BEE-spoke-data/govdocs1-by-extension huggingface dataset:
# Presentation: 493076

## Collection and Distribution of Weather Information

- Raymond J. Ban
- Executive Vice President
- The Weather Channel, Inc.

- Free and Open Access
- Commercial Viewpoint

- WORKSHOP ON
- STRATEGY FOR PROVIDING ATMOSPHERIC INFORMATION
- DECEMBER 3-5, 2001

## Free And Open Access To Weather Information

- We are not talking about commercial activities of public meteorological services

- We are talking about investment in weather information collection and processing by private industry

## Traditional Roles in United States – Public/Private Partnership Delivery of Weather Information

- Public Sector

-  Collect Data

-  Run NWP Models

-  Issue Watches, Warnings, Advisories

-  Issue Public Forecasts

- Private Sector

- Provide Tailored/Customized Products  and Services Using Primarily Public Information

## Traditional Roles Have Shifted (especially in the private sector)

- Detailed Public Data Available by Internet to Consumers

- Private Sector

-   Data Collection

-   NWP Processing

-  Increased Capitalization

- Increased Interest in Weather and Climate  Information

- Public Sector

## So, What Happens If/When ...

- Weather Satellites Are Flown by Private Companies?

-  Privately Owned Radar Networks Are Established?

- Privately Owned Mesonets Are Implemented on a Large Scale?

-  Private NWP Surpasses Public Products Quality?

## Private Investment Requires Commensurate Return

- Competitive Advantage

**All of the above create issues relative to free and open Access to Private Sector – Generated Environmental Data**

-  Effective Monetization

-  Liability

-  Market Position

-  Others

## Questions Going Forward

- What do United States citizens require/want from their public weather service?

- What are the most efficient economic models for providing weather services to the nation?

- What will be the future roles of the public and private sectors?

- What are the financial models that will permit free and open access to private information sets?
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## High Temperature, Silicon Carbide,

**ACCOMPLISHMENTS**
-   Demonstrated the first vertical power MOSFET in SiC
-   Fabricated a high-performance MOSFETs in SiC that can 	operate up to 300°C
-   Received Patent on this technology
**COMMERCIALIZATION**
-   Increased SiC material and device sales by >$3M
-   Created 12 new jobs and saved existing jobs
-   Initiated tremendous worldwide interest in the area of SiC 	power semiconductors, resulting in multi-$M programs in 	SiC MOSFETs for government and commercial labs
-   Total market potential for SiC Power MOSFETs would be 	>$2B

***Cree Research, Inc.***
***Durham, NC***

**S****mall**
**B****usiness**
**I****nnovation **
**R****esearch**

**GOVERNMENT/SCIENCE APPLICATIONS**
-   Will be used in aircraft engines
-   Applicable for high temperature electronics in space craft 	and will reduce weight and size of spacecraft
-   Can be used to replace Silicon power devices in power 		circuits for electric motors and power control, for electric 		vehicles, robotics, and power supplies
-   SiC MOSFETs offer much higher efficiencies than silicon 	in these applications.  Potential power savings of >$1B/yr 	are possible

- Lewis Research Center
- Instrumentation and Controls
- 3-021

**High Temperature, Silicon Carbide,**
**Power MOSFET**

***Cross-Section of a SiC Power MOSFET***

**INNOVATION**

- 1988 Phase II, NAS3-25956 , 9/98
- NASA Contact - Lawrence Matus
- Company Contact - John Palmour

- A process for producing high performance power metal/oxide semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs) in Silicon Carbide (SiC)
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## INHealthConnect

-  Using the NLM System to Develop the Local Database
- Peggy Richwine and Lauren Rider
- Indiana University
- May 18, 2005

## Background		

- Various outreach and cataloging projects
- MedlinePlus development
- Support of IUSML
- Project Director – 0.5 fte
- Clerical help
- No technical help
- Only academic medical library in the state
- Support of Indiana health                 sciences librarians

## Project personnel

- IUSM Libraries
- Project manager  - Richwine
- Other personnel – Skopelja, Holloway
- Database manager - Rider
- Selectors/consultants
- Volunteers - contributors

## Project Selectors

- Qualifications
- Where do we find them?
- What do we expect?
- Compensation?

## Funding

- IUSML  -no funds -  personnel only
- Indiana Health Sciences Librarians
- Indianapolis Foundation Library Partners
- Indiana State Library
- Greater Midwest Region NN/LM

## Use of Funds

- Funds for personnel
- Consultants or University employees
- benefits
- hours
- University indirect costs
- Promotional items and activities
- Travel

## Customizing Home Page

- About Us
- Contact Us
- Footer
- Logo & tag line
- Featured site
- URL - http://apps.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/local/indiana/homepage.cfm?areaid=13?

## Slide 8

## Building the Database – Getting the Lay of the Land

- NLM training – 2004 MLA
- Service terms versus health topics
- What are the local resources
- What already exists
- Who are the players
- What are the local issues
- The NC documents and website

## Developing a Plan

- Entering the records
- Previewing the records
- One for each of the major services
- Teaching others the process
- The guinea pigs
- Simple to complex
- Standardizing the process
- Rethinking and starting over

## Training the Selectors

- Modify NC documentation
- Hands on training/discussion
- Joint decision making
- Standardized process
- Use of resources that already exist
- - NCHealthInfo
- - Medlineplus topic groups

## Issues

- Service terms
- Must develop familiarity
- Square peg/round hole
- Acquaintance with the geography
- How many service terms
- Duplicate records
- Keeping up with the reviewing
- Maintaining a standard process
- Simple URL

## Slide 13
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## THE VPP JOURNEYAT PANTEX

- May 1999
- J. C. Cantwell, Manager
- Health & Safety Division

## ISM

- EMPLOYEES

- EWP

- PSM

- VPP

- SS21

## VPP Structure

- Executive Safety Council

- VPP Steering Committee

- H&S Division Manager

- Promotions Subcommittee

- Electrical Safety
- Subcommittee

- Hazard Identification
- Team Subcommittee

- Formed As Needed
- Subcommitee

- Team 1

- Team 2

- Team 3

- Team 4

- Team 5

- Team 6

- Team 7

- Team 8

- Accident Investigation
- Job Safety & Health Analysis
- Hazard Abatement
- OSHA Voluntary Compliance
-   Outreach Program

## How Did VPP Start at Pantex?

- March 1994:  Management wrote and submitted application that was rejected by DOE/HQ
- Spring 1994:  7-member Continuous Improvement Team formed
- Fall 1994:  20-member Steering Committee formed

## VPP Continuing Chronology

- Spring 1995:  Benchmarked 3 sites
- Fall 1995:  Initiated Hazard Identification Teams (~150 volunteers including DOE, 18 areas assigned)
- Summer 1996:  Pre-onsite visit conducted by DOE/AL
- Fall 1996:  EH-2 Assessment
- Fall 1996:  Submitted application to DOE/HQ
- Spring 1997:  Onsite visit scheduled
- Summer 1998:  Application revised and resubmitted to DOE/HQ
- Spring 1999:  Charter and By-Laws developed for VPP Steering Committee

## What Have We Really Done?

- VPP
- Employee driven safety training
- Employee annual safety and health evaluation (4 conducted)
- Hazard Identification Teams (HITs)
- Safety assessment/facility evaluation (SAFE) tracking system
- Risk Assessment Code (RAC) process
- Job safety and health analysis process
- Awareness campaign
- Leadership

## What Has Pantex Put Into VPP?

- About $500,000 in direct costs
- Taken financial responsibility for SWAP back from DOE ($2,180,782 distributed including this year’s estimate)
- Indirect costs of time for HITs and Steering Commitee, and training for 170 people
- Support all decisions of Steering Committee

## Total Recordable Case Rate

## Lost Workday Case Rate

## History of Radiation Exposures

## Radiation MaterialMoves & Violations

## HE Movement Occurrences

## Overall H&SBudget & Manpower
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## NOSA Target Architecture Blitz

- Concentrated effort spanning 3-4 weeks to explore the trade space of the NOSA architecture
- Preliminary work from now until real start on Mar 17
- Mar 17 to Apr 4 (nominally 3 weeks)
- Small team of experts on core team, with support from domain experts
- Experience gained will be used to formulate work plan for rest of year
- Work Plan ready by Apr 8 for review with NEC
- Several quick iterations through architecture tasks
- Purpose Definition > Problem > Solution > Evaluation > Selection
- For a couple of key parameters and/or key questions
- Quantitative Precipitation Forecast (QPF)
- Sea Surface Temperature

## Blitz Tiger Team

- _Core team_, 5-6 members
- James Martin
- Tom Adang
- Chuck Robinson
- Mike Neyland
- Domain expert (McGuirk, Diamond, or Thurston, TBD)
- Bob Carroll (alternate)

- _Support team_ of domain experts and administrative support
- Ken Crawford
- Wes Junker (QPF)
- FSL
- HMDL
- GIS team (Ted H)
- Robert Reining (Mitre GOES cost analysis)
- Linda Vandergriff (sensor expert)
- Mark Maier (process consultant)

## Near Term Actions

- Logistics
- Get team members signed up
- Get meeting place (war room) and resources (CR)
- Plan Kickoff meeting (CR)
- Preliminary Analyses
- Identify key parameters and key questions for blitz
- Perform preliminary Metis queries
- Perform preliminary GIS queries
- Identify domain experts
- Meeting with domain experts (TA)
- Junker
- Crawford
- FSL
- HMDL
- Develop strawman scope statement (MN)

- Investigate QPF
- Key papers
- Performance parameters
- Data handling systems
- Models
- Organizations affected
- Key stakeholders
- Key requirements
- Observing systems affected (NOAA and global)
- Identify key documents
- Future plans
- Operations concepts
- System concepts (future)
- Requirements documents
- Analysis reports

## NOAA Architecture Schedule draft 4 Mar 03

## Slide 5
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## Introduction: Energy Analysis Briefs Workshop

- Dr. Mark Rodekohr, Energy Information Administration
- October 2001
- Tribhuvan University Center for Energy Studies (CES)
- Kathmandu, Nepal

## Purpose of Workshop

-  Review the methods and procedures used to create a “Country Analysis Brief” for the South Asian Regional Initiative (SARI) Countries.
-  At the end of the workshop a nearly final draft of the Briefs should be completed for each participating country.

## Workshop Format

-  Each day will being with a briefing detailing a particular subject area which should be useful in the production of the final product.
-  Each session will end by about 3pm in order to give participants time to finish any remaining tasks for that day.

## Monday Program (leads are in brackets)

## Tuesday Program (leads are in brackets)

## Wednesday Program (leads are in brackets)

## Thursday Program (leads are in brackets)

## Friday Program (leads are in brackets)

## Objective

-  When we leave on Friday we would like to have near complete Energy Analysis Briefs.
-  The Energy Information Administration (EIA) will do a final edit (if needed) and distribute copies to all participants.
-  EIA will convert all of the reports to a format suitable for posting on the SARI Internet site and send the files to SARI.

## Future Workshops: Short-Term Forecasting Model

-  Development of a short-term energy-forecasting model for the South Asian region.  A methodology, computer code, forecasts and updating technique will be developed.  Input variables could include energy prices (oil, natural gas, electricity,  etc.), economic growth etc.  Outputs would be energy supply and demand by type of fuel, imports and exports.  The exact configuration and data would depend on data availability .

## Future Workshops: Data Collection Manual

-  Development of a data collection manual designed to guide South Asian countries in future data collection techniques.

## Suggestions

-  Any suggestions for improving the content or organization of these workshops can be given at any time.

## Thank You

-  We would like to thank Professor Jagan Shrestha and other staff of the Center for Energy Studies and the Tribhuvan University for hosting this workshop.
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## COPR Committee Members

## November 3, 2006, COPR Meeting

## James Wendorf, Syed Ahmed, and Wendy Chaite

## COPR Coordinator Jennifer E. Gorman

## NIH Deputy Director Raynard S. Kington, M.D., Ph.D., and NIH Director Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D.

## National Human Genome Research Institute Director 

- National Human Genome Research Institute Director
- Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D.

