The Hawaiian Monk Seal on Laysan Island, 1986 (open access)

The Hawaiian Monk Seal on Laysan Island, 1986

This report is based on an observational study on the Hawaiian monk seal at Laysan Island, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, from May 4 to August 4 1986. Data includes population rates, reproductive rates, deaths, injuries, necropsies, and entanglements.
Date: December 1993
Creator: Alcorn, Doris J. & Westlake, Robin L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hydrothermal Alteration in the Mount Hood Area, Oregon (open access)

Hydrothermal Alteration in the Mount Hood Area, Oregon

A report which describes the hydrothermal alteration of numerous outcrop samples collected in the vicinity of Mount Hood, as well as drill cuttings from 13 of the geothermal drill holes for which we were able to obtain sample splits.
Date: 1993
Creator: Bargar, Keith E.; Keith, Terry E. C. & Beeson, Melvin H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Kinematics of the Aspen Grove Landslide, Ephraim Canyon, Central Utah (open access)

Kinematics of the Aspen Grove Landslide, Ephraim Canyon, Central Utah

From Abstract: This report describes the kinematics of the Aspen Grove landslide of Ephraim Canyon in central Utah that moved during the spring and summer months of 1983-86.
Date: 1993
Creator: Baum, Rex L.; Fleming, Robert W. & Johnson, Arvid M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Burlington Bottoms Habitat Evaluation (open access)

Burlington Bottoms Habitat Evaluation

Burlington Bottoms, consisting of approximately 417 acres of riparian and wetland habitat, was purchased by the Bonneville Power Administration in November 1991. The site is located approximately 1/2 mile north of the Sauvie Island Bridge (T2N R1W Sections 20, 21), and is bound on the east side by Multnomah Channel and on the west side by the Burlington Northern Railroad right-of-way and U.S. Highway 30 (Figures 1 and 2). Wildlife habitat values resulting from the purchase of this site will contribute toward the goal of mitigating for habitat lost as outlined in the Columbia and Willamette River Basin's Fish and Wildlife Program and Amendments. Under this Program, mitigation goals were developed as a result of the loss of wildlife habitat due to the development and operation of Federal hydro-electric facilities in the Columbia and Willamette River Basins. In 1993, an interdisciplinary team was formed to develop and implement quantitative Habitat Evaluation Procedures (HEP) to document the value of various habitats at Burlington Bottoms. Results of the HEP will be used to: (1) determine the current status and habitat enhancement potential of the site consistent with wildlife mitigation goals and objectives; and (2) develop a management plan for the area. HEP …
Date: August 1993
Creator: Beilke, Susan
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sedimentology and Depositional History of the Lower Paleocene Tullock Member of the Fort Union Formation, Powder River Basin, Wyoming and Montana (open access)

Sedimentology and Depositional History of the Lower Paleocene Tullock Member of the Fort Union Formation, Powder River Basin, Wyoming and Montana

From abstract: This report is a study on the history of sedimentology and deposition of the lower Paleocene Tullock Member of the Fort Union Formation, Powder River Basin, Wyoming and Montana while looking at the geometry and sedimentary structures.
Date: 1993
Creator: Brown, Janet L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ray Roberts Lake Year Six Post Impoundment Landuse, October 1993

Map showing the area around Ray Roberts Lake in Northern Texas. It contains a color coded legend indicating a variety of geographical features.
Date: October 1993
Creator: CRSLA
Object Type: Map
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comparison of the Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary Impact Events and the 0.77-Ma Australasian Tektite Event: Relevance to Mass Extinction (open access)

Comparison of the Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary Impact Events and the 0.77-Ma Australasian Tektite Event: Relevance to Mass Extinction

A report that discusses the interpretation of impact shock evidence found in the K-T boundary sections and discusses the constraints imposed by the Australasian tektites and microtektites on the role of the 180-km Chicxulub crater in mass extinction.
Date: 1993
Creator: Chao, E. C. T.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Bridge, Volume 1, Number 1, November 1993 (open access)

The Bridge, Volume 1, Number 1, November 1993

Quarterly newsletter of the Community Resource Coordination Groups of Texas discussing news and events, work of the CRCGs, and other information related to the coordination of medical and social services for juveniles who need specialized care.
Date: November 1993
Creator: Community Resource Coordination Groups (CRCG) of Texas
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Preliminary reentry safety assessment of the General Purpose Heat Source module for the Cassini mission: Aerospace Nuclear Safety Program (open access)

