Climate Models: An Assessment of Strengths and Limitations (open access)

Climate Models: An Assessment of Strengths and Limitations

"This report assesses the strengths and limitations of climate models."
Date: July 2008
Creator: Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
Scenarios of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Atmospheric Concentrations (open access)

Scenarios of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Atmospheric Concentrations

This report provides studies on greenhouse gas emissions and atmospheric concentrations which focuses on questions raised by decision-makers regarding U.S. climate change.
Date: July 2007
Creator: Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Project Summary: Social and Economic Impacts of Outer Continental Shelf Activities on Individuals and Families] (open access)

[Project Summary: Social and Economic Impacts of Outer Continental Shelf Activities on Individuals and Families]

Summary describing the work completed at Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology, University of Arizona, Tucson for 'Social and Economic Impacts of Outer Continental Shelf Activities on Individuals and Families'. It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.
Date: July 2002
Creator: Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology, University of Arizona, Tucson
System: The UNT Digital Library
Dispersion in Broad, Shallow Estuaries: A Model Study (open access)

Dispersion in Broad, Shallow Estuaries: A Model Study

A report documenting the role of waves and currents on sediment resuspension and eventually allow development and calibration of a suspended sediment module to be coupled to the hydrodynamic model.
Date: July 2001
Creator: Inoue, Masamichi; Wiseman, William J., Jr.; Park, Dongho; Justic, Dubravko & Stone, Gregg
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Project Summary: Deepwater Program: Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Information Resources Data Search and Literature Synthesis] (open access)

[Project Summary: Deepwater Program: Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Information Resources Data Search and Literature Synthesis]

Summary describing the work completed at Continental Shelf Associates, Inc for Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Information Resources Data Search and Literature Synthesis. It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.
Date: July 2000
Creator: Continental Shelf Associates, Inc.
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Project Summary: Changing Patterns of Ownership and Control in the Petroleum Industry: Implications for the Market for Oil and Gas Leases in the Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, 1983-1999] (open access)

[Project Summary: Changing Patterns of Ownership and Control in the Petroleum Industry: Implications for the Market for Oil and Gas Leases in the Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, 1983-1999]

Report summary describing the work completed at Louisiana State University, Center for Energy Studies for 'Changing Patterns of Ownership and Control in the Petroleum Industry: Implications for the Market for Oil and Gas Leases in the Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, 1983-1999'. It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.
Date: July 2003
Creator: Louisiana State University, Center for Energy Studies
System: The UNT Digital Library
Social and Economic Impacts of Outer Continental Shelf Activities on Individuals and Families, Volume 2: Case Studies of Morgan City and New Iberia, Louisiana (open access)

Social and Economic Impacts of Outer Continental Shelf Activities on Individuals and Families, Volume 2: Case Studies of Morgan City and New Iberia, Louisiana

A report of a study which examined the nature of OCS-related work and its impacts on the lifestyle of individuals and families and on the communities in which they live, including case studies of Morgan City and New Iberia, Louisiana.
Date: July 2002
Creator: Austin, Diane; Gardner, Andrew; Higgins, Rylan; Schrag-James, Jennifer; Sparks, Shannon & Stauber, Leah
System: The UNT Digital Library
Characterization of Northern Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Hard-Bottom Communities with Emphasis on Lophelia Coral (open access)

Characterization of Northern Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Hard-Bottom Communities with Emphasis on Lophelia Coral

The final report of a study of deepwater hard bottom communities on the northern Gulf of Mexico continental slope.
Date: July 2007
Creator: CSA International, Inc.
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Project Summary: Deepwater Program: Labor Migration and the Deepwater Oil Industry in Houma] (open access)

[Project Summary: Deepwater Program: Labor Migration and the Deepwater Oil Industry in Houma]

Report summary describing the work completed at Louisiana State University for 'Deepwater Program: Labor Migration and the Deepwater Oil Industry in Houma.' It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.
Date: July 2004
Creator: Louisiana State University
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Project Summary: Study to Conduct National Register of Historic Places: Evaluations Submerged Sites on the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf] (open access)

[Project Summary: Study to Conduct National Register of Historic Places: Evaluations Submerged Sites on the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf]

Summary describing the work completed at PBS&J for 'Study to Conduct National Register of Historic Places: Evaluations Submerged Sites on the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf.' It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.
Date: July 2006
Creator: PBS&J
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Project Summary: Physical/Biological Oceanographic Integration Workshop for the DeSoto Canyon and Adjacent Shelf] (open access)

[Project Summary: Physical/Biological Oceanographic Integration Workshop for the DeSoto Canyon and Adjacent Shelf]

Summary describing the work completed at University of Alabama, Dauphin Island Sea Lab for 'Physical/Biological Oceanographic Integration Workshop for the DeSoto Canyon and Adjacent Shelf.' It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.
Date: July 2000
Creator: University of Alabama, Dauphin Island Sea Lab
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effects of Oil and Gas Exploration and Development at Selected Continental Slope Sites in the Gulf of Mexico, Volume 2: Technical Report (open access)

Effects of Oil and Gas Exploration and Development at Selected Continental Slope Sites in the Gulf of Mexico, Volume 2: Technical Report

This is a study to assess benthic impacts of drilling at four sites along the Gulf of Mexico's continental slope. Objectives studied are cuttings accumulations, seabed changes from anchors and mooring systems, debris accumulations, chemical modification of sediments, and effects on benthic organisms.
Date: July 2006
Creator: Continental Shelf Associates, Inc.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Deepwater Gulf of Mexico Environmental and Socioeconomic Data Search and Literature Synthesis, Volume 1: Narrative Report (open access)

Deepwater Gulf of Mexico Environmental and Socioeconomic Data Search and Literature Synthesis, Volume 1: Narrative Report

