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Tidal stream flow solved by Galerkin technique Tidal stream flow solved by Galerkin technique

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Authors
L. H. Smith, R. T. Cheng

Data availability and the role of the Earth Resources Observation Systems Data Center Data availability and the role of the Earth Resources Observation Systems Data Center

With the launch of LANDSAT-1 in July 1972, and the follow-on launch of LANDSAT-2 in January of this year, routine availability of satellite imagery and electronic data of the earth's resources has become a reality. Federal data centers provide LANDSAT data to resource managers and the general public. These data centers have to date provided almost 500,000 frames of LANDSAT data at a cost...
Authors
Allen H. Watkins

Usefulness of LANDSAT data for monitoring plant development and range conditions in California's annual grassland Usefulness of LANDSAT data for monitoring plant development and range conditions in California's annual grassland

A network of sampling sites throughout the annual grassland region of California was established to correlate plant growth stages and forage production to climatic and other environmental factors. Plant growth and range conditions were further related to geographic location and seasonal variations. A sequence of LANDSAT data was obtained covering critical periods in the growth cycle...
Authors
D. M. Carneggie, Stephen D. Degloria, R. N. Colwell

New dimensions in diseases affecting waterfowl New dimensions in diseases affecting waterfowl

We start off with light heart, but as we near the marsh, we stop abruptly in shock and horror. The shoreline, where only last evening we saw thousands of sleek, apparently healthy birds, is now littered with their bodies. Most of them are ducks, but here and there we see a Canada goose, a gull, an avocet, a black-necked stilt, a pelican..... This is the way Jensen and Williams (1964)...
Authors
Milton Friend
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