Interpreting the results from multiple regression and structural equation models
James B. Grace, Kenneth A. Bollen
2005, Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America (86) 283-295
No abstract available....
Utility of Viking Orbiter images and products for Mars mapping
Mark R. Rosiek, Randolph L. Kirk, Brent A. Archinal, Elpitha Howington-Kraus, Trent M. Hare, Donna M. Galuszka, Bonnie L. Redding
2005, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing (10) 1187-1195
This paper reports on mapping procedures developed by the U.S. Geological Survey that use Viking Orbiter imagery and Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA) derived radii to produce topographic data. The use of Mosaiced Digital Image Models (MDIMs), created from Viking Orbiter images, and MOLA data to provide horizontal and vertical...
Initial results of rover localization and topographic mapping for the 2003 mars exploration rover mission
Rongxing Li, Steven W. Squyres, Raymond E. Arvidson, Brent A. Archinal, James F. Bell III, Yang Cheng, Larry S. Crumpler, David J. Des Marais, Kaichang Di, Todd A. Ely, Matthew P. Golombek, Eric Graat, John Grant, Joe Guinn, Andrew C. Johnson, Ronald Greeley, Randolph L. Kirk, Mark Maimone, Laurence A. Soderblom, Shane D. Thompson, Jue Wang, Patrick L. Whelley, Fengliang Xu
2005, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing (10) 1129-1142
This paper presents the initial results of lander and rover localization and topographic mapping of the MER 2003 mission (by Sol 225 for Spirit and Sol 206 for Opportunity). The Spirit rover has traversed a distance of 3.2 km (actual distance traveled instead of odometry) and Opportunity at 1.2 km....
HRSC on Mars Express: Photogrammetric and cartographic research
Jeorg Albertz, Maria Attwenger, Janet M. Barrett, Simon Casley, Peter Dorninger, Egon Dorrer, Heinrich Ebner, Stephan Gehrke, Bernd Giese, Klaus Gwinner, Christian Heipke, Elpitha Howington-Kraus, Randolph L. Kirk, Hartmut Lehmann, Helmut Mayer, Jan-Peter Muller, Juergen Oberst, Alexey Ostrovskiy, Joerg Renter, Sergiy Reznik, Ralph George Schmidt, Frank Scholten, Michael Spiegel, Uwe Stilla, Marita Wahlisch, Gerhard Neukum
2005, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing (10) 1153-1166
The High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on the European spacecraft Mars Express is the first camera on a planetary mission especially designed for photogrammetric and cartographic purposes. Since January 2004 the camera has been taking image data from the Martian surface, characterized by high-resolution, stereo capability and color. These data...
Characterization of surface-water quality in the S-Line Canal and potential geochemical reactions from storage of surface water in the Basalt aquifer near Fallon, Nevada
Alan H. Welch, Douglas K. Maurer, Michael S. Lico, John K. McCormack
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5102
The Fallon basalt aquifer serves as the sole source of municipal water supply for the Lahontan Valley in west-central Nevada. Principal users include the City of Fallon, Naval Air Station Fallon, and the Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe. Pumpage from the aquifer increased from about 1,700 acre-feet per year in the early...
Estimation of constituent concentrations, densities, loads, and yields in lower Kansas River, northeast Kansas, using regression models and continuous water-quality monitoring, January 2000 through December 2003
Teresa J. Rasmussen, Andrew C. Ziegler, Patrick P. Rasmussen
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5165
The lower Kansas River is an important source of drinking water for hundreds of thousands of people in northeast Kansas. Constituents of concern identified by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) for streams in the lower Kansas River Basin include sulfate, chloride, nutrients, atrazine, bacteria, and sediment. Real-time...
Hydrology and simulation of ground-water flow in Cedar Valley, Iron County, Utah
Lynette E. Brooks, James L. Mason
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5170
Cedar Valley, located in the eastern part of Iron County in southwestern Utah, is experiencing rapid population growth. Cedar Valley traditionally has supported agriculture, but the growing population needs a larger share of the available water resources. Water withdrawn from the unconsolidated basin fill is the primary source for public...
