Lists and analyses of the mineral springs of the United States: A preliminary study
Albert C. Peale
1886, Bulletin 32
In attempting the collection of data for the statement of the commercial value of the mineral waters of the country for publication in the report on the Mineral Resources of the United States, 1883 and 1884, it was necessary as a prerequisite to have a list of the springs from...
Tables of geographic positions, azimuths, and distances, together with lists of barometric altituudes, magnetic declinations, and itineraries of important routes, from data gathered by parties of the United States Geographical Surveys west of the 100th meridian, operating in the States and Territories of California, Colorado, Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon, Arizona, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, and Wyoming, 1883
Montgomery Meigs Macomb, George Montague Wheeler
1885, Report
Through the following tables there are presented, in accessible form, such portions of the more important numerical results of this Survey, from the year 1873 to 1879, inclusive, as it has been found neeessar, to compute pari passu with the plottings made from the field notes, together with such additional...
Report upon United States geological surveys west of the one hundredth meridian, Volume VI: Botany
George Montague Wheeler
1878, Report, Report upon United States Geographical Surveys West of the One Hundredth Meridian
Although investigations in Botany, governed in a measure by the sparsely settled condition of the regions visited, are but incidental to the systematic purpose of the Survey, which has for its main object the determination of data necessary for the construction of a detailed topographical map, yet it is believed...
Preliminary report upon a reconnaissance through southern and southeastern Nevada, made in 1869
George Montague Wheeler, D.W. Lockwood
1875, Report
By authority from headquarters Military Division of the Pacific, Lieut. George M. Wheeler, United States Engineers, will proceed with his civil assistants and three enlisted men to either Camps Halleck or Ruby, Nevada, and having been joined by Lieut. D.W. Lockwood, United States Engineers, now en route via Fort Churchill,...
Predicting species distributions: unifying model selection and scale optimization for multi-scale occupancy models
Bryan S. Stevens, Courtney J. Conway
None, Ecosphere (10)
Geographic distributions are a basic component of a species’ ecology, and predicting distributions is a fundamental task of conservation and resource management. Reliable prediction depends on identification of appropriate scales of effect for environmental data, and scale-optimization techniques are thus desirable to identify optimal scales for predictor variables. Recent statistical...
Characterizing the interface between wild ducks and poultry to evaluate the potential of transmission of avian pathogens
Julien Cappelle, Nicolas Gaidet, S. A. Iverson, John Y. Takekawa, Scott H. Newman, Bouba Fofana, Marius Gilbert
None, International Journal of Health Geographics (10)
BackgroundCharacterizing the interface between wild and domestic animal populations is increasingly recognized as essential in the context of emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) that are transmitted by wildlife. More specifically, the spatial and temporal distribution of contact rates between wild and domestic hosts is a key parameter for modeling...
Using indirect methods to constrain symbiotic nitrogen fixation rates: A case study from an Amazonian rain forest
C.C. Cleveland, B.Z. Houlton , C Neill, Sasha C. Reed, Y Wang, A.R. Townsend
None, Biogeochemistry (99) 1-13
Human activities have profoundly altered the global nitrogen (N) cycle. Increases in anthropogenic N have had multiple effects on the atmosphere, on terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems, and even on human health. Unfortunately, methodological limitations challenge our ability to directly measure natural N inputs via biological N fixation (BNF)-the largest natural source...
Simulation of the long term radiometric responses of the Terra MODIS and EO-1 ALI using Hyperion spectral responses over Railroad Valley Playa in Nevada (RVPN)
Taeyoung Choi, Xiaoxiong Xiong, Amit Angal, Gyanesh Chander
None, Conference Paper, Proceedings of SPIE 7862, Earth observing missions and sensors: Development, implementation, and characterization
The Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) Hyperion instrument provides 220 spectral bands with wavelengths between 400 and 2500 nm at 30 m spatial resolution, which covers a 7.5 km by 100 km area on the ground. The EO-1 spacecraft has another multispectral sensor called the Advanced Land Imager (ALI), which has 10...
An empirical algorithm for estimating agricultural and riparian evapotranspiration using MODIS Enhanced Vegetation Index and ground measurements of ET. II. Application to the lower Colorado River, U.S.
