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Probabilistic methodology for petroleum resource appraisal of Wilderness Lands / / by Robert A. Crovelli
| Probabilistic methodology for petroleum resource appraisal of Wilderness Lands / / by Robert A. Crovelli |
| Autore | Crovelli Robert A. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | ]Reston, Virginia] : , : United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, , [1983?] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (iii, O5 pages) : illustrations |
| Collana |
Geological Survey circular
Petroleum potential of wilderness lands in the western United States |
| Soggetto topico |
Petroleum - West (U.S.)
Wilderness areas - United States Petroleum Wilderness areas |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910711743603321 |
Crovelli Robert A.
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| ]Reston, Virginia] : , : United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, , [1983?] | ||
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Protecting visibility in national parks and wilderness areas [[electronic resource] /] / Committee on Haze in National Parks and Wilderness Areas, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources, National Research Council
| Protecting visibility in national parks and wilderness areas [[electronic resource] /] / Committee on Haze in National Parks and Wilderness Areas, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources, National Research Council |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1993 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (464 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.73/92 |
| Soggetto topico |
Haze - Environmental aspects - United States
Visibility - United States Air quality management - United States National parks and reserves - United States Wilderness areas - United States |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-19654-8
9786610196548 0-309-56249-X 0-585-14344-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455879803321 |
| Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1993 | ||
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Protecting visibility in national parks and wilderness areas [[electronic resource] /] / Committee on Haze in National Parks and Wilderness Areas, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources, National Research Council
| Protecting visibility in national parks and wilderness areas [[electronic resource] /] / Committee on Haze in National Parks and Wilderness Areas, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources, National Research Council |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1993 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (464 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.73/92 |
| Soggetto topico |
Haze - Environmental aspects - United States
Visibility - United States Air quality management - United States National parks and reserves - United States Wilderness areas - United States |
| ISBN |
1-280-19654-8
9786610196548 0-309-56249-X 0-585-14344-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778795103321 |
| Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1993 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Protecting visibility in national parks and wilderness areas / / Committee on Haze in National Parks and Wilderness Areas, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources, National Research Council
| Protecting visibility in national parks and wilderness areas / / Committee on Haze in National Parks and Wilderness Areas, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources, National Research Council |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1993 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (464 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.73/92 |
| Soggetto topico |
Haze - Environmental aspects - United States
Visibility - United States Air quality management - United States National parks and reserves - United States Wilderness areas - United States |
| ISBN |
1-280-19654-8
9786610196548 0-309-56249-X 0-585-14344-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Protecting Visibility in National Parks and Wilderness Areas -- Copyright -- Preface -- Other Recent Reports of the Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology -- Contents -- Protecting Visibility in National Parks and Wilderness Areas Executive Summary -- THE CHARGE TO THE COMMITTEE -- THE COMMITTEE'S APPROACH TO ITS CHARGE -- GENERAL CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- RECOMMENDED RESEARCH -- Monitoring Strategies -- Measurement Methods -- Source-Apportionment Modeling -- Emission Controls -- FUTURE DIRECTIONS FOR PROTECTING AND IMPROVING VISIBILITY -- Protecting Visibility in National Parks and Wilderness Areas -- 1 Introduction -- HAZE FORMATION AND VISIBILITY IMPAIRMENT -- DIFFICULTIES IN DEVELOPING EFFECTIVE PROGRAMS -- Scientific Difficulties -- Regulatory Difficulties -- SCOPE OF THE REPORT -- 2 Visibility Conditions in the United States -- CURRENT VISIBILITY CONDITIONS -- Geographical Patterns -- Seasonal Patterns -- Statistical Patterns -- Historical Trends -- SOURCES OF VISIBILITY-IMPAIRING MATERIALS -- Natural Sources -- Anthropogenic Sources -- SUMMARY -- 3 Legal and Institutional Context -- PRESENT VISIBILITY PROTECTION PROGRAMS -- The Clean Air Act -- Relevant Provisions -- Basic Principles -- Implementation of the Visibility Protection Programs -- Funding Issues -- State Visibility Protection Programs -- Oregon -- Washington -- Vermont -- ALTERNATIVE REGULATORY APPROACHES -- Air Quality Management Approach -- Technology-Based Approach -- Nondegradation Approach -- Market-Based Approaches -- The Present Visibility Program Compared with Possible Future Approaches -- SUMMARY -- 4 Haze Formation and Visibility Impairment -- FUNDAMENTALS OF VISIBILITY AND RELATED MEASUREMENTS -- Fundamental Processes in Visibility -- Visibility Measurements -- Relationship between Particle Concentrations and Visibility.
Empirical Relationships between Airborne Particles and Visibility -- Aerosol Chemistry and Particle Size Distributions -- Particle Optics and Visibility -- Some Experimental Difficulties in Aerosol Chemistry Studies -- THE ROLE OF METEOROLOGY -- Transport -- Dispersion -- Deposition and Resuspension -- Wet Deposition -- Dry Deposition -- Resuspension of Soil Dust -- STRATEGIES FOR VISIBILITY MEASUREMENT PROGRAMS -- Criteria for Monitoring Programs -- Examples of Visibility Measurement Programs -- The Interagency Monitoring of Protected Visual Environments Program -- State Programs -- Intensive Programs -- MODELING OF AEROSOL EFFECTS ON VISIBILITY -- Optical Modeling (Mie Theory) -- Empirical Optical Models -- Perceptual Air-Quality Modeling -- EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN, QUALITY ASSURANCE, AND QUALITY CONTROL -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION -- 5 Source Identification and Apportionment Methods -- CRITERIA FOR EVALUATING SOURCE IDENTIFICATION AND APPORTIONMENT METHODS -- Technical Adequacy -- Validity -- Compatibility of Source and Optics Models -- Input Data Requirements -- Evaluation of Model Performance -- Source Separation -- Temporal Variability -- Geographic Context -- Source Configurations -- Error Analysis and Biases -- Availability -- Administrative Feasibility -- Resources -- Regulatory Compatibility -- Multijurisdictional Implementation -- Communication -- Economic Efficiency -- Flexibility -- Balance -- CRITIQUE OF SOURCE IDENTIFICATION AND APPORTIONMENT METHODS -- Source Identification Methods -- Visual and Photographic Systems -- Emission Inventories and Source Activity -- Simple Tracer Applications -- Evaluation of Source Identification Methods -- Speciated Rollback Models -- Technical Adequacy -- Administrative Feasibility -- Economic Efficiency -- Flexibility -- Balance -- Summary -- Chemical Mass Balance Receptor Models -- Technical Adequacy. Administrative Feasibility -- Economic Efficiency -- Flexibility -- Balance -- Summary -- Models Based on Regression Analysis -- Technical Adequacy -- Administrative Feasibility -- Economic Efficiency -- Flexibility -- Balance -- Models for Transport Only and Transport with Linear Chemistry -- Technical Adequacy -- Administrative Feasibility -- