http://www.ntis.gov/rss/RSSNTISCategoryList.aspxNational Technical Reports Libraryen(c) 2008, National Technical Information Service. All rights reserved.5http://www.ntis.gov/images/logoRSS.jpghttp://www.ntis.govIn 2002, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) estimated undiscovered oil and gas resources that have the potential for additions to reserves in the San Juan Basin Province (5022), New Mexico and Colorado. Paleozoic rocks were not appraised. The last oil ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013106392This synthesis provides direct wildlife population control techniques for reducing wildlife collisions with aircraft. This report synthesizes the various direct wildlife population control techniques available to airport personnel and their relative ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107201This report gives an overview of the analysis that was done on Deep Seafloor Arrivals since they were initially presented in Stephen et al (2009). All of the NPAL04/LOAPEX (North Pacific Acoustic Laboratory, 2004/Long Range Ocean Acoustic Propagation ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=ADA571996Most national parks interact with adjacent lands because their boundaries fail to encompass all regional habitats, species pools, and migration routes. Activities planned for adjacent lands can have adverse effects on park resources and visitor exper ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013106351The Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation relies on groundwater supplies to meet the demands of community and economic needs. The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, examined historical groundwater-l ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107010This is a collaborative research project with the University of Washington (Axel Schweiger, PI). Its purpose is to examine the role of sea-ice and cloud interactions in the retreat of the seasonal ice zone (SIZ). As sea ice retreats further, changes ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=ADA572177Recent improvements in the affordability and availability of high-resolution digital cameras, data loggers, embedded computers, and radio/cellular modems have advanced the development of sophisticated automated systems for remote imaging. Researchers ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013106705The goal of this work is to design, build, and produce a commercially available version of the In Situ Ultraviolet Spectrometer (ISUS) suitable for use on commercially-built profiling floats. Moored versions of ISUS already exist, and a profiling flo ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=ADA571555This final report summarizes five years worth of work in evaluating the applicability and performance of bioretention best management practices (BMPs) for highway environments in Texas. Within the five-year time frame, the research team did a literat ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107085In 2007, the California Ocean Protection Council initiated the California Seafloor Mapping Program (CSMP), designed to create a comprehensive seafloor map of high-resolution bathymetry, marine benthic habitats, and geology within Californias State Wa ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013106345The Hosgri Fault Zone trends subparallel to the south-central California coast for 110 km from north of Point Estero to south of Purisima Point and forms the eastern margin of the present offshore Santa Maria Basin. Knowledge of the attributes of the ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013106987Development of a hydrologic model of the Chena River Watershed located in central Alaska is described. The flow in the Chena River is controlled by the Moose Creek Dam project upstream of Fairbanks, AK. The Hydrologic Engineering Center-Hydrologic Mo ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=ADA572119On Saturday, January 26, 2013, at approximately 11:10 a.m., a machinery accident occurred at the T & T Energy, LLC, Begley Resources No. 1 Mine, located near Hyden, Leslie County, Kentucky. Jerry A. Watts (victim), a 52 year old contract welder with ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107214On Tuesday, September 11, 2012, at approximately 10:23 a.m., a 28-year-old miner was fatally injured when he was crushed between a large power center and the coal rib. The power center was being moved by two large, articulating diesel forklifts, one ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107174This report describes the formulation of the SEDZLJ sediment transport model, coupling of the model with the ICM eutrophication model, validation of the combined codes on a simplified grid, and application of the combined codes to a prototype system. ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=ADA572122In 2009, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality and the U.S. Geological Survey developed a plan to compare the effect of various streamgaging and water-quality collection techniques on streamflow and stream water-quality data for the Sagina ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013106352Rainfall is an important forcing function in most watershed models. As part of a previous investigation to assess interactions among hydrologic, geochemical, and ecological processes that affect fish-tissue mercury concentrations in the Edisto River ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013106347The capability to easily create digital contours using commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) software has existed for decades. Out-of-the-box raw contours are suitable for many scientific applications without pre- or post-processing; however, cartographic ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107365Data were collected on the physical properties of unsaturated alluvial deposits, the chemical composition of leachate extracted from unsaturated alluvial deposits, the chemical and isotopic composition of groundwater and unsaturated-zone water, and t ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107012Natural resources of the Hudson River have been contaminated through past and ongoing discharges of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). As a means of evaluating regional contamination of amphibians and reptiles, a screening level survey of PCB and othe ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013106363Past and continuing discharges of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) have contaminated natural resources of the Hudson River, New York. The Hudson River Natural Resource Trustees are conducting a natural resource damage assessment (NRDA) to assess and ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013106358The McTier Creek watershed is located in the headwaters of the Edisto River Basin, which is in the Coastal Plain region of South Carolina. The Edisto ecosystem has some of the highest recorded fish-tissue mercury concentrations in the United States. ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107007This method is an operating procedure for in-situ measurement of sediment pore water concentrations with solid phase microextraction using polydimethyl siloxane as the extractant. The method is used to assess the mobile and available contaminants in ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=ADA571813The goal of the project was to develop and standardize a procedure using field deployable solid phase microextraction (SPME) for the measurement of freely dissolved porewater concentrations of hydrophobic organics and demonstrate the relationship of ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=ADA571812Groundwater is the main source of drinking water for the majority of the U.S. population. Unfortunately, groundwater is susceptible to contamination from major sources, such as storage tanks, hazardous waste sites, landfills, and septic systems. Poll ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=ADA571582The Fox River is a 199-mile-long tributary to the Illinois River within the Mississippi River Basin in the states of Wisconsin and Illinois. Forthe purposes of this study the Upper Fox River Basin is defined as the topographic basin that extends from ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107361Digital flood-inundation maps for a reach of Killbuck Creek near the Village of Killbuck, Ohio, were created by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with Holmes County, Ohio. The inundation maps depict estimates of the areal extent of fl ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107006Flood-frequency information is important in the Central Valley region of California because of the high risk of catastrophic flooding. Most traditional flood-frequency studies focus on peak flows, but