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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Houston Ship Channel."”.
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Land Rebound and Preconsolidation Head in the Houston Ship Channel Area
… groundwater pumping has occurred in and around Houston, Texas for nearly a century. Hydraulic heads in much of the region have been recovering steadily since the mid-1970s following the efforts of local organizations to regulate groundwater production. In the past 15-years, subsidence in the …
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Spatial trends in surface-based carbonaceous aerosol measurements during DISCOVER-AQ in Houston, TX.
… Observations Relevant to Air Quality) in Houston, TX during September 2013. Four ground-based sampling sites were chosen to represent the Houston metropolitan area: primary sites Moody Tower (downtown; urban) and Manvel Croix (southern; suburb) and supplementary sites Conroe (northern; …
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Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Speciated Atmospheric Mercury in Southeastern Texas
… obtained from the ideally located University of Houston Moody Tower and University of Houston Coastal Center from March 22, 2012- June 6, 2013 and July 26, 2013-June 6, 2013, respectively. The use of key tracer gases from various data sources as well as meteorological data from ground-based …
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Current Ground Motions in Montgomery, West Liberty, and Northern Harris Counties Derived from Continuous GPS Motions
The greater Houston area has been adversely affected by land subsidence possibly more than any other area in the United States. Houston and its surrounding areas have been suffering frequent infrastructure damage associated with faulting and land subsidence for almost a century. Currently, land …
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Modeling the Dynamics of Hypoxia and Its Interaction with Optically Active Water Quality Constituents Using Remote Sensing and Regression Analysis
… quality from a rich spatiotemporal database for Houston coincident with remote sensing reflectance, to produce robust regression relationships that are applicable in diverse waterbodies. Bio-optical relationships between measured water quality and above-water reflectance were investigated via …
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A Diverse and Comprehensive Air Quality Modeling Analysis of Houston, Texas: How Will Changing Emissions, Industries, and Legislation Impact the Air and Human Health?
… quality models to assess drivers of pollution in Houston, Texas, where air quality poses a significant risk to human health. This research focuses on how factors like emissions from the energy sector, Houston Ship Channel (HSC) activity, and evolving legislation impact the formation of ozone (O3) …
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GPS Monitoring and Land Subsidence in the Houston Metropolitan Area
… to (1) establish a stable local reference frame (Houston16) for integrating all available GPS observations within the Houston metropolitan area and conducting precise subsidence and faulting monitoring over time and space, (2) evaluate the effects of groundwater withdrawal on land subsidence, and …
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High-throughput analysis of emerging and historical pollutants in biological matrices.
… Jacinto River Waste Pits, a Superfund site in Houston, TX.