Empirical modified Mercalli intensity site corrections for towns in eastern North America
W. H. Bakun, M. G. Hopper
2003, Open-File Report 2003-377
Modified Mercalli intensity (MMI) assignments for earthquakes in eastern North America (ENA) were used by Bakun et al. (2003) and Bakun and Hopper (in press) to develop models for estimating the location and moment magnitude M of earthquakes in ENA from MMI observations. The MMI empirical site corrections developed and...
LakeVOC; A Deterministic Model to Estimate Volatile Organic Compound Concentrations in Reservoirs and Lakes
David A. Bender, William E. Asher, John S. Zogorski
2003, Open-File Report 2003-212
This report documents LakeVOC, a model to estimate volatile organic compound (VOC) concentrations in lakes and reservoirs. LakeVOC represents the lake or reservoir as a two-layer system and estimates VOC concentrations in both the epilimnion and hypolimnion. The air-water flux of a VOC is characterized in LakeVOC in terms of...
Results of Test-Hole Drilling in Well-Field Areas North of Tampa, Florida
C. B. Hutchinson
2003, Open-File Report 2003-142
A total of 32 test holes were drilled in well-field areas of Hillsborough, Pasco, and Pinellas Counties in the early 1970's to collect information on the hydraulic and geologic properties of shallow formations overlying the Upper Floridan aquifer. Lithologic profiles were compiled and geohydrologic units identified for each test hole....
A stage-normalized function for the synthesis of stage-discharge relations for the Colorado River in Grand Canyon, Arizona
Stephen M. Wiele, Margaret Torizzo
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4037
A method was developed to construct stage-discharge rating curves for the Colorado River in Grand Canyon, Arizona, using two stage-discharge pairs and a stage-normalized rating curve. Stage-discharge rating curves formulated with the stage-normalized curve method are compared to (1) stage-discharge rating curves for six temporary stage gages and two streamflow-gaging...
User's Manual for the National Water-Quality Assessment Program Invertebrate Data Analysis System (IDAS) Software: Version 3
Thomas F. Cuffney
2003, Open-File Report 2003-172
The Invertebrate Data Analysis System (IDAS) software provides an accurate, consistent, and efficient mechanism for analyzing invertebrate data collected as part of the National Water-Quality Assessment Program and stored in the Biological Transactional Database (Bio-TDB). The IDAS software is a stand-alone program for personal computers that run Microsoft (MS) Windows?....
Simulation of ground-water flow in the Cedar River alluvium, northwest Black Hawk County and southwest Bremer County, Iowa
Bryan D. Schaap, Mark E. Savoca, Michael J. Turco
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4080
Flooding and high ground-water levels after large or frequent rainstorms have occurred in an area of about 30 square miles along the eastern bank of the Cedar River from Cedar Falls in northwest Black Hawk County to Janesville in southwest Bremer County, Iowa. The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with...
Significant Metalliferous and Selected Non-Metalliferous Lode Deposits, and Selected Placer Districts of Northeast Asia
Sodov Ariunbileg, Gennandiy V. Biryul’kin, Jamba Byamba, Yury V. Davydov, Gunchin Dejidmaa, Elimir G. Distanov, Dangindorjiin Dorjgotov, Gennadiy N. Gamyanin, Ochir Gerel, Valeriy Y. Fridovskiy, Ayurzana Gotovsuren, Duk-Hwan Hwang, Anatoliy P. Kochnev, Alexei V. Kostin, Mikhail I. Kuzmin, Sergey A. Letunov, Li Jiliang, Li Xujun, Galina D. Malceva, V.D. Melnikov, Valeriy Nikitin, Alexander A. Obolenskiy, Masatsugu Ogasawara, Demberel Orolmaa, Leonid M. Parfenov, Nikolay V. Popov, Andrei V. Prokopiev, Vladimir Ratkin, Sergey M. Rodionov, Zhan V. Seminskiy, Vladimir I. Shpikerman, Alexander P. Smelov, Vitaly I. Sotnikov, Alexander V. Spiridonov, Valeriy V. Stogniy, Sadahisa Sudo, Sun Fengyue, Sun Jiapeng, Sun Weizhi, Valeriy M. Supletsov, Vladimir F. Timofeev, Oleg A. Tyan, Valeriy G. Vetluzhskikh, Xi Aihua, Yakov V. Yakovlev, Yan Hongquan, Vladimir I. Zhizhin, Nikolay N. Zinchuk, Lydia M. Zorina
2003, Open-File Report 2003-220
Introduction This report contains a digtial database on lode deposits and placer districts of Northeast Asia. This region includes Eastern Siberia, Russian Far East, Mongolia, Northeast China, South Korea, and Japan. In folders on this site are a detailed database, a bibliography of cited references, descriptions of mineral deposit models, and...