for the assessment of the adequacy of reservoirs, ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107376This report contains digital data and supporting explanatory files describing data types, data formats, and survey procedures for a high-resolution airborne gravity gradient (AGG) survey at Great Sand Dunes National Park, Alamosa and Saguache Countie ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013106702This still-young program continues to be administered primarily as a collection of individual programs rather than as a unified program with clear priorities and performance targets. Within this context, the individual programs appear to be effective ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013106715In this study, we evaluate the possibility of monitoring soil moisture variation using tomographic ground penetrating radar travel time data through Bayesian inversion, which is integrated with entropy memory function and pilot point concepts, as wel ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=DE20131069207EnviroFish is both a modeling approach and a computer software. As a modeling approach, EnviroFish estimates the value of floodplain habitat suitable for fish reproduction under a given set of hydrologic and hydraulic conditions. As a software, Envir ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=ADA571679An assessment of existing and potential conditions has determined that improvement practices are needed to meet the direction in the Coconino National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan (Forest Plan). In the pastures below the Mogollon Rim much ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107620The Forest Service has prepared this Environmental Assessment in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and other relevant federal and state laws and regulations. This Environmental Assessment discloses the direct, indirect, and ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013106374The Forest Service has prepared this Environmental Assessment in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and other relevant federal and state laws and regulations. This Environmental Assessment discloses the direct, indirect, and ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013106375Historically, ponderosa pine forests of northern Arizona were characterized by frequent, low-intensity surface fires occurring every 2 to 12 years. The historic fire regime maintained an open canopy structure and a variable, patchy tree distribution ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013106372A nationwide study to better define triangular-hydrograph statistics for use with runoff-quality and flood-flow studies was done by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration. Although dhe triangular hydr ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107362Because of the declines in diversity and abundance of native freshwater mussels (superfamily Unionoidea), and the potential decimation of populations of native mussels resulting from the rapid spread of the exotic zebra mussel Dreissena polymorpha, m ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013106985Cyanobacteria cause a multitude of water-quality concerns, including the potential to produce toxins and taste-and-odor compounds. Toxins and taste-and-odor compounds may cause substantial economic and public health concerns and are of particular int ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107364Japanese stiltgrass (Microstegium vimineum), also called Nepalese browntop, is an aggressive invader of forest lands throughout the eastern United States. Infestations can impact the diversity of native species, reduce wildlife habitat, and disrupt i ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107191During an airborne multi-sensor remote sensing experiment at the Virginia Coast Reserve (VCR) Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) site in June 2011 (VCR '11), first measurements were taken with the new NRL Goniometer for Outdoor Portable Hyperspectr ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=N20120016989The primary purpose of the Clints Well Project is to begin restoring fire adapted ecosystems by returning forest stocking and structure to more historic conditions, thereby reducing the potential for stand-replacing wildfires that threaten people, pr ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013106371Digital flood-inundation maps for a 6.9-mile reach of Suwanee Creek, from the confluence of Ivy Creek to the Noblin Ridge Drive bridge, were developed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with Gwinnett County, Georgia. The inundation m ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013106346Concentrations of nitrogen, phosphorus, and suspended sediment are measured at the U.S. Geological Survey streamgage at Conowingo Dam at the downstream end of the Susquehanna River Basin in Maryland, where the river flows into the Chesapeake Bay. Dur ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013106356Two inundation events in 2011 underscored the potential for elevated water levels to damage infrastructure and affect terrestrial ecosystems on the low-lying Northwestern Hawaiian Islands in the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument. The goal of ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107198The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Trinity Glen Rose Groundwater Conservation District, the Edwards Aquifer Authority, and the San Antonio River Authority, developed a geodatabase of springs within and surrounding the Trinity aquifer ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107011The Fruitland Total Petroleum System (TPS) of the San Juan Basin Province includes all genetically related hydrocarbons generated from coal beds and organic-rich shales in the Cretaceous Fruitland Formation. Coal beds are considered to be the primary ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013106396Organic-rich, shaly limestone beds, which contain hydrocarbon source beds in the lower part of the Jurassic Todilto Limestone Member of the Wanakah Formation, and sandstone reservoirs in the overlying Jurassic Entrada Sandstone, compose the Todilto T ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013106394The Lewis Shale Total Petroleum System (TPS) in the San Juan Basin Province contains a continuous gas accumulation in three distinct stratigraphic units deposited in genetically related depositional environments: offshore-marine shales, mudstones, si ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013106395The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the White Bear Lake Conservation District, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, and other State, county, municipal, and regional planning agencies, wate ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107162Previous investigations indicate that concentrations of chlorinated volatile organic compounds are substantial in groundwater beneath the 9-acre former landfill at Operable Unit 1, Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Division Keyport, Washington. The U.S. ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107015This report provides a November 2010 snapshot of groundwater quality and an analysis of the sources of water to wells at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Northern Appalachian Research Laboratory (NARL) near Wellsboro, Pennsylvania. The laboratory, w ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107360Groundwater quality in the 39,000-square-kilometer Cascade Range and Modoc Plateau (CAMP) study unit was investigated by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from July through October 2010, as part of the California State Water Resources Control Board ( ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107017Groundwater quality in the approximately 2,170-square-mile Western San Joaquin Valley (WSJV) study unit was investigated by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from March to July 2010, as part of the California State Water Resources Control Board (SWRC ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107016The Anderson Mesa Landscape Scale Assessment is a comprehensive document that describes the ecosystems structure, processes and functions. The Assessment objectives as outlined in the project initiation letter were as follows: Identify opportunities ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107922The Department of Health's (DOH) top priority for South Park site residents is to ensure that the community has the best information possible to safeguard its health. The Department of Ecology (Ecology) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (E ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107134This document is the second health consultation prepared for the Standard Mine site, which examines the potential public health risks associated with surface soil exposures by recreational users. The potential impact of mining wastes on Crested Butte ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107133The N.C. Division of Public Health (DPH) understands the concerns with the potential for breathing naturally occurring asbestos (NOA) at the former Sapphire Valley Gem Mine. DPH's top priority is to make sure the community and other persons that may ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107135The purpose of this health consultation is to document the continued involvement and public-health activities of the Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH) at the PCB-contaminated area in St. Clair Shores, Macomb County, Michigan. MDCH initia ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107122BCEH's top priority is to ensure that the Sweet Community has good information to safeguard its health. Southwest District Health Department (SWDHD) asked BCEH to conduct this health consultation. The purpose of the consultation is to evaluate the pu ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107123The Springfield Street VOC Plume site (SSVP) consists of residences and commercial properties along Springfield Street in a mixed residential and industrial portion of the city of Riverside, just east of its boundary with the city of Dayton, in Montg ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107132The long term goal of this research is to measure and understand high-frequency, line-of-sight acoustic propagation in an estuarine environment characterized by strong tidal flow, often large salinity stratification, high shear, high dissipation rate ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=ADA571680The National Water Program at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released the National Water Program 2012 Strategy: Response to Climate Change (2012 Strategy) in December 2012 as an update to an initial climate change and water strategy release ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107173The hydrogeology and water quality of the Dublin and Midville aquifer systems were characterized in the City of Waynesboro area in Burke County, Georgia, based on geophysical and drillers logs, flowmeter surveys, a 24-hour aquifer test, and the colle ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107275The surficial deposits, areal extent of aquifers, and the water-table configurations of the stratified-drift aquifer systems in the Cayuta Creek and Catatonk Creek valleys and their large tributary valleys in Tompkins, Schuyler, Chemung, and Tioga Co ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013106349The Copper River basin, the sixth largest watershed in Alaska, drains an area of 24,200 square miles in south.central Alaska. This large, glacier-fed river flows across a wide alluvial fan before it enters the Gulf of Alaska. The Copper River Highway ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013106357The objective is to study turbulent flow and sediment transport near dike structures of various geometries through an integrated laboratory experimental, numerical modeling, and field application. Major accomplishment includes: (1) developed a two-di ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=ADA571845Ten lakes and two rivers in Illinois were sampled in August-October 2012 to determine the concentrations and spatial distribution of cyanobacteria and associated cyanotoxins throughout the State. The reconnaissance was a collaborative effort of the U ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107014The U.S Geological Survey (USGS) periodically conducts assessments of undiscovered oil and gas resources in the United States. The purpose of the U.S. Geological Survey National Oil and Gas Assessment is to develop geologically based hypotheses regar ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013106393Groundwater in the vicinity of several industrial facilities in Upper Gwynedd Township and vicinity, Montgomery County, in southeast Pennsylvania has been shown to be contaminated with volatile organic compounds (VOCs), the most common of which is th ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107276This document establishes the functional requirements for the Joint Service Common Operating Environment (COE) Common Geographic Information System (CGIS) subsequently designated as CCGIS. The COE concept provides for an aggregate set of computer-bas ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=ADA572062The lead isotope database for sulfide deposits and occurrences in the Russian Far East was funded by the Mineral Resources Program, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in conjunction with the collaborative studies of mineral resources by the Russian Academ ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013106989Between January 28 and February 9, 2010, the New York State Department of Health's (NYS DOH's) Bureau of Environmental Exposure Investigation received a validated air data package from the Elmira City School District's consultant, Sterling Environmen ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107128The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) and the New York State Department of Health (NYS DOH) have evaluated the data generated during the February and March, 2008 soil vapor intrusion sampling conducted at residential properties ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013106994In March of 2009, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) requested assistance from the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) and the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) to evaluate possible exposures ass ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107120This letter is in response to your request to evaluate the public health threat posed by potential exposures to seeps of petroleum hydrocarbons at the Ross Park Tar Site in St. Bernard, Ohio. The Ohio Department of Health's Health Assessment Section ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013106995Exposure to contaminants of concern is determined by examining human exposure pathways. An exposure pathway has five parts: (1) A source of contamination (e.g., industrial facilities utilizing hazardous materials), (2) An environmental medium such as ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107121Shoreline and beach evolution for the barrier islands fronting Mississippi Sound are driven by longshore transport processes associated with storm and normal wave and current conditions. Although beach erosion and washover deposition are processes th ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=ADA572117Accurate predictions of the total rate of longshore sand transport (LST) and its cross-shore distribution pattern in the surf zone are central to many coastal engineering studies. Present understanding and methods for calculating the LST rate are lar ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=ADA572092The bedrock surface contours in Woodbury, Connecticut, were determined downgradient of a commercial zone known as the Middle Quarter area (MQA; fig. 1) using the novel, noninvasive horizontal-to-vertical (H/V) spectral ratio (HVSR) passive seismic ge ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107005The Mekong River is one of the most biologically diverse rivers in the world, and it supports the most productive freshwater fisheries in the world. Millions of people in the Lower Mekong River Basin (LMB) countries of the Union of Myanmar (Burma), L ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013106707Methods for estimating the magnitude and frequency of floods in California that are not substantially affected by regulation or diversions have been updated. Annual peak-flow data through water year 2006 were analyzed for 771 streamflow-gaging statio ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107363A statewide study was conducted to develop regression equations for estimating six selected low-flow frequency statistics and harmonic mean flows for ungaged stream sites in Iowa. The estimation equations developed for the six low-flow frequency stat ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013106354A series of mine-blast loading experiments were conducted where the soil moisture content, plate standoff distance, and plate shape (flat and V- shaped) were varied. Three experiments were conducted for each test configuration to quantify repeatabili ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=ADA571638From 1997 to 2002, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) conducted a mineral resource investigation of the Koyukuk Mining District in northern Alaska. The 