Download or read book The LATEX Shelf Physical Oceanography Program s written by Susan R. Mahan and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book LATEX Shelf Data Report written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 1902 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Louisiana-Texas Shelf Physical Oceanography Program (LATEX) was supported by the Minerals Management Service (MMS) of the U.S. Department of the Interior. LATEX was divided into three study units; Study Unit A, Texas-Louisiana Shelf Circulation and Transport Processes Study (LATEX A or LATEX Shelf), was conducted by the Texas A & M University System. The LATEX A field program included current mooring measurements, drifting buoys, hydrography, acoustic Doppler current profiling, and meteorological measurements over the Texas-Louisiana continental shelf from the Mississippi River to the Rio Grande. The field program began in mid-April 1992 and concluded in early December 1994. This report covers the data collected as part of the hydrography field component. This data report consists of the main volume, which describes the surveys and provides information on the methods used for data collection and processing, and ten appendices that present the survey data graphically. The data shown in this report have been submitted in digital form to the National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC), a division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of the U.S. Department of Commerce; the NODC project number for LATEX A is 0212"--Introduction.
Download or read book Summary of Federal Programs and Projects written by United States. National Ocean Pollution Program Office and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bridging Boundaries Through Regional Marine Research written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2000-03-06 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As appreciation of the interdisciplinary and multidimensional character of environmental issues has increased, there have been attempts to address regional needs more directly. One of these, the Regional Marine Research Program (RMRP), was established by Congress in 1990 to provide a mechanism to fund coastal marine research based on regionally-defined priorities. The RMRP legislation established a system of nine regional marine research boards around the United States. Each board was responsible for planning marine research to address issues of water quality and ecosystem health on a regional scale. Although all nine regions received funding for planning activities and development of a research plan, only the Gulf of Maine RMRP received funding for program implementation. The completion of the Gulf of Maine program, in 1997, presents an opportunity to evaluate whether the process for planning and managing the Gulf of Maine research was adequate, whether the research fulfilled the goals of the program, and whether this experience should serve as a model for similar regional programs elsewhere. Bridging Boundaries through Regional Marine Research is a study of the RMRP, with a specific review of the Gulf of Maine program as well as an assessment of other modesl for regional marine research. This report assesses the need for regional marine research,reviews processes by which regional marine research needs can be defined, and discusses existing programs for regional marine research in the United States. It also identifies short- and long-term approaches that might be taken by NOAA.
Download or read book National Marine Pollution Program written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Priorities for Coastal Ecosystem Science written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1995-02-17 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes critical environmental issues that face coastal ocean and Great Lakes areas, including eutrophication, habitat modification, hydrologic and hydrodynamic disruption, exploitation of resources, toxic effects on ecosystems and humans, introduction of nonindigenous species, global climate change and variability, and shoreline erosion and hazardous storms. These issues can be approached through science activities (including research, monitoring, and modeling) discussed in this book and through coordination among federal agencies.
Download or read book Annual Report written by Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing and Production Program (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The American Sea written by Rezneat Milton Darnell and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2015-05-13 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than a decade, Rezneat Darnell worked on this major synthesis of what is known about the Gulf of Mexico. His goal: to bring a deeper understanding of “the American Sea” to students, scientists, managers, and educated citizens of the public at large. The American Sea builds on Darnell’s own research, the research of his graduate students, government agency research reports, data synthesis reports, and literature summaries to present a holistic view of the Gulf of Mexico. Although he is recognized as a pioneer in the study of continental shelf ecology, Darnell largely resisted specialization, remaining throughout his career “the writer and bringer together of things.” Here, he has written a book that embraces history, geology, geography, meteorology, chemistry, biology, ecology, and human relations in one comprehensive reference. Although it is thorough and meticulous in coverage, what comes through in these pages is the enormity, complexity, and mystery of the world that lies just beyond the Texas vacation beach, the Louisiana wetland, or the Mexico fishing village. In addition to photographs of deep water and other organisms that are included in the book, a number of illustrations have been added to provide excellent visual material, including historical and ocean floor maps and many works of original art depicting marine species, sea turtles, fish, and crustaceans.