Estimated Ground-Water Withdrawals from the Death Valley Regional Flow System, Nevada and California, 1913-98
Michael T. Moreo, Keith J. Halford, Richard J. La Camera, Randell J. Laczniak
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4245
Ground-water withdrawals from 1913 through 1998 from the Death Valley regional flow system have been compiled to support a regional, three-dimensional, transient ground-water flow model. Withdrawal locations and depths of production intervals were estimated and associated errors were reported for 9,300 wells. Withdrawals were grouped into three categories: mining, public-supply,...
The National Map: from geography to mapping and back again
John A. Kelmelis, Mark L. DeMulder, Charles E. Ogrosky, J. Nicholas Van Driel, Barbara J. Ryan
2003, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing (69) 1109-1118
When the means of production for national base mapping were capital intensive, required large production facilities, and had ill-defined markets, Federal Government mapping agencies were the primary providers of the spatial data needed for economic development, environmental management, and national defense. With desktop geographic information systems now ubiquitous, source data...
Introduction to physical properties and elasticity models
Jack Dvorkin, Michael B. Helgerud, William F. Waite, Stephen H. Kirby, Amos Nur
2003, Book chapter, Natural gas hydrate in oceanic and permafrost environments
Estimating the in situ methane hydrate volume from seismic surveys requires knowledge of the rock physics relations between wave speeds and elastic moduli in hydrate/sediment mixtures. The elastic moduli of hydrate/sediment mixtures depend on the elastic properties of the individual sedimentary particles and the manner in which they are arranged....
The use of traditional Hawaiian knowledge in the contemporary management of marine resources
Kelson K. Poepoe, Paul K. Bartram, Alan M. Friedlander
Nigel Haggan, Claire Brignall, Louisa E. Wood, editor(s)
2003, Fisheries Center Research Reports (11) 328-339
It is traditional for Hawaiians to "consult nature" so that fishing is practiced at times and places, and with gear that causes minimum disruption of natural biological and ecological processes. The Ho'olehua Hawaiian Homestead continues this tradition in and around Mo'omomi Bay on the northwest coast of the island of...
Reproductive maturation and senescence in the female brown bear
Charles C. Schwartz, Kim A. Keating, Harry V. Reynolds III, Victor G. Barnes Jr., Richard A. Sellers, J. E. Swenson, Sterling D. Miller, B. N. McLellan, Jeffrey A. Keay, Robert McCann, Michael Gibeau, Wayne F. Wakkinen, Richard D. Mace, Wayne Kasworm, Rodger Smith, Steven Herrero
2003, Ursus (14) 109-119
Changes in age-specific reproductive rates can have important implications for managing populations, but the number of female brown (grizzly) bears (Ursus arctos) observed in any one study is usually inadequate to quantify such patterns, especially for older females and in hunted areas. We examined patterns of reproductive maturation and senescence...
Modeling paleoclimates
Patrick J Bartlein, Steven W. Hostetler
2003, Developments in Quaternary Sciences 564-584
Paleoclimatic data and climate models play a complimentary role in understanding climate change. This chapter provides an overview of the process of climate-system modeling, presents the taxonomy of the models recently applied in the study of Quaternary climate change and variation, and discusses the development of climate modeling since the...
Carbon dynamics and land-use choices: building a regional-scale multidisciplinary model
Suzi Kerr, Shu-Guang Liu, Alexander S.P. Pfaff, R. Flint Hughes
2003, Journal of Environmental Management (69) 25-37
Policy enabling tropical forests to approach their potential contribution to global-climate-change mitigation requires forecasts of land use and carbon storage on a large scale over long periods. In this paper, we present an integrated modeling methodology that addresses these needs. We model the dynamics of the human land-use system and...
Assessing vegetation response to drought in the northern Great Plains using vegetation and drought indices
Lei Ji, Albert J. Peters
2003, Remote Sensing of Environment (87) 85-98
The Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) derived from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) has been widely used to monitor moisture-related vegetation condition. The relationship between vegetation vigor and moisture availability, however, is complex and has not been adequately studied with satellite sensor data. To better understand this relationship,...
