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Turbulence Spectra Above A Vegetated Surface Under Conditions Of Sensible Heat Advection, Raymond P. Motha, Shashi B. Verma, Norman J. Rosenberg Jan 1979

Turbulence Spectra Above A Vegetated Surface Under Conditions Of Sensible Heat Advection, Raymond P. Motha, Shashi B. Verma, Norman J. Rosenberg

National Drought Mitigation Center: Faculty Publications

Spectra of vertical and horizontal velocity, air temperature and humidity fluctuations were analyzed from measurements made over a well-watered alfalfa crop under conditions of sensible heat advection. Vertical velocity and air temperature spectra as well as cospectra of momentum, sensible heat and water vapor were found to be dependent on atmospheric thermal stratification. These spectra and cospectra were shifted toward higher frequencies under advective as compared to lapse conditions. These results indicate that the predominant eddy sizes are relatively smaller under advective conditions. Humidity spectra, on the other hand, were independent of daytime thermal stratification conditions but were influenced by …


Plant Productivity And Nutrient Interrelationships Of Perennials In The Mohave Desert, A. Wallace, A. T. Vollmer, R. T. Mueller, J. W. Cha Jan 1979

Plant Productivity And Nutrient Interrelationships Of Perennials In The Mohave Desert, A. Wallace, A. T. Vollmer, R. T. Mueller, J. W. Cha

Memorandum

No abstract provided.


Gas Exchange Of Sonoran Desert Plants, S. R. Szarek, R. M. Woodhouse Jan 1979

Gas Exchange Of Sonoran Desert Plants, S. R. Szarek, R. M. Woodhouse

Memorandum

No abstract provided.


Nitrogen Cycling In Great Basin Desert Soils, J. Skujins, B. Klubek Jan 1979

Nitrogen Cycling In Great Basin Desert Soils, J. Skujins, B. Klubek

Memorandum

No abstract provided.


Biology Of Nematodes In Desert Ecosystems, R. Mankau Jan 1979

Biology Of Nematodes In Desert Ecosystems, R. Mankau

Memorandum

No abstract provided.


Demography Of Termite Colonies As Related To Various Environmental Factors: Nutritional Biochemistry And Physiology Of Termites, W. L. Nutting, J. P. Lafage Jan 1979

Demography Of Termite Colonies As Related To Various Environmental Factors: Nutritional Biochemistry And Physiology Of Termites, W. L. Nutting, J. P. Lafage

Memorandum

No abstract provided.


Seed-Eating Birds, H. R. Pulliam Jan 1979

Seed-Eating Birds, H. R. Pulliam

Memorandum

No abstract provided.


Demography Of Termite Colonies As Related To Various Environmental Factors: Nutritional Biochemistry And Physiology Of Termites, W. L. Nutting, J. P. Lafage Jan 1979

Demography Of Termite Colonies As Related To Various Environmental Factors: Nutritional Biochemistry And Physiology Of Termites, W. L. Nutting, J. P. Lafage

Memorandum

No abstract provided.


Plant Food Habits Of Rodents In Curlew Valley, E. L. Becker Ii, D. F. Balph, M. H. Balph Jan 1979

Plant Food Habits Of Rodents In Curlew Valley, E. L. Becker Ii, D. F. Balph, M. H. Balph

Memorandum

No abstract provided.


Effects Of Rodents On Germination Of Desert Annuals, O. J. Reichman Jan 1979

Effects Of Rodents On Germination Of Desert Annuals, O. J. Reichman

Memorandum

No abstract provided.


Rodent Seed-Foraging Strategies And Competition With Ants In The Sonoran Desert, J. H. Brown, D. W. Davidson Jan 1979

Rodent Seed-Foraging Strategies And Competition With Ants In The Sonoran Desert, J. H. Brown, D. W. Davidson

Memorandum

No abstract provided.


Responses And Interactions In Desert Plants As Influenced By Irrigation And Nitrogen Application, R. B. Hunter, E. M. Romney, A. Wallace, J. E. Kinnear, T. L. Ackerman, H. O. Hill Jan 1979

Responses And Interactions In Desert Plants As Influenced By Irrigation And Nitrogen Application, R. B. Hunter, E. M. Romney, A. Wallace, J. E. Kinnear, T. L. Ackerman, H. O. Hill

Memorandum

No abstract provided.