Download or read book LATEX Shelf Data Report written by Steven Francis DiMarco and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This report describes the data availability of the SeaData 635-8 wave gauge deployed by the Texas-Louisiana Shelf Circulation and Transport Processes Study of the Louisiana-Texas Shelf Physical Oceanography Program (LATEX). LATEX was funded by the U.S. Minerals Management Service under OCS contract No. 14-35-0001-30509 (Jochens and Nowlin, 1994). This report follows the same format as the LATEX-A Data Report: MiniSpec Directional Wave Gauges (DiMarco et al. 1995a). The two volume MiniSpec Data Report discusses MiniSpec data collected from the beginning of the LATEX field study in April 1992 through December 1994. Kelly et al. (1993) document the calibration and performance of the MiniSpecs during their first year of deployment. This report focuses on the data recorded by the SeaData 635-8 wave gauge. The SeaData wave gauge was deployed six times during the LATEX field program at 3 different locations and recorded bottom pressure only. The observed SeaData pressure records are suitable for estimating wave statistics. One difference between the LATEX Mini- Specs and SeaData data is that the MiniSpecs also recorded current information to provide estimates of the directional wave spectrum. Because the SeaData recorded only bottom pressure, only the non-directional wave spectrum could be estimated. The SeaData instrument also only operated in burst mode and, therefore, did not yield half-hourly seasurface height estimates. Sea surface height may be estimated, however, by averaging the SeaData pressure time series. The availability of sea surface height estimated by the Sea- Data is addressed in the LATEX-A Data Report: Current Meters (DiMarco et al. 1997). In addition to data availability, this report also documents the calculation of wave statistics, such as significant wave height and peak spectral period, which were not provided in the original National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) distributions submitted to the NODC by the LATEX program. Three data sets per instrument deployment exist for the SeaData wave gauge: the original raw pressure time series, time series of basic wave statistics, and time series of sea surface height. It is clear, however, that the general analyses presented in this report can provide important information and serve as pointers for future, more specific, analyses"--Introduction.
Download or read book Pearl Crossing LNG Project written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 812 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Proposed Use of Floating Production Storage and Offloading Systems on the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf Western and Central Planning Areas written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 730 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The National Undersea Research Program written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Subcommittee on Oceanography, Gulf of Mexico, and the Outer Continental Shelf and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book For the Proposed Eastern Gulf of Mexico OCS Oil and Gas Lease Sale 181 written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service written by United States. National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Maintaining the Health and Productivity of the Gulf of Mexico written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Subcommittee on Oceanography, Gulf of Mexico, and the Outer Continental Shelf and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fall Winter Current Reversals on the Texas Louisiana Continental Shelf written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fall-winter recurrence of current reversal from westward to eastward is identified on the Texas-Louisiana continental shelf using the current meter [Texas-Louisiana Shelf Physical Oceanography Program (LATEX-A)] and near surface drifting buoy [Surface Current and Lagrangian Drift Program (SCULP- 1)] observations in 1993 and 1994. Reversal events roughly satisfy the Poisson distribution with one current reversal nearly every twelve days. Synoptic winds seem responsible for the current reversal events. Other processes such as offshore eddies shed from the Loop Currents and river run off are less important to change alongshore flow direction at synoptic scales. A statistical model is established to predict the synoptic current reversal using the surface wind observations.
Download or read book Intra Americas Sea Marine Science Meeting of U S Experts written by Bradford E. Brown and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The December 1990 meeting of more than sixty U.S. experts in marine science of the Intra-Americas Sea made 21 recommendations, with deadlines and agencies responsible to carry them out. These recommendations were a consensus of two days of institutional reports, individual conversations, and workshops. The one overwhelming recommendations was to support the UNEP and IOC in the region through active U.S. scientists' participation in problem identification, project planning and execution, and information transfer. A regional emphasis on marine science issues with clearly defined impacts on U.S. interests was considered essential to generating the financial support neccesary to successful project implementation"--Executive summary, paragraph 1