11.6-million-acre study area comprises the upper portion of the Koyukuk River drainage basin. The ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107618The BLM identified and evaluated 269 mines, prospects, and mineral occurrences in the Koyukuk Mining District. This includes 27 previously undescribed occurrences. Site evaluations included rock, stream sediment, pan concentrate, placer, and soil sam ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107619The direct method test was developed for general mine safety applications by the U.S. Bureau of Mines in the early 1970's to measure the gas content of coal samples obtained from the relatively shallow depths of eastern U.S. coal mines. Over time, ap ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107621In 2008, the NYS Department of Transportation installed a wildlife barrier along NYS Route 30 in Tupper Lake, Franklin County, NY. The major objectives of the study that is the subject of this report were to: evaluate the effectiveness of the Route 3 ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107115LONG-TERM GOALS: Utilize a constellation of satellite radars to monitor the melting and freezing cycles of the Arctic Ocean north of 65 deg. From difference maps of a timeseries of images deduce changes in ice extent, ice-type, and lead expansion/con ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=ADA572172This paper describes the atmospheric correction (AC) component of the Multi-Angle Implementation of Atmospheric Correction algorithm (MAIAC) which introduces a new way to compute parameters of the Ross-Thick Li-Sparse (RTLS) Bi-directional reflectanc ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=N20120017006Our nations bountiful coastal resources have influenced American history and culture, and have drawn a substantial portion of our countrys population to the coast. The concentration of people and economic activity at the coast places pressures on eco ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013106398Climate change poses significant challenges to water resources and the Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA) National Water Program (NWP). The NWP 2012 Strategy: Response to Climate Change addresses climate change in the context of our water program ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107587This National Water Program 2012 Strategy: Response to Climate Change builds on the momentum gained while implementing the 2008 Strategy. It provides a road map for where we need to go over the long term and articulates a set of mid-term building blo ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107189The Wind River Basin is a large Laramide (Late Cretaceous through Eocene) structural and sedimentary basin that encompasses about 7,400 square miles in central Wyoming. The basin is bounded by the Washakie Range and Owl Creek and southern Bighorn Mou ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013106698The long-term goal is to implement input and dissipation source functions, based on advanced understanding of physics of air-sea interactions, wave breaking and swell attenuation, in wave-forecast models. The objectives are to use new observation-bas ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=ADA571533This grant is for the coordination of the Seasonal Ice Zone Reconnaissance Surveys (SIZRS) program of repeated ocean, ice, and atmospheric measurements across the Beaufort-Chukchi sea seasonal sea ice zone (SIZ) utilizing US Coast Guard Arctic Domain ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=ADA572181This report, the third in a series documenting a study of St. Johns County, Florida, describes the application of GenCade to the study area as part of a greater Regional Sediment Management (RSM) study. This study illustrates the use of GenCade, a co ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=ADA571753This work is motivated by the desire to improve the quality of airborne and satellite-based measurements of sea ice thickness and snow depth in the Arctic; to achieve a resolution that is adequate for monitoring decadal variability and to minimize th ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=ADA572167This work is motivated by the desire to improve the quality of airborne and satellite-based measurements of sea ice thickness and snow depth in the Arctic; to achieve a resolution that is adequate for monitoring decadal variability and to minimize th ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=ADA572186The Edwards aquifer in south-central Texas is a productive and important water resource. Several large springs issuing from the aquifer are major discharge points, popular locations for recreational activities, and habitat for threatened and endanger ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013106348SERDP project SI-1399 carried out an empirically-based study using in situ measurements to characterize and quantify dust emissions from unique Department of Defense sources operating during testing and training maneuvers on U.S. military installatio ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=ADA571509The two-layer Markov chain Analytical Canopy Reflectance Model (ACRM) was linked with in situ hyperspectral leaf optical properties to simulate the Photochemical Reflectance Index (PRI) for a corn crop canopy at three different growth stages. This is ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=N20120017353The overall science goal of this project is to address the short to long-term US Navy / DOD (Arctic Roadmap, 2009) and national requirements (Roberts et al., 2010) to understand and predict arctic climate change. The proposed research leverages ongoi ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=ADA572173As part of a larger investigation into potential effects of climate change on estuarine habitats in the Pacific Northwest, we estimated changes in freshwater inputs into four estuaries: Coquille River estuary, South Slough of Coos Bay, and Yaquina Ba ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107019Plants from around the world are invading our lakes, ponds, streams, sloughs, bays and wetlands. Some of these invasions cause serious economic and ecological problems: marinas get clogged with water hyacinthstream sides get choked with ivy and tamar ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107626In this study, a new method of conducting vessel wake studies using video observations was evaluated. Using a remote web-based camera, vessel traffic along a section of the Severn River in Annapolis, MD, was recorded and subsequently processed using ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=ADA571742This report is part of an effort by the U.S. Geological Survey to update existing mineral deposit models and to develop new ones. The global transition away from hydrocarbons toward energy alternatives increases demand for many scarce metals. Among t ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013106700This report is part of an effort by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to update existing mineral deposit models and to develop new ones. We emphasize practical aspects of pegmatite geology that might directly or indirectly help in exploration for lit ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013106701Supporting a U.S. Navy initiative to provide expedient logistical operations for the U.S. Arctic coastal region, the Army s Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL), accompanied CDR Eric Buch, USN, on 12 July 2011, for a fact finding ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=ADA571581Past and continuing discharges of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) have contaminated the natural resources of the Hudson River. The Hudson River Natural Resource Trustees New York State, the U.S. Department of Commerce, and the U.S. Department of the ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013106361In its Fiscal Year 2010 budget report, the U.S. House of Representatives Appropriation Conference Committee identified the need for a study of the potential impacts of hydraulic fracturing (HF) on drinking water resources. The Committee directed EPA ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107923The objective of the Organochlorine and Metal Contaminant Levels in Hudson River Reptiles and Amphibians study is to provide the New York State and federal Natural Resource Trustees with body burden information to be used for analysis of contaminant ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013106362The National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997 requires all units of the National Wildlife Refuge System to be managed under a Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP). The CCP must describe the desired future conditions of