Vegetation greenness impacts on maximum and minimum temperatures in northeast Colorado
J. R. Hanamean Jr., R.A. Pielke Sr., C. L. Castro, D.S. Ojima, Bradley C. Reed, Z. Gao
2003, Meteorological Applications (10) 203-215
The impact of vegetation on the microclimate has not been adequately considered in the analysis of temperature forecasting and modelling. To fill part of this gap, the following study was undertaken.A daily 850–700 mb layer mean temperature, computed from the National Center for Environmental Prediction-National Center for Atmospheric Research...
Modeling hyporheic zone processes
Robert L. Runkel, Diane M. McKnight, Harihar Rajaram
2003, Advances in Water Resources (26) 901-905
Stream biogeochemistry is influenced by the physical and chemical processes that occur in the surrounding watershed. These processes include the mass loading of solutes from terrestrial and atmospheric sources, the physical transport of solutes within the watershed, and the transformation of solutes due to biogeochemical reactions. Research over the last...
Comparison of Irrigation Water Use Estimates Calculated from Remotely Sensed Irrigated Acres and State Reported Irrigated Acres in the Lake Altus Drainage Basin, Oklahoma and Texas, 2000 Growing Season
J.R. Masoner, C.S. Mladinich, A.M. Konduris, S. Jerrod Smith
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4155
Increased demand for water in the Lake Altus drainage basin requires more accurate estimates of water use for irrigation. The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, is investigating new techniques to improve water-use estimates for irrigation purposes in the Lake Altus drainage basin. Empirical estimates...
Selected Images of the Pu'u 'O'o-Kupaianaha Eruption, 1983-1997
Taeko Jane Takahashi, Christina C. Heliker, Michael F. Diggles
2003, Data Series 80
The 100 images in this CD?ROM have been selected from the collections of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory as enduring favorites of the staff, researchers, media, designers, and the public over time. They represent photographs of a variety of geological phenomena and eruptive events, chosen for their content, quality of exposure,...
Simulation of streamflow and estimation of streamflow constituent loads in the San Antonio River watershed, Bexar County, Texas, 1997-2001
Darwin J. Ockerman, Kenna C. McNamara
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4030
The U.S. Geological Survey developed watershed models (Hydrological Simulation Program—FORTRAN) to simulate streamflow and estimate streamflow constituent loads from five basins that compose the San Antonio River watershed in Bexar County, Texas. Rainfall and streamflow data collected during 1997–2001 were used to calibrate and test the model. The model was...
Patterns and sources of fecal coliform bacteria in three streams in Virginia, 1999-2000
Kenneth Hyer, Douglas Moyer
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4115
Surface-water impairment by fecal coliform bacteria is a water-quality issue of national scope and importance. In Virginia, more than 175 stream segments are on the Commonwealth's 1998 303(d) list of impaired waters because of elevated concentrations of fecal coliform bacteria. These fecal coliform-impaired stream segments require the development of total maximum daily load...
Simulation of hydrodynamics, temperature, and dissolved oxygen in Bull Shoals Lake, Arkansas, 1994-1995
Joel M. Galloway, W. Reed Green
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4077
Outflow from Bull Shoals Lake and other White River reservoirs supports a cold-water trout fishery of substantial economic yield in north-central Arkansas and south-central Missouri. The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission has requested an increase in existing minimum flows through the Bull Shoals Lake dam to increase the amount of...
Simulation of streamflow and water quality in the White Clay Creek subbasin of the Christina River Basin, Pennsylvania and Delaware, 1994-98
Lisa A. Senior, Edward H. Koerkle
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4031
The Christina River Basin drains 565 square miles (mi2) in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Delaware. Water from the basin is used for recreation, drinking water supply, and to support aquatic life. The Christina River Basin includes the major subbasins of Brandywine Creek, White Clay Creek, and Red Clay Creek. The White...
Numerical simulation of ground-water flow in La Crosse County, Wisconsin, and into nearby pools of the Mississippi River
Randall J. Hunt, David A. Saad, Dawn M. Chapel
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4154
This report describes a two-dimensional regional screening model and two associated three-dimensional ground-water flow models that were developed to simulate the ground-water flow systems in La Crosse County, Wisconsin, and Pool 8 of the Mississippi River. Although the geographic extents of the three-dimensional models were slightly different, both were derived...
Typing mineral deposits using their grades and tonnages in an artificial neural network
Donald A. Singer, Ryoichi Kouda
2003, Natural Resources Research (12) 201-208
A test of the ability of a probabilistic neural network to classify deposits into types on the basis of deposit tonnage and average Cu, Mo, Ag, Au, Zn, and Pb grades is conducted. The purpose is to examine whether this type of system might serve as a basis for...
