Peter George Chirico
Pete Chirico is the Associate Director of the U.S. Geological Survey’s Geology and Paleoclimate Science Center in Reston, VA. He also leads the USGS Special Studies project as a research scientist focused on terrain analysis and geomorphological mapping.
Pete Chirico is the Associate Director of the U.S. Geological Survey’s Geology and Paleoclimate Science Center in Reston, VA. In over 20 years at USGS, he has focused his research on the geography and geomorphology of illicit small-scale mining of diamonds and mineral deposits in conflict zones and during complex emergencies. He has worked extensively with the U.S. Department of State, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Agency for International Development, the United Nations, and the Kimberley Process to understand how diamonds and other natural resource exploitation contribute to funding conflicts. While his regional expertise is Sub-Saharan Africa, he has led or been a member of more than 30 field expeditions throughout Central America and the Caribbean, the Middle East, and Africa. He is author or co-author of over 50 peer reviewed scientific reports and journal articles in the fields of geography, geomorphology, remote sensing, and natural resources in conflict zones. Pete also serves as scientific and technical advisor to the Office of Threat Finance Countermeasures in the Department of State's Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs.
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Topography and Landforms of Ecuador
Topogrid Derived 10 Meter Resolution Digital Elevation Model of Charleston, and Parts of Berkeley, Colleton, Dorchester and Georgetown Counties, South Carolina
Mosaic of Digital Raster Soviet Topographic Maps of Afghanistan
Void-Filled SRTM Digital Elevation Model of Afghanistan
Topogrid Derived 10 Meter Resolution Digital Elevation Model of the Shenandoah National Park and Surrounding Region, Virginia
LIDAR derived 5m resolution bare earth and first return digital elevation model of the Paine Run Watershed, Augusta County, Virginia
Municipal GIS data base of El Salvador; Volume 4, San Salvador, El Salvador
Municipal GIS database of Guatemala; Volume 1, Antigua, Guatemala
Municipal GIS database of Guatemala; Volume 2, Asuncion Mita, Guatemala
Municipal GIS database of Guatemala; Volume 3; Chimaltenango, Guatemala
Municipal GIS database of Guatemala; Volume 4; Concepcion Minas, Guatemala
Municipal GIS database of Guatemala; Volume 5; Escuintla, Guatemala
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Topography and Landforms of Ecuador
EXPLANATION The digital elevation model of Ecuador represented in this data set was produced from over 40 individual tiles of elevation data from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM). Each tile was downloaded, converted from its native Height file format (.hgt), and imported into a geographic information system (GIS) for additional processing. Processing of the data included data gap filAuthorsPeter G. Chirico, Michael B. WarnerTopogrid Derived 10 Meter Resolution Digital Elevation Model of Charleston, and Parts of Berkeley, Colleton, Dorchester and Georgetown Counties, South Carolina
EXPLANATION The purpose of developing a new 10m resolution digital elevation model (DEM) of the Charleston Region was to more accurately depict geologic structure, surfical geology, and landforms of the Charleston County Region. Previously, many areas northeast and southwest of Charleston were originally mapped with a 20 foot contour interval. As a result, large areas within the National ElevatAuthorsPeter G. ChiricoMosaic of Digital Raster Soviet Topographic Maps of Afghanistan
EXPLANATION The data contained in this publication include scanned, geographically referenced digital raster graphics (DRGs) of Soviet 1:200,000 - scale topographic map quadrangles. The original Afghanistan topographic map series at 1:200,000 scale, for the entire country, was published by the Soviet military between 1985 and 1991(MTDGS, 85-91). Hard copies of these original paper maps were scaAuthorsPeter G. Chirico, Michael B. WarnerVoid-Filled SRTM Digital Elevation Model of Afghanistan
EXPLANATION The purpose of this data set is to provide a single consistent elevation model to be used for national scale mapping, GIS, remote sensing applications, and natural resource assessments for Afghanistan's reconstruction. For 11 days in February of 2000, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency ian Space Agency (ASI) flewAuthorsPeter G. Chirico, Boris BarriosTopogrid Derived 10 Meter Resolution Digital Elevation Model of the Shenandoah National Park and Surrounding Region, Virginia
Explanation The purpose of developing a new 10m resolution DEM of the Shenandoah National Park Region was to more accurately depict geologic structure, surfical geology, and landforms of the Shenandoah National Park Region in preparation for automated landform classification. Previously, only a 30m resolution DEM was available through the National Elevation Dataset (NED). During production of tAuthorsPeter G. Chirico, Seth D. TannerLIDAR derived 5m resolution bare earth and first return digital elevation model of the Paine Run Watershed, Augusta County, Virginia
No abstract available.AuthorsPeter G. ChiricoMunicipal GIS data base of El Salvador; Volume 4, San Salvador, El Salvador
No abstract available.AuthorsPeter G. Chirico, P.P. Hearn, Ovidio Rivero Bartolomei, S.D. TannerMunicipal GIS database of Guatemala; Volume 1, Antigua, Guatemala
No abstract available.AuthorsPeter G. Chirico, P.P. Hearn, Ovidio Rivero Bartolomei, S.D. TannerMunicipal GIS database of Guatemala; Volume 2, Asuncion Mita, Guatemala
No abstract available.AuthorsPeter G. Chirico, P.P. Hearn, Ovidio Rivero Bartolomei, S.D. TannerMunicipal GIS database of Guatemala; Volume 3; Chimaltenango, Guatemala
No abstract available.AuthorsPeter G. Chirico, P.P. Hearn, Ovidio Rivero Bartolomei, S.D. TannerMunicipal GIS database of Guatemala; Volume 4; Concepcion Minas, Guatemala
No abstract available.AuthorsPeter G. Chirico, P.P. Hearn, Ovidio Rivero Bartolomei, S.D. TannerMunicipal GIS database of Guatemala; Volume 5; Escuintla, Guatemala
No abstract available.AuthorsPeter G. Chirico, P.P. Hearn, Ovidio Rivero Bartolomei, S.D. TannerNon-USGS Publications**
Chirico, P.G., 1997, GIS--The bedrock of geologic mapping: Geo Info Systems, v. 7, no. 10, p. 26-31.**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.
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