Evapotranspiration estimation using a normalized difference vegetation index transformation of satellite data
P. M. Seevers, R. W. Ottmann
1994, Hydrological Sciences Journal (39) 333-345
Evapotranspiration of irrigated crops on two irrigation service areas along the lower Colorado River was estimated using a normalized difference vegetation index of satellite data. A procedure was developed which equated the index to crop coefficients. Evapotranspiration estimates for fields for three dates of thematic mapper data were highly correlated...
Pathology of sea otters
T.P. Lipscomb, Richard K. Harris, A.H. Rebar, Brenda E. Ballachey, Romona J. Haebler
Thomas R. Loughlin, editor(s)
1994, Book chapter, Marine mammals and the <i>Exxon Valdez</i>
In the months following the Exxon Valdez oil spill (EVOS), 994 sea otters (Enhydra lutris) from oil-spill-affected areas died (Doroff et al. 1993). Carcasses collected from these areas and otters that died in rehabilitation centers are included in this number. The actual number that died was probably much greater.Within days...
Analysis of the results of hydraulic-fracture stimulation of two crystalline bedrock boreholes, Grand Portage, Minnesota
Fredrick L. Paillet, James D. Olson
1994, Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4044
Hydraulic fracture-stimulation procedures typical of those provided by contractors in the water-well industry were applied to two boreholes in basaltic and gabbroic rocks near Grand Portage, Minnesota.These boreholes were considered incapable of supplying adequate ground water for even a single household although geophysical logs showed both boreholes were intersected by...
Acoustic mapping as an environmental management tool: I. detection of barrels of low-level radioactive waste, Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary, California
Herman A. Karl, William C. Schwab, A. St. C. Wright, David E. Drake, John L. Chin, William W. Danforth, Edward Ueber
1994, Ocean and Coastal Management (22) 201-227
The oceans have been and will continue to be disposal sites for a wide variety of waste products. Often these wastes are not dumped at the designated sites or transport occurs during or after dumping, and, subsequent attempts to monitor the effects the waste products have on the environment are...
Historical shoreline mapping (I): improving techniques and reducing positioning errors
E. Robert Thieler, William W. Danforth
1994, Journal of Coastal Research (10) 549-563
A critical need exists among coastal researchers and policy-makers for a precise method to obtain shoreline positions from historical maps and aerial photographs. A number of methods that vary widely in approach and accuracy have been developed to meet this need. None of the existing methods, however, address the entire...
Estimates of monthly streamflow characteristics and dominant-discharge hydrographs for selected sites in the lower Missouri and Little Missouri River basins in Montana
Charles Parrett, D.R. Johnson
1994, Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4098
Various streamflow characteristics were estimated for water-reservation purposes for 17 sites in the lower Missouri River Basin and four sites in the Little Missouri River Basin in Montana. The characteristics were mean monthly and annual streamflow and monthly mean streamflow that is exceeded 90, 80, 50, and 20 percent of...
Distribution and conservation status of coastal sage scrub in southwestern California
Frank W. Davis, P.A. Stine, D.M. Stoms
1994, Journal of Vegetation Science (5) 743-756
A landscape-based characterization of vegetation has been developed for southwestern California using satellite imagery, air photos, existing vegetation maps, and field data. Distribution maps of nine dominant coastal scrub species and 13 species assemblages that were identified by divisive information analysis have been analyzed to quantify spatial patterns of species...
Large-scale deformation related to the collision of the Aleutian Arc with Kamchatka
Eric L. Geist, David W. Scholl
1994, Tectonics (13) 538-560
The far western Aleutian Island Arc is actively colliding with Kamchatka. Westward motion of the Aleutian Arc is brought about by the tangential relative motion of the Pacific plate transferred to major, right-lateral shear zones north and south of the arc. Early geologic mapping of Cape Kamchatka (a promontory of...
500-MHz ground penetrating radar data collected during an intentional spill of tetrachloroethylene at Canadian Forces Base Borden in 1991
Kathleen A. Sander, G.R. Olhoeft
1994, Data Series 25
Geologic features of the sea bottom around a municipal sludge dumpsite near 39 degrees N., 73 degrees W., offshore New Jersey and New York
James M. Robb
1994, Open-File Report 94-152
The sea-floor of a dumpsite area offshore New York and New Jersey (Deep-water dumpsite 106) was studied using detailed bathymetry, sidescan-sonar images, subbottom profiles, bottom photographs, and bottom-sediment samples. These data show that this continental rise area contains deposits of submarine landslides and pathways of sediment gravity flows. Images of...
Estimation of water withdrawal and distribution, water use, and wastewater collection and return flow in Cumberland, Rhode Island, 1988
M.A. Horn, P. A. Craft, Lisa Bratton
1994, Water-Resources Investigations Report 93-4023
Water-use data collected in Rhode Island by different State agencies or maintained by different public suppliers and wastewater- treatment facilities need to be integrated if these data are to be used in making water- resource management decisions. Water-use data for the town of Cumberland, a small area in northeastern...
Yields of bedrock wells in Massachusetts
B. P. Hansen, A.C. Simcox
1994, Water-Resources Investigations Report 93-4115
Six to seven percent of the population of Massachusetts obtains its water from domestic bedrock wells. Additional public, commercial, industrial, and domestic supplies from bedrock will be needed in the future. Information about the factors that are related to large well yields is needed. The factors associated with well yields...
