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  1. Wildfire impacts on western United States snowpack

    Giovando, Jeremy, author, Niemann, Jeffrey, advisor, Arabi, Mazdak, committee member, Fassnacht, Steven, committee member, Stevens-Rumann, Camille, committee memberColorado State University. Libraries2022

    Snowpack in the western U.S. is critical for water supply and is threatened by wildfires, which are becoming larger and more common. Numerous studies have examined impacts of wildfire on snow water equivalent (SWE), but many of these studies are limited in the number of observation locations, and …

    colostate Repository record

  2. Structural Change of the Western United States Alfalfa Hay Market and Its Effect on the Western United States Dairy Industry

    Cann, Joseph Patrick

    utahstate Repository record

  3. Spatiotemporal Comparison of Drought Metrics over the Western United States

    Stein, Adi Alexander Oleinick2023

    … to more comprehensive measures such as the United States Drought Monitor (USDM), which incorporates on-the-ground observations of drought impacts to arrive at a consensus-based drought status. Here, we develop a method to compare drought metrics, as reported in the Climate Toolbox …

    washington Repository record

  4. Cenozoic potassic magmatism and uplift of the Western United States

    Nowell, Geoffrey MarkThe Open University1994

    … uplift-related, magmatism within the Western Cordillera. <br></br><br></br>The Oligo-Miocene potassic-ultrapotassic lamprophyres of the Navajo Volcanic Field, Colorado Plateau, and the late Miocene-Pliocene shoshonites of the San Joaquin- Kings Volcanic Field, Sierra Nevada, represent …

    the-open-u Repository record

  5. Late Cenozoic basalts from the Basin-Range province, western United States

    Leeman, William PrescottRice University1969

    … mafic lavas from the Basin-Range province, western United States, are predominantly alkali-olivine basalts. Associated with these lavas are lesser volumes of basaltic andesite which appear to be differentiates from the more primitive alkali basalts. Late Cenozoic basalts from adjacent …

    rice Repository record

  6. Seismic anisotropy and mantle dynamics beneath the central and western United States

    Yang, BinMissouri University of Science and Technology

    … and other seismic stations in the central and western United States (CWUS) provide a distinct opportunity to test different anisotropy-forming mechanisms. For the first part of the study, a total of 4138 pairs of well-defined shear wave splitting (SWS) parameters observed at 445 stations on the …

    must-thes Repository record

  7. A geophysical and geological investigation of extensional structures, Great Basin, Western United States

    Jones, Craig HowardMassachusetts Institute of Technology1988

    Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, 1988.

    mit Repository record

  8. Cultural Landscape Development and Tourism in Historic Mining Towns of the Western United States

    Hotten, Alison L.2011

    … the development of the cultural landscape of western mining towns following the transition from an economy based on mining to one based on tourism. The primary case studies are Bodie, California, Virginia City, Nevada, and Cripple Creek, Colorado. Each one is an example of highly successful …

    unr Repository record

  9. An Experimental Program to Evaluate Proposed Functions of Crescents from the Western United States

    Lenzi, Michael R.2015

    … Pleistocene/early Holocene assemblages in the western U.S. and are commonly found near relict lakeshores, marshes, and the Pacific Coast. Many hypotheses regarding crescents' function have been proposed but it has remained a mystery for over a century. This study attempts to demystify crescents …

    unr Repository record

  10. A Comparison of Wildlife Monitoring Techniques in Riparian Ecosystems of the Western United States

    Zuhdi, Shelan2017

    <p>Many riparian restoration projects in the western United States have not implemented monitoring plans. This lack of wildlife monitoring has resulted in a loss riparian ecosystem services and missed opportunities to conserve them. Data collected from wildlife monitoring assists researchers, …

    usfca Repository record

  11. Water and carbon flux responses to soil moisture pulses in the Western United States

    Chulakadabba, Apisada.Massachusetts Institute of Technology2019

    … resource pulses in semi-arid lands of the Western United States were diagnosed. Measurements from twelve AmeriFlux tower (in situ) and SMAP (satellite) sites across the region were used to estimate relationships between carbon flux and resource availability. The differences between …

    mit Repository record

  12. Impacts of climate changes on the spatiotemporal distribution of precipitation in the western United States

    Jiang, Peng2013

    … is larger than 95th percentile (R95) in the western United States using Empirical Orthogonal Function (EOF) analysis. The analysis has shown that the leading modes of R95 variability and the connections between local R95 and Sea Surface Temperature (SST) over Western United States are …

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  13. Investments in watershed services: understanding a new arena of environmental governance in the western United States

    Huber-Stearns, Heidi Rebecca, author, Cheng, Antony S., advisor, Schultz, Courtney, committee member, Reid, Robin, committee member, Seidl, Andrew, committee memberColorado State University. Libraries2015

    … “Investments in Watershed Services” (IWS). The western United States contains one of the most concentrated IWS populations, in a time when population growth, intensifying land uses, and climate-induced environmental changes are stressing ecological systems in the region. My dissertation focuses …

    colostate Repository record

  14. The geochemistry of the Atlanta Lobe of the Idaho Batholith in the western United States, Cordillera

    Clarke, Christopher BrianThe Open University1990

    … the Atlanta lobe of the Idaho batholith in the western United States cordillera have led to new. insights on the nature of the lower crust and have placed constraints on granitoid magma genesis during a transition from a compressional to an extensional regime. The Cretaceous (-90-75Ma), …

    the-open-u Repository record

  15. Ecologic factors and tick-borne relapsing fever in the western United States: county and zip code analyses

    Pappert, Ryan, author, Reif, John, advisor, Duncan, Colleen, committee member, Legare, Marie, committee member, Mead, Paul, committee memberColorado State University. Libraries2011

    … Borrelia hermsii and Borrelia turicatae in the western United States and transmitted by Ornithodoros species soft ticks. No spatial analyses have been attempted for TBRF, and previous epidemiologic studies were limited to case series and outbreak investigations. This study employed ArcGIS to map …

    colostate Repository record

  16. The British Columbia softwood lumber industry and its economic effects on the Western United States lumber industry

    Bach, Roger Edward1963

    Thesis (M.S.)--Michigan State University. Dept. of Forest Products, 1963

    msu Repository record

  17. Fighting Forest Fires in the Western United States: an Educational Filmstrip and Manual for Teaching Forest Conservation

    Moody, William Dale

    … methods of forest fire control employed in the Western United States. The project was specifically intended to assist the teacher of forest conservation at the seventh grade level, but it should also prove useful in teaching at other levels.

    central-wash Repository record

  18. Understanding late Cenozoic western United States mantle dynamics and surface tectonics using forward-adjoint data assimilation models

    Zhou, QuanUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign2018

    … the reconstruction of mantle dynamics below the western United States (U.S.) since 20 million years ago (Ma). In our model, the mantle dynamics is only driven by the mantle density structure. The model results reveal a new explanation for the formation of intra-plate volcanism in the western U.S. …

    uiuc Repository record

  19. Deformation of continental lithosphere : studies in the Ural mountains, the Adriatic region, and the western United States

    Kruse, Sarah ElizabethMassachusetts Institute of Technology1989

    Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, 1989.

    mit Repository record

  20. Survey and Analysis of Local Forestry-Related Ordinances in the Northeast, Mid-West, and Western United States

    Johnson, William F.Virginia Tech2002

    In the United States, federal, state, and local forest policies affect many aspects of the forest industry. Regulations from all levels dictate how resource professionals manage the forest resources of the country. This study examines state and local regulatory relationships with a primary focus on …

    vt Repository record

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