## James Armstrong, Marjorie Mau, NIH Deputy Director Raynard S. Kington, M.D., Ph.D., and NIH Director Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D.

## COPR Coordinator Jennifer E. Gorman

## James Armstrong, NIH Director Elias Zerhouni, M.D., James Kearns, and Mike Hill

## Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) Executive Director Amy L. McGuire and COPR Coordinator Jennifer E. Gorman

## COPR Alumnus Lawrence Sadwin and Member Craig Beam

## Ann-Gel Palermo and a COPR Meeting Observer

## James Wendorf, Nicole Johnson Baker, and Michael Manganiello

## Nicolas Linares-Orama and Ruth Browne

## FNIH Executive Director Amy L. McGuire and 

- FNIH Executive Director Amy L. McGuire and
- NIH Director Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D.

## Craig Beam and Christina Clark

## Cynthia Lindquist

## Nicole Johnson Baker
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## A Overview of Standards and Technologies in Identification of Archival Information

- Lou Reich
- CSC/NASA
- AWIICS 13-Oct-99

## OAIS Context for Identification

## Types of Identification

- Attributes
- Relational database, catalogs, finding aids
- Location
-  URL, X.500,PURL
- Names
**Local **
- Examples: UNIX file names
**Global**
- URN, DOI,Handles
**Content Identifiers**
- DOI, ISBN

## Types of Identifiers in OAIS RM

- Content Identifiers
- Found in Descriptive Data
- Used by Access Aids to search or order
- Examples DOI, ISBN, URN
- Archive  Information Package Identifiers
- Identification of AIP within the archive
- 1:N relationship with Content Identifiers
- Storage Identifiers
- Location(s) within Archival Storage System
- N:1 relationship with AIP

## OAIS Naming issues (1 of 2)

- Federation Issues
- Scope of AIP
- Globally Unique
- Multiple copies in Federated Archives
- Versioning
- Persistence Issues
- Archives close and APIs are dispersed
- Technology shifts in Resolution technology
- Versioning

## OAIS Naming Issues (2 of 2)

- Archival Storage /Ingest Issues
- Is the AIPID derivable from the Content Objects
- Data Management Issues
- Length of Identifier
- Duplicate Identification
- Access Issues
- Can parameters to customization services be passed in Content Ids/AIPIDs
- Payment/Security

## Current Identification Standards

- Object Management Group
- Interoperable Name Service
- Patient Identification Service
- IETF Internet efforts
- Uniform Resource Identifiers
- Uniform Resource Locators
- Uniform Resource Names
- CNRI Handles,PURL
- Uniform Resource Characteristics
- Content
- Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- ISBN

## PIDS Registration/Naming Authorities

- 			        Fully qualified Name
- Registration authority<del>NamingEntity<del>Local Name

## Work Group Activities

- Discuss current identification scheme
- Look at Archival Systems Requirements
- C. Lynch’s five questions on Identification schemes
- Discuss any known research efforts
- Develop recommendations
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## Wind Tunnel Operations BranchCode FOO

**Wind Tunnel Operations Branch****Code FOO**

***Frank Kmak***
***October 28, 2003***

## Branch Mission Plan, Direct, Lead, & Operate

**Plan, Coordinate, and lead all test activities from test justification through data transmittal**
**Ensure that data quality meets customer requirements**
**Oversee day-to-day operation of all wind tunnels**
**Operate the tunnel and model control systems**
**Responsible for model integrity, system safety, and safe operating procedures**
**Develop and maintain test crew assignments**
**Develop advanced test techniques and procedures**
**Calibrate wind tunnel facilities**
**Develop test process and test planning guidelines**

## Branch Mission (Cont.) Plan, Direct, Lead, & Operate

**Develop safety guidelines and procedures **
**Develop facility maintenance procedures and schedules**
**Manage the MAXIMO maintenance productivity software tool**
**Maintain wind tunnel facilities at a high state of readiness and productivity through active maintenance**
**Propose, develop, and coordinate major Construction of Facilities projects**
**Provide Configuration Management services to manage the change of documents, drawings, and software**
**Provide engineering support for development and repair of wind tunnel facilities**

## Job Classifications

**Wind Tunnel Test Engineers**
- Test Managers
- Shift Engineers
**Wind Tunnel Mechanics**
- Tunnel and Model Support Operators
- Auxiliaries Facility Operators
**Wind Tunnel Electricians**
**Stress Analysts **
**Mechanical & Electrical Engineers**
**Engineering Support Technicians**
**Aerodynamics Research Analysts**
**Control System Engineers**
**System Safety Engineers**
**Configuration Management Specialists**
- Technical Writers

## Branch Structure

## Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel

## Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel Aerial View

## Boeing 777 Validation Test in the 11-by 11-Foot Transonic Wind Tunnel

## Boeing F/A-18E/F Model in the 11-by 11-Foot Transonic Wind Tunnel

## Space Shuttle in the 9-by 7-Foot Supersonic Wind Tunnel
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## Wrap-Up

**Kathy Fontaine**
**2****nd**** ES DSWG Joint Meeting**
**October 18 – 19, 2004**
**Greenbelt, MD**

## Expected Outcome

**Learn what other groups are doing**
**See where other groups are headed**
**See what other REASoN projects are doing**
**Speak with colleagues, studies managers, and others**
**Plan next year’s work**
**Need for review of purpose and recommendation process?**
**Need to talk about scope?**

## Purpose of DSWG

**To provide a forum to involve the community in discussions of all aspects of data system management within NASA’s Earth Sciences (based on SEEDS Study).**
**To give recommendations on areas of importance in overall data system management to NASA ES Program organization **
- Standards
- Metrics
- Technologies
- Reuse practices

## Recommendation Process

**WG deliberates and bubbles up key points *or* HQ identifies key points for consideration**
**WG develops wording, including impact, cost, benefit, responsibility, etc.**
**Formal recommendation goes to PE for Data Systems (Martha Maiden).**
**Martha has 90-day review period**
- Solicits opinions from program managers and scientists and other pertinent people and asks questions.
- Provides a yea or nay.

