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Walker Branch Watershed: site description and research scope

Description: Walker Branch Watershed is located on the Oak Ridge Reservation in the Ridge and Valley section of Tennessee. The watershed (97 ha consisting of 2 subwatersheds) is underlain by Knox Dolomite; soils formed over the dolomitic substrate are deep, well-drained Typic Paleudults. The watershed is forested. The overstory is predominantly oak-hickory with lesser amounts of pine and mesic hardwoods. The Walker Branch Watershed Project was initiated in 1967 to: relate the productivity and water quality … more
Date: January 1, 1977
Creator: Harris, W. F.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Measurement of airborne radioactivity and its meteorolgical application. Part VI. Annual report, 1 August 1974--31 July 1975

Description: Continuous data of the radionuclides 7Be, 32P, 33P, 35S and of fallout, as well as tentative data of the ozone concentration are given for the reporting period. A new Ge(Li) Gamma Spectrometer, permitting the routine monitoring of the fallout composition is described. A method is set forth for the forecast of influxes of stratospheric air to a certain place on the earth surface. The forecasting quality is subjected to continuous checking. A first analysis of the ozone concentration in correlati… more
Date: March 1, 1977
Creator: Reiter, R.; Kanter, H.J.; Sladkovic, R. & Poetzl, K.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Trends in atmospheric particulate concentrations at a location in the northeast United States. [Rural area near New York City]

Description: Real-time measurements of total particulate concentrations have been made continuously during the past two years to provide aerometric background information for correlation with meteorological parameters. The measurements were made to determine short and long time variations, frequency distributions, episodical information, effects on solar radiation and spectral analysis to show important time histories in a rural area near the New York City metropolitan region. This study provides useful bac… more
Date: January 1, 1977
Creator: Brown, R.M. & Sethu Raman, S.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Engineering assessment of inactive uranium mill tailings, Shiprock site, Shiprock, New Mexico. Phase II, Title I

Description: Ford, Bacon and Davis Utah Inc. has performed an engineering assessment of the problems resulting from the existence of radioactive uranium mill tailings at Shiprock, New Mexico. The Phase II, Title I services include the preparation of topographic maps, the performance of core drillings and radiometric measurements sufficient to determine areas and volumes of tailings and other radium-contaminated materials, the evaluation of resulting radiation exposures of individuals and nearby populations,… more
Date: March 31, 1977
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Soils of the Pacific Northwest shrub-steppe. Occurrence and properties of soils on the Arid Land Ecology Reserve, Hanford Reservation

Description: The soils of the Arid Land Ecology Reserve, encompassing the IBP Grassland Biome intensive study site on the ERDA Hanford Reservation, are representative of a larger geographical region including much of the Columbia Plateau and Pacific Northwest shrub-steppe. This results from a unique diversity in parent materials of mixed origin derived from the loess eolian, lacustrine and stream-laid material including glacial outwashes, river terraces, flood plains and alluvial fans and meteorological fac… more
Date: July 1, 1977
Creator: Wildung, R.E.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Engineering assessment of inactive uranium mill tailings, Monument Valley site, Monument Valley, Arizona. A summary of the Phase II, Title I

Description: Ford, Bacon and Davis Utah Inc. has performed an engineering assessment of the problems resulting from the existence of radioactive uranium mill tailings at the Monument Valley millsite in Arizona. The Phase II, Title I services include the preparation of topographic maps, the performance of core drillings and radiometric measurements sufficient to determine areas and volumes of tailings and other radium-contaminated materials, the evaluation of resulting radiation exposures of individuals resi… more
Date: March 31, 1977
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Modeling the dispersion of atmospheric pollution using cubic splines and Chapeau functions. [Environmental transport of chemical and radioactive gaseous wastes at Savannah River Plant]

Description: A quasi-Lagrangian cubic-spline method and a chapeau-function (Galerkin) method are investigated and numerical results compared in advecting a passive scalar. Both methods are simple to use, computationally fast, and give reasonably accurate results. Little numerical dissipation is manifested by either scheme. In simple advection tests with equal mesh spacing, chapeau functions are more accurate than the quasi-Lagrangian cubic-spline method for maintaining peak concentration values. In tests wi… more
Date: January 1, 1977
Creator: Pepper, D.W. & Kern, C.D.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Effects of mesoscale weather disturbances on contamination concentrations. Fourth technical progress report, August 1, 1976--October 31, 1977

Description: The objective of this research is the development and verification of a regional scale numerical weather prediction model for use in forecasting air pollution concentrations. The scope includes verification of meteorological forecasts of flow fields, boundary layer structure and precipitation using three hourly rawinsonde data in the central and eastern United States. A prototype regional numerical weather forecast system has been developed. This system includes codes to read in the first guess… more
Date: July 1, 1977
Creator: Kreitzberg, C. W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Summary of the Phase II, Title I engineering assessment of inactive uranium mill tailing, Riverton Site, Riverton, Wyoming

Description: An engineering assessment was performed of the problems resulting from the existence of radioactive uranium mill tailings at the Riverton, Wyoming site. The soil, water and other sample analyses; radiometric measurements to determine areas with radium-contaminated materials; the evaluation of resulting radiation exposures of individuals and nearby populations; the investigation of site geology, hydrology, and meteorology; and the evaluation and costing of alternative corrective actions. Radon g… more
Date: December 1, 1977
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Effects of atmospheric variability on energy utilization and conservation. Summary of research conducted, 1 November 1976--31 July 1977

Description: Various feedback mechanisms between the oceans and the atmosphere were examined. Several of these mechanisms appear to be the cause of the interannual variability of the atmosphere's general circulation and of climatic changes on a time scale of several tens of years. Specifically, a recent cooling trend in the North Pacific north of 40/sup 0/N, and sea-surface temperature fluctuations with an irregular periodicity of 2 to 4 years superimposed upon this trend were examined. To advance regi… more
Date: September 1977
Creator: Reiter, Elmar R.; Johnson, G. R.; Macdonald, B. C.; Somervell, W. L. Jr. & Starr, A. M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Hanford 67-series: a volume of atmospheric field diffusion measurements

Description: This volume documents atmospheric diffusion experiments carried out at the Hanford reservation during the period 1967 to 1973. A total of 103 tracer releases during 54 release periods is tabulated. Multi-tracer releases (generally from different elevations) were made during most of the experimental periods. Release heights varied from ground level to an elevation of 111 m. Tracers were sampled simultaneously on as many as 10 arcs at distances of up to 12.8 km from the tracer release point. As m… more
Date: November 1, 1977
Creator: Nickola, P. W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Engineering assessment of inactive uranium mill tailings, Naturita site, Naturita, Colorado. Phase II, Title I

Description: Ford, Bacon and Davis Utah Inc. has performed an engineering assessment of the problems resulting from the existence of radioactive uranium mill tailings at Naturita, Colorado. The Phase II, Title I services include the preparation of topographic maps, the performance of core drillings sufficient to determine areas and volumes of tailings, the performance of radiometric measurements to determine the extent of radium contamination, the evaluation of resulting radiation exposures of individuals a… more
Date: November 1, 1977
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Rainout assessment: the ACRA system and summaries of simulation results. [Computer systems to estimate threats from precipitation scavenging of radioactive debris clouds from nuclear weapons]

Description: A generalized, three-dimensional, integrated computer code system was developed to estimate collateral-damage threats from precipitation-scavenging (rainout) of airborne debris-clouds from defensive tactical nuclear engagements. This code system, called ACRA for Atmospheric-Contaminant Rainout Assessment, is based on Monte Carlo statistical simulation methods that allow realistic, unbiased simulations of probabilistic storm, wind, and precipitation fields that determine actual magnitudes and pr… more
Date: September 1, 1977
Creator: Watson, C. W.; Barr, S. & Allenson, R. E.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Evaluation of models for assessing compliance with environmental radiation regulations

Description: The use of environmental transport and dosimetry models to predict the consequences of radionuclide releases from nuclear facilities is discussed. It is pointed out that many input parameters, and hence the predictions, of these models have a high degree of variability. The determination of the uncertainties of the predictions of these models is essential for assessing the adequacy of their use to ensure compliance with radiation protection standards. Estimation of the depletion of an airborne … more
Date: January 1, 1977
Creator: Hoffman, F. O.; Shaeffer, D. L.; Miller, C. W. & Garten C. T. Jr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Engineering assessment of inactive uranium mill tailings, Naturita site, Naturita, Colorado. A summary of the Phase II, Title I

Description: Ford, Bacon and Davis Utah Inc. has performed an engineering assessment of the problems resulting from the existence of radioactive uranium mill tailings at Naturita, Colorado. The Phase II, Title I services include the preparation of topographic maps, the performance of core drillings sufficient to determine areas and volumes of tailings, the performance of radiometric measurements to determine the extent of radium contamination, the evaluation of resulting radiation exposures of individuals a… more
Date: November 1, 1977
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Workshop on Potentially Disruptive Phenomena for Nuclear Waste Repositories, July 27-28, 1977

Description: The workshop on Potentially Disruptive Phenomena for Nuclear Waste Repositories brought together experts in the geosciences to identify and evaluate potentially disruptive events and processes and to contribute ideas on how to extrapolate data from the past into the next one million years. The analysis is to be used to model a repository in geologic media for long-term safety assessments of nuclear waste storage. The workshop included invited presentations on the following items: an overview of… more
Date: January 1, 1977
Creator: Jacobson, J. J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Argonne National Laboratory's thermal plume measurements: instruments and techniques

Description: Instrumentation and techniques were developed at Argonne National Laboratory for measuring the three-dimensional temperature structure of thermal plumes from power plants, along with the limnological, meteorological, and plant operating conditions affecting their behavior. The equipment and procedures were designed to provide field data for use in evaluating predictive models that describe thermal plume behavior, and over 100 sets of these data have been collected. The instrument systems and te… more
Date: December 1, 1977
Creator: Van Loon, L. S.; Frigo, A. A. & Paddock, R. A.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Annual highlights, Environmental Programs of the Department of Energy and Environment

Description: Brief summaries are presented of some 35 individual programs covering a wide range of activities in the atmospheric, oceanographic, and terrestrial ecology areas. In general, these programs are involved with the study of pollutants resulting from the production of energy and their effects or potential effects on the environment. Programs include meteorology and plume dispersion, with emphasis on tracing plumes from the tall stacks of fossil-fuel burning power plants, and implementation of MAP3S… more
Date: December 1, 1977
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Geothermal environmental studies, Heber Region, Imperial Valley, California. Environmental baseline data acquisition. Final report

Description: The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) has been studying the feasibility of a Low Salinity Hydrothermal Demonstration Plant as part of its Geothermal Energy Program. The Heber area of the Imperial Valley was selected as one of the candidate geothermal reservoirs. Documentation of the environmental conditions presently existing in the Heber area is required for assessment of environmental impacts of future development. An environmental baseline data acquisition program to compile available… more
Date: February 1, 1977
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Methods for siting small wind machines

Description: The question of siting wind energy conversion systems (WECS) represents a balance between the economic, technical and social values of the user and the local citizens. The technical issues are discussed. Before addressing the technical siting issues, as well as the social and economic ones, a determination of the potential user, the application of the WECS, and the geographical location of the installation must be made. Once these three determinations have been made, the meteorological and topo… more
Date: May 1, 1977
Creator: Drake, R. L.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Infinite cloud model of electrification by the precipitation mechanism in a possible rainout situation. Interim report, 14 January 1976--30 July 1977

Description: This report examines the extent to which the ionization associated with a radioactive aerosol will limit electric field growth in a thundercloud. Favored mechanisms for thundercloud electrification, called precipitation mechanisms, involve charge separation in collisions between falling hydrometeors and cloud droplets followed by separation of the resulting charged objects as the hydrometeors fall through the cloud and the droplets move with the updraft. We have extended a simple, infinite-clou… more
Date: 1977
Creator: Spangler, John D.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[News Clip: Weather]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: November 28, 1977
Duration: 2 minutes 11 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Climatology of air quality of Long Valley Geothermal Resource Area

Description: The Long Valley Known Geothermal Resource Area is one of the more promising regions for development of a large-scale geothermal energy center. This report discusses the climatology and air quality of the area. Details are given on the temperatures, temperature inversions, and winds. Estimates are presented for the present air quality and future air quality during and following development of the resource area. Also discussed are project impact from added pollutants, noise, and precipitation aug… more
Date: June 1, 1977
Creator: Peterson, K. R. & Palmer, T. Y.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Microclimates of the arid lands ecology reserve, 1968--1975

Description: The climatology of the Hanford Reservation Arid Lands Ecology (ALE) Reserve does not end, of course, with this report. As this goes to press the arid lands of eastern Washington are experiencing the driest winter in 65 years of record. Even without including this winter's (1976-77) data in our summaries here, we have been fortunate to have had a very dry winter (1972-73) and a very wet winter (1973-74) occur within our first 8 years of climatological measurements on the Reserve. Our primary pur… more
Date: April 1, 1977
Creator: Thorp, J. M. & Hinds, W. T.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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