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A broad-band, wide-dynamic range, strong-motion array near Parkheld, California, USA for measurement of acceleration and volumetric strain

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Roger D. Borcherdt, Malcolm J. S. Johnston, Thomas Noce, Gary Glassmoyer, Douglas Myren

Seasonal vegetation monitoring with AVHRR data for grasshopper and locust control in West Africa

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G. Gray Tappan, S. M. Howard, Thomas Loveland, Dean J. Tyler, D. G. Moore

Use of GIS technologies in addressing resource management problems in Mobile Bay, Alabama

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technologies are being used in three neutral resource management studies of Mobile Bay, AL. Each study is briefly discussed. In the first, the GIS was used to analyze wetland habitat changes in the bay over a 25-year period. In the second, cartographic modeling techniques are being used to assess the potential impacts of contaminated sediments on selected resou
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Mary C. Watzin, P.F. Roscigno, James D. Scurry, E. Randy Roach

Analysis of onsite measurements of scour at piers

Existing onsite measurements of local scour at bridge piers were assembled and analyzed to obtain an equation that predicts the expected maximum depth of local scour at a bridge pier. A safety factor is suggested that provides a reasonable margin of error for design purposes.
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David C. Froehlich

Applications of satellite telemetry to wildlife research and management in Alaska

Since 1984, the Alaska Fish and Wildlife Research Center, in cooperation with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game and several other agencies, has used the Argos Data Collection and Location System to address wildlife research and management problems in Alaska and other parts of North America. The use of satellite telemetry has overcome some of the logistical problems of working in remote areas
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S.G. Fancy, R.B. Harris, David C. Douglas, L.F. Pank, Kenneth R. Whitten, Thomas R. McCabe, Steven C. Amstrup, G.W. Garner

Calibration of water-velocity meters

The U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior, as part of its responsibility to appraise the quantity of water resources in the United States, maintains facilities for the calibration of water-velocity meters at the Gulf Coast Hydroscience Center's Hydraulic Laboratory Facility, NSTL, Mississippi. These meters are used in hydrologic studies by the Geological Survey, U.S. Army Corps of Eng
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William R. Kaehrle, James E. Bowie

Determining transit losses for water deliveries by use of stream-aquifer models

Hydrologic modeling of stream-aquifer interaction commonly has been used to quantify transit losses associated with water deliveries, such as those from reservoir storage. This technique requires estimation of model parameters that include stage-discharge relations, channel-storage coefficient, aquifer transmissivity, and aquifer-storage coefficient. Because data to reliably estimate or calibrate
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Russell K. Livingston