a refuge and pro ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107009This document is one of a series of Regional Supplements to the Corps of Engineers Wetland Delineation Manual, which provides technical guidance and procedures for identifying and delineating wetlands that may be subject to regulatory jurisdiction un ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=ADA571678This report reviews the world production of selected mineral commodities in 2011 and includes output projections (based on planned capacity expansions) through 2017. It also includes brief discussions of several issues that are of importance to the m ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107209A Penrose Conference entitled, 'The Role of Pore Pressure in Deformation in Geologic Processes' was convened by the authors at San Diego, California between November 9 and 13, 1979. The conference was sponsored by the Geological Society of America. T ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=DE20131068160The goal of this project is to develop the capability to quantify both the concentration of sea spray over the open ocean and the severity of sea spray icing on fixed offshore structures. We will use existing information on the relationship of the sp ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=ADA572174The long term goal of our research is to improve the estimation of bottom properties by understanding and incorporating the effects produced by shear. The objectives of this proposal are to: (1) Develop an acoustic/seismic receive system for the esti ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=ADA571819Channel instability is a serious problem throughout the United States (U.S.). The magnitude of this problem is illustrated in the Corps of Engineers final report to Congress for the Streambank Erosion Control Evaluation and Demonstration Program, whi ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=ADA571746The Coastal Engineering Technical Note (CETN) herein provides information and procedures for analyzing instantaneous measurements of currents and suspended sand to estimate longshore sand transport during storms. The information and procedures descri ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=ADA572035Sedimentation is an ongoing maintenance problem for reservoirs, limiting reservoir storage capacity and navigation. Because Lower Granite Reservoir in Washington is the most upstream of the four U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reservoirs on the lower Sn ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107199To determine a plausible range of mass extinction efficiencies (MEE) of terrestrial atmospheric dust from the near to thermal IR, sensitivity analyses are performed over an extended range of dust microphysical and chemistry perturbations. The IR valu ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=N20120017004The development of new geoacoustic inversion methods, their use in the analysis of shallow water experimental data, and evaluation of geoacoustic model and parameter uncertainties including the mapping of these uncertainties through to system perform ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=ADA571639In the United States, regulatory seismic codes (for example, California Building Code) require at least two sets of horizontal ground-motion components for three-dimensional (3D) response history analysis (RHA) of building structures. For sites withi ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013106704Certain algebraic combinations of single scattering albedo and solar radiation reflected from, or transmitted through, vegetation canopies do not vary with wavelength. These 'spectrally invariant relationships' are the consequence of wavelength indep ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=N20120017356This report, the second in a series, documents a numerical modeling study performed with the Coastal Modeling System (CMS), supported by field data collection, to quantify the impact of historical and future planned mining of the ebb-tidal delta at S ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=ADA571681The birdlife of Massachusetts is exceptionally rich, containing both a great diversity of species and several populations of global significance. Thanks to a long history of bird and habitat conservation and some of the earliest and strongest environ ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107604The BLM conducted a geochemically based follow-up of the Stikine airborne geophysical survey in 2000. The geophysical survey was flown in support of the BLMs mineral assessment program of public lands in Alaska and specifically, the Stikine area mine ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107617This project makes the benefits of an integrated, multi-sensor geophysical approach to characterizing archaeological sites accessible to those who provide cultural resource management support to DoD installations. The project has (1) created ArchaeoF ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=ADA571820Today, our National Park Service manages over 80 million acres of land throughout the country with the objective of preserving natural and cultural resources for current and future generations. Critical to NPS's mission is the Natural Resource Stewar ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013106713The overland transport of Dreissenid mussels on trailered recreational and commercial watercraft and equipment is the primary mechanism for their range expansion into and within the western United States. For that reason, most western states have ado ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013106359This chapter describes data used in support of the process being applied by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Oil and Gas Assessment (NOGA) project. Digital tabular data used in this report and archival data that permit the user to perform f ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013106397We evaluated the potential for regulating wet boulder fields as wetlands or other Waters of the US under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. We monitored hydrology in two boulder fields in Maine during the 2011 growing season and documented the prese ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=ADA571669This document, upon approval by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), establishes a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for mercury (Hg) in the Millington Wildlife Management Area (WMA) Ponds located in the Maryland 8-digit (MD 8-digit) Upper C ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107020This document, upon approval by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), establishes a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for sediment in the Maryland 8-digit (MD 8-digit) Antietam Creek watershed (basin number 02140502) (303(d) Assessment Unit I ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013106389This document, upon approval by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), establishes a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for sediment in the Lower Monocacy River watershed (basin number 02140302) (303(d) Assessment Unit ID: MD-02140302). Section ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107021This document, upon approval by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), establishes a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for bacteria in the Duck Neck public beach, Upper Chester River watershed (MD basin number 02130510). Section 303(d) of the ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107137This document, upon approval by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), establishes a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for bacteria in Marley Creek and Furnace Creek within the Baltimore Harbor watershed (MD basin number 02130903, AU-IDs: MD-P ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107136This document establishes Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) for two non-tidal portions of the Lower Choptank River watershed: an unnamed tributary of La Trappe Creek (UTLTC) and a pond into which the UTLTC flows (hereinafter referred to as the UTLTC ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107022This document, upon approval by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), establishes a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for fecal bacteria in the Anacostia River (basin number 02-14-02-05). Section 303(d) of the Federal Clean Water Act (CWA) an ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013106384This document, upon approval by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), establishes a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for fecal bacteria in the Antietam Creek watershed (MD basin number 02-14-05-02). Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013106387This document, upon approval by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), establishes a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for fecal bacteria in the Lower Monocacy River (basin number 02-14-03-02). Section 303(d)(1)(C) of the federal Clean Water A ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107031Section 303(d)(1)(C) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) implementing regulations direct each State to develop a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for each impaired water quality limited segment (WQ ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107138Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) implementing regulations direct each State to identify and list waters, known as water quality limited segments (WQLSs), in which current require ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107030Section 303(d)(1)(C) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) implementing regulations direct each State to develop a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for each impaired water quality limited segment (WQ ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107028Section 303(d)(1)(C) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) implementing regulations direct each State to develop a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for each impaired water quality limited segment (WQ ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107029Section 303(d)(1)(C) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) implementing regulations direct each State to develop a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for each impaired water quality limited segment (WQ ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107139Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) implementing regulations direct each State to identify and list waters, known as water quality limited segments (WQLSs), in which current require ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107148Section 303(d)(1)(C) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA) implementing regulations direct each State to develop a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for each impaired water quality limited segment (WQL ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107141Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA) implementing regulations direct each state to identify and list waters, known as water quality limited segments (WQLSs), in which current required ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107150Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) implementing regulations direct each state to identify and list waters, known as water quality limited segments (WQLSs), in which current require ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107149Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) implementing regulations direct each State to identify and list waters, known as water quality limited segments (WQLSs), in which currently requi ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107151Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) implementing regulations direct each state to identify and list waters, known as water quality limited segments (WQLSs), in which current require ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107152Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) implementing regulations direct each state to identify and list waters, known as water quality limited segments (WQLSs), in which current require ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107144Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) implementing regulations direct each state to identify and list waters, known as water quality limited segments (WQLSs), in which current require ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107153Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) implementing regulations direct each state to identify and list waters, known as water quality limited segments (WQLSs), in which current require ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107157Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) implementing regulations direct each state to identify and list waters, known as water quality limited segments (WQLSs), in which current require ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107146Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) implementing regulations direct each state to identify and list waters, known as water quality limited segments (WQLSs), in which current require ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107145Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) implementing regulations direct each State to identify and list waters, known as water quality limited segments (WQLSs), in which current require ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107147Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) implementing regulations direct each state to identify and list waters, known as water quality limited segments (WQLSs), in which current require ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107158Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) implementing regulations direct each state to identify and list waters, known as water quality limited segments (WQLSs), in which current require ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107154The Pocomoke River is an interstate watershed; the boundary between Maryland (MD) and Virginia (VA) follows along the Pocomoke on the eastern shores of these jurisdictions. This fecal coliform TMDL for the Pocomoke watershed was developed through a c ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107156The Pocomoke River is an interstate watershed; the boundary between Maryland (MD) and Virginia (VA) follows along the Pocomoke on the eastern shores of these jurisdictions. This fecal coliform TMDL for the Pocomoke watershed was developed through a c ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107155Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) implementing regulations direct each state to identify and list waters, known as water quality limited segments (WQLSs), in which current require ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107143This document proposes to establish Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) for nitrogen and phosphorus in Mattawoman Creek (basin number 02-14-01-11). Mattawoman Creek ultimately drains to the Chesapeake Bay, and is a part of the Lower Potomac Tributary S ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107026Section 303(d)(1)(C) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) implementing regulations direct each State to develop a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for each impaired water quality limited segment (WQ ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107025This document establishes Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) for four portions of the Newport Bay system: Ayer Creek, Newport Creek, Newport Bay mainstem and Kitts Branch. Newport Bay (basin code 02-13-01-05) was identified on the States 1996 list of ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013106986This document, upon approval by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), establishes Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) for Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD), nitrogen, and phosphorus in Marylands (MD) tidal and non-tidal portions of the Anacosti ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013106383This document, upon approval by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), establishes a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) in the Back River Oligohaline Tidal Chesapeake Bay Segment. Section 303(d) of the feder ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013106390This document, upon approval by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), establishes Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) in the Baltimore Harbor, Curtis Creek/Bay, and Bear Creek portions of the Patapsco River ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013106391Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys (US EPA) implementing regulations direct each State to identify and list waters, known as water quality limited segments (WQLSs), in which current required co ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107024This document upon approval by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA), establishes a Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) for Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) in the Northeast Branch (NEB) and Northwest