## Two for Two...

**First 2 recommendations were specific to metrics, were submitted on April 13, 2004 and accepted on July 12, 2004.**
**No other recommendations have gone forward yet.**

## Parade Raining Time

**While community involvement is ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL to the successful implementation of NASA’s mission, and the ES contribution......**
**	****...****..there are no guarantees.**
**What we submit may not be accepted.**

## But...

**If there are recommendations that reflect a clear community momentum in some area, submit the recommendation again.**
**And – it could be that what you believe is needed is not something that is most appropriate for NASA to do (...as only NASA can).**

## Adjusted Scope?

**Data and Information Management Plan is being developed**
- Will lay out needs for data systems in the future
- Will be linked to all relevant strategic documents
- Will more clearly identify and articulate the scope of work that this body does.

## But....

**Not sure when the plan will be released.**
**Will take some time after that to see whether the working groups should be augmented, added to, subtracted from.....**
**In the meantime – this is the starting point.**
- And – some items might be better addressed initially in subgroups within existing groups to flesh out the concepts and needs.
**And – you don’t necessarily want to modify this collective frequently or apparently at random.**

## Next Meeting

**12 months from now or sooner?**
**Here or hosted elsewhere?**
**Agenda topics**
- Plenary discussion of scope
- New WGs?
- Revision of existing WG scope?
- Presentation of DIMP (if completed)
- ???
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## HOW TO BE A LEADER WITHOUT THE BENEFIT OF AUTHORITY

- DECEMBER 15, 2004
- G. LEE SALMON
- FEDERAL CONSULTING GROUP

- Government Administrative Summit, Dec 15, 2004

## LEADERSHIP

- "Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude." - Thomas Jefferson
*"Initiative can neither be created nor delegated.  It can only spring from the self-determining individual who decides that the wisdom of others is not always better than his own."*
- Leadership is a function, not a position

- Government Administrative Summit, Dec 15, 2004

## LEADERSHIP INTERVIEWS

- ACTIVITY:
- 	Pair up with someone near you.  Tell each other a story about when you stepped up and took initiative to make something better or addressed a need in your organization.

- Government Administrative Summit, Dec 15, 2004

## LEADERS INSPIRE

- _I_nitiate
- _N_etwork
- _S_trategize
- _P_artner
- _I_nnovate
- _R_ecognize
- _E_xcel

- Government Administrative Summit, Dec 15, 2004

## INITIATE

- Don’t just sit there, do something!

- Government Administrative Summit, Dec 15, 2004

## NETWORK

- Communicate and share your ideas with others, including your boss

- Government Administrative Summit, Dec 15, 2004

## STRATEGIZE

- Look for links to the organization’s strategic goals, improvements in customer service and process efficiency

- Government Administrative Summit, Dec 15, 2004

## PARTNER

- Teamwork, collaboration, & building partnerships expands your reach and can leverage important resources

- Government Administrative Summit, Dec 15, 2004

## INNOVATE

- Think creatively and build on strengths to realize breakthroughs in performance

- Government Administrative Summit, Dec 15, 2004

## RECOGNIZE

- Make sure you share credit for success with other contributors on your team

- Government Administrative Summit, Dec 15, 2004

## EXCEL

- Excellence is what breeds success!

- Government Administrative Summit, Dec 15, 2004

## CONTACT INFORMATION

- G. Lee Salmon
- 	Executive Consultant and Coach
- 	Federal Consulting Group, Department of Treasury
- 	(202) 906-6206; email _[lee.salmon@ots.treas.gov](mailto:lee.salmon@ots.treas.gov)__ _
- 	Copies of this presentation are available on the FCG website at _[www.fcg.gov](http://www.fcg.gov/)__ _

- Government Administrative Summit, Dec 15, 2004

**Notes:**
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## Using the Aerosonde UAV During the the 2005 Atlantic Hurricane Season 

**Principal Investigator**: Joseph J. Cione
- NOAA’s Hurricane Research Division
**Co-collaborators:**  Jason Dunion (CIMAS/HRD); Eric Uhlhorn (CIMAS/HRD); Greg Holland(NCAR/MMM); Brenda Mulac (Aerosonde Corporation); Chris Sisco (NWS/NHC)
* *
*IHC 2005 *
*March 10, 2005*

## Project Goal: 	Successfully fly an Aerosonde UAV into a Tropical Cyclone during the 2005 N. Atlantic hurricane season (low level boundary layer flight(s))Funding:Joint NOAA/OAR, NASA, Aerosonde Corporation effort...Resources Available: 75h Aerosonde flight for the upcoming 2005 season... (Originally slotted for 2004...carried over to 2005)Other Key Participants:NHC, CARCAH

**Project Goal:**** ****	****Successfully fly an Aerosonde UAV into a Tropical Cyclone during the 2005 N. Atlantic hurricane season *****(low level boundary layer flight(s))*****Funding:****Joint NOAA/OAR, NASA, Aerosonde Corporation effort...****Resources Available:**** ****75h Aerosonde flight for the upcoming 2005 season...**** *****(Originally slotted for 2004...carried over to 2005)*****Other Key Participants:****NHC, CARCAH**

## Slide 3

## Slide 5

## Slide 6
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## Number of Participants Study

- Mike Miller
- Yale University
- 7/19/01

## Outline

- Glauber Working Group (7/19/01)

- Motivation
- Optical based Glauber implementation
- Status of current results
- Status of error analysis

## Motivation

- Glauber Working Group (7/19/01)

**Compare Central events to peripheral**
**Map Nh- to Npart, Ncoll, b**
**2d-Centrality Selection: **
- ZDC + ?
**STAR**:
- No beam-beam counter (until post AA FY2001), only CTB
- ZDC+CTB works only for most central bins
***Cannot plot N******H-****** vs. N******H-******!***
- Plot NH- vs. Npart!

## Year 1 Centrality Selection

- Glauber Working Group (7/19/01)

*Do not* want to select on Et, Ncharge
- STAR Y1 selection valid only at high centrality
- Large improvement in future centrality selection
- Is plotting Ncharge vs Npart shady?

