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Leaf spectra and weight of species in canopy, subcanopy, and understory layers in a Venezuelan Andean Cloud Forest (open access)

Leaf spectra and weight of species in canopy, subcanopy, and understory layers in a Venezuelan Andean Cloud Forest

Article discussing leaf spectra and the weight of species in canopy, subcanopy, and understory layers in a Venezuelan Andean cloud forest.
Date: 2012
Creator: Acevedo, Miguel F. & Ataroff, Michele
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

Wildlife Monitoring

This presentation discusses research on solar powered wildlife monitoring systems. The goal of the project was to develop an off grid video system using solar power for collecting visual data of the burrowing owl roosting behavior in the West Texas region.
Date: July 28, 2013
Creator: Jones, Raechelle; Meyer, Chelsea; Wolf, Lori; Williams, Jennifer & Acevedo, Miguel F.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Rocket Recovery Systems for High Power Model Rocketry

This presentation discusses research on rocket recovery systems for high power model rocketry using Arduino microprocessors with GPS and GSM shields for tracking. This research is part of Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Sensor Education, a National Science Foundation (NSF) funded grant project.
Date: 2013
Creator: Bih, Michael; Gscheidle, Karl H.; Hardy, Debra; Kulle, Gregory; Acevedo, Miguel F.; Kollipara, Naveen et al.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

GPS Tracking of High Power Model Rockets

Poster presented as part of the Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Sensor Education, a National Science Foundation (NSF) funded grant project. This poster discusses research on GPS/GSM based tracking systems for the recovery of high power model rockets.
Date: 2013
Creator: Gscheidle, Karl H.; Hardy, Debra; Kulle, Gregory; Bih, Michael; Acevedo, Miguel F. & Kollipara, Naveen
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Solar Powered Security Systems to Monitor Wildlife

This poster discusses research on creating a solar powered wildlife monitoring system using a security system, Arduino, PIR motion sensor and solar panels with a battery bank.
Date: 2013
Creator: Jones, Raechelle; Meyer, Chelsea; Wolf, Lori; Acevedo, Miguel F. & Williams, Jennifer
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
Solar Powered PIR Security System to Monitor Wildlife (open access)

Solar Powered PIR Security System to Monitor Wildlife

This poster discusses research on building a solar powered PIR security system to monitor wildlife. Researchers introduce the concept of off-grid wildlife video monitoring using a security system, a microcontroller, passive infrared motion sensor and the solar panels with a battery bank.
Date: 2013
Creator: Jones, Raechelle; Meyer, Chelsea; Wolf, Lori; Acevedo, Miguel F. & Williams, Jennifer
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Impactos Potenciales de los Cambios Climaticos Globales en los Sistemas Agricolas y en los Ecosistemas Terrestres de Venezuela: Resultados Preliminares (open access)

Impactos Potenciales de los Cambios Climaticos Globales en los Sistemas Agricolas y en los Ecosistemas Terrestres de Venezuela: Resultados Preliminares

Report on the potential impacts of global climate change in the farming systems and terrestrial ecosystems in Venezuela.
Date: October 1991
Creator: Acevedo, Miguel F.; Andressen, Rigoberto; Jaimez, Ramón E.; La Cruz, Luis & Maytin, Carlos E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Complejo Hidroelectrico General Jose Antonio Paez: Sedimentos en el Embalse (open access)

Complejo Hidroelectrico General Jose Antonio Paez: Sedimentos en el Embalse

This report is on a study to quantify the production of sediment created by erosion in the upper basin of the Rio Santo Domingo dam site and determine the magnitude of the problem of sedimentation in the "Hydroelectric Complex General Jose Antonio Paez" reservoir.
Date: 1975
Creator: Yanes, Adolfo & Guevara, Juan M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Taller de Trabajo  sobre evaluación de los Efectos Ecológicos de los Cambios Climáticos Globales (open access)

Taller de Trabajo sobre evaluación de los Efectos Ecológicos de los Cambios Climáticos Globales

This report discusses the Ecological Effects Assessment of Climatic changes in Venezuela Workshop, organized by the PAN-EARTH Project and the Centre for Ecology of the Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research (IVIC). The main objective was the evaluation of the effects of climate changes on the main ecosystems in Venezuela using ecological models.
Date: July 1990
Creator: Acevedo, Miguel F.; Andressen, Rigoberto; Arends, Ernesto; Azocar, Aura; Borges, Felix; Corvo, Fernando et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
PAN-EARTH/FONAIAP Workshop on Crop Model Training and Calibration (open access)

PAN-EARTH/FONAIAP Workshop on Crop Model Training and Calibration

This report discusses a PAN-EARTH / Fondo Nacional de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (FONAIAP) Workshop on Crop Model Training and Calibration.
Date: November 1989
Creator: Acevedo, Miguel F.; Andressen, Rigoberto; Azocar, Aura; Bisbal, Evelyn; Comerma, Juan; Corvo, Fernando et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Proyecto PAN-EARTH Estudio de Caso Venezuela: Informe de Actividades Octubre 1988 - Marzo 1990 (open access)

Proyecto PAN-EARTH Estudio de Caso Venezuela: Informe de Actividades Octubre 1988 - Marzo 1990

This is the activity report for the PAN-EARTH Project Case Study Venezuela from October 1988 to March 1990.
Date: April 11, 1990
Creator: Acevedo, Miguel F. & Jaimez, Ramón E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
PAN-EARTH Project: Summary of Annual Report 1989-1990 (open access)