Use of discrete-zone monitoring systems for hydraulic characterization of a fractured-rock aquifer at the University of Connecticut Landfill, Storrs, Connecticut, 1999 to 2002
Carole D. Johnson, Christopher S. Kochiss, C. B. Dawson
2005, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4338
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the University of Connecticut, used a suite of hydraulic methods to characterize the hydrogeology of a fractured-rock aquifer near the former landfill and chemical-waste disposal pits at the University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut. Multiple methods were used to determine head, driving potential, and...
Compressional and shear wave velocity versus depth in the San Francisco Bay area, California: Rules for USGS Bay Area Velocity Model 05.0.0
Thomas M. Brocher
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1317
No abstract available....
Questa baseline and pre-mining ground-water quality investigation. 12. Geochemical and reactive-transport modeling based on tracer injection-synoptic sampling studies for the Red River, New Mexico, 2001-2002
James W. Ball, Robert L. Runkel, D. Kirk Nordstrom
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5149
Reactive-transport processes in the Red River, downstream from the town of Red River in north-central New Mexico, were simulated using the OTEQ reactive-transport model. The simulations were calibrated using physical and chemical data from synoptic studies conducted during low-flow conditions in August 2001 and during March/April 2002. Discharge over the 20-km reach...
Ground-water modeling of pumping effects near regional ground-water divides and river/aquifer systems - Results and implications of numerical experiments
Rodney A. Sheets, Denise H. Dumouchelle, Daniel T. Feinstein
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5141
Agreements between United States governors and Canadian territorial premiers establish water-management principles and a framework for protecting Great Lakes waters, including ground water, from diversion and consumptive uses. The issue of ground-water diversions out of the Great Lakes Basin by large-scale pumping near the divides has been raised. Two scenario...
Use of simulation-optimization modeling to assess regional ground-water systems
Paul M. Barlow
2005, Fact Sheet 2005-3095
Drought-sensitive aquifer settings in southeastern Pennsylvania
Tammy M. Zimmerman, Dennis W. Risser
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5169
This report describes the results of a study conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Bureau of Topographic and Geologic Survey, to determine drought-sensitive aquifer settings in southeastern Pennsylvania. Because all or parts of southeastern Pennsylvania have been in drought-warning...
Water-quality assessment of part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin — Ground-water quality along a flow system in the Twin Cities metropolitan area, Minnesota, 1997-98
William J. Andrews, James R. Stark, Alison L. Fong, James D. Fallon
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5120
As part of a national analysis of the effects of land use on ground-water quality for the National Water-Quality Assessment Program, the U.S. Geological Survey sampled wells along a flow system in surficial glacial aquifers in the northwestern part of the Twin Cities metropolitan area during 1997 and 1998. In...
NOAA-USGS Debris-Flow Warning System - Final Report
NOAA-USGS Debris Flow Task Force
2005, Circular 1283
Landslides and debris flows cause loss of life and millions of dollars in property damage annually in the United States (National Research Council, 2004). In an effort to reduce loss of life by debris flows, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National Weather Service (NWS) and the U.S. Geological...
Calibration parameters used to simulate streamflow from application of the Hydrologic Simulation Program-FORTRAN Model (HSPF) to mountainous basins containing coal mines in West Virginia
John T. Atkins, Jeffrey B. Wiley, Katherine S. Paybins
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5099
This report presents the Hydrologic Simulation Program-FORTRAN Model (HSPF) parameters for eight basins in the coal-mining region of West Virginia. The magnitude and characteristics of model parameters from this study will assist users of HSPF in simulating streamflow at other basins in the coal-mining region of West Virginia. The parameter...
An assessment of optical properties of dissolved organic material as quantitative source indicators in the Santa Ana River basin, Southern California
Brian A. Bergamaschi, Erica Kalve, Larry Guenther, Gregory O. Mendez, Kenneth Belitz
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5152
The ability to rapidly, reliably, and inexpensively characterize sources of dissolved organic material (DOM) in watersheds would allow water management agencies to more quickly identify problems in water sources, and to more efficiently allocate water resources by, for example, permitting real-time identification of high-quality water suitable for ground-water recharge, or...