## General Glauber Theory

- Glauber Working Group (7/19/01)

***All as a function of b!***

## Glauber Results

- Glauber Working Group (7/19/01)

- ~Npart4/3

## “M.C.” Glauber Implementation

- “M.C.” Glauber Implementation

- Glauber Working Group (7/19/01)

- Randomly generate b.
- Look up probability of interaction.
- Use M.C. sampling, decide if interaction takes place.

- If interaction, fill histograms with Npart, Nbc

## Mapping NH- to Npart

- Avoid peripheral region

- Glauber Working Group (7/19/01)

- Map means bin-by-bin
- Parameterize (pol2 fit)
- Address Fluctuations later

## Particle Production Scaling Model

- Glauber Working Group (7/19/01)

- 	Simple assumptions to *map b-N**H-**:*
- Mean (bin-by-bin)
- Dispersion
- Statistical Model (Gaussian2)
- Parameter: **a!**

- Cross section given by integrating over impact Npart with proper weighting.

## Optical Glauber Results

- Glauber Working Group (7/19/01)

- Restricted to 60% or less centrality => Npart > 35
- Use a=1.2

## Error Analysis

- Glauber Working Group (7/19/01)

**Sigma****pp****=41+-1 mb** =>  less than 1% effect
**N****part**** vs N****coll**** “MC” distribution** => less than 4% effect
**Deformation **=> less than 1% effect
**5% Uncertainty in total cross-section**: 17% in most peripheral bin, .5% in most central bin

- “Jiggle” bin boundaries, calculate change in Npart

## Results

- Glauber Working Group (7/19/01)

| Centrality (%) | <Npart> | <Ncoll> |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 0-5 | 345+-2 (<1%) | 1054+-7 (<1%) |
| 5-10 | 286+-4 (1%) | 818+-15 (2%) |
| 10-20 | 221+-6 (3%) | 568+-21 (4%) |
| 20-30 | 149+-7 (5%) | 338+-23 (7%) |
| 30-40 | 97+-8 (8%) | 191+-20 (11%) |
| 40-50 | 61+-7 (10%) | 99+-17 (17%) |
| 50-60 | 35+-6 (17%) | 46+-11 (24%) |

## Results

- STAR Analysis Meeting (5/01)

## Conclusions

- Glauber Working Group (7/19/01)

**Pluses:**
- No scaling hypothesis
- Fluctuations well described with one parameter
- Quote Npart > 35
- Error on Npart < 17%
- 	Errors driven  by vertex finding inefficiencies, trigger inefficiencies, theory estimate on cross-section
**Minuses:**
- Limited to 60% most central bin
- Dependent on Glauber differential cross-section

## Click here

- Glauber Working Group (7/19/01)
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## Environmental Implications of Energy Use and the Implications for Renewable Energy Technologies

- John A. “Skip” Laitner
- EPA Office of Atmospheric Programs
***Understanding the U.S. Strategic Interests in Expanding Renewable Energy Systems Worldwide***
**Third Energy Analysis Forum**
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- Department of Energy
- Agency for International Development
- Washington, DC
- June 11-12, 2003

## Although significantly less than infinity, the potential environmental benefit of renewable energy technologies is certainly greater than zero.

***Although significantly less than infinity, the potential environmental benefit of renewable energy technologies is certainly greater than zero.***

## At the same time, there admittedly are a large number of questions to be explored to identify an optimal set of renewable energy policies. . .

- What are the full set of benefits and costs associated with renewable energy technologies?
- While the costs are more easily mapped into various models and policy analyses, there are a large number of benefits not as easily captured:
- Shorter lead-times and reduced likelihood of overbuilding which may reduce cost and risks
- Savings from reduced losses, improved voltage levels and power factors, and longer equipment life
- Reduced or deferred investments in utility distribution capacity
- Improved reliability for end-use customers
- Potentially downward pressure on other energy prices
- Productivity gains as manufacturers may be able to reduce the number of production steps needed as a result of onsite generation that can be integrated directly into industrial processes
- Finally, and the topic to be explored here today, renewable technologies may be among the cleanest energy supply technologies, promising near-term emission reductions and reduced control technology costs

## Here to Share Their Thoughts on the Environmental Impacts of Energy Use. . .

- Jae Edmonds, the PNNL and the University of Maryland’s Joint Institute for Global Change Research Institute, reviewing energy use and climate change;
- Terry Keating, EPA’s Office of Policy Analysis and Review, discussing energy use and long range air pollution transport; and
- Aaron Cohen, Health Effects Institute, discussing energy use and urban health.

## Slide 5

## The difficulty lies not with the new ideas, but in escaping the old ones

- John Maynard Keynes

## For more information on the material referenced in this panel discussion, contact:

- John A. “Skip” Laitner
- EPA Office of Atmospheric Programs
- 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, MS-6201-J
- Washington, DC 20460
- o: +1 (202) 564-9833
- f: +1 (202) 565-2147
- email: Laitner.Skip@epa.gov

**For more information on the material referenced in this panel discussion, contact:**

- Any findings contained in this panel discussion are believed to rely on credible and accurate sources of information.  Any errors in the analysis are solely the responsibility of the individual presenters.  None of the results described herein should not be construed as reflecting the official views of either the Environmental Protection Agency or the U.S. Government.
# Presentation: 239648

## RHIC pp 205 GeV Development Status

- http://www.agsrhichome.bnl.gov/AP/Spin2005/

## Status:

-  28 bunch ramp with 0.5d11 bunch intensity
-  collision was established. An initial ZDC rate of
-    2.5kHz was seen
-  an average polarization of 30% was measured
-    in both rings at 205GeV

- First collision!