PAN-EARTH Project: Summary of Annual Report 1989-1990

This report is a summary of the PAN-EARTH Project Annual Report from 1989-1990.
Date: 1989/1990
Creator: Harwell, Mark A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Evaluation of Climate Change Impacts on Wetland Vegetation in the Dunhuang Yangguan National Nature Reserve in Northwest China Using Landsat Derived NDVI (open access)

Evaluation of Climate Change Impacts on Wetland Vegetation in the Dunhuang Yangguan National Nature Reserve in Northwest China Using Landsat Derived NDVI

This article uses 41 Landsat images between 1988 and 2016 to calculate the normalized difference vegetation indices (NVDIs) of the wetland vegetation at Xitugou (XTG) and Wowachi (WWC) inside the Dunhuang Yangguan National Nature Reserve in northwest China in order to assess the impacts of climate change on wetland vegetation.
Date: May 10, 2018
Creator: Pan, Feifei; Xie, Jianping; Lin, Juming; Zhao, Tingwei; Ji, Yongyuan; Hu, Qi et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Performance Comparison of Passive Structures with Multiple Gates and Funnels for Capturing Contaminated Groundwater (open access)

Performance Comparison of Passive Structures with Multiple Gates and Funnels for Capturing Contaminated Groundwater

This article describes the evaluation of the capability of passive interceptors with multiple gates for directing the flow of contaminated groundwater.
Date: September 2007
Creator: Hudak, Paul F.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Controlling Gully Erosion with Earth Dams in North-Central Texas (open access)

Controlling Gully Erosion with Earth Dams in North-Central Texas

This article describes the use of earth dams for controlling gully erosion in part of the Eastern Cross Timbers of North-Central Texas.
Date: January 2001
Creator: Hudak, Paul F. & Chadbourne, John
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Lightning, Downed Power Line Form Intriguing Rock Structure in Denton, Texas (open access)

Lightning, Downed Power Line Form Intriguing Rock Structure in Denton, Texas

This article describes a vitrified soil structure, formed by atmospheric and human activity, possessing characteristics of igneous and metamorphic rocks.
Date: March 2003
Creator: Hudak, Paul F. & Maxey, George
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
TNR and conservation on a university campus: a political ecological perspective (open access)

TNR and conservation on a university campus: a political ecological perspective

Article discussing TNR and conservation on a university campus and a political ecological perspective.
Date: September 25, 2013
Creator: Dombrosky, Jonathan & Wolverton, Steven J.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Modelos de Simulación a Diferentes Escalas de la Dinámica del Bosque Tropical. Reserva Forestal Imataca. Sector Central. (open access)

Modelos de Simulación a Diferentes Escalas de la Dinámica del Bosque Tropical. Reserva Forestal Imataca. Sector Central.

Thesis submitted to the National Experimental University of Guayana as partial requirement for the degree of Master of Science in Environmental Science. This thesis discusses simulation models at different scales of tropical forest dynamics.
Date: June 2000
Creator: Delgado, Luz A. & Acevedo, Miguel F.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Proyecto Orinoco - Apure: Información sobre el Delta del Rio Orinoco y otros Sistemas Deltaicos Tropicales (open access)

Proyecto Orinoco - Apure: Información sobre el Delta del Rio Orinoco y otros Sistemas Deltaicos Tropicales

Report for the Project Orinoco - Apure. This report discusses information on the Orinoco river delta and other deltaic tropical systems.
Date: July 1983
Creator: Acevedo, Miguel F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Proyecto Orinoco - Apure: Informacion ambiental y ecologica sobre los llanos del rio Orinoco. Seccion 3 (open access)

Proyecto Orinoco - Apure: Informacion ambiental y ecologica sobre los llanos del rio Orinoco. Seccion 3

Report for the Project Orinoco - Apure. This report discusses environmental and ecological information on the plains of the Orinoco river.
Date: June 1985
Creator: Acevedo, Miguel F.; Silva, Juan F. & Raventós, José
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Venezuela Mini-Workshops Reports: Caracas and Merida, May 1989: National Problems Caused by Global Climate Change (open access)

Venezuela Mini-Workshops Reports: Caracas and Merida, May 1989: National Problems Caused by Global Climate Change

Reports on Venezuela mini-workshops held in Caracas and Mérida in May 1989 on national problems caused by global climate change.
Date: May 1989
Creator: Acevedo, Miguel F.; Tonella, Giorgio & Jaimez, Ramón E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Estimating FPAR of Maize Canopy Using Airborne Discrete-Return LiDAR Data (open access)

Estimating FPAR of Maize Canopy Using Airborne Discrete-Return LiDAR Data

This article tests a method to estimate the fraction of absorbed photosynthetically active radiation (FPAR) of maize from airborne discrete-return LiDAR data.
Date: February 26, 2014
Creator: Luo, Shezhou; Wang, Cheng; Xi, Xiaohuan & Pan, Feifei
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Lancet Countdown: tracking progress on health and climate change (open access)

The Lancet Countdown: tracking progress on health and climate change

This article outlines the potential indicators and indicator domains to be tracked by the Lancet Countdown working groups, with suggestions on the methodologies and datasets available to achieve this end.
Date: November 14, 2016
Creator: Watts, Nick; Adger, W. Neil; Ayeb-Karlsson, Sonja; Bai, Yuqi; Byass, Peter; Campbell-Lendrum, Diarmid et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Health and Climate Change: policy responses to protect public health (open access)

Health and Climate Change: policy responses to protect public health

This article summarizes key messages from the 2015 Lancet Commission on Health and Climate Change, accompanied by ten underlying recommendations to accelerate action in the next 5 years.
Date: June 22, 2015
Creator: Watts, Nick; Adger, W. Neil; Agnolucci, Paolo; Blackstock, Jason; Byass, Peter; Cai, Wenjia et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library