Primary Production And Carbon Allocation In Creosotebush: Validation Of The Model, G. L. Cunningham, J. F. Reynolds Jan 1979

Primary Production And Carbon Allocation In Creosotebush: Validation Of The Model, G. L. Cunningham, J. F. Reynolds

Memorandum

No abstract provided.


Jornada Validation Site Report, W. G. Whitford Jan 1979

Jornada Validation Site Report, W. G. Whitford

Memorandum

No abstract provided.


Tucson Basin Validation Site Report, J. L. Thames Jan 1979

Tucson Basin Validation Site Report, J. L. Thames

Memorandum

No abstract provided.


Rock Valley Validation Site Report, F. B. Turner Jan 1979

Rock Valley Validation Site Report, F. B. Turner

Memorandum

No abstract provided.


Impact Of Grazing On Foothill Vegetation, K. C. Hodgkinson, P. S. Johnson Jan 1979

Impact Of Grazing On Foothill Vegetation, K. C. Hodgkinson, P. S. Johnson

Memorandum

No abstract provided.


User's Manual For Desert2: A Desert Ecosystem Simulator Written In Ansi Fortran Iv, W. D. Valentine Jan 1979

User's Manual For Desert2: A Desert Ecosystem Simulator Written In Ansi Fortran Iv, W. D. Valentine

Memorandum

No abstract provided.


Cenozoic Geology Of The North Platte River Valley, Morrill And Garden Counties, Nebraska, James B. Swinehart Jan 1979

Cenozoic Geology Of The North Platte River Valley, Morrill And Garden Counties, Nebraska, James B. Swinehart

School of Natural Resources: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

No abstract provided.


Uranium Transport In The Walker River Basin, California And Nevada, Larry Benson, D. L. Leach Jan 1979

Uranium Transport In The Walker River Basin, California And Nevada, Larry Benson, D. L. Leach

United States Geological Survey: Staff Publications

During the summer of 1976 waters from tributaries, rivers, springs and wells were sampled in the Walker River Basin. Snow and sediments from selected sites were also sampled. All samples were analyzed for uranium and other elements. The resulting data provide an understanding of the transport of uranium within a closed hydrologic basin as well as providing a basis for the design of geochemical reconnaissance studies for the Basin and Range Province of the Western United States. Spring and tributary data are useful in locating areas containing anomalous concentrations of uranium. However, agricultural practices obscure the presence of known uranium …


Managing Water-Repellent Soils, D A. Mcghie Jan 1979

Managing Water-Repellent Soils, D A. Mcghie

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

A study of water-repellent soils has led to some management recommendations.


Monroe, Utah,Hydrothermal System: Results From Drilling O F Test Wells Mc 1 And Mc 2, D. S. Chapman, Roger Harrison Dec 1978

Monroe, Utah,Hydrothermal System: Results From Drilling O F Test Wells Mc 1 And Mc 2, D. S. Chapman, Roger Harrison

All U.S. Government Documents (Utah Regional Depository)

Following detailed geological (Parry et al., 1976; Miller, 1976) and geophysical (Mase, Chapman, and Ward, 1978; Kilty, Mase, and Chapman, 1978) studies of the Monroe, Utah hydrothermal system, a program of drilling two intermediate depth test wells was undertaken. The objectives of the test well drilling were three-fold: (1) to obtain structural information bearing on the poorly know dip of the Sevier Fault, (2) to obtain temperature information below the shallow depths (approximately 300 ft.) sampled in the first phase of exploration, and (3) to provide cased wells during the production phase of the project. The test well drilling was …


Distribution Of Phytoplankton In Nebraska Lakes, F. A. Morris, M. M. Morris, W. D. Taylor, L. R. Williams, S. C. Hern, V. W. Lambou Nov 1978

Distribution Of Phytoplankton In Nebraska Lakes, F. A. Morris, M. M. Morris, W. D. Taylor, L. R. Williams, S. C. Hern, V. W. Lambou

United States Environmental Protection Agency: Publications

The National Eutrophication Survey was initiated in 1972 in response to an Administration commitment to investigate the nationwide threat of accelerated eutrophication to freshwater lakes and reservoirs. The Survey was designed to develop, in conjunction with State environmental agencies, information on nutrient sources, concentrations, and impact on selected freshwater lakes as a basis for formulating comprehensive and coordinated national, regional, and State management practices relating to point source discharge reduction and nonpoint source pollution abatement in lake watershed.

