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Interferometric Swath Processing Of Cryosat Data For Glacial Ice Topography, L. Gray, D. Burgess, L. Copland, R. Cullen, N. Galin, R. Hawley, V. Helm

Dartmouth Scholarship

We have derived digital elevation models (DEMs) over the western part of the Devon Ice Cap in Nunavut, Canada, using "swath processing" of interferometric data collected by Cryosat between February 2011 and January 2012. With the standard ESA (European Space Agency) SARIn (synthetic aperture radar interferometry) level 2 (L2) data product, the interferometric mode is used to map the cross-track position and elevation of the "point-of-closest-approach" (POCA) in sloping glacial terrain. However, in this work we explore the extent to which the phase of the returns in the intermediate L1b product can also be used to map the heights of …

Global Climate Change And Raised On The Current And Future Climate Of The Arab World And The Suggested Solutions To Counter Its Negative Effects And Minimize Them, Nisreen Awaad, Munera Mhamad

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

The changing climate of the biggest challenges facing the environment various elements, and returns the seriousness of change to impact on all aspects of life on planet Earth, where higher average temperature of the Earth to put pressure on most ecosystems, scientists confirmed that the main reason for this climate phenomenon is the result of the development activities of humans in different sectors (agricultural, industrial, power generation, waste, transport and transportation).

Natural Geographical Possibilities In The District Of Salman And Their Role In Agricultural Development, Raad Abd Alhussain Mohammed

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

The research aims to analyze the natural potential and resources in ALSalman district and It's role in achieving agricultural development. This region has many natural resources like the lands that can agriculture, abundance of interior water and natural pastures. But the population of the area whom work in agriculture did not for them the available circumstances to invest the resources in the right form as a result of the objects that can deal with it by development in technical of harvest water.

Assess The Level Of Pollution Of The Waters Of The Euphrates And The Liquefaction Water With Heavy Metals In The City Of Samawah And Its Health Effects, Dawod Jasim, Hamed Talip, Anwar Sabah

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

The study concluded the current deterioration of the water quality of the River Euphrates and liquefaction in the city of Samawah, due to a number of causes, including natural and other human is the most influenced by the discharge of the city of countless industrial, agricultural and other urban pollutants, which led to the deterioration of water quality Euphrates River in the city of Samawah and transmission of these pollutants in turn over the water liquefaction study neighborhoods. Making those susceptible to water-related illnesses by It pollutants and makes them a significant threat to the health of city residents.

A Geographical Approach For Integrating Belief Networks And Geographic Information Sciences To Probabilistically Predict River Depth, Nathan Lee Hopper

Dissertations

Geography is, traditionally, a discipline dedicated to answering complex spatial questions. Although spatial statistical techniques, such as weighted regressions and weighted overlay analyses, are commonplace within geographical sciences, probabilistic reasoning, and uncertainty analyses are not typical. For example, belief networks are statistically robust and computationally powerful, but are not strongly integrated into geographic information systems. This is one of the reasons that belief networks have not been more widely utilized within the environmental sciences community. Geography’s traditional method of delivering information through maps provides a mechanism for conveying probabilities and uncertainties to decision makers in a clear, concise manner. This …

A Critical Spatial Econometric Counter Analysis Of The Impact Of New Toxic Facilities On Local Wages, Clinton E. Davis

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Hegemonic assumptions and industry claims regarding the benefits of new toxic industrial facilities on local wages are tested and challenged. Analysis is performed by applying GIScience and Spatial Econometric methods within a critical framework. A call is made to develop more broadly the practice of Counter Analysis, which is presented as an analogue of Counter-Mapping that repurposes Spatial Analytic methods for the pursuit of critical research agendas.

Environmental Geography Alum Talks About Peace Corps At Suny, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

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Sack Presents On Gilberts Lake Bonneville Monograph At Gsa Meeting, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

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Backdraft The Conflict And Peacebuilding Potential From Climate Change Mitigation And Adaptation, Nov 1, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

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Climate Change The Evidence People And Our Options, Nov 6, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

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Fifth Graders Come To See How Weather Works, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

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Knowing The Future: A Focus Of Human Attention For Several Thousand Years, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

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Book Review: The Revenge Of Geography, Robert Weaver

Faculty Publications and Presentations

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Fluid Borders, Concrete Locations: Epicenters Of Cross-Cultural Interaction In The Eighteenth Century Borderland Of The Great Lakes, John W. Nelson

Student Publications

In a recent article on the advent of borderlands history as a prominent field of historical scholarship, Pekka Hämäläinen and Samuel Truett described borderlands as “realms where boundaries are also crossroads, peripheries are also central places, homelands are also passing-through places, and the end points of empire are also forks in the road.” One such region that certainly fits this definition of a borderland and unquestionably hosts such specific crossroads and cultural junctions is the maritime region of the Great Lakes of North America. [excerpt]

Athens Messenger: Putting Down Roots: Ed Newman, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

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Emily Dickinson’S Place Names, Malina Nielson, Dr. Cynthia L. Hallen

Journal of Undergraduate Research

During her prolific writing career, nineteenth-century poet Emily Dickinson produced 1,789 poems. Dr. Cynthia Hallen of the English Language and Linguistics Department has been researching and defining all of Emily Dickinson’s words according to the way Dickinson used them for the forthcoming Emily Dickinson Lexicon.

Exploring The Relative Importance Of Spatial And Environmental Variation On The Craniometrics Of The Modern Portuguese, Katherine E. Weisensee

Human Biology Open Access Pre-Prints

Previous research on the causes of craniometric variation within and among human populations has invoked both genetic and environmental explanations. Recent studies of modern populations in the United States and Portugal, among other populations, suggest that changes in environmental conditions have resulted in significant changes in cranial morphology. While similar changes in cranial morphology have been observed in genetically diverse populations, these populations do not appear to be converging on a common form. This study seeks to understand the role that population history and environmental variation play in explaining craniometric variation in the modern Portuguese. Using three-­‐dimensional craniometric data collected …

Assessing Uncertainty In Volunteered Geographic Information For Emergency Response, Michael Camponovo

Geography ETDs

This research project examines data produced by volunteers through the Ushahidi web platform in response to the earthquake that struck Haiti in January 2010. Volunteers translated messages submitted by victims in Haiti, categorized each message based on its content, and georeferenced each message on a dynamic web based map. When categorizing the data, volunteers were able to assign up to 8 main and 42 subcategories to each message. Initial inspection of the attribute data produced by the volunteers indicated a strong discrepancy between the contents of the messages submitted by the victims and the corresponding attributes assigned to those messages …

The College, Career, And Civic Life (C3) Framework For Social Studies State Standards: Guidance For Enhancing The Rigor Of K-12 Civics, Economics, Geography, And History, Kathy Swan, Keith C. Barton, Stephen Buckles, Flannery Burke, Jim Charkins, S. G. Grant, Susan W. Hardwick, John Lee, Peter Levine, Meira Levinson, Anand Marri, Chauncey Monte-Sano, Robert Morrill, Karen Thomas-Brown, Cynthia Tyson, Bruce Vansledright, Merry Wiesner-Hanks

Curriculum and Instruction Reports

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Why Geographer's Should Study Christian Congregational Song, Andrew M. Mccoy

Faculty Presentations

This interdisciplinary research (to be published late 2013 in The Changing World Religion Map, Stanley D. Brunn, ed., Springer Publishing) examines reasons why geographers should study Christian congregational worship music.

Geographic Analysis Of Tornadogenesis From Landfalling And Nearby Tropical Cyclones In The State Of Florida, Charles Eugene Roop

Theses and Dissertations

Tropical cyclone (TC)-spawned tornadoes in Florida were analyzed to determine patterns of occurrence based on storm and geographic features. Tornadoes were determined to be associated with a landfalling or nearby TC if a tornado occurred within 800 km of the TC’s center of circulation. TC-tornadoes were analyzed for patterns based on distance and angle from TC’s center, topographic influences, population biases, and influence based on time of landfall. Most TC-Tornadoes tend to occur more often before landfall than after. It was discovered that tornadoes have occurred in different areas with respect to the bearing from the center depending on the …

Geography Professors Contribute To Climate Adaptation Workshop Tanzania Research, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

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The Application Of Geographic Information Technology And Ground-Penetrating Radar In The Study Of The Evolution Of The Charles River Basin, Lars E. Anderas