A report addressing the need for a comprehensive search and integration of environmental and socioeconomic data for the deepwater Gulf of Mexico.
Date: July 2000
Creator: Continental Shelf Associates, Inc.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Stability and Change in Gulf of Mexico Chemosynthetic Communities, Volume 1: Executive Summary (open access)

Stability and Change in Gulf of Mexico Chemosynthetic Communities, Volume 1: Executive Summary

"The fundamental concern of the program was the effect that development of offshore energy reserves might have upon dense assemblages of deep-sea organisms, particularly chemosynthetic tubeworms, mussels, and clams, as well as fish and crustaceans, that live in association with them."
Date: July 2002
Creator: MacDonald, Ian R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Project Summary: Accounting for Economic Change in the Gulf of Mexico: Developing a Comparative Context for Regional Economic Analysis and History] (open access)

[Project Summary: Accounting for Economic Change in the Gulf of Mexico: Developing a Comparative Context for Regional Economic Analysis and History]

Summary describing the work completed at Louisiana State University, Center for Energy Studies for Accounting for Economic Change in the Gulf of Mexico: Developing a Comparative Context for Regional Economic Analysis and History. It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.
Date: July 2006
Creator: Louisiana State University, Center for Energy Studies
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Project Summary: Northern Gulf of Mexico Continental Slope Habitats and Benthic Ecology Study] (open access)

[Project Summary: Northern Gulf of Mexico Continental Slope Habitats and Benthic Ecology Study]

Summary describing the work completed at Texas A & M University for 'Northern Gulf of Mexico Continental Slope Habitats and Benthic Ecology Study.' It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.
Date: July 2009
Creator: Texas A & M University
System: The UNT Digital Library
Compendium of Avian Occurrence Information for the Continental Shelf Waters along the Atlantic Coast of the United States: Final Report (Database Section-Seabirds) (open access)

Compendium of Avian Occurrence Information for the Continental Shelf Waters along the Atlantic Coast of the United States: Final Report (Database Section-Seabirds)

This study follows the regulatory requirements by the MMS and FWS in assessing the construction of building and wind turbines effects on marine bird populations.
Date: July 2009
Creator: O'Connell, Allan; Gardner, Beth; Gilbert, Andrew & Laurent, Kevin
System: The UNT Digital Library
Social and Economic Impacts of Outer Continental Shelf Activities on Individuals and Families, Volume 1: Final Report (open access)

Social and Economic Impacts of Outer Continental Shelf Activities on Individuals and Families, Volume 1: Final Report

The final report of a study examining the nature of OCS-related work and its impacts on the lifestyles of individuals and families and on the communities in which they live.
Date: July 2002
Creator: Austin, Diane; Coelho, Karen; Gardner, Andrew; Higgins, Rylan & McGuire, Tom
System: The UNT Digital Library
Improved Geohazards and Benthic Habitat Evaluations: Digital Acoustic Data with Ground Truth Calibrations (open access)

Improved Geohazards and Benthic Habitat Evaluations: Digital Acoustic Data with Ground Truth Calibrations

The purpose of this study was undertaken in order to provide criteria and concepts for improved interpretation of sea floor geology and habitats of sensitive benthic communities.
Date: July 2001
Creator: Roberts, Harry H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Northern Gulf of Mexico Continental Slope Habitats and Benthic Ecology Study (open access)

Northern Gulf of Mexico Continental Slope Habitats and Benthic Ecology Study

A study examining the topography, geology, geophysics, currents, hydrography, chemistry and biota of the Northern Gulf of Mexico continental slope.
Date: July 2009
Creator: Rowe, Gilbert T. & Kennicutt, Mahlon C., II
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Project Summary: Five-Year Meteorological Datasets for CALMET/CALPUFF and OCD5 Modeling of the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) Region] (open access)

[Project Summary: Five-Year Meteorological Datasets for CALMET/CALPUFF and OCD5 Modeling of the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) Region]

Summary describing the work completed at ICF International for 'Five-Year Meteorological Datasets for CALMET/CALPUFF and OCD5 Modeling of the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) Region.' It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.
Date: July 2008
Creator: ICF International
System: The UNT Digital Library
Five-Year Meteorological Datasets for CALMET/CALPUFF and OCD5 Modeling of the Gulf of Mexico Region (open access)

Five-Year Meteorological Datasets for CALMET/CALPUFF and OCD5 Modeling of the Gulf of Mexico Region

This report contains meteorological data collected over five years concerning the air quality and other environmental assessments of the Gulf of Mexico utilizing the Offshore and Coastal Dispersion (OCD5) model and the CALMET/CALPUFF modeling system.
Date: July 2008
Creator: Douglas, Sharon G. & Hudischewskyj, A. Belle
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Project Summary: Post-Hurricane Assessment of Sensitive Habitats of the Flower Garden Banks Vicinity] (open access)

[Project Summary: Post-Hurricane Assessment of Sensitive Habitats of the Flower Garden Banks Vicinity]

Summary describing the work completed at PBS&J for 'Post-Hurricane Assessment of Sensitive Habitats of the Flower Garden Banks Vicinity'. It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.
Date: July 2009
Creator: PBS&J
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Project Summary: New Remote Sensing Methodologies for the Surveillance of Ocean Features and Circulation Processes in the Gulf of Mexico] (open access)

[Project Summary: New Remote Sensing Methodologies for the Surveillance of Ocean Features and Circulation Processes in the Gulf of Mexico]

Summary describing the work completed at Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.). Coastal Studies Institute for New Remote Sensing Methodologies for the Surveillance of Ocean Features and Circulation Processes in the Gulf of Mexico. It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.
Date: July 2009
Creator: Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.). Coastal Studies Institute.
System: The UNT Digital Library