Branch (NWB) of the nontidal Anacostia ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107023This document, upon approval by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), establishes a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for sediment in the Maryland 8-digit (MD 8-digit) Antietam Creek watershed (basin number 02140502) (303(d) Assessment Unit I ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013106388This document, upon approval by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), establishes Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) for sediment/total suspended solids (TSS) in Marylands (MD) tidal and non-tidal portions of the Anacostia River (the Anacost ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013106386Section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys (EPAs) Water Quality Planning and Management Regulations (codified at Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 130) require states to develop Total Maxi ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013106385In 2002, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) estimated undiscovered oil and gas resources that have the potential for additions to reserves in the San Juan Basin Province (5022), New Mexico and Colorado. Paleozoic rocks were not appraised. The last oil ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107013TracerLPM is an interactive Excel (2007 or later) workbook program for evaluating groundwater age distributions from environmental tracer data by using lumped parameter models (LPMs). Lumped parameter models are mathematical models of transport based ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107377The following information will help workers understand the meaning of breathing gas capacity of a jointly approved National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) closed-circuit escape re ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107109Gaining an understanding of the range of environmental variability and the impacts on dry forest form and function is critical in order to effectively manage and restore these systems. An ideal approach to examine how ecosystems develop and respond t ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=ADA571687The goals of this PI team are to understand the physical processes that control the air-sea interaction and its impact on rapid intensity changes in tropical cyclones (TCs), and to develop a physically based and computationally efficient coupling at ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=ADA571560Environmental justice is the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin or income with respect to the development, implementation, and the enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and pol ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107605The strategy outlined three goals to achieve environmental justice within the Department. The first goal was to issue a Departmental Regulation establishing USDA's environmental justice plan. The second was to incorporate environmental justice princi ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107606Beginning in 1999, the U.S. Geological Survey National Water Quality Assessment Program investigated the effects of urban development on stream ecosystems in nine metropolitan study areas across the United States. In seven of these study areas, strea ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107366Our long term goals are to better understand the interaction of sea ice with the regional and global climate and to improve the skill of predicting the evolution of the ice on daily to decadal time scales. The overall objective of the proposed resear ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=ADA572178The Bighorn Basin is a large Laramide (Late Cretaceous through Eocene) structural and sedimentary basin that encompasses about 10,400 square miles in north-central Wyoming and south-central Montana. The basin is bounded on the northeast by the Pryor ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013106697Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA) implementing regulations direct each state to identify and list waters, known as water quality limited segments (WQLSs), in which current required ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107258Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA) implementing regulations direct each state to identify and list waters, known as water quality limited segments (WQLSs), in which current required ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107259Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA) implementing regulations direct each state to identify and list waters, known as water quality limited segments (WQLSs), in which current required ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107257Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA) implementing regulations direct each state to identify and list waters, known as water quality limited segments (WQLSs), in which current required ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107229Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA) implementing regulations direct each state to identify and list waters, known as water quality limited segments (WQLSs), in which current required ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107236Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)s implementing regulations direct each State to identify and list waters, known as water quality limited segments (WQLSs), in which current required ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107230Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (the Act) directs States to identify and list waters, known as water quality limited segments (WQLSs), in which current required controls of a specified substance are inadequate to achieve water quality s ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107232Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (the Act) directs States to identify and list waters, known as water quality limited segments (WQLSs), in which current required controls of a specified substance are inadequate to achieve water quality s ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107233Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U.S Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA) implementing regulations direct states to identify and list waters, known as water quality limited segments (WQLSs), in which current required cont ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107234Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U.S Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA) implementing regulations direct States to identify and list waters, known as water quality limited segments (WQLSs), in which current required cont ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107235Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA) implementing regulations direct each state to identify and list waters, known as water quality limited segments (WQLSs), in which current required ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107242Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA) implementing regulations direct each state to identify and list waters, known as water quality limited segments (WQLSs), in which current required ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107243Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA) implementing regulations direct each state to identify and list waters, known as water quality limited segments (WQLSs), in which current required ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107247Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA) implementing regulations direct each state to identify and list waters, known as water quality limited segments (WQLSs), in which current required ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107246Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA) implementing regulations direct each state to identify and list waters, known as water quality limited segments (WQLSs), in which current required ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107241Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA) implementing regulations direct each state to identify and list waters, known as water quality limited segments (WQLSs), in which current required ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107245Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA) implementing regulations direct each state to identify and list waters, known as water quality limited segments (WQLSs), in which current required ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107248Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA) implementing regulations direct each state to identify and list waters, known as water quality limited segments (WQLSs), in which current required ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107237Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)s implementing regulations direct each state to identify and list waters, known as water quality limited segments (WQLSs), in which current required ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107239Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA) implementing regulations direct each state to identify and list waters, known as water quality limited segments (WQLSs), in which current required ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107251Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA) implementing regulations direct each state to identify and list waters, known as water quality limited segments (WQLSs), in which current required ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107250Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA) implementing regulations direct each state to identify and list waters, known as water quality limited segments (WQLSs), in which current required ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107244Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)s implementing regulations direct each State to identify and list waters, known as water quality limited segments (WQLSs), in which current required ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107210Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)s implementing regulations direct each State to identify and list waters, known as water quality limited segments (WQLSs), in which current required con ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107211Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)s implementing regulations direct each State to identify and list waters, known as water quality limited segments (WQLSs), in which current required ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107240Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)s implementing regulations direct each state to identify and list waters, known as water quality limited segments (WQLSs), in which current required ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107238Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA) implementing regulations direct each state to identify and list waters, known as water quality limited segments (WQLSs), in which current required ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107249Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)s implementing regulations direct each state to identify and list waters, known as water quality limited segments (WQLSs), in which current required ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107231Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (the Act) directs States to identify and list waters, known as water quality limited segments (WQLSs), in which current required controls of a specified substance are inadequate to achieve water quality s ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107252The Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 303(d) directs each State to develop a list of impaired waters, called the 303(d) list. The Savage River was first identified on the 1996 303(d) list, submitted to EPA by the Maryland Department of the Environment (M ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107253Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)s implementing regulations direct States to identify and list waters, known as water quality limited segments (WQLSs), in which current required controls ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107254Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (the Act) directs States to identify and list waters, known as water quality limited segments (WQLSs), in which current required controls of a specified substance are inadequate to achieve water quality s ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107228Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA) implementing regulations direct each state to identify and list waters, known as water quality limited segments (WQLSs), in which current required ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107255Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA) implementing regulations direct each state to identify and list waters, known as water quality limited segments (WQLSs), in which current required ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107266Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)s implementing regulations direct each state to identify and list waters, known as water quality limited segments (WQLSs), in which current required ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107268This document, upon approval by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), presents a Water Quality Analysis (WQA) of sediment in the Middle Patuxent River watershed (basin number 02131106) (2008 Integrated Report of Surface Water Quality in Mar ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107269This document, upon approval by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), presents a Water Quality Analysis (WQA) of sediment in the Potomac River Lower North Branch (LNB) watershed (basin number 02141001) (2010 Integrated Report of Surface Wat ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107270This document, upon approval by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), presents a Water Quality Analysis (WQA) of sediment in the Maryland 8-Digit (MD 8-Digit) Conowingo Dam/Susquehanna River watershed (basin number 02120204) (2010 Integrate ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107271Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U.S. Environmental Agencys (EPA) implementing regulations direct each state to identify and list waters, known as water quality limited segments (WQLSs), in which current required controls o ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107267This document, upon approval by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), presents a Water Quality Analysis (WQA) of phosphorus in the Maryland 8-Digit (MD 8-Digit) Conowingo Dam/Susquehanna River watershed (basin number 02120204) (2010 Integra ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107264This document, upon approval by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), establishes a Water Quality Analysis (WQA) for total phosphorus in the Lower Gunpowder Falls. Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U. S. Environmen ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107265Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA) implementing regulations direct each state to identify and list waters, known as water quality limited segments (WQLSs), in which current required ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107256Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)s implementing regulations direct each state to identify and list waters, known as water quality limited segments (WQLSs), in which current required ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107263Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA) implementing regulations direct each state to identify and list waters, known as water quality limited segments (WQLSs), in which current required ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107262Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA) implementing regulations direct each state to identify and list waters, known as water quality limited segments (WQLSs), in which current required ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107260Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA) implementing regulations direct each state to identify and list waters, known as water quality limited segments (WQLSs), in which current required ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107261Hydrologic time series data and associated anomalies (multiple components of the original time series representing variability at longer-term and shorter-term time scales) are useful for modeling trends in hydrologic variables, such as streamflow, an ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013106696Wind-generated waves play a prominent role at the interfaces of the ocean with the atmosphere, land and solid Earth. Waves also define in many ways the appearance of the ocean seen by remote-sensing instruments. Beyond these geophysical aspects, wave ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=ADA571530On March 4, 2011, 26 researchers gathered in Norwood, Massachusetts, for a workshop sponsored by the U.S. Geological Survey and FM Global to discuss geodesy in and around the New Madrid seismic zone (NMSZ) and its relation to earthquake hazard. The g ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013106699