Graduate Masters Theses

A two-part study was conducted on the evolution of the shoreline of the Charles River basin on a city-wide scale as well as in finer detail in Magazine Beach Park, along the Cambridge shore of the river. Both parts of the study utilized geographic information technology (GIT) to integrate and analyze data from modern and historical sources, including maps, digital elevation models (DEMs), and orthographic and oblique photography. The city-scale portion of the study produced estimates of the total area of new land made within the study area since Boston's founding in 1630, 14.3 km², of which 6.5 …

Fractured Communities: Natural Gas, Resource Control, And Social Response In Bradford County, Pa, Chad F. Spade

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

This thesis examines natural gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale formation through a case study and research conducted in Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Drawing upon the literatures of environmental justice and accumulation by dispossession, this thesis examines the impacts natural gas drilling has on the local community. Themes of economic benefits, leasing procedures, environmental concerns, social fracturing and political power are explored as they relate to the natural gas industry's impact on the local community. Viewed through the theories of accumulation by dispossession and environmental justice, this thesis examines the role resource control plays in the development and exploitation of natural …

Watering The St. Katherine Landscape: Exploring The Nexus Between Socio-Economic And Hydro-Cultural Change, Joshua D. Lohnes

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

The town of St. Katherine is located in the mountainous and most water rich region of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula. This relative water abundance was a critical factor to the historical and cultural landscape that emerged there over the centuries. Past human settlements have left an intricate network of catchments, conduits and wells. Much of this infrastructure is still in use today across the hundreds of orchards that dot valley floors around this growing urban center. A pipeline has recently linked this community to the Nile River hundreds of miles away restructuring water consumption patterns throughout the area and reinforcing a …

The Politics Of The "New North": Putting History And Geography At Stake In Arctic Futures, Andrew T. Stuhl

Faculty Journal Articles

References to a “New North” have snowballed across popular media in the past

10 years. By invoking the phrase, scientists, policy analysts, journalists and others

draw attention to the collision of global warming and global investment in

the Arctic today and project a variety of futures for the region and the planet.

While changes are apparent, the trope of a “New North” is not new. Discourses

that appraised unfamiliar situations at the top of the world have recurred

throughout the twentieth century. They have also accompanied attempts to

cajole, conquer, civilize, consume, conserve and capitalize upon the far north.

This …

Geography, Informal Information, And Mutual Fund Portfolios, Jinyi (Richard) Fu, Swasti Gupta-Mukherjee

School of Business: Faculty Publications and Other Works

This paper explores how informal information channels impact the investment performance of mutual funds. We measure the strengths of two specific information channels linked to the geographical location of fund managers: information transfers among managers (fund-fund links), and between fund managers and the companies in which they invest (fund-company links). We analyze the marginal impact of these information channels on abnormal returns generated from stock holdings. We find that each channel increases investment performance in the absence of the other. Investment performance is reduced when the two information channels act in combination, an effect that appears to be driven by …

Geographical Spread Of Asians In California, Lydia Tang

Social Sciences

The goal of my senior project is to perform a spatial analysis of Asian American settlement patterns within California. With my findings, I want to predict future Asian immigrant settlement patterns, places within California that they will likely cluster around, the rate of immigration, and how their increasing or decreasing presence in California affects California’s urban and economic climate. What I hope to achieve from this study is an understanding for why certain areas attract more Asians than others. By finding the answers to the following questions, I will be able to forecast the future spread of Asian Americans in …

Community Composition, Demographic Change, And The Impact Of Spatial Proximity To Disadvantage On Violence And Gang Presence In New Jersey Municipalities, Brian Engelmann

Dissertations

Neighborhood composition, change, and disadvantage have been shown to influence crime and gang presence in communities. There is a dearth of research, however, that explores whether spatial proximity to disadvantaged areas affects crime and gang presence in nearby locations. Through maps and spatial analysis, this study investigates how neighborhood demographics may vary and may have changed by community type in New Jersey municipalities. Through quantitative analysis and interviews with school and law enforcement officials, the study then analyzes how such community-based phenomena, coupled with proximity to disadvantaged areas, may affect crime, violence, and gang presence in towns and schools.

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7 A&S Faculty Honored With Emeriti Association Induction, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

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