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Book Permafrost

    Book Details:
  • Author : T. Neil Davis
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2001
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 404 pages

Download or read book Permafrost written by T. Neil Davis and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intended for a broad audience, this book is suitable for the science-minded layman and motivated students; it belongs in the library of anyone with more than a passing interest in the colder regions of the world. Students, permafrost specialists, and professionals in earth and environmental sciences will find most of the necessary and detailed mathematical material contained in the appendices, where it is accessible but not alarming to the less technically minded."--BOOK JACKET.

Book Catalogue of National Historic Landmarks

Download or read book Catalogue of National Historic Landmarks written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Interim Synthesis Report

Download or read book Interim Synthesis Report written by and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines consequences of outer continental shelf petroleum development in light of current knowledge. Cover title: Environmental assessment of the Alaskan continental shelf.

Book Watershed Condition Classification Technical Guide

Download or read book Watershed Condition Classification Technical Guide written by U.s. Department of Agriculture Forest Service and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2012-08-15 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Strategic Plan for fiscal year (FY) 2010–2015 targets the restoration of watershed and forest health as a core management objective of the national forests and grasslands. To achieve this goal, the Forest Service, an agency of USDA, is directed to restore degraded watersheds by strategically focusing investments in watershed improvement projects and conservation practices at landscape and watershed scales. The Forest Service formed the National Watershed Condition Team and tasked it with developing a nationally consistent, science-based approach to classify the condition of all National Forest System (NFS) watersheds and to develop outcome-based performance measures for watershed restoration. The team evaluated alternative approaches for classifying watersheds (USDA Forest Service 2007) and developed the watershed condition classification (WCC) system described in this technical guide. The team designed the WCC system to—Classify the condition of all NFS watersheds; Be quantitative to the extent feasible; Rely on Geographic Information System (GIS) technology; Be cost effective; Be implementable within existing budgets; Include resource areas and activities that have a significant influence on watershed condition. National forests are required to revise the classification on an annual basis. The WCC system is a national forest-based, reconnaissance level evaluation of watershed condition achievable within existing budgets and staffing levels that can be aggregated for a national assessment of watershed condition. The WCC system offers a systematic, flexible means of classifying watersheds based on a core set of national watershed condition indicators. The system relies on professional judgment exercised by forest interdisciplinary (ID) teams, GIS data, and national databases to the extent they are available, and on written rule sets and criteria for indicators that describe the three watershed condition classes (functioning properly, functioning at risk, and impaired function). The WCC system relies on Washington Office and regional office oversight for flexible and consistent application among national forests. The WCC system is a first approximation of watershed condition, and we will revise and refine it over time. The expectation is that we will improve and refine individual resource indicators and that we will develop databases and map products to assist with future classifications. The WCC information will be incorporated into the watershed condition framework, which will ultimately be employed to establish priorities, evaluate program performance, and communicate watershed restoration successes to interested stakeholders and Congress. The watershed condition goal of the Forest Service is “to protect National Forest System watersheds by implementing practices designed to maintain or improve watershed condition, which is the foundation for sustaining ecosystems and the production of renewable natural resources, values, and benefits” (FSM 2520). U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack reemphasized this policy in his “Vision for the Forest Service” when he stated that achieving restoration of watershed and forest health would be the primary management objective of the Forest Service (USDA 2010). This Watershed Condition Classification Technical Guide helps to implement this policy objective by—1. Establishing a systematic process for determining watershed condition class that all national forests can apply consistently; 2. Improving Forest Service reporting and tracking of watershed condition; 3. Strengthening the effectiveness of the Forest Service to maintain and restore the productivity and resilience of watersheds and their associated aquatic systems on NFS lands.

Book Catalogue of National Historic Landmarks

Download or read book Catalogue of National Historic Landmarks written by and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Canada s Cold Environments

    Book Details:
  • Author : Hugh M. French
  • Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
  • Release : 1993
  • ISBN : 0773509259
  • Pages : 364 pages

Download or read book Canada s Cold Environments written by Hugh M. French and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1993 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Low temperatures, wind-chill, snow, sea ice, and permafrost have been primary characteristics of Canada's northern and alpine environments during the past two million years. The evolution of Canada's cultural landscapes, the processes of settlement of rural areas, and the present interaction of Canadian industrial society with its biophysical environment are all deeply influenced, directly or indirectly, by the frigidity of the greater part of the country. The phenomenon of global warming, if it occurs, will lessen this coldness, but its impact on temperature extremes, sea ice regimes, vegetation, snow distribution, permafrost, glaciers, lakes, rivers, and mountain hazards are all the subject of intensive research -- the highlights of which are reviewed in Canada's Cold Environments. Eleven of Canada's leading geographers, geologists, and ecologists provide an authoritative yet readable scientific statement about the physical nature of Canada's coldness. They focus on the distinctive attributes of Canada's cold environments, their temporal and spatial variability, and the constraints that coldness places on human activity. The book is aimed at environmental scientists at all levels who need informed overviews of the substantive findings on a range of cold-related topics.

Book The Mechanical Properties of Sea Ice

Download or read book The Mechanical Properties of Sea Ice written by W. F. Weeks and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The review discusses the state of thinking of each of the main national groups investigating sea ice and gives an overall appraisal of the field as a whole. Emphasis is placed on (1) the physical basis for interpreting sea ice strength (phase relations, air volume, and structural considerations), (2) theoretical considerations (strength models, air bubbles and salt reinforcement, and interrelations between growth conditions and strength), (3) experimental results (tensile, flexural, shear, and compressive strength, elastic modulus, shear modulus and Poisson's ratio, time dependent effects, and creep), and (4) plate characteristics. The paper includes a review of problems in sea ice investigations, relates the chemical, crystallographic, mechanical, and physical aspects involved, and concludes by showing how to utilize this knowledge to solve practical problems. (Author).

Book Climatic Atlas of the Outer Continental Shelf Waters

Download or read book Climatic Atlas of the Outer Continental Shelf Waters written by William A. Brower and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Graphic and tabular presentation of the present knowledge of climatological conditions in three Alaskan marine and near coastal areas that are important to resource development of the outer continental shelf - the Gulf of Alaska (v.1), the Bering Sea (v.2) and the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas (v.3).

Book Proposed Federal State oil and gas lease sale

Download or read book Proposed Federal State oil and gas lease sale written by United States. Bureau of Land Management and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Air Commerce Bulletin

Download or read book Air Commerce Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on 1933 with total page 630 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Glaciology in China

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  • Author : World Data Center A for Glaciology
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1981
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 80 pages

Download or read book Glaciology in China written by World Data Center A for Glaciology and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Annual Report of the Civil Aeronautics Board

Download or read book Annual Report of the Civil Aeronautics Board written by United States. Civil Aeronautics Board and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Current Research

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  • Author : Geological Survey of Canada
  • Publisher : McClain Printing Company
  • Release : 1993
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 392 pages

Download or read book Current Research written by Geological Survey of Canada and published by McClain Printing Company. This book was released on 1993 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Civil Aeronautics Journal

Download or read book Civil Aeronautics Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page 922 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Bulletin No  1

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  • Author : United States. Public Works Administration
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1935
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 128 pages

Download or read book Bulletin No 1 written by United States. Public Works Administration and published by . This book was released on 1935 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Download or read book Arctic National Wildlife Refuge written by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Region 7 and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: