Strategic Management Plan. (open access)

Strategic Management Plan.

A report which discusses last year's Strategic Management Plan by describing the integrated activities that comprise the Department's performance management system. It also establishes five top-level priorities for business operations.
Date: July 31, 2009
Creator: United States. Department of Defense.
Object Type: Report
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
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
First Responders' Environmental Liability Due to Mass Decontamination Runoff (open access)

First Responders' Environmental Liability Due to Mass Decontamination Runoff

A report made by the EPA to alert people to the environmental issue about mass decontamination runoff.
Date: July 2009
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Loop Current Frontal Eddies Based on Satellite Remote-Sensing and Drifter Data (open access)

Loop Current Frontal Eddies Based on Satellite Remote-Sensing and Drifter Data

A project which demonstrated the application of new remote sensing methodologies to improve understanding of the basic characteristics of Loop Current Frontal Eddy Cyclones.
Date: July 2009
Creator: Walker, Nan; Leben, Robert; Anderson, Steve; Feeney, Jim; Coholan, Patrice & Sharma, Neha
Object Type: Text
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
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Post-Hurricane Assessment of Sensitive Habitats of the Flower Garden Banks Vicinity (open access)

Post-Hurricane Assessment of Sensitive Habitats of the Flower Garden Banks Vicinity

This report evaluates the damage cause by Hurricane Rita to the benthic habitats of four banks: Sonnier, McGrail, Geyer, and Bright. They measured the damage to bank caps the community structure, and used SCUBA to video record the evidence.
Date: July 2009
Creator: Robbart, Martha L.; Aronson, Richard B.; Deslarzes, Kenneth J. P.; Precht, William F.; Duncan, Leslie; Zimmer, Beth et al.
Object Type: Report
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.
Object Type: Text
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
Object Type: Text
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
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Final Implementation Report for the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (open access)

Final Implementation Report for the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008

This report on the implementation of National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2008, section 904 "Management of the Department of Defense," presents the consensus recommendations of the Department's senior management team on the assignment of duties for the Chief Management Office (CMO), the Deputy Chief Management Office, and the Military Department CMO's, as well as summarizing the Department's inaugural Strategic Management Plan.
Date: July 25, 2008
Creator: United States. Department of Defense.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
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.)
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effects of Preschool Curriculum Programs on School Readiness (open access)

Effects of Preschool Curriculum Programs on School Readiness

This report discusses preschool curricula and the effects of these curricula on children's school readiness.
Date: July 2008
Creator: Preschool Curriculum Evaluation Research Consortium
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Examination of the Development of Liquefied Natural Gas on the Gulf of Mexico (open access)

Examination of the Development of Liquefied Natural Gas on the Gulf of Mexico

A report on the role, importance, and development of liquefied natural gas regasification facilities along the Gulf of Mexico.
Date: July 2008
Creator: Dismukes, David E.
Object Type: Text
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
Object Type: Text
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
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Project Summary: Study of Deepwater Currents in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico] (open access)

[Project Summary: Study of Deepwater Currents in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico]

Summary describing the work completed at Science Applications International Corporation for 'Study of Deepwater Currents in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico.' It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.
Date: July 2008
Creator: Science Applications International Corporation
Object Type: Text
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.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Global-Change Scenarios: Their Development and Use (open access)

Global-Change Scenarios: Their Development and Use

"This report examines the development and use of scenarios in global climate change applications."
Date: July 2007
Creator: Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Project Summary: Idle Iron, Scrap, and Reuse in the Gulf of Mexico] (open access)

[Project Summary: Idle Iron, Scrap, and Reuse in the Gulf of Mexico]

Summary describing the work completed at Louisiana State University Center for Energy Studies for 'Idle Iron, Scrap, and Reuse in the Gulf of Mexico.' It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.
Date: July 2007
Creator: Louisiana State University, Center for Energy Studies
Object Type: Text
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.)
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effects of Oil and Gas Exploration and Development at Selected Continental Slope Sites in the Gulf of Mexico, Volume 1: Executive Summary (open access)

Effects of Oil and Gas Exploration and Development at Selected Continental Slope Sites in the Gulf of Mexico, Volume 1: Executive Summary

Executive summary describing 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.
Object Type: Text
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.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effects of Oil and Gas Exploration and Development at Selected Continental Slope Sites in the Gulf of Mexico, Volume 3: Appendices (open access)

Effects of Oil and Gas Exploration and Development at Selected Continental Slope Sites in the Gulf of Mexico, Volume 3: Appendices

Appendices to accompany 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.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
National Action Plan for Energy Efficiency (open access)

National Action Plan for Energy Efficiency

This report presents policy recommendations for creating a national commitment to energy efficiency through gas and electric utilities, utility regulators, and partner organizations.
Date: July 2006
Creator: National Action Plan for Energy Efficiency (U.S.)
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library