Digital bedrock geologic map of the Mount Holly and Ludlow quadrangles, Vermont: Database
Gregory J. Walsh, Nicholas M. Ratcliffe, John B. Dudley, Thomas Merrifield
1994, Open-File Report 94-229-B
No abstract available....
Accuracy, reproducibility, and interpretation of fatty acid methyl ester profiles of model bacterial communities
Haack S. Kidd, H. Garchow, D.A. Odelson, L.J. Forney, M.J. Klug
1994, Applied and Environmental Microbiology (60) 2483-2493
We determined the accuracy and reproducibility of whole-community fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) analysis with two model bacterial communities differing in composition by using the Microbial ID, Inc. (MIDI), system. The biomass, taxonomic structure, and expected MIDI-FAME profiles under a variety of environmental conditions were known for these model communities...
Lake-level history of Lake Michigan for the past 12,000 years: the record from deep lacustrine sediments
Steven M. Colman, Richard M. Forester, Richard L. Reynolds, Donald S. Sweetkind, John W. King, Paul Gangemi, Glenn A. Jones, Loyd D. Keigwin, David S. Foster
1994, Journal of Great Lakes Research (20) 73-92
Collection and analysis of an extensive set of seismic-reflection profiles and cores from southern Lake Michigan have provided new data that document the history of the lake basin for the past 12,000 years. Analyses of the seismic data, together with radiocarbon dating, magnetic, sedimentologic, isotopic, and paleontologic studies of...
Meteorological, stream-discharge, and water-quality data for 1986 through 1991 from two small basins in central Nevada
P. W. McKinley, T.A. Oliver
1994, Open-File Report 93-651
Further discussions on the relationship between cumulated intercepted solar radiation and crop growth
T.H. Demetriades-Shah, M. Fuchs, E.T. Kanemasu, I.D. Flitcroft
1994, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology (68) 231-242
A strong correlation exists between intercepted solar radiation and crop growth. We cautioned that many derivations of the functional relationship between solar energy and biomass use cumulated data, and therefore have logical and arithmetic weaknesses. We examined the growth response of plants to solar energy by using rates of change,...
Water resources data, Nebraska, water year 1993
J.A. Boohar, C.G. Hoy, G. V. Steele
1994, Water Data Report NE-93-1
No abstract available. ...
Mapping raster imagery to the interrupted Goode Homolosine projection
D.R. Steinwand
1994, International Journal of Remote Sensing (15) 3463-3471
Because of the increasing emphasis on global monitoring, processing remotely-sensed raster image data onto global map projections has become an important issue. One class of map projections, interrupted equal-area projections, is especially useful for this purpose. The use of the Interrupted Goode Homolosine map projection for the Global Land Advanced...
Regional Aquifer-System Analysis Program of the U.S. Geological Survey, 1978-1992
Ren Jen Sun, Richard H. Johnston
1994, Circular 1099
The major ground-water systems of the United States have been investigated by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) through its Regional Aquifer-System Analysis (RASA) Program. During the first 15 years of the program (1978-92), 25 regional aquifer systems, including the most heavily pumped aquifers in the Nation, were intensively studied. As...
Water resources data, Alabama, water year 1993
J. L. Pearman, F.C. Sedberry, V.E. Stricklin, P.W. Cole
1994, Water Data Report AL-93-1
The Water Resources Division of the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with State and Federal agencies, obtains a large amount of data pertaining to the water resources of Alabama each water year. These data, accumulated during many water years, constitute a valuable data base for developing an improved understanding of...
Geohydrology and simulated ground-water flow in an irrigated area of northwestern Indiana
L. D. Arihood, M.E. Basch
1994, Water-Resources Investigations Report 92-4046
Water for irrigation in parts of Newton and Jasper Counties and adjacent areas of northwestern Indiana is pumped mostly from the carbonate- bedrock aquifer that underlies glacial drift. To help in managing the ground-water resources of the area, a three-dimensional ground-water model was developed and tested with hydrologic data collected...
Effects of controlled burning of chaparral on streamflow and sediment characteristics, East Fork Sycamore Creek, central Arizona
Stanley Baldys, H. W. Hjalmarson
1994, Water-Resources Investigations Report 93-4102
The effects of controlled burning of part of a chaparral-covered drainage basin on streamflow and sediment characteristics were studied in the upper reaches of the Sycamore Creek basin in central Arizona. A paired-watershed method was used to analyze data collected in two phases separated by the controlled burning of 45...
Water resources data, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, Water Year 1993
P.L. Diaz, Zaida Aquino, Carlos Figueroa-Alamo, R.J. Vachier, A.V. Sanchez
1994, Water Data Report PR-93-1
Simulations of the origin of fluid pressure, fracture gen eration, and the movement of fluids in the Uinta Basin, Utah
J.D. Bredehoeft, J.B. Wesley, T. D. Fouch
1994, AAPG Bulletin (78) 1729-1747
The Altamont oil field in the deep Uinta basin is known to have reservoir fluid pressures that approach lithostatic. One explanation for this high pore-fluid pressure is the generation of oil from kerogen in the Green River oil shale at depth. A three-dimensional simulation of flow in the basin was...
