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Abstract: This cached NAIP 2006 aerial photography service for Wyoming can be added to ESRI GIS as an IMS. The service provides access to the NAIP 2006 aerial photography for Wyoming. USE CONSTRAINTS: Users should follow use constraints found for each data layer available in the mapping service. Visit the Wyoming GeoLibrary for original metadata. WYGISC DOES NOT GUARANTEE 24/7 SUPPORT OF ITS UNFUNDED, FREE MAPPING SERVICES. WyGISC reserves the right to remove access to these services at any time.
The article discusses a report published by the U.S. Dept. of Energy (DOE) that examined the technical feasibility of using wind energy for electricity generation. The report assessed the costs, impacts and challenges associated with the production of 20% wind energy by 2030. Results have shown that there is a need for an enhanced transmission infrastructure and an increase in turbine installations to achieve 20% wind energy.
In the last decade, climate change has been one of the major concerns with regard to the health of the earth's ecosystem. The problem of a changing climate is related to not only climate, energy consumption and emissions of greenhouse gases, but also effects of such a change on the earth's ecosystems, resources and human settlements, as well as the need to reduce or avoid these effects. In this study, an inexact-fuzzy multiobjective programming model was proposed for adaptation planning of land resources management in the Mackenzie Basin under changing climate. This integrated adaptation planning enables the inclusion of systems interaction and feedback mechanisms and can therefore yield insights that scattered...
We have developed a state-scale version of the MARKAL energy optimization model, commonly used to model energy policy at the US national scale and internationally. We apply the model to address state-scale impacts of a renewable electricity standard (RES) and a carbon tax in one southeastern state, Georgia. Biomass is the lowest cost option for large-scale renewable generation in Georgia; we find that electricity can be generated from biomass co-firing at existing coal plants for a marginal cost above baseline of 0.2-2.2 cents/kWh and from dedicated biomass facilities for 3.0-5.5 cents/kWh above baseline. We evaluate the cost and amount of renewable electricity that would be produced in-state and the amount of out-of-state...
Rising global demand for energy, high energy prices, climate change, and the threat of terrorism all point to the need for greater energy efficiency and conservation in the United States. While technological innovation is plainly needed, our laws and institutional arrangements must also play an important role. The United States has scores of legal and policy tools from which to choose to improve energy efficiency and curb energy consumption. This Article, which grows out of a Spring 2006 seminar at theWidener University School of Law, evaluates a handful of these tools: transit-oriented development; fuel taxation; real-time pricing for electricity use; public benefit funds; improving the efficiency of existing residential...
Categories: Publication;
Types: Citation;
Tags: State bioenergy primer,
bioenergy,
information,
issues,
opportunity,
This dataset is a polygon coverage of counties limited to the extent of the Pocahontas No. 3 coal bed resource areas and attributed with original resource values (millions of short tons) in aggregated reporting categories as described in USGS Circular 891. The file has been generalized from detailed geologic coverages found elsewhere in Professional Paper 1625-C.
Categories: Data,
pre-SM502.8;
Types: Downloadable,
Map Service,
OGC WFS Layer,
OGC WMS Layer,
Shapefile;
Tags: Appalachians,
BUCHANAN County,
DICKENSON County,
Eastern Energy Team,
FAYETTE County,
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has estimated water use for the United States every 5 years since 1950. Estimates are provided for groundwater and surface-water sources, for fresh and saline water quality, and by sector or category of use. Estimates have been made at the State level since 1950, and at the county level since 1985. Water-use estimates by watershed were made from 1950 through 1995, first at the water-resources region level (HUC2), and later at the hydrologic cataloging unit level (HUC8). Understanding streamflow dynamics, watershed systems, and their relation to terrain characteristics is essential for describing and planning water supply, water use, and related land use activities.With data from...
Categories: Data;
Types: ArcGIS REST Map Service,
ArcGIS Service Definition,
Citation,
Downloadable,
Map Service;
Tags: Academics & scientific researchers,
AppLCC,
AppLCC,
Appalachian,
Conservation NGOs,
The State of Alaska's Strategic and Critical Minerals (SCM) Assessment project, a State-funded Capital Improvement Project (CIP), is designed to evaluate Alaska's statewide potential for SCM resources. The SCM Assessment is being implemented by the Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS), and involves obtaining new airborne-geophysical, geological, and geochemical data. For the geochemical part of the SCM Assessment, thousands of historical geochemical samples from DGGS, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), and U.S. Bureau of Mines archives are being reanalyzed by DGGS using modern, quantitative, geochemical-analytical methods. The objective is to update the statewide geochemical database to more clearly...
This Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS) Raw Data File presents U-Pb geochronology and Lu-Hf isotopic compositions, age-dating results, and additional trace-elemental composition of zircons from four granitoids sampled during investigations by DGGS geologists in the western Alaska Range and the Talkeetna Mountains. The purpose of the Lu-Hf and U-Pb isotopic study was to better understand the Jurassic through early Tertiary magmatic and tectonic evolution of the Alaska Range and the significance of that magmatism for the formation of metallic mineral deposits. The U-Pb isotopic data also serve to further refine the crystallization age of plutons, which were previously ambiguous in 40Ar/39Ar geochronology...
This map shows the subcrop pattern of the Mesozoic rock units present at the top Mesozoic unconformity (also commonly referred to as the base Tertiary unconformity) in Cook Inlet basin, Alaska. The subcrop is projected onto the top Mesozoic unconformity depth surface of Cook Inlet basin, Alaska, published by Shellenbaum and others (2010). Publicly available geologic and geophysical data from multiple sources were collected, interpreted, and integrated into the subcrop map. Formation picks at the top Mesozoic unconformity were determined for 109 wells. Mesozoic horizons from two regional marine two-dimensional (2-D) seismic datasets (approximately 3,300 miles) were interpreted. Eight map units were established for...
