Technology & Engineering

This report documents ModelMate, a graphical user interface for model analysis. The documentation presented herein describes installation and use of the application. The perfor- mance of ModelMate...

On Friday, February 7, 2003, at approximately 9:30 am, an explosion ignited a fire inside a vent collection system (VCS) at Technic Inc., a plating chemicals manufacturing and research facility...

This investigation report examines a petroleum products facility incident that occurred on May 1, 2002, at the Third Coast Industries facility in Friendswood, Texas. A fire of relatively small...

This report describes MODPATH, a particle-tracking model designed to work with output from the U.S. Geological Survey groundwater flow model commonly referred to as MODFLOW. The model program can be...

A series of groundwater technical procedures documents (GWPDs) has been released by the U.S. Geological Survey, Water-Resources Discipline, for general use by the public. These technical procedures...

This manual describes the Graphical Constituent Loading Analysis System (GCLAS), an interactive cross-plat- form program for computing the mass (load) and average concentration of a constituent that...

A new analytical method has been developed and implemented at the U.S. Geological Survey National Water Quality Laboratory that determines a suite of 20 steroid hormones and related compounds in...

A Systematic review of health impact assessments from the U.S. was conducted to obtain a clear picture of how HIAs are being implemented nationally and to identify potential areas for improving the...

The Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD) is a compre- hensive aggregated collection of hydrologic unit data consis- tent with the national criteria for delineation and resolution. This document...

The Local Government Climate and Energy Strategy Series provides a comprehensive, straightforward overview of green- house gas (GHG) emissions reduction strategies for local governments. Topics...

The Markov Chain nest productivity model, or MCnest, quantitatively estimates the effects of pesticides or other toxic chemicals on annual reproductive success of avian species (Bennett and Etterson...

NUREG-1801, "Generic Aging Lessons Learned (GALL) Report," is referenced as a technical basis document in NUREG-1800, "Standard Review Plan for Review of License Renewal Applications for Nuclear...

This compilation contains 30 reports issued by the Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste (ACNW) during the sixteenth and seventeenth years of its operation. The reports were submitted to the Chairman...

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Information Technology/Information Management (IT/IM) Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2008 - 2013 describes how IT/IM activities at the NRC contribute to the...

A primary objective of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) is to provide the best possible scientific information to support public discussion, as well as government and private sector...

The report also offers a glimpse into expectations for recovery of the ozone layer in a changing climate, as well as the first detailed look at U.S. role in emitting and reducing the emissions of the...

Many extremes and their associated impacts are now changing. For example, in recent decades most of North America has been experiencing more unusually hot days and nights, fewer unusually cold days...

CCSP, 2007: Effects of Climate Change on Energy Production and Use in the United States. A Report by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program and the subcommittee on Global change Research. Thomas J...

Flood-frequency information is important in the Central Valley region of California because of the high risk of catastrophic flooding. Most traditional flood-frequency studies focus on peak flows,...

The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Energy, analyzed water-quality data collected from 67 aquifer wells and 7 surface-water sites at the Idaho National Laboratory...

Crop agriculture occupies 13 percent of the conterminous United States. Agricultural management practices, such as crop and tillage types, affect the hydrologic flow paths through the landscape. Some...

The majority of filtered total mercury in the marine water of Sinclair Inlet originates from salt water flowing from Puget Sound. About 420 grams of filtered total mercury are added to Sinclair Inlet...

Although often overlooked, ground water is increasingly important to all of our lives. Ground water is the primary source of drinking water to approximately half the Nation's population (134 million...

Beach water and sediment samples were collected along the Gulf of Mexico coast to assess differences in contaminant concentrations before and after landfall of Macondo-1 well oil released into the...

The potential for streambed scour was evaluated at 41 bridges that cross tidal waterways in Alaska. These bridges are subject to several coastal and riverine processes that have the potential,...

The San Francisco Bay study unit is approximately 620 square miles and consists of the Marina, Lobos, Downtown, Islais Valley, South San Francisco, Visitacion Valley, Westside, and the Santa Clara...

The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Energy, collects surface water and groundwater samples at and near the Idaho National Laboratory as part of a routine,...

Paleomagnetic inclination and polarity studies were conducted on subcore samples from eight coreholes located at and near the Naval Reactors Facility (NRF), Idaho National Laboratory (INL). These...

Water allocation in the Upper Klamath Basin has become difficult in recent years due to the increase in occurrence of drought coupled with continued high water demand. Upper Klamath Lake is a central...

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), through its Evidence-Based Practice Centers (EPCs), sponsors the development of evidence reports and technology assessments to assist public-...