercially available UFPAs with 30-?m pixel pitch. The identified modifications are applicable to amorphous silicon bolometer-based UFPAs, such as those manufactured by Raytheon Commercial Infrared in Dallas, Texas.

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This report summarizes the results of a fresh water collection made on Amchitka Island from both stream and lake sources to obtain information on physical conditions and vertebrates and invertebrates. A discussion of collection methods and data analysis is included. Data forms are attached.

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The dataset contains satellite-derived ocean wind speed, stress and stress curl measurements collected by means of the NASA/JPL SeaWinds Scatterometer sensor. The data is collected weekly, and is available at weekly and monthly intervals at a spatial resolution of approximately 0.5 degrees. The geographic coverage extends globally, and the temporal coverage ranges from 1999-2009.

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The Historical Land Cover and Land Use data set was developed to provide the global change community with historical land use estimates. The data set describes historical land use changes over a 300-year historical period (1700-1990).Testing against historical data is an important step for validating integrated models of global environmental change. Owing to long time lags in the climate and biogeochemical systems, these models should aim to simulate the land use dynamics for long periods, i.e., spanning decades to centuries. Developing such models requires an understanding of past and current trends and is therefore strongly data dependent. For this purpose, a historical database of the global environment has been developed: HYDE. Historical statistical inventories on agricultural land (census data, tax records, land surveys, etc) and different spatial analysis techniques were used to create a geographically-explicit data set of land use change, with a regular time interval. The data set can be used to test integrated models of global change. Continental-scale historical data were used for that period.

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This dataset creates a collection of reports for the National total of request for review (RR) case receipts, dispositions and pending at the Appeals Council level.

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The National Reporting System for Adult Education, 2004-05 (NRS 2004-05) is part of the Adult Education and Family Literacy program; program data is available since 1997 at . NRS 2004-05 (http://www.nrsweb.org) is a cross-sectional study that was designed to monitor performance accountability for the federally funded, state-administered adult education program. States were required to submit their progress in adult education and literacy activities by reporting data on core indicators of outcomes on all adult learners who receive 12 or more hours of service as well as state expenditures on the adult education program. States could also report on additional, optional secondary measures that included outcomes related to employment, family, and community. The study was conducted using a web-based reporting system of states. NRS 2004-05 is a universe survey, and all states submitted data. Key statistics produced from the study include student demographics, reasons for attending the program, receipt of secondary school diploma or general education development (GED) certificate, placement in postsecondary education or training, educational gain, and employment placement and retention.

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FUNCTION: Studies coastal ocean processes with autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). Maintains, tests, ballasts, and prepares for deployment the Slocum Electric Glider AUV built by Webb Research Corporation. Slocums are designed to independently perform wide-area ocean surveys of temperature and salinity for up to about one month. DESCRIPTION: Slocum gliders are equipped with temperature/salinity/pressure sensors and with real-time satellite connection to the Iridium newtork. These gliders, unlike conventional AUVs, have no active propulsion system and instead rely on a battery-induced change of buoyancy and active control surfaces to glide through the coastal ocean from the surface to the bottom and from the bottom to the surface in a saw-tooth pattern. This system requires low amounts of power and therefore the gliders do not need to carry heavy battery payloads and can be deployed over long-duration missions (>30 days). An altimeter is used to prevent bottom collisions. Two-way communication of data/instructions occurs through Iridium satellite or freewave radio when the gliders are on the ocean surface. The central payload of the gliders can be equipped with various instruments for ocean measurements. The coastal gliders can dive to 200 meters depth. INSTRUMENTATION: A Slocum glider typically carries an altimeter and a Sea-Bird CTD (temperature, salinity, and depth) as part of a fundamental sensor faculty. Vertically averaged current velocity can be calculated using the difference of the actual glider track with the programmed track and surface current velocity can be calculated using the consecutive GPS fixes while at surface. Additional sensors include Wetlabs BB3 (optical backscattering), FL3 (fluorescence), and AUVB (total volume scattering).