The Survey collected physical, chemical, and biological data from 815 lakes and reservoirs throughout the contiguous United States. To date, the Survey …


Influence Of Nitrogen Fertilization On The Quality And Quantity Of Streamflow From A Forested Watershed, George B. Coltharp, Michael T. Shearer, Everett P. Springer, Robert F. Wittwer Oct 1978

Influence Of Nitrogen Fertilization On The Quality And Quantity Of Streamflow From A Forested Watershed, George B. Coltharp, Michael T. Shearer, Everett P. Springer, Robert F. Wittwer

KWRRI Research Reports

This project was designed to determine the effects of nitrogen fertilization on the quality and quantity of streamflow eminating from an eastern hardwood forest watershed. A 40.67 ha watershed, located in mountainous eastern Kentucky, was aerially fertilized in late April 1975. The forest stand was principally oak, hickory, and yellow poplar, 50 - 55 years of age and in a relatively undisturbed condition. A helicopter applied anunonium nitrate at a rate of 504 kg/ha. Because a large part of applied nitrogen fertilizer ends up in the highly mobile nitrate nitrogen.form, this is the principal ion monitored in this study. No …


The Phosphorus Dynamics Of A Eutrophic Prairie Reservoir, John F. Bender Aug 1978

The Phosphorus Dynamics Of A Eutrophic Prairie Reservoir, John F. Bender

School of Natural Resources: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

No abstract provided.


Effects Of Soil Injection Of Liquid Dairy Manure On The Quality Of Surface Runoff, I. J. Ross, S. Sizemore, J. P. Bowden, C. T. Haan Aug 1978

Effects Of Soil Injection Of Liquid Dairy Manure On The Quality Of Surface Runoff, I. J. Ross, S. Sizemore, J. P. Bowden, C. T. Haan

KWRRI Research Reports

Liquid dairy manure has been injected on the soil contour to depths of 6 and 12 inches and applied to the surface of a Bluegrass sod and a bare tilled soil. Application rates of 9,250 gallons per acre were used. Runoff from 9-foot-square plots which were sprinkled at rates of 2.5 inches per hour on sod and 1.5 inches per hour on bare soil was collected and analyzed for various pollution parameters including COD, N, TS, TSS, pH, DO, and Fecal Coliform. The effects of pollutant yield in the runoff have been determined for various treatments.

Injection of the manure …


Evaluation Of Detention Basins For Controlling Urban Runoff And Sedimentation, C. T. Haan, A. D. Ward Aug 1978

Evaluation Of Detention Basins For Controlling Urban Runoff And Sedimentation, C. T. Haan, A. D. Ward

KWRRI Research Reports

This report summarizes the work completed under the research project "Evaluation of Dentention Basins for Controlling Urban Runoff and Sedimentation." The main project accomplishments were:

(1) a demonstration of the desirability of considering systems of urban stormwater detention basins as opposed to individual basin design,

(2) the development of a systems analysis approach for least cost selection of a system of dentention basins for meeting a preset hydrologic objective,

(3) the development of a mathematical, computer-based simulation model of the performance of sediment retention basins,

(4) partial verification of the sediment basin model and

(5) the development of design recommendations …


Production Rates Of Benthic Insects In A Turbid Reservoir, John C. Lund Aug 1978

Production Rates Of Benthic Insects In A Turbid Reservoir, John C. Lund

School of Natural Resources: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

No abstract provided.


The Dietary Effects Of Rana Catesbeiana Larvae On Micropterus Salmoides, Eric Jon Evenson Aug 1978

The Dietary Effects Of Rana Catesbeiana Larvae On Micropterus Salmoides, Eric Jon Evenson

School of Natural Resources: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

No abstract provided.


Handbook Of Remote Sensing Imagery Of Connecticut, Daniel L. Civco, William C. Kennard, Michael Wm. Lefor Jul 1978

Handbook Of Remote Sensing Imagery Of Connecticut, Daniel L. Civco, William C. Kennard, Michael Wm. Lefor

Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station

No abstract provided.