## Things are done

- Tailor the sequencer for pp22, no rotator ramp: Todd
- Fixed the first part of the ramp (inj – 100 GeV): Todd, Steve
- Modified the slow factor for pp22 so that we can have faster down ramp: George Ganetis
- Fixed model orbit and restored the separation bumps: Vadim
- _[Orbit correction along the ramp](slide6.xml)_: Vadim
- _[Yellow ramp coupling correction](slide7.xml)_: Yun
- Tunes/chromaticity improved
- CNI polarimeter for 205GeV: Sandro
- 28 bunches ramp
- Cogging + Steering: Todd + operations and many others

## Plan

- 205 GeV development: May 31 0800 – June 3 0800
- Finish collision setup with 56x56 stores
- Polarization ramp measurement to identify the location of depolarization resonances
- Provide production stores for experiments later in the afternoon till tomorrow morning
- Parasitically study the depolarization resonance strength dependence on the orbit distortion from ramp to ramp
- Monitor the polarization lifetime across the store
- Vernier scans
- Parasitic polarimeter physics studies at 205GeV
- Back to 100 GeV Physics program on Friday
- 62 or more bunches

## Plan for accommodate PHOBOS 200GeV collision

- Turn on PHOBOS collision at the end of a production store to exam the effect of an additional collision
- If it has negative effects, turn off Brahms to recover the beam lifetime as well as the luminosity lifetime
- Confirm the above configuration at the end of the following production store
- Provide collisions for PHOBOS 3 hours from the beginning of the store with the above configuration

## Orbit along the ramp

- Yellow

- Blue

## Decoupling Yellow during the ramp

## Tunes along ramp

- Blue

- Yellow
# Presentation: 237264

## Fire Use ModulesStandardsBuilding an Interagency Program

**Presented at:**
**Interagency Wildland Fire Use Workshop**
**Albuquerque, NM**
**2006**

## Slide 2

## The mission of the Fire Use Module program is to develop and provide nationally self-sufficient, multi-skilled fire professionals with a primary commitment to fire use operations and planning.

## The purpose of the Fire Use Module program is to conduct operations involving wildland fire use in the areas of monitoring, ignition, holding, suppression,  prescribed fire preparation and execution, hazard fuels reduction, fire effects and fuels planning.

## History

**Prescribed Natural Fire (PNF) Monitors**
**1978 Ouzel Fire**
**1988 Clover-Mist Fires**
**1994 Howling Fire**
**1995 NPS Fire Use Modules**
**2000 FS Stanislaus NF FUMs**
**2003 FWS Balcones FUM**
**2004 BLM Upper Colorado FUM**
**2005 19 Fire Use Modules**

## Home Unit of FUMs

**Home Unit of FUMs**

## Standards

**Expectations**
**Sponsors**
**Commitment**
**Direction**

## Standards (cont.)

**Mission**
**Definition & Qualifications**
**Training**
**Support Requirements**
**Certification**

## Ask the Question?

**Right Tool**
**Right Time**
**Right Place**

## Tools in the Box

**Fire Use Modules**
**Interagency Hotshot Crews**
**Helitack**
**Fuels/Prescribed Fire “Crews”**
**Smoke Jumpers**
**WFU Monitors**
**???**

## Slide 11

## Slide 12

## Slide 13

## Thanks to all the Fire Use Module leaders, crewmembers and detailers for without you it would be just another wildland fire.
# Presentation: 757933

## Slow Extraction Update (work in progress)

- Eric Prebys

## Basic Debuncher parameters (now)

- Circumference: 505m
- Tunes
- x = 9.673
- y = 9.752
- Symmetry: 6-fold (mirror)

## Third Order Resonance Extraction

- Pros
- Textbook case
- Easy to calculate
- Most common worldwide
- Could be driven with existing sextupoles (??)
- Have to check this
- Cons
- As separatrix shrinks, tricky to get last bit of beam in controlled way

## Half Integer Resonance Extraction

- Cons
- Hard to calculate Because it’s a linear resonance, must introduce octupoles (amplitude dependent tune) to  create separatrix
- Pros
- Easy to extract last beam in controlled way
- The “standard” at FNAL (see D. Edwards, FNAL-TM-0842)
- Lots of experience
- Extensively analyzed for MI (See J. Johnstone, BEAMS-DOC-92v2)
- Can largely appropriate this analysis verbatim
- Investigating this as a first try

- septum

## Extraction Proposal

- Move working point to below 9.5
- Drive 19/2 (half integer resonance) resonance
- Lots of experience at the lab
- Can appropriate the analysis done for the MI

## Procedure

- Use lattice quads to move x to 9.5-, where ~.02
- Add harmonic quads to drive resonance term:
- Constraint: do not introduce tune shift
- -> place opposite polarity quads at symmetric beta points
- Add octupoles to create amplitude dependent separatrix
- Drive harmonix quads to increase half-integer stop band
- Feed back extracted intensity to control rate

## Quad placement

- Two in each straight section, run as opposite polarity pairs
- Relative strength of three pairs will control amplitude and phase () at septum point

## Quad placement (cont’d)

- Potential (high beta)  harmonic quad locations

## Beam Extraction

- Extraction Field

- Septum

- Unstable beam motion in N(order) turns

- Lost beam

- Minimum loss ~(septum width)/(extraction gap)
- Use electrostatic field generated by thin (100 m) wire plane
- Follow with magnetic Lambertson ~90 degrees later in phase

## Candidate Locations

## Details

- In extraction area, need ~.8T over 3m to clear next quad (short MI style Lambertson + big C magnet)

- Q405

- Q501

- Q404

- Q402

- Q403

- Q502

- Inj. sept

- inj. kick

- Ext. sept.

- Ext. Lamb.

- DRF 1-3

- = existing element (to be removed)

- = proposed new element

- MI Septum Parameters

- Deflection at Lambertson

## Status

- Now:
- Working with Debuncher lattice file to select optimum location for harmonic quads.
- Will then calculate required strength
- Will go into pBar ring to photograph potential locations to make sure I’m not missing anything.
- Next:
- Introduce octupoles
- (0th order driver, so not as many constraints)
- Modify MI analysis for Debuncher parameters
- General trade off: extracted efficiency vs. extracted emittance
- Put new elements in Optim model and simulate extraction.
# Presentation: 532333

## Imaging Geospace Electrons Using Thomson Scattering

**Imaging Geospace Electrons Using Thomson Scattering**
**R. R. Meier, D. Chua (damien.chua@nrl.navy.mil), C. Englert, D. Socker, J. M. Picone, T. Carter, J. Huba, S. Slinker, J. Krall, and W. Vincent, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC**

_**Science Objectives:**_
- Determine how electrons in the magnetosphere, plasmasphere, and ionosphere are redistributed in response to solar wind forcing.
- Understand mechanisms of solar wind plasma entry into the magnetosphere by globally imaging structures along the magnetopause and magnetospheric boundary layers.
- Determine how variations of the duskside plasmasphere and plasmapause are coupled to the global dynamics of the magnetosphere.
- Establish sensitivity of space weather forecasts to initial conditions in the magnetosphere and provide global boundary conditions to geospace specification models.
_**Associated RFAs**_
**RFA H.2 - **Determine changes in the Earth’s magnetosphere, ionosphere, and upper atmosphere to enable specification, prediction, and mitigation of their effects
**RFA J.4 – **Understand and characterize the space weather effects on and within planetary environments to minimize risk in exploration activities.

