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Adaptive management of watersheds and related resources
The concept of learning about natural resources through the practice of management has been around for several decades and by now is associated with the term adaptive management. The objectives of this paper are to offer a framework for adaptive management that includes an operational definition, a description of conditions in which it can be usefully applied, and a systematic approach to its appl
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Byron K. Williams
Earth's magnetic field complex: U.S. National activities during the Decade of Geopotential Field Research
The US geomagnetism community is supported by NASA, NOAA, USGS, NSF, DOD, and US universities. During the Decade of Geopotential Field Research, inaugurated in 1999 with the launch of the Danish satellite Ørsted on a US rocket, the US community has been involved in satellite mission development and analysis, instrument development, model development, and in the discovery and understanding of new p
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Michael E. Purucker, T. Sabaka, W. Kuang, S. Maus, Jeffrey J. Love
Experimental geostatistical model of a continuous gas accumulation, Rocky Mountains, Utah
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Ricardo A. Olea
A controlled field pilot for testing near surface CO2 detection techniques and transport models
A field facility has been developed to allow controlled studies of near surface CO2 transport and detection technologies. The key component of the facility is a shallow, slotted horizontal well divided into six zones. The scale and fluxes were designed to address large scale CO2 storage projects and desired retention rates for those projects. A wide variety of detection techniques were deployed by
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L.H. Spangler, L.M. Dobeck, K. Repasky, A. Nehrir, S. Humphries, C. Keith, J. Shaw, J. Rouse, A. Cunningham, S. Benson, C.M. Oldenburg, J.L. Lewicki, A. Wells, R. Diehl, B. Strazisar, J. Fessenden, Thomas Rahn, J. Amonette, J. Barr, W. Pickles, J. Jacobson, E. Silver, E. Male, H. Rauch, K. Gullickson, R. Trautz, Y. Kharaka, J. Birkholzer, L. Wielopolski
A Multi-Level Approach to Outreach for Geologic Sequestration Projects
Public perception of carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) projects represents a potential barrier to commercialization. Outreach to stakeholders at the local, regional, and national level is needed to create familiarity with and potential acceptance of CCS projects. This paper highlights the Midwest Geological Sequestration Consortium (MGSC) multi-level outreach approach which interacts with mul
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S.E. Greenberg, H.E. Leetaru, I.G. Krapac, K. Hnottavange-Telleen, R.J. Finley
A national look at carbon capture and storage-National carbon sequestration database and geographical information system (NatCarb)
The US Department of Energy's Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnerships (RCSPs) are responsible for generating geospatial data for the maps displayed in the Carbon Sequestration Atlas of the United States and Canada. Key geospatial data (carbon sources, potential storage sites, transportation, land use, etc.) are required for the Atlas, and for efficient implementation of carbon sequestration on
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T.R. Carr, A. Iqbal, N. Callaghan, K. Look, S. Saving, K. Nelson
Accelerated weathering of limestone for CO2 mitigation opportunities for the stone and cement industries
Large amounts of limestone fines coproduced during the processing of crushed limestone may be useful in the sequestration of carbon dioxide (CO 2). Accelerated weathering of limestone (AWL) is proposed as a low-tech method to capture and sequester CO2 from fossil fuel-fired power plants and other point-sources such as cement manufacturing. AWL reactants are readily available, inexpensive, and envi
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W. H. Langer, C.A.S. Juan, G.H. Rau, K. Caldeira
Adaptive management of watersheds and related resources
The concept of learning about natural resources through the practice of management has been around for several decades and by now is associated with the term adaptive management. The objectives of this paper are to offer a framework for adaptive management that includes an operational definition, a description of conditions in which it can be usefully applied, and a systematic approach to its appl
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Byron K. Williams
Afraid to Start Because the Outcome is Uncertain?: Social Site Characterization as a Tool for Informing Public Engagement Efforts
This paper introduces the concept of social site characterization as a parallel effort to technical site characterization to be used in evaluating and planning carbon dioxides capture and storage (CCS) projects. Social site characterization, much like technical site characterization, relies on a series of iterative investigations into public attitudes towards a CCS project and the factors that wil
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S. Wade, S. Greenberg
Ages and lengths of yellow perch Perca flavescens, white perch Morone americana, and lake whitefish Coregonus clupeaformis in commercial trap nets in western Lake Erie
We collected samples of yellow perch (Perca flavescens) and white perch (Morone americana) in spring, and of lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) in autumn, from commercial trap nets set in western Lake Erie in 2008. The yellow perch sample (N = 153) was dominated (72%, of the total sample) by the 2003 year class, followed by the 2005 year class (12%). The white perch sample (N = 201) was dom
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Martin A. Stapanian, William Edwards, Michael J. Porta, Michael T. Bur, Patrick Kočovský
Air-dropped sensor network for real-time high-fidelity volcano monitoring
This paper presents the design and deployment experience of an air-dropped wireless sensor network for volcano hazard monitoring. The deployment of five stations into the rugged crater of Mount St. Helens only took one hour with a helicopter. The stations communicate with each other through an amplified 802.15.4 radio and establish a self-forming and self-healing multi-hop wireless network. The di
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W.-Z. Song, R. Huang, M. Xu, A. Ma, B. Shirazi, R. LaHusen
An assessment of African test sites in the context of a global network of quality-assured reference standards
The Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) Infrared and Visible Optical Sensors (IVOS) subgroup members established a set of CEOS-endorsed globally distributed reference standard test sites for the postlaunch calibration of space-based optical imaging sensors. This paper discusses the top five African pseudo-invariant sites (Libya 4, Mauritania 1/2, Algeria 3, Libya 1, and Algeria 5) tha
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G. Chander, X. Xiong, A. Angal, T. Choi