Literature review for Texas Department of Transportation Research Project 0-4695: Guidance for design in areas of extreme bed-load mobility, Edwards Plateau, Texas
Franklin T. Heitmuller, William H. Asquith, Xing Fang, David B. Thompson, Keh-Han Wang
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1234
A review of the literature addressing sediment transport in gravel-bed river systems and structures designed to control bed-load mobility is provided as part of Texas Department of Transportation research project 0–4695: Guidance for Design in Areas of Extreme Bed-Load Mobility. The study area comprises the western half of the Edwards...
Estimating the magnitude and frequency of floods for streams in west-central Florida, 2001
Kathleen M. Hammett, Michael J. DelCharco
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5080
Flood discharges were estimated for recurrence intervals of 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 200, and 500 years for 94 streamflow stations in west-central Florida. Most of the stations are located within the 10,000 square-mile, 16-county area that forms the Southwest Florida Water Management District. All stations had at least...
Evidence of cold climate slope processes from the New Jersey Coastal Plain: Debris flow stratigraphy at Haines Corner, Camden County, New Jersey
Wayne L. Newell
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1296
Excavations through surficial deposits across the New Jersey Coastal Plain commonly reveal homogenized surficial sediments, deformed sedimentary structures, chaotically rearranged bed-forms, and wedge-shaped cracks filled with sand from the top-most layers of extant soil profiles. As a whole, these abundant, broadly distributed phenomena are best explained as artifacts of...
Surface complexation studied via combined grazing-incidence EXAFS and surface diffraction: Arsenate on hematite (0001) and (10-12)
G. Waychunas, T. Trainor, P. Eng, J. Catalano, G. Brown, J. Davis, J. Rogers, J. Bargar
2005, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry (383) 12-27
X-ray diffraction [crystal-truncation-rod (CTR)] studies of the surface structure of moisture-equilibrated hematite reveal sites for complexation not present on the bulk oxygen-terminated surface, and impose constraints on the types of inner-sphere sorption topologies. We have used this improved model of the hematite surface to analyze grazing-incidence EXAFS results for arsenate...
Development and use of in-stream PIT-tag detection systems to assess movement behavior of fish in tributaries of the Columbia River Basin, USA
P.J. Connolly, I.G. Jezorek, E.F. Prentice
2005, Conference Paper
We have developed detector systems for fish implanted with Passive Integrated Transponder (PIT) tags to assess their movement behavior and habitat use within fast flowing streams. Fish tested have primarily been wild anadromous and resident forms of rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss and cutthroat trout O. clarki. Longitudinal arrangements of two-...
Historical and simulated changes in channel characteristics of the Kalamazoo River, Plainwell to Otsego, Michigan
Cynthia M. Rachol, Faith A. Fitzpatrick, Tiffiny Rossi
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5044
In a study to understand the historical effects of the construction and decommissioning of dams on the Kalamazoo River, Plainwell to Otsego, Michigan, and to simulate channel changes that may result if the dams were removed, early to mid-1800s General Land Office surveys and aerial photographs from 1938, 1981, and...
Controls on the physical properties of gas-hydrate-bearing sediments because of the interaction between gas hydrate and porous media
Myung W. Lee, Timothy S. Collett
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5143
Physical properties of gas-hydrate-bearing sediments depend on the pore-scale interaction between gas hydrate and porous media as well as the amount of gas hydrate present. Well log measurements such as proton nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) relaxation and electromagnetic propagation tool (EPT) techniques depend primarily on the bulk volume of gas...
Lag and seasonality considerations in evaluating AVHRR NDVI response to precipitation
Lei Ji, Albert J. Peters
2005, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing (71) 1053-1061
Assessment of the relationship between the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) and precipitation is important in understanding vegetation and climate interaction at a large scale. NDVI response to precipitation, however, is difficult to quantify due to the lag and seasonality effects, which will vary due to vegetation cover type, soils...
