Download or read book Application of Sea level Affecting Marshes Model SLAMM to Long Island NY and New York City written by New York State Energy Research and Development Authority and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Multi sensor System Applications in the Everglades Ecosystem written by Caiyun Zhang and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2020-01-06 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the applicability of multiple remote sensors to acquire information relevant to restoration and conservation efforts in wetlands using data collected from airborne and space multispectral/hyperspectral sensors, light detection and ranging (LiDAR), Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), and a hand-held spectroradiometer. This book also examines digital data processing techniques such as object-based image analysis, machine learning, texture analysis, and data fusion. After an introduction to the Everglades and to remote sensing, the book is divided into four parts based on the sensor systems used. There are chapters on vegetation mapping, biomass and water quality modeling, applications of hyperspectral data for plant stress analysis and coral reef mapping, studies of airborne LiDAR data for coastal vulnerability analysis and DEM improvement, as well as chapters that explore a fusion of multiple sensors for different datasets. Features Introduces concepts, theories, and advanced processing techniques A complete introduction of machine learning, object-based image analysis, data fusion, and ensemble analysis techniques in processing data from multiple remote sensors Explains how multiple remote sensing systems are applied in the wetland ecosystems of Florida The author had been teaching and using both systems and her research is widely recognized Multi-sensor System Applications in the Everglades Ecosystems provides a comprehensive application of remote sensing techniques in the Florida Everglades and its coastal ecosystems. It will prove an invaluable resource for the restoration and conservation of the Florida Everglades and beyond, for global wetlands in general. Any professional, scientist, engineer, or student working with remote sensing and wetland ecosystems will reap enormous benefits from this book.
Download or read book SLAMM Sea Level Affecting Marshes Model Modeling of the Effects of Sea Level Rise on Coastal Wetland Habitats of San Diego County written by and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2006, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change noted that eleven of the last twelve years ranked among the 12 warmest years in the record of global surface temperature (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2013). The rising global temperature has increased water output from glaciers and ice sheets (Sloobe, Lindenbergh, & Ditmar, 2008) (Ewert, Groh, & Dietrich, 2012) and caused thermal expansion of the ocean (Bindoff, et al., 2007). These changes have ultimately raised the mean tide level globally, and new available data on the ice dynamics in Greenland and Antarctica have lead some to suggest the sea level rise will be as much as to 1.5 or 2 meters above current levels (Ewert, Groh, & Dietrich, 2012)(Luthcke, et al., 2006)(Titus & Narayanan, 1995). Natural coastal areas such as wetlands will be vulnerable to sea level rise of 1.5 or 2 meters (Glick, Clough, Polaczyk, Couvillion, & Nunley, 2013) (Galbraith, et al., 2002). In this study, a high resolution digital elevation model, which was created by combining available Light Detecting and Ranging (LIDAR) and the National Elevation Dataset, and the National Wetlands Database were used to run the Sea Level Affecting Marshes Model (SLAMM) in the coastal areas of San Diego County, San Diego Bay, and the Tijuana Estuary for a 1, 1.5, and 2 meters sea level rise. In this study, San Diego County salt marsh areas including transitional salt marshes make considerable gains countywide due to inundation of brackish marsh areas by 2100. In San Diego Bay, beach areas, brackish marshes, and tidal flat areas are reduced and salt marsh increase as a response to sea level rise. In Tijuana Estuary, ocean beaches, brackish marshes, swamps, and undeveloped dry land show significant reductions, while estuarine beaches and estuarine open water increase their areal cover. The study showed that sea level rise driven growth of salt marshes will expand the nesting grounds for the Belding's Savannah Sparrow and Light-footed Clapper Rail countywide. The inundation of estuarine beaches in San Diego Bay make it less suitable for California least tern and western Snowy Plover to nest, while the formation of estuarine beaches (because of the inundation of undeveloped lands) on the south side of the Tijuana Estuary make it more suitable for these same two species of birds. Tidal flats in the southern part of San Diego Bay become inundated by SLR making the Bay less suitable for foraging by shorebirds such as the Long-billed Curlew. Due to the implications of this research, it will beneficial to designate and protect areas where critical habitats that support threatened and endangered species will migrate to as current protected areas such as the San Diego Bay Wildlife Refuge become inundated as the sea level rises.
Download or read book The Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate written by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-04-30 with total page 755 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the leading international body for assessing the science related to climate change. It provides policymakers with regular assessments of the scientific basis of human-induced climate change, its impacts and future risks, and options for adaptation and mitigation. This IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate is the most comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of the observed and projected changes to the ocean and cryosphere and their associated impacts and risks, with a focus on resilience, risk management response options, and adaptation measures, considering both their potential and limitations. It brings together knowledge on physical and biogeochemical changes, the interplay with ecosystem changes, and the implications for human communities. It serves policymakers, decision makers, stakeholders, and all interested parties with unbiased, up-to-date, policy-relevant information. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
Download or read book Fostering Sustainable Behavior written by Doug McKenzie-Mohr and published by New Society Publishers. This book was released on 2011-02-01 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The highly acclaimed manual for changing everyday habits-now in an all-newthird edition! We are consuming resources and polluting our environment at a rate that is outstripping our planet's ability to support us. To create a sustainable future, we must not only change our own actions, we must educate and encourage those around us to change theirs. If one individual recycles his plastic containers, the impact is minimal. But if an entire community recycles, enormous amounts of resources are saved. How then do we go about transforming people's good intentions into action? Fostering Sustainable Behavior explains how the field of community-based social marketing has emerged as an effective tool for encouraging positive social change. This completely revised and updated third edition contains a wealth of new research, behavior change tools, and case studies. Learn how to: target unsustainable behaviors, and identify the barriers to change understand various commitment strategies communicate effective messages enhance motivation and invite participation. The strategies introduced in this ground-breaking manual are an invaluable resource for anyone interested in promoting sustainable behavior, including environmental conservation, recycling and waste reduction, water and energyefficiency and alternative transportation.
Download or read book Selected Water Resources Abstracts written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 806 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Ecology of New England High Salt Marshes written by Scott W. Nixon and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Selected Water Resources Abstracts written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 806 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Hudson River Estuary written by Jeffrey S. Levinton and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2006-01-09 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Hudson River Estuary, first published in 2006, is a scientific biography with relevance to similar natural systems.
Download or read book Predictive Scientific Assessment of Future Salt Marsh Transgression Using Slamm Sleuth and a Novel Probabilistic Model of Estuarine Shoreline Armoring at the Parcel Scale written by Nicole Elise Peterson and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Salt marshes are an ecosystem particularly affected by sea level rise (SLR), and predicted rates of future SLR pose serious threats to salt marsh sustainability. Urbanization and human responses to SLR also have the potential to threaten salt marsh persistence; in particular, coastal developments and hard armoring can impede the ability of salt marshes to migrate inland. Although a range of models has been developed to predict coastal habitat changes in response to future SLR, trade-offs exist between model complexity, uncertainty, and management utility. This study presents a novel, parsimonious modeling framework for predictive assessment of salt marsh response to SLR at a scale appropriate for application to local and regional planning and decision making by accounting for the effects of current and potential future hard armoring distributions on salt marsh migration. This research advances prior modeling efforts by representing hard armoring distributions at the parcel level scale.
Download or read book Observation of Saltwater Marsh Resiliency to Sea Level Rise in Jamaica Bay Long Island s Oyster and Great South Bay 1995 to 2020 written by Helen Polanco and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is hypothesized that sea-level rise and storm events are influencing the disappearance of marsh island vegetation in Long Island’s South Shore Estuary. A significant negative correlation was found when comparing mean local sea level rise to marsh vegetation NDVI values in Jamaica Bay, Queens, and Nassau County.
Download or read book The National Hydrography Dataset written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Long Island Sound Habitat Restoration Initiative written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States written by U.S. Global Change Research Program and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-08-24 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Summarizes the science of climate change and impacts on the United States, for the public and policymakers.
Download or read book Federal Scientists and Engineers written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Modeling and Restoration of Tidal Marsh Hydrology in the New York New Jersey Estuary written by Franco Andre Montalto and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Watershed Management for Potable Water Supply written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2000-02-17 with total page 569 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1997, New York City adopted a mammoth watershed agreement to protect its drinking water and avoid filtration of its large upstate surface water supply. Shortly thereafter, the NRC began an analysis of the agreement's scientific validity. The resulting book finds New York City's watershed agreement to be a good template for proactive watershed management that, if properly implemented, will maintain high water quality. However, it cautions that the agreement is not a guarantee of permanent filtration avoidance because of changing regulations, uncertainties regarding pollution sources, advances in treatment technologies, and natural variations in watershed conditions. The book recommends that New York City place its highest priority on pathogenic microorganisms in the watershed and direct its resources toward improving methods for detecting pathogens, understanding pathogen transport and fate, and demonstrating that best management practices will remove pathogens. Other recommendations, which are broadly applicable to surface water supplies across the country, target buffer zones, stormwater management, water quality monitoring, and effluent trading.
