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
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
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
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
National Action Plan for Energy Efficiency, Chapter 6: Energy Efficiency Program Best Practices (open access)

National Action Plan for Energy Efficiency, Chapter 6: Energy Efficiency Program Best Practices

Chapter from the National Action Plan for Energy Efficiency documenting key findings from energy efficiency programs that have been successfully operating for many years.
Date: July 2006
Creator: National Action Plan for Energy Efficiency (U.S.)
Object Type: Book Chapter
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
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
History of the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry in Southern Louisiana, Interim Report: Volume 1. Papers on the Evolving Offshore Industry (open access)

History of the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry in Southern Louisiana, Interim Report: Volume 1. Papers on the Evolving Offshore Industry

An historical evaluation and documentation of the offshore oil and gas industry and its impact on the economy of Southern Louisiana from its inception in the early decades of the twentieth century.
Date: July 2004
Creator: Austin, Diane; Carriker, Bob; McGuire, Tom; Pratt, Joseph; Priest, Tyler & Pulsipher, Allan G.
Object Type: Report
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
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
Object Type: Text
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.
Object Type: Text
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
Object Type: Text
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
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
[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
Object Type: Text
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
Object Type: Text
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
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
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.
Object Type: Text
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.
Object Type: Text
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
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Relative Contribution of Produced Water Discharge in the Development of Hypoxia (open access)

Relative Contribution of Produced Water Discharge in the Development of Hypoxia

The objective of this analysis is to evaluate the relative contribution of produced water organic and nutrient compounds in relation to those of the Mississippi and Atchafalaya discharges in the context of hypoxia formation on the continental shelf.
Date: July 2005
Creator: United States. Department of the Interior. Minerals Management Service. Gulf of Mexico OCS Region.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Long-Term Monitoring at the East and West Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, 1998-2001: Final Report (open access)

Long-Term Monitoring at the East and West Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, 1998-2001: Final Report

An update of Texas A&M and Continental Shelf Associates studies designed to monitor the ongoing ecological health of the coral in the Flower Garden Banks (FGB). This is a deepwater, discontinuous reef that arcs along the outer continental shelf of the Gulf of Mexico and is the site of oil and gas operations that could potentially impact the integrity of the FGB.
Date: July 2003
Creator: Dokken, Quenton R.; MacDonald, Ian R.; Tunnell, John W., Jr.; Wade, Terry; Withers, Kim; Dilworth, Suzanne J. et al.
Object Type: Report
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
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