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A Semi-Empirical Cellular Automata Model For Wildfire Monitoring From A Geosynchronous Space Platform, Brian D. Killough
A Semi-Empirical Cellular Automata Model For Wildfire Monitoring From A Geosynchronous Space Platform, Brian D. Killough
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The environmental and human impacts of wildfires have grown considerably in recent years due to an increase in their frequency and coverage. Effective wildfire management and suppression requires real-time data to locate fire fronts, model their propagation and assess the impact of biomass burning. Existing empirical wildfire models are based on fuel properties and meteorological data with inadequate spatial or temporal sampling. A geosynchronous space platform with the proposed set of high resolution infrared detectors provides a unique capability to monitor fires at improved spatial and temporal resolutions. The proposed system is feasible with state-of-the-art hardware and software for high …
An Analysis Of Wetland Patterns And Functions At The Watershed And Sub-Watershed Scales, With *Policy Applications, Jennifer Newton Bissonnette
An Analysis Of Wetland Patterns And Functions At The Watershed And Sub-Watershed Scales, With *Policy Applications, Jennifer Newton Bissonnette
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This dissertation addresses the need to define potential impacts of recent and proposed changes in federal wetland regulation in a quantifiable manner. Consideration was made not only of total wetland acreage and wetland types that could sustain losses, but also to categorize the effect such losses would have in terms of wetland functions, at the watershed scale. This work took a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) approach, and included employing a best-professional judgment model for scoring habitat, water quality and flood attenuation functions to determine potential cumulative impacts; a water quality study which related wetland and watershed variables to nutrient and …
Homing Success Of Migrants Versus Nonmigrants: Do Differences In Spatial Memory Generalize Across Spatial Scales?, Jeffrey T. Keiser
Homing Success Of Migrants Versus Nonmigrants: Do Differences In Spatial Memory Generalize Across Spatial Scales?, Jeffrey T. Keiser
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Fetal Alcohol And Adolescent Behavior: The Effects Of Postnatal Binge Ethanol Exposure On The Behavioral Development Of Adolescent Animals, Katherine A. Colona
Fetal Alcohol And Adolescent Behavior: The Effects Of Postnatal Binge Ethanol Exposure On The Behavioral Development Of Adolescent Animals, Katherine A. Colona
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