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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Hurricane Ike"”.
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Spatial variability in washover deposits : Hurricane Ike and the Texas coast
… by large storms that affect coastal areas. Hurricane Ike was a powerful storm that hit the gulf coast in September of 2008, the track of the eye crossing Bolivar Peninsula in Texas. The attempt was made to exhaustively identify and map washover deposits caused by Hurricane Ike along the …
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Reproductive Peformance of Great Egrets (Ardea alba) at High Island, Texas
… seasons (2009 and 2010) immediately following Hurricane Ike at High Island, Texas. Breeding success, productivity, and mean brood size did not differ between years (U-test, P > 0.05). Fledging success at 21 days showed no significant difference between years, however fledging success at 28, 35, …
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Teleconnective Influences on the Strength of Post-tropical Cyclones
… storms. These storms are capable of producing hurricaneforce winds, torrential, flooding rains and storm surge that floods coastal areas. This study adds to previous climatological work by completing a case-study of Hurricane Ike (2008) and examining how teleconnections such as the El Niño …
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EFFECT OF MYCORRHIZAE INOCULATION ON THE GROWTH AND SUCCESS OF THREE TAXODIUM DISTICHUM HYBRIDS IN SALINE - IMPACTED COASTAL SOILS
… 2008, Galveston Island was severely impacted by Hurricane Ike, resulting in high salt deposition in the soil and groundwater. This caused a loss of many native plant species. A study was initiated to determine effective ways to promote the growth conditions of three bald cypress genotypes …
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Assessment and Characterization of Microbial Communities in Salt Affected Soils on Galveston Island
<p>After Hurricane Ike in 2008, Galveston Island was flooded with sea water that left the soil and groundwater of the island with elevated sodium concentrations. As part of a long-term study that aims to restore plant life to the island, various soil amelioration techniques are being evaluated. …
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Soil Amelioration and Plant Establishment on Sodium Affected Soils on Galveston Island, Texas
<p>The storm surge from Hurricane Ike in 2008 inundated much of Galveston Island, Texas, causing lasting below-ground impacts in the form of elevated soil sodium (Na+) concentrations. The Na+ initially killed much of the vegetation on the Island and its persistence in soils and groundwater slowed …
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SOIL SALINITY AND SODICITY OF GALVESTON AND PELICAN ISLANDS, TEXAS
… Island, Texas, is frequently affected by hurricanes. In 2008, Hurricane Ike inundated much of the island with seawater, causing elevated soil salinity levels that killed much of the vegetation on the island, including tens of thousands of trees. Residual salinity in soils and groundwater …
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Evaluation of Groundwater Sodium and Sodium Uptake in Taxodium and its Hybrids on Galveston Island, Texas
<p>In September 2008, Hurricane Ike swept through the Gulf of Mexico striking the Gulf Coast, claiming hundreds of lives and causing billions of dollars in damage. The hurricane left behind elevated sea salt concentrations in the soil and groundwater, preventing the unaided return of live oaks and …
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Sediment Dynamics and Associations with Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Dioxins in an Urban Estuary
… Correlations revealed a significant impact of hurricanes and tropical storms on the sediment properties and sediment-associated PCBs and dioxins. Different spatial patterns were observed in the aftermath of the surge-based Hurricane Ike and the rain-based Hurricane Harvey. From statistical …
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Effects of Hurricane Disturbance on the Stopover Ecology of Intercontinental Landbird Migrants in Coastal Louisiana
… during stopover, and essentially none on how hurricanes affect their stopover biology during spring passage. About two thirds of eastern North American forest breeding bird species migrate twice annually between temperate breeding areas and subtropical and tropical wintering grounds, and …
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Disaster risk management of interdependent infrastructure systems for community resilience planning
… cellular systems of Galveston City, Texas after Hurricane Ike (2008). Implementing strategic pre-disaster risk mitigation plan to improve the resilience of the interdependent infrastructure systems is essential for enhancing the social security and economic prosperity of a community. Majority of …
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Characterization of the role of precipitation in tropical cyclone intensification
… (WRF) model to reproduce RI under low (Hurricane Ike, 2008) and high (Hurricane Earl, 2010) wind shear respectively. The simulations permit investigation of the explicit hydrometeor contributions towards latent heat release and critical dynamic and thermodynamic information unavailable …