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
Object Type: Text
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.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Subsurface, High-Speed Current Jets in the Deepwater Region of the Gulf of Mexico: Final Report (open access)

Subsurface, High-Speed Current Jets in the Deepwater Region of the Gulf of Mexico: Final Report

This report is about the study of subsurface high-speed current jets in the deep water of the Gulf of Mexico.
Date: July 2004
Creator: Dimarco, Steven F.; Howard, Matthew K.; Nowlin, Worth D., Jr. & Reid, Robert O.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
History of the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry in Southern Louisiana, Volume 3: Samples of interviews and Ethnographic Prefaces (open access)

History of the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry in Southern Louisiana, Volume 3: Samples of interviews and Ethnographic Prefaces

This study is about the history and evolution of the offshore oil and gas industry in southern Louisiana in an objective and comprehensive way.
Date: July 2004
Creator: Austin, Diane & McGuire, Tom
Object Type: Report
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
[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
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: 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
[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
Importance of Zooplankton in the Diets of Blue Runner (Caranx crysos) Near Offshore Petroleum Platforms in the Northern Gulf of Mexico (open access)

Importance of Zooplankton in the Diets of Blue Runner (Caranx crysos) Near Offshore Petroleum Platforms in the Northern Gulf of Mexico

This report is about the importance of Zooplankton in the diet of the blue runner.
Date: July 2003
Creator: Keenan, Sean F. & Benfield, Mark C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Project Summary: Study of Subsurface, High-Speed Current Jets in the Deepwater Region of the Gulf of Mexico] (open access)

[Project Summary: Study of Subsurface, High-Speed Current Jets in the Deepwater Region of the Gulf of Mexico]

Report summary describing the work completed at Texas A&M University for 'Study of Subsurface, High-Speed Current Jets in the Deepwater Region of the Gulf of Mexico.' It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.
Date: July 2004
Creator: Texas A & M University
Object Type: Text
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
[Project Summary: An Annotated Bibliography on Marine and Coastal Fishes Subject to Impingement and Entrainment by Cooling Water Intake Systems in the Northern Gulf of Mexico] (open access)

[Project Summary: An Annotated Bibliography on Marine and Coastal Fishes Subject to Impingement and Entrainment by Cooling Water Intake Systems in the Northern Gulf of Mexico]

Report summary describing the work completed at Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.). Coastal Studies Institute. for 'An Annotated Bibliography on Marine and Coastal Fishes Subject to Impingement and Entrainment by Cooling Water Intake Systems in the Northern Gulf of Mexico'. It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.
Date: July 2003
Creator: Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.). Coastal Studies Institute.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Stability and Change in Gulf of Mexico Chemosynthetic Communities, Volume 2: Technical Report (open access)

Stability and Change in Gulf of Mexico Chemosynthetic Communities, Volume 2: Technical Report

This report describes findings obtained from natural hydrocarbon seeps on the continental slope of the northern Gulf of Mexico.
Date: July 2002
Creator: MacDonald, Ian R.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Labor Migration and the Deepwater Oil Industry (open access)

Labor Migration and the Deepwater Oil Industry

This report is about how local residents respond to the presence of immigrants, in the ways in which migrants supply their labor and employers demand it, and in how migrants socially and economically incorporate into their receiving communities.
Date: July 2004
Creator: Donato, Katherine M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Project Summary: Analysis and Synthesis of Louisiana Coastal Boundary Current Data] (open access)

[Project Summary: Analysis and Synthesis of Louisiana Coastal Boundary Current Data]

Report summary describing the work completed at Louisiana State University for 'Analysis and Synthesis of Louisiana Coastal Boundary Current Data'. It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.
Date: July 2005
Creator: Louisiana State University
Object Type: Text
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
Modeling the Economic Impacts of Offshore Oil and Gas Activities in the Gulf of Mexico: Methods and Applications (open access)

Modeling the Economic Impacts of Offshore Oil and Gas Activities in the Gulf of Mexico: Methods and Applications

Report on the impact of offshore gas and oil industry on coastal communities along the Gulf of Mexico with an emphasis on socioeconomic and natural resource management issues.
Date: July 2003
Creator: Dismukes, David E.; Olatubi, Williams O.; Mesyanzhinov, Dmitry V. & Pulsipher, Allan G.
Object Type: Report
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
[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
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
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
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
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