Potential secondary hazards of Avitrol baits to sharp-shinned hawks and american kestrels
Nicholas R. Holler, Edward W. Schafer Jr.
1982, Journal of Wildlife Management (46) 457-462
Avitrol© is the registered trade name of a number of proprietary bird control products containing the active ingredient 4-aminopyridine (4-AP). Several formulations of Avitrol are available to pest control applicators for use in agricultural areas. Although individual treated bait particles contain from 0.5 to 3.0% 4-AP, the amount present in...
Aversion substance(s) of the rat coagulating glands
Anthony M. Gawienowski, Iver J. Berry, James J. Kennelly
1982, Journal of Chemical Ecology (8) 379-382
The aversive substance(s) present in adult male urine were not found in castrate rat urine. Removal of the coagulating glands also resulted in a loss of the aversion compounds. The aversion substances were restored to the urine after androgen treatment of the castrate rats....
Paleomagnetic data from the Coso Range, California and current status of the Cobb Mountain normal geomagnetic polarity event
Edward A. Mankinen, C. Sherman Gromme
1982, Geophysical Research Letters (9) 1279-1282
Two basalt flows which erupted about 1.08 m.y. ago in the Coso Range, California, have normal magnetic polarity and thus provide additional evidence for the Cobb Mountain normal polarity event. A review of available data confirms that this event was of geomagnetic origin. A mean age of 1.10 ± 0.02...
Preliminary correlations of MAGSAT anomalies with tectonic features of Africa
David A. Hastings
1982, Geophysical Research Letters (9) 303-306
An overview of the MAGSAT scalar anomaly map for Africa has suggested a correlation of MAGSAT anomalies with major crustal blocks of uplift or depression and different degrees of regional metamorphism. The strongest MAGSAT anomalies in Africa are closely correlated spatially with major tectonic features. Although a magnetic anomaly caused...
Evaluating the crop coefficient using spectral reflectance
J. L. Heilman, W. E. Heilman, Donald G. Moore
1982, Agronomy Journal (74) 967-971
A field study was conducted in four differentially irrigated plots of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) planted in Shiprock sandy loam (coarseloamy, mixed, mesic Typic Haplargid) to assess spectral reflectance for estimating the crop coefficient (Kc), defined here as the ratio of actual to potential evapotranspiration (ET). A bidirectional reflectance factor was...
An assessment of Landsat data acquisition history on identification and area estimation of corn and soybeans
M. M. Hixson, M. E. Bauer, Donna K. Scholz
1982, Remote Sensing of Environment (12) 123-128
In the past decade, numerous studies have demonstrated the potential of satellite remote sensing for providing accurate timely crop area information. This study assessed the impact of Landsat data acquisition history on classification and area estimation accuracy of corn and soybeans in the U.S. Corn Belt. The results illustrate the...
On the tectonics and metallogenesis of West Africa: a model incorporating new geophysical data
David A. Hastings
1982, Geoexploration (20) 295-327
The gold, diamond and manganese deposits of Ghana have attracted commercial interest, but appropriate geophysical data to delineate the tectonic setting of these and other deposits have been lacking until recently. Recent gravity surveys, however, now cover about 75% of the country. When used in a synthesis of the sometimes...
Changes in vegetation and grazing capacity following honey mesquite control
Kirk C. McDaniel, John H. Brock, Robert H. Haas
1982, Journal of Range Management (35) 551-557
Honey mesquite kill and suppression, vegetation response, and changes in grazing use and capacity were evaluated following brush control in north-central Texas. Tree grubbing was most effective for eliminating honey mesquite, but because of soil and plant damage the treatment did not increase grazing capacity or improve range condition compared...
Digital observations on the use of satellite remote sensing imagery with regard to Chinese alligator habitat
M. E. Watanabe, Alta S. Walker, H. Churchien
1982, Ziran Zazhi (5) 852-854
No abstract available....
Deserts of China
Alta S. Walker
1982, American Scientist (70) 366-376
Improving arid land quality requires an understanding of the original state of the land and its relationship to wind, water, and plant regimes, as well as understanding of interactions within the present ecosystem. Chinese scientists and local residents have made significant advances in improving arid environments in gobi and sandy...
Digital image film generation: from the photoscientist's perspective
John E. Boyd
1982, Journal of Applied Photographic Engineering (8) 15-22
The technical sophistication of photoelectronic transducers, integrated circuits, and laser-beam film recorders has made digital imagery an alternative to traditional analog imagery for remote sensing. Because a digital image is stored in discrete digital values, image enhancement is possible before the data are converted to a photographic image. To create...
Evaluating depth to shallow groundwater using Heat Capacity Mapping Mission (HCMM) data
J. L. Heilman, Donald G. Moore
1982, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing (48) 1903-1906
Four dates of Heat Capacity Mapping Mission (HCMM) data were analyzed to evaluate the utility of HCMM thermal data for evaluating depth to shallow groundwater. During the summer, shallow water tables can create lower soil temperatures throughout the diurnal temperature cycle. Because of large spatial and temporal ground cover variations,...