R. Scott Murray, Pamela L. Nagler, Kiyomi Morino, Edward P. Glenn
None, Remote Sensing (1) 1125-1138
Large quantities of water are consumed by irrigated crops and riparian vegetation in western U.S. irrigation districts. Remote sensing methods for estimating evaporative water losses by soil and vegetation (evapotranspiration, ET) over wide river stretches are needed to allocate water for agricultural and environmental needs. We used the Enhanced Vegetation...
Synthesis of ground and remote sensing data for monitoring ecosystem functions in the Colorado River Delta, Mexico
Pamela L. Nagler, Edward P. Glenn, Osvel Hinojosa-Huera
None, Remote Sensing of Environment (113) 1473-1485
The delta of the Colorado River in Mexico supports a rich mix of estuarine, wetland and riparian ecosystems that provide habitat for over 350 species of birds as well as fish, marine mammals, and other wildlife. An important part of the delta ecosystem is the riparian corridor, which is supported by agricultural return flows and...
Modeling of wave driven circulation and water quality in nearshore environments
Craig Jones, Stephen J. Angster
None, Conference Paper, Proceedings of the 2008 world environmental and water resources congress
In order to investigate the effects of nearshore discharges of water quality degrading substances and bacteria in coastal environments, models capable of predicting nearshore circulation due to local wave and tide conditions are required. One of the larger challenges to nearshore coastal modeling is accurately reproducing nearshore circulation due to...
Relationship between remotely-sensed vegetation indices, canopy attributes and plant physiological processes: What vegetation indices can and cannot tell us about the landscape
Edward P. Glenn, Alfredo R Huete, Pamela L. Nagler, Stephen G. Nelson
None, Sensors (8) 2136-2160
Vegetation indices (VIs) are among the oldest tools in remote sensing studies. Although many variations exist, most of them ratio the reflection of light in the red and NIR sections of the spectrum to separate the landscape into water, soil, and vegetation. Theoretical analyses and field studies have shown that...
Characterizing the two-dimensional thermal conductivity distribution in a sand and gravel aquifer
Jeff M. Markle, Robert A. Schincariol, J.H. Sass, John W. Molson
None, Soil Science Society of America Journal (70) 1281-1294
Both hydrologic and thermal transport properties play a significant role in the movement of heat through permeable sedimentary material; however, the thermal conductivity is rarely characterized in detailed spatial resolution. As part of a study of the movement of thermal plumes through a sand and gravel aquifer, we have constructed...
Development of stochastic modeling systems using deterministic models and GIS: Principles and a case study in the Atlantic Zone of Costa Rica
Shuguang Liu, William A. Reiners, Kenneth G. Gerow, David S Schimel, Michael Keller
None, Conference Paper
The most important requirements for large-area environmental modeling are a tight integration between models and data, and a close match of the spatial scale at which the model is developed with the scale at which the model is to be applied. To better match the scale of data with that...
Alaska resource data file: Chignak quadrangle
None, Open-File Report 2000-130
Integrated geophysical characterization of the Winthrop Landfill Southern Flow Path, Winthrop, Maine
Cian B. Dawson, John W. Lane Jr., Eric A. White, Marcel Belaval
None, Conference Paper, Proceedings: Symposium on the application of geophysics to engineering and environmental problems
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with United Technologies Corporation, used an integrated suite of borehole, surface, and water-borne geophysical methods near the site of the former Winthrop Landfill, Winthrop, Maine, to investigate the hydrogeology controlling the transport of leachate from the landfill to nearby Annabessacook Lake. During the...
Vegetation pattern on channel features in the Passage Creek Gorge, Virginia
Cliff R. Hupp
None, Castanea (48) 62-72
Persistent distribution patterns of woody vegetation within the bottomland forest of Passage Creek, Virginia, were related to fluvial landforms, channel geometry, streamflow characteristics, and sediment-size characteristics. Vegetation patterns were determined from species presence as observed in...
Sand and gravel resources of Puerto Rico
Rafael W. Rodriguez
None, Report
Many of Puerto Rico's beaches are eroding, and though rates of erosion vary, it is a major concern for the tourism and residential development industries. More than 85 percent of the population lives within 7 kilometers of the coast and they are heavily dependent on tourists that are attracted by...
