Clean Air Status and Trends Network Annual Report: 2010 (open access)

Clean Air Status and Trends Network Annual Report: 2010

Annual report of the Clean Air Status and Trends Network (CASTNET) describing the program and data collection. It also presents information on air quality and recorded concentrations of pollutants such as ozone, sulfur, gases, and other elements of concern.
Date: April 2012
Creator: AMEC Environment & Infrastructure, Inc.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
1981-2010 U. S. Hourly Normals (open access)

1981-2010 U. S. Hourly Normals

This is the hourly normals meteorological data.
Date: 2012
Creator: Applequest, Scott; Arguez, Anthoney; Durre, Imke; Squares, Michael F. & Yin, Xungang
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaption (open access)

Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaption

"This report focuses on the relationship between climate change and extreme weather and climate events, the impacts of such events, and the strategies to manage the associated risks."
Date: 2012
Creator: Cambridge University Press
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Identification of Outer Continental Shelf Renewable Energy Space-Use Conflicts and Analysis of Potential Mitigation Measures (open access)

Identification of Outer Continental Shelf Renewable Energy Space-Use Conflicts and Analysis of Potential Mitigation Measures

A report of a study which identified potential space-use conflicts between OCS renewable energy development and other uses of the ocean environment.
Date: September 2012
Creator: Conway, Flaxen; Hall-Arber, Madeleine; Harte, Michael; Hudgens, Daniel; Murray, Thomas; Pomeroy, Carrie et al.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Long-term Trends in Environmental Parameters along the Louisiana-Mississippi Outer Continental Shelf Using Remote-Sensing Data (open access)

Long-term Trends in Environmental Parameters along the Louisiana-Mississippi Outer Continental Shelf Using Remote-Sensing Data

This is a study on the effects of the Mississippi river on the biogeochemical processes in the Gulf of Mexico.
Date: December 2012
Creator: D'Sa, Eurico J.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
How to use eGrid for Carbon Footprinting Electricity Purchases in Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventories (open access)

How to use eGrid for Carbon Footprinting Electricity Purchases in Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventories

The purpose of this paper is to provide some recommendations (and caveats) regarding which year(S) of eGROD subregion GHG emissions factors to use for estimating Scopes 2 and 3 GHG emissions from electricity use under various conditions.
Date: July 2012
Creator: Diem, Art & Quiroz, Cristina
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Project Summary: MAG-PLAN Modification: Gulf of Mexico Data Collection, Streamlining, Testing and Repair of OCS Economic Impact Model] (open access)

[Project Summary: MAG-PLAN Modification: Gulf of Mexico Data Collection, Streamlining, Testing and Repair of OCS Economic Impact Model]

Summary describing the work completed at Eastern Research Group, Inc. for 'MAG-PLAN Modification: Gulf of Mexico Data Collection, Streamlining, Testing and Repair of OCS Economic Impact Model.'. It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.
Date: December 2012
Creator: Eastern Research Group, Inc.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation (open access)

Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation

This document offers an exploration done by the Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation (SRREN) which impartially assess the scientific literature on the potential role of renewable energy in the mitigation of climate change for policy makers, researchers, and civic society.
Date: 2012
Creator: Edenhofer, Ottmar; Madruga, Ramón Pichs & Sokona, Youba
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Correctional Populations in the United States, 2011 (open access)

Correctional Populations in the United States, 2011

"This report provides summary data on offenders supervised by the adult correctional systems."
Date: November 2012
Creator: Glaze, Lauren E. & Parks, Erika
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Project Summary: Identification of Outer Continental Shelf Renewable Energy Space-Use Conflicts and Analysis of Potential Mitigation Measures] (open access)

[Project Summary: Identification of Outer Continental Shelf Renewable Energy Space-Use Conflicts and Analysis of Potential Mitigation Measures]

Summary describing the work completed at Industrial Economics, Incorporated for the Identification of Outer Continental Shelf Renewable Energy Space-Use Conflicts and Analysis of Potential Mitigation Measures. It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.
Date: September 2012
Creator: Industrial Economics, Incorporated
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Breast Cancer Diagnostic Workup, Data Points #15 (open access)

Breast Cancer Diagnostic Workup, Data Points #15

"This report examines variation in testing of ER, PR, HER2, BRCA, and lymph nodes in women ages 65 and older who were enrolled in the Medicare program and diagnosed with DCIS between 2004 and 2007."
Date: August 2012
Creator: Jarosek, Stephanie; Tuttle, Todd M.; Durham, Sara & Virnig, Beth A.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Project Summary: Evaluation of Visual Impact on Cultural Resources/Historic Properties] (open access)

[Project Summary: Evaluation of Visual Impact on Cultural Resources/Historic Properties]

Summary describing the work completed at John Milner Associates, Inc. for Evaluation of Visual Impact on Cultural Resources/Historic Properties. It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.
Date: June 2012
Creator: John Milner Associates, Inc.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Lead-Free Definition Under the Safe Drinking Water Act (open access)