_**Enabling and Enhancing Technology Development:**_

_**Mission Implementation Description:**_
**One 3-axis stabilized spacecraft**
**30-R****E**** circular, inertial polar orbit**
**Four imagers (two “geo-coronagraphs”, two white-light, magnetospheric imagers)**
**Payload mass (instruments and spacecraft):  1700 kg**
_**Measurement Strategy:**_
**Observe Thomson scattered light to **_**directly image geospace electron densities**_** and their interactions with the solar wind **

-     NRL-built coronagraphs and STEREO SECCHI/Heliospheric Imagers  have successfully imaged structures in the solar wind (CMEs and CIRs) by observing Thomson scattered light. We will adapt these techniques to **directly image geospace electrons for the first time**.
**    ****Other enabling technologies required for this mission:**
- Large format focal plane detector arrays
- Light-weight large optics
- Formation flying satellites (potentially)
- Next generation space environment forecasting models that include and couple all regions of geospace out to the bow shock, magnetosheath, and magnetopause regions.

- We can observe disruptive solar events such as CMEs from the sun through the heliosphere (**above, left**).

- Thomson scattering observations of geospace electrons will complete our chain of Sun-to-Earth observations, enabling global specification and forecasts of the ionosphere-plasmasphere-magnetosphere system in response to solar drivers.  Simulated Thomson scattering signals from geospace electrons, **bottom right**, show the bow shock, magnetosheath, magnetopause, and the plasmasphere from the SAMI3-LFM model.
# Presentation: 783934

## Patient Administration, Reimbursement, and Repatriation

- Presentation #8 (panel)
*Paul J. Brannigan*

## Patient Tracking

- Unresponsive patients, no medical records or ID, mental health issues (often all three)
- Difficult following patients after they left PRA* *
- Sent to hospital, but not admitted
- Sent to nursing home (NDMS or not?),
- Discharged from hospital to nursing homes (still in NDMS or not?), and
- Discharged prior to any repatriation program
- All in the absence of ANY program support.

## Patient Tracking (cont.)

- Tracking of hospital “patients” from “non-NDMS” flights is whose responsibility?
- Tracking of accompanying non-medical attendants (family, friend, caregiver) of NDMS patients?
- Need* national *forms and tagging system!
*Mass Evacuation Tracking System (ESFs 6&8)*
- FCC Case Management is a Big Deal

## NDMS Billing Questions

- Step One:  All questions should be addressed to FEMA 		   at 800-872-NDMS (6367)
- Step Two:  Leave a message.  Do not expect anyone 		   to call you back.
- Step Three: Toll free number discontinued with no 		    replacement
- Step Four:  ?
- NOTE:  An internet-based reimbursement process was discontinued the previous year

## NDMS Reimbursement Process

- 8/29 - Katrina landfall
- 9/29 - FEMA mission assignment to HHS for repatriation and reimbursement
- Many, many meetings and emails between FEMA, HHS, CMS, and partners
- Today – Interagency Agreement still unsigned; reimbursements not started.  “Soon ...”
- Annex F “*it is expected that*” language emphasizes lack of preparedness

## Repatriation

- DoD assets will not be used.  GPMRC not involved.  Annex E worthless.
- Where did the patient come from?
- Deceased patients/remains?  NRC Center not involved; conflicting information
- Dependent upon the States of TX and LA.  Who is the State POC?  BUT hospital discharge planners should contact receiving facilities _directly_.  Which?
- FEMA Contract (CareFlight) not operational until Oct 15th.  Evacuees wanting or requiring repatriation prior to this date were “on their own”.

## Other Issues

- What is ICMOP?
- If CRAF not implemented here, is there ANY possibility of it ever being activated? Modify?
- Is TRAC2ES for the VA-DoD Contingency only?
- Neither HHS (lead for ESF 8), nor FEMA NDMS staff (non-DMAT), nor receiving regional FEMA RRCCs involved in NDMS evacuations until the evacuations were over and they needed to ***be in charge*** to reimburse the agencies that were.
- ???????

## The Future

- Funding
- Exercises (both sending and receiving)
- Plan revision
- Training
- Programmatic Support (plaques, shirts, pins)
- Plan Rewrite, from assumptions to conclusions
- Mass Evacuation plan
- Include nursing homes and mass care agencies
- New MOAs and can we expect support from the medical community?

## Questions?

*Paul J. Brannigan*
*VAMC Atlanta*
*1670 Clairmont Road, Rm GC-133*
*Decatur, GA  30033*
*Office: 404.417.2988*
*Cell: 678.409.4937*
*Pager: 888.226.4487*
*Nextel DC: 154*23*52773*
*Paul.Brannigan@va.gov*
# Presentation: 667872

## Electrolysis Production of Hydrogen from Wind and Hydropower

***Program Manager***
***   ******Hydrogen, Fuel Cells and ***
***     ******Infrastructure Technologies***

***Electrolysis Production of Hydrogen from Wind and Hydropower***

***   ******September 9, 2003***

## President Bush commits a total $1.7 billion over first 5 years:

**President Bush commits a total $1.7 billion over first 5 years:**
- $1.2 billion for hydrogen and fuel cells RD&D ($720 million in new money)
- $0.5 billion for hybrid and vehicle technologies RD&D
**Accelerated, parallel track enables industry commercialization decision     by 2015.**

***Fuel Cell Vehicles in the Showroom ***
***and Hydrogen at Fueling Stations ***
***by 2020***

## Transportation Drives U.S. Energy Dependence 

***Transportation Drives ******U.S. Energy Dependence****** ***

- US Oil Use for Transportation

- Transportation accounts for 2/3 of the 20 million barrels of oil our nation uses each day.
- The U.S. imports 55% of its oil, expected to grow to 68% by 2025 under the status quo.
- Nearly all of our cars and trucks currently run on either gasoline or diesel fuel.

## Why Hydrogen?  It’s abundant, clean, efficient, and can be derived from diverse domestic resources.

***Why Hydrogen?  It’s ***_***abundant***_***, ***_***clean***_***, ***_***efficient,***_*** and can be derived from diverse ***_***domestic***_*** resources.***

- .

**Distributed Generation**

**Transportation**

**Biomass**

**Hydro**
**Wind**
**Solar**
**Geothermal**

**Coal**

**Nuclear**

**Natural**** ****Gas**

**Oil**

**With Carbon Sequestration**

**HIGH EFFICIENCY**** & RELIABILITY**

**ZERO/NEAR ZERO****EMISSIONS**

## Timeline for Hydrogen Economy

## Status of President’s 

| (Millions $) | FY 03 Approp. | FY04 Request | House Mark | Senate Mark |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hydrogen (EERE) | 39.5 | 88.0 | 68.0 | 88.0 |
| Hydrogen (NE) | 2.0 | 4.0 | 2.5 | 8.0 |
| Total | 41.5 | 92.0 | 70.5 | 96.0 |

**Energy and Water Development Appropriations**

| (Millions $) | FY 03 Approp. | FY04 Request | House Mark | Senate Mark |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Fuel Cells (EERE) | 57.5 | 77.5 | 56.6 | 68.5 |
| FreedomCAR (EERE) | 85.6 | 91.1 | 93.3 | 89.9 |
| Hydrogen (FE) | 0.0 | 11.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Total | 143.1 | 180.1 | 154.9 | 163.4 |

***Status of President’s ***
***FY04 Budget Request***

**Interior Appropriations**

## Hydrogen Production from Wind and Hydropower

**Wind/Hydropower Role:**
- Large domestic resources
- Low carbon electricity sources
- Low cost of electricity for electrolysis
- Electricity grid infrastructure

## Wind/Hydropower Electrolysis Activities

- Wind/hydropower electrolysis analysis
- 2004 advanced electrolysis new starts
- 	**- **Giner Electrochemical
-       System
- 	- Proton Energy Systems
- 	- Teledyne Energy
- 	  Systems
- Production and delivery solicitation
- Large scale electrolysis
- Renewable integration

## Meeting Goal

- 	***Begin developing specific vision and priorities for renewable hydrogen production and help DOE further define its role in this area.***
# Presentation: 666924

## Final STAR 62 GeV CuCu Event totals (3/23/05)

- Final STAR 62 GeV CuCu Event totals (3/23/05)

-  Total: 27.262 Mevts of BBC Narrow
-  Goal > 20 Mevts.
-  BBC Narrow Trigger has been operational for 12.5 full days. The “run” average number of mb events per day is ~ 2.18 Mevts/day.

- Ave/day ~ 2.18 Mevts

## Final STAR 62 GeV CuCu Event totals (3/23/05)

- Final STAR 62 GeV CuCu Event totals (3/23/05)

-  Total: 26.805 Mevts of ZDC Narrow
-  Goal > 20 Mevts.
-  ZDC Narrow Trigger has been operational for 12 days. The “run” average number of ZDC events per day is ~ 2.23 Mevts/day.

- Ave/day ~ 2.23 Mevts

## DAQ Hours

- 62 GeV CuCu DAQ Hours

**DAQ Hours**
- Total for 62 GeV CuCu run (3/10 through 3/22 (12.5 days)) = 133.01 hrs
- <DAQ hrs/day> ~ 10.64 hrs/day
*N.B. “DAQ hrs” only count time when production Cu62 Production Configuration is running.*
*Average evt rate ~ 79 Hz*

## Final Event Totals for STAR Fy05 62.4 GeV CuCu Data Set

- Total number of evts taken with Cu62productionMinBias Configuration = 37.781 Mevts
- 	Total evts taken with cu62-bbc-narrow trigger	= 27.262 Mevts
- 	Total evts taken with cu62-zdc-narrow trigger	= 26.805 Mevts
- 	Total evts taken with cu62-zdc-tacs trigger	= 1.678 Mevts
- 	Total evts taken with cu62-zerobias trigger	= 494.4 kevts
- 	Total evts taken with cu62-zdc  trigger		= 113.8 kevts
- 	Total evts taken with cu62-bbc-by trigger	= 88.2 kevts

## Background signals in STAR for 22 GeV CuCu Run.

- BBC Coin.
- ZDC Coin.
- BCC Yellow back.
- BBC Blue back.

- ZDC East
- ZDC West
- ZDC Coin.

- We’ll have to monitor this closely, and ask C-AD Operations to try and keep our backgrounds down.

## Event Totals for 22 GeV CuCu Run (as of ~ noon on Wednesday March 23rd)
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## construction sign for RURAL DEVELOPMENT projects

- SIGN DIMENSIONS:  4’ x 8’ x 3/4”
-                PLYWOOD PANEL (APA RATED A-B GRADE – EXTERIOR)
-        Other funding agencies can be added to the sign

**Project Title**

**Sponsor / Developer**

- Contractor

- This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

**Financed by United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development**

- WHITE  BACKGROUND

- BLACK
- LETTERING

- BLACK  LETTERING

**Official(s) or Sponsor Address**

- Architect or Engineer

-       (second line)

-       (second line)

- Rolling fields,
- PMS 343 (green)

- Townscape
- And letter
- Forms, PMS
- 288 (blue)

- PMS 343
- DARK GREEN
- LETTERING

- George W. Bush, President of the United States
- Ed Schafer, Secretary of Agriculture

**PMS 343**
**DARK GREEN**
**LETTERING**