Preliminary reentry safety assessment of the General Purpose Heat Source module for the Cassini mission: Aerospace Nuclear Safety Program

As asked by the U. S. Department of Energy/Office of Special Applications, and in support of the Environmental Impact Statement for the Cassini mission, The Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL) has conducted preliminary one-dimensional ablation and thermal analyses of the General Purpose Heat Source (GPHS). The predicted earth entry conditions provided by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) for a Cassini Venus-Venus-Earth-Jupiter Gravity Assist (VVEJGA) trajectory were used as initial conditions. The results of this study which constitute the initial reentry analysis assessment leading to the Cassini Updated Safety, Analysis Report (USAR) are discussed in this document.
Date: April 1, 1993
Creator: Conn, D. W. & Brenza, P. T.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Meeting the Press: A Media Survival Guide for the Defense Manager (open access)

Meeting the Press: A Media Survival Guide for the Defense Manager

Pamphlet advising public servants on best practices when they are communicating with the media.
Date: 1993
Creator: Conner, Judson, 1925-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Parameterization of Convective Clouds Mesoscale Convective Systems, and Convective-Generated Cirrus. Final Report, September 15, 1990--October 31, 1993 (open access)

Parameterization of Convective Clouds Mesoscale Convective Systems, and Convective-Generated Cirrus. Final Report, September 15, 1990--October 31, 1993

The overall goal of this research is to develop a scheme to parameterize diabatic heating, moisture/water substance, and momentum transports, and precipitation from mesoscale convective systems (MCSs) for use in general circulation models (GCMs). Our approach is to perform explicit cloud-resolving simulations of MCSs in the spirit of the GEWEX Cloud Systems Study (GCSS), by using the Regional Atmospheric Modeling System (RAMS) developed at Colorado State University (CSU). We then perform statistical analyses (conditional sampling, ensemble-averages, trajectory analyses) of simulated MCSs to assist in fabricating a parameterization scheme, calibrating coefficients, and provide independent tests of the efficacy of the parameterization scheme. A cloud-resolving simulation of ordinary cumulonimbi forced by sea breeze fronts has been completed. Analysis of this case and comparison with parameterized convection simulations has resulted in a number of refinements in the scheme. Three three-dimensional, cloud-resolving simulations of MCSs have been completed. Statistical analyses of model-output data are being performed to assist in developing a parameterization scheme of MCSs in general circulation models.
Date: November 5, 1993
Creator: Cotton, W. R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Grassland/Atmosphere Response to Changing Climate: Coupling Regional and Local Scales. Final Report (open access)

Grassland/Atmosphere Response to Changing Climate: Coupling Regional and Local Scales. Final Report

The objectives of the study were: to evaluate the response of grassland ecosystems to atmospheric change at regional and site scales, and to develop multiscaled modeling systems to relate ecological and atmospheric models with different spatial and temporal resolutions. A menu-driven shell was developed to facilitate use of models at different temporal scales and to facilitate exchange information between models at different temporal scales. A detailed ecosystem model predicted that C{sub 3} temperate grasslands wig respond more strongly to elevated CO{sub 2} than temperate C{sub 4} grasslands in the short-term while a large positive N-PP response was predicted for a C{sub 4} Kenyan grassland. Long-term climate change scenarios produced either decreases or increases in Colorado plant productivity (NPP) depending on rainfall, but uniform increases in N-PP were predicted in Kenya. Elevated CO{sub 2} is likely to have little effect on ecosystem carbon storage in Colorado while it will increase carbon storage in Kenya. A synoptic climate classification processor (SCP) was developed to evaluate results of GCM climate sensitivity experiments. Roughly 80% agreement was achieved with manual classifications. Comparison of lx and 2xCO{sub 2} GCM Simulations revealed relatively small differences.
Date: October 1, 1993
Creator: Coughenour, M. B.; Kittel, T. G. F.; Pielke, R. A. & Eastman, J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
40Ar/39Ar Age Spectra and Total-Fusion Ages of Tektites from Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary Sedimentary Rocks in the Beloc Formation, Haiti (open access)

40Ar/39Ar Age Spectra and Total-Fusion Ages of Tektites from Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary Sedimentary Rocks in the Beloc Formation, Haiti

