Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5136

U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5136

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Conversion Factors, Datums, and Abbreviations and Acronyms

Conversion Factors

Multiply By To obtain
centimeter (cm) 0.3937 inch
cubic meter per second (m3/s) 35.31 cubic foot per second
kilometer (km) 0.6214 mile
kilometer (km) 0.5400 mile, nautical
meter (m) 3.281 foot
meter per second (m/s) 3.281 foot per second
square kilometer (km2) 0.3861 square mile

Temperature in degrees Celsius (ºC) may be converted to degrees Fahrenheit (ºF) as follows:

°F=(1.8×°C)+32.

Specific conductance is given in microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius (µS/cm at 25ºC).

Datums

Vertical coordinate information in referenced to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88).

Horizontal coordinate information is referenced to the North American Datum of 1983 (NAD 83).

Altitude, as used in this report, refers to distance above the vertical datum.

Abbreviations and Acronyms

Abbreviations and Acronyms Definition
FLIR Forward-looking infrared radiometer
GPS Global Positioning System
LTC Laptop computer
WAAS Wide Area Augmentation System

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