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U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012-1234

Application of a Hydrodynamic and Sediment Transport Model for Guidance of Response Efforts Related to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Northern Gulf of Mexico Along the Coast of Alabama and Florida


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SI to Inch/Pound

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By

To obtain

Length

centimeter (cm)

0.3937

inch (in.)

meter (m)

3.281

foot (ft)

kilometer (km)

0.6214

mile (mi)

Area

square kilometer (km2)

247.1

acre

square meter (m2)

10.76

square foot (ft2

Volume

cubic meter (m3)

264.2

gallon (gal)

cubic meter (m3)

35.31

cubic foot (ft3

Flow rate

meter per second (m/s)

3.281

foot per second (ft/s)

cubic meter per second (m3/s)

35.31

cubic foot per second (ft3/s)

Mass

kilogram (kg)

2.205

pound avoirdupois (lb)

Pressure

kilopascal (kPa)

0.1450

pound-force per inch (lbf/in)

Density

kilogram per meter cubed (kg/m3)

0.06242

pound per foot cubed (lb/ft3)

Hydraulic conductivity

meter per day (m/d)

3.281

food per day (ft/d)

Hydraulic gradient

meter per kilometer (m/km)

5.27983

foot per mile (ft/mi)

Vertical coordinate information is referenced to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88)

Horizontal coordinate information is referenced to the World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS84)

Elevation, as used in this report, refers to distance above the vertical datum.

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