The availability of conventional forms of remotely sensed data
James A. Sturdevant, Thomas M. Holm
1982, Journal of Applied Photographic Engineering (8) 153-158
For decades Federal and State agencies have been collecting aerial photographs of various film types and scales over parts of the United States. More recently, worldwide Earth resources data acquired by orbiting satellites have inundated the remote sensing community. Determining the types of remotely sensed data that are publicly available...
Refining Landsat classification results using digital terrain data
Wayne A. Miller, Mark Shasby
1982, Journal of Applied Photographic Engineering (8) 35-40
Scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey's Earth Resources Observation systems (EROS) Data Center have recently completed two land-cover mapping projects in which digital terrain data were used to refine Landsat classification results. Digital ter rain data were incorporated into the Landsat classification process using two different procedures that required developing...
Evaluation of AMOEBA: a spectral-spatial classification method
Susan K. Jenson, Thomas R. Loveland, J. Bryant
1982, Journal of Applied Photographic Engineering (8) 159-162
Muitispectral remotely sensed images have been treated as arbitrary multivariate spectral data for purposes of clustering and classifying. However, the spatial properties of image data can also be exploited. AMOEBA is a clustering and classification method that is based on a spatially derived model for image data. In an evaluation...
Assessing mesquite-grass vegetation condition from Landsat
Kirk C. McDaniel, Robert H. Haas
1982, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing (48) 441-450
Landsat multispectral scanner (MSS) band values, band ratios, and vegetation index models were compared with selected rangeland vegetation parameters collected at six test sites within the honey mesquitellotebushlmixed grass association in north-central Texas. The comparisons at four dates showed that two vegetation index models, TV16 and GVI, are highly correlated...
Use of Landsat data to evaluate lesser prairie chicken habitats in western Oklahoma
Richard W. Cannon, Fritz L. Knopf, Lawrence R. Pettinger
1982, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing (46) 915-922
Landsat digital data were used to evaluate lesser prairie chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus) habitats in western Oklahoma. Data for 7 (4,144 ha) study areas, 4 in shinnery oak (Quercus havardii), and 3 in sand sagebrush (Artemisia filifolia) rangeland, were analyzed using the Interactive Digital Image Manipulation System at the EROS Center....
Oahu: perspective from space
Gary E. Johnson
1982, Journal of Geography (81) 30-32
Satellite remote sensing provides us with a unique perspective from space. This perspective is synoptic in nature and provides regional views of most of the land areas of the earth. The orbital characteristics of the Landsat system are such that repetitive imagery of the same area may be obtained. Because...
Characterization of tropospheric desert aerosols at solar wavelengths by multispectral radiometry from Landsat
Joseph Otterman, R. S. Fraser, O. P. Bahethi
1982, Journal of Geophysical Research C: Oceans (87) 1270-1278
Characteristics of tropospheric desert aerosols are derived by comparing nadir spectral reflectivities computed from the radiative transfer models with reflectivities measured from Landsat. Over the ocean, reflectivities are compared, but over land the comparison is carried out by determining the ratios of the nadir reflectivity of the surface-atmosphere system over...
A new instrument for sampling flocculent material at the water/sediment interface
Michael H. Bothner, Page C. Valentine
1982, Journal of Sedimentary Research (52) 639-640
We have designed an instrument to collect fine-grained and flocculent material from the water/sediment interface for chemical and mineralogical analysis. The sampler can be used from a manned research submersible or by a diver in shallow water. In areas of active deposition, the material collected represents the most recently deposited...
Coal geology of Adams, Blaine, Richardson, and Sitka quadrangles, Kentucky, and Louisa quadrangle, Kentucky-West Virginia
Philip Thayer Hayes, Carol Waite Connor
1982, Bulletin 1526
No abstract available....
Mineral resources of proposed additions to the Salmon-Trinity Alps Primitive Area, California
Preston Enslow Hotz, R. C. Greene, T. J. Close, R. K. Evans
1982, Bulletin 1514
No abstract available....
Digital model of predevelopment flow in the Tertiary limestone (Floridan) aquifer system in west-central Florida
Paul D. Ryder
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 81-54
A computer model was calibrated to approximate predevelopment flow conditions in a multilayered aquifer system in 10,600 square miles in west-central Floria. The lowermost aquifer, called the Floridan aquifer, is confined in most of the study area and consists of carbonate rocks ranging up to 1,300 feet thick. The Floridan...
Map showing altitude of the top of the "Dakota Sandstone," Montana
Richard D. Feltis
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4036
No abstract available....
Map showing total thickness of the "Dakota Sandstone," Montana
Richard D. Feltis
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4037
No abstract available....