Lead-Free Definition Under the Safe Drinking Water Act

This report provides details on the then-current Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) Section 1417 requirements as well as amendments to the Reduction of Lead in Drinking Water Act.
Date: August 16, 2012
Creator: Kempic, Jeffrey
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Evaluation of Visual Impact on Cultural Resources/Historic Properties: North Atlantic, Mid-Atlantic, South Atlantic, and Florida Straits, Volume 1: Technical Report of Findings (open access)

Evaluation of Visual Impact on Cultural Resources/Historic Properties: North Atlantic, Mid-Atlantic, South Atlantic, and Florida Straits, Volume 1: Technical Report of Findings

A report which provides a baseline of cultural information to inform preliminary decisions regarding renewable energy development in the Atlantic Region.
Date: June 2012
Creator: Klein, Joel I.; Harris, Matthew D.; Tankersley, W. Matthew; Meyer, Richard; Smith, Greg C. & Chadwick, William J.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Evaluation of Visual Impact on Cultural Resources/Historic Properties: North Atlantic, Mid-Atlantic, South Atlantic, and Florida Straits, Volume 2: Appendices (open access)

Evaluation of Visual Impact on Cultural Resources/Historic Properties: North Atlantic, Mid-Atlantic, South Atlantic, and Florida Straits, Volume 2: Appendices

A list of appendices for reference to the "Evaluation of Visual Impact on Cultural Resources/Historic Properties: North Atlantic, Mid-Atlantic, South Atlantic, and Florida Straits" study.
Date: March 2012
Creator: Klein, Joel I.; Harris, Matthew D.; Tankersley, W. Matthew; Meyer, Richard; Smith, Greg C. & Chadwick, William J.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Renewable Energy Technical Potentials: A GIS-Based Analysis (open access)

U.S. Renewable Energy Technical Potentials: A GIS-Based Analysis

This document describes the methodology and assumptions for estimating the technical potential of each energy generation potential technology. It then describes the resulting estimates.
Date: July 2012
Creator: Lopez, Anthony; Roberts, Billy; Heimiller, Donna; Blair, Nate & Porro, Gian
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Project Summary: A Study of Long-term Trends in Environmental Parameters along the LA/MS OCS Using Remote-Sensing Data] (open access)

[Project Summary: A Study of Long-term Trends in Environmental Parameters along the LA/MS OCS Using Remote-Sensing Data]

Summary describing the work completed at Louisiana State University for 'A Study of Long-term Trends in Environmental Parameters along the LA/MS OCS Using Remote-Sensing Data.' It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.
Date: December 2012
Creator: Louisiana State University
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Energy and Security Nexus: A Strategic Dilemma (open access)

The Energy and Security Nexus: A Strategic Dilemma

This volume summarizes the colloquium, "The Energy and Security Nexus: A Strategic Dilemma." This goal of this event was to explore the connections between energy and security and to consider how best to resolve strategic dilemmas.
Date: November 2012
Creator: Pumphrey, Carolyn W.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Project Summary: Prehistoric Site Potential and Historic Shipwrecks on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf] (open access)

[Project Summary: Prehistoric Site Potential and Historic Shipwrecks on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf]

Summary describing the work completed at TRC Environmental Corp. for Prehistoric Site Potential and Historic Shipwrecks on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf. It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.
Date: March 2012
Creator: TRC Environmental Corp.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Inventory and Analysis of Archaeological Site Occurence on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf (open access)

Inventory and Analysis of Archaeological Site Occurence on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf

The goals of this project were to identify potential areas on the Atlantic OCS where submerged prehistoric sites might be located, and to provide historic context for historic shipwrecks within the Atlantic OCS region.
Date: May 2012
Creator: TRC Environmental Corporation
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Project Summary: Multibeam Survey of the Eastern Santa Barbara Channel, California] (open access)

[Project Summary: Multibeam Survey of the Eastern Santa Barbara Channel, California]

Summary describing the work completed at U.S. Geological Survey Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center for 'Multibeam Survey of the Eastern Santa Barbara Channel, California.' It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.
Date: July 31, 2012
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Our Changing Planet: U.S. Climate Change Science Program Annual Report, 2012 (open access)

Our Changing Planet: U.S. Climate Change Science Program Annual Report, 2012

Annual report of the U.S. Global Change Research Program documenting activities and research, goals for the upcoming year, proposed budget considerations, and other information about the organization for fiscal year 2012.
Date: 2012
Creator: U.S. Global Change Research Program (2009-2012)
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Global Health Programs (open access)

Global Health Programs

Summary report of USAIDS' key accomplishments achieved in fiscal year 2012 in partnership with other governments, U.S. agencies, and corporate partners.
Date: 2012
Creator: United States. Agency International Development.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
USAID Biodiversity Conservation and Forestry Programs Annual Report: 2011 (open access)

USAID Biodiversity Conservation and Forestry Programs Annual Report: 2011

A report detailing USAID's biodiversity conservation and forestry programs, including the results and funding, for fiscal year 2010.
Date: March 2012
Creator: United States. Agency International Development.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library