A report about Haitian tektites at the paleontological K-T boundary along with an Ir abundance anomaly and shocked quartz.
Date: 1993
Creator: Dalrymple, G. Brent; Izett, Glen A.; Snee, Lawrence W. & Obradovich, John D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Alcohol and the Older Driver (open access)

Alcohol and the Older Driver

Report regarding alcohol consumption among the elderly, aged persons driving under the influence of alcohol, and possible side-effects of alcohol.
Date: 1993
Creator: Dennis, Maurice E.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Statistical Guidelines for a Pilot Observer Program to Estimate Turtle Takes in the Hawaii Longline Fishery (open access)

Statistical Guidelines for a Pilot Observer Program to Estimate Turtle Takes in the Hawaii Longline Fishery

Abstract: Statistical guidelines are described for the development of a pilot scientific observer sampling program to collect turtle interactions data from the Hawaii longline fishery. The best available data are presented and potential sources of variability in longline turtle take rates are discussed. A stratified sampling design for a pilot survey is developed based on time and target species. An array of sample size choices for the pilot program is presented covering a range of tolerance levels and confidence levels for estimation of total turtle take.
Date: November 1993
Creator: DiNardo, Gerard T.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Seaman Volcanic Center—A Rare Middle Tertiary Stratovolcano in Southern Nevada (open access)

The Seaman Volcanic Center—A Rare Middle Tertiary Stratovolcano in Southern Nevada

A report about the Seaman volcanic center which is a composite, middle Tertiary stratovolcano in southern Nevada.
Date: 1993
Creator: Du Bray, Edward A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Stanford Canyon Quadrangle, Cochise County, Arizona: Analytic Data and Geologic Sample Catalog (open access)

Stanford Canyon Quadrangle, Cochise County, Arizona: Analytic Data and Geologic Sample Catalog

From abstract: Information in this report supplements the geologic map of the Stanford Canyon quadrangle that provides chemical data, thin sections, and hand specimens for each of the samples collected in the quadrangle.
Date: 1993
Creator: Du Bray, Edward A. & Pallister, John S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Biology and Population Status of Marine Turtles in the North Pacific Ocean (open access)

The Biology and Population Status of Marine Turtles in the North Pacific Ocean

From objectives and scope of work: The objective of this report is to provide a comprehensive review of the biology and population status of sea turtles potentially subject to entanglement in North Pacific high-seas driftnet fisheries. The report will assist National Marine Fisheries Service efforts to assess the impacts of the driftnet fisheries on threatened and endangered sea turtle populations.
Date: September 1993
Creator: Eckert, Karen L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Inside the Edwards Aquifer: A Three Part Technical Film, High School Level Teacher's Guide (open access)

Inside the Edwards Aquifer: A Three Part Technical Film, High School Level Teacher's Guide

Accompanying information and worksheets for high school teachers to have alongside a three-part series on the Edwards Aquifer. Includes information on the vocabulary and topics covered in each part of the three-part series.
Date: 1993
Creator: Edwards Underground Water District (Tex.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Water Source, February 1993 (open access)

The Water Source, February 1993

Quarterly newsletter of the Edwards Underground Water District discussing news and activities of the organization as well as other information related to water in southern Texas.
Date: February 1993
Creator: Edwards Underground Water District (Tex.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Water Source, May 1993 (open access)

The Water Source, May 1993

Quarterly newsletter of the Edwards Underground Water District discussing news and activities of the organization as well as other information related to water in southern Texas.
Date: May 1993
Creator: Edwards Underground Water District (Tex.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Water Source, October 1993 (open access)

The Water Source, October 1993

Quarterly newsletter of the Edwards Underground Water District discussing news and activities of the organization as well as other information related to water in southern Texas.
Date: October 1993
Creator: Edwards Underground Water District (Tex.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Water Source, Summer 1993 (open access)

The Water Source, Summer 1993

Quarterly newsletter of the Edwards Underground Water District discussing news and activities of the organization as well as other information related to water in southern Texas.
Date: Summer 1993
Creator: Edwards Underground Water District (Tex.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Edwards Aquifer Hydrogeologic Status Report for 1992 (open access)

Edwards Aquifer Hydrogeologic Status Report for 1992

Report on the status of the Edwards Aquifer, discussing current and historic water levels, trends, and water quality.
Date: August 1993
Creator: Edwards Underground Water District (Tex.). Field Operations Division.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History