This scholarly work explores the causes precipitating the collapse of the nuclear industry during the late 1970s and early 1980s, viewing the nuclear energy sector as a paradigmatic example of the fundamental incompatibility between democracy and capitalism. Though he never explicitly blames either capitalism or democracy, author John L. Campbell explains how the fact that the two are governed by contradictory decision-making logics ultimately doomed the nuclear industry during the time period he examines. Campbell considers policy constraints and faliures in industry and government, such as a lack of standardization in reactor construction and the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission’s (AEC) inability to craft a reactor...
Categories: Publication;
Types: Citation;
Tags: Conflict,
natural,
natural resources,
resources,
war
BACKGROUND AND HISTORY -- From the Dawn of History -- Colonial America -- An Overview of Natural Resource Issues and Conflicts -- Acquisition: 1781-1867 -- Disposal: 1781 -- Reservation: 1872 -- Custodial Management: 1897-1950 -- Intensive Management: 1950-1960 -- Consultation and Conflict: 1960- -- References -- PROBLEMS, CONTROVERSIES AND SOLUTIONS -- Minerals, Oil, and Natural Gas Exploration and Drilling -- Supply and Demand -- Extraction and Money -- Damage from Mining Activities -- Oil and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge -- Protected Areas Policy -- Fee Demonstration Program -- Staffing and Infrastructure Maintenance -- Too Many Protected Areas? -- Rangeland Management -- Regulating the Range -- Subsidization...
Categories: Publication;
Types: Citation;
Tags: Conflict,
natural,
natural resources,
resources,
war
This ArcGIS Server service shaded relief provides a cached service for users of Wyoming geospatial data using ESRI GIS. The service provides scale-dependant representation of the 30 meter DEM shaded relief for Wyoming. USE CONSTRAINTS: Users should follow use constraints found for each data layer available in the mapping service. Visit the Wyoming GeoLibrary for original metadata. WYGISC DOES NOT GUARANTEE 24/7 SUPPORT OF ITS UNFUNDED, FREE MAPPING SERVICES. WyGISC reserves the right to remove access to these services at any time.
The Cenozoic Holitna basin is a gravity-defined feature that sits astride the Denali-Farewell fault zone in southwestern Alaska. The basin corresponds to a gravity low in excess of -40 milligals (mGals). No outcrops exist within the footprint of the gravity low and no subsurface data are available; consequently, the stratigraphy and age of its fill are unknown. The Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS) investigated the shallow gas potential of the basin during the summers of 2000 and 2002 by studying Tertiary coal-bearing rocks exposed along the Denali-Farewell fault zone to the northeast of the basin in the southern McGrath Quadrangle as an outcrop analog to the subsurface stratigraphy of the...
This data contains mining district boundaries in Alaska. Districts refer to the name of a group of geologically and geographically related areas, as derived from published sources or from general usage.
This dataset is a polygon coverage of counties limited to the extent of the Pond Creek coal zone resource areas and attributed with remaining resources (millions of short tons) in aggregated reporting categories as described in USGS Circular 891. The file has been generalized from detailed geologic coverages found elsewhere in Professional Paper 1625-C.
Categories: Data,
pre-SM502.8;
Types: Downloadable,
Map Service,
OGC WFS Layer,
OGC WMS Layer,
Shapefile;
Tags: Appalachians,
BELL County,
BOONE County,
BREATHITT County,
BUCHANAN County,
This ArcGIS Server serviceDRGs (Digital Raster Graphics), or topos (USGS Topographic Maps) provides a cached service for users of Wyoming geospatial data using ESRI GIS. The service provides scale-dependant representation of the 250,000, 100,000, and 24,000 topos for Wyoming. USE CONSTRAINTS: Users should follow use constraints found for each data layer available in the mapping service. Visit the Wyoming GeoLibrary for original metadata. WYGISC DOES NOT GUARANTEE 24/7 SUPPORT OF ITS UNFUNDED, FREE MAPPING SERVICES. WyGISC reserves the right to remove access to these services at any time.
Ecological and economic systems are open systems that require energy to change the thermodynamic states of materials from naturally occurring to more valued forms. These changes are accompanied by information flows and changes in the order of systems and their surroundings. In this paper, thermodynamics is used to assess these system changes and relate them to the knowledge present in a system. Particular emphasis is given to (1) the fundamental relationships among material, energy and information flows, and changes in order and knowledge, (2) the role of equilibrium and non-equilibrium thermodynamics in assessing system change, (3) the increasing role of material and energy flows through economic systems, and (4)...
Categories: Publication;
Types: Citation;
Tags: conceptual model,
control,
distributed power system networks,
green power,
innovative,
This scholarly work explores the causes precipitating the collapse of the nuclear industry during the late 1970s and early 1980s, viewing the nuclear energy sector as a paradigmatic example of the fundamental incompatibility between democracy and capitalism. Though he never explicitly blames either capitalism or democracy, author John L. Campbell explains how the fact that the two are governed by contradictory decision-making logics ultimately doomed the nuclear industry during the time period he examines. Campbell considers policy constraints and faliures in industry and government, such as a lack of standardization in reactor construction and the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission’s (AEC) inability to craft a reactor...
Categories: Publication;
Types: Citation;
Tags: Conflict,
natural,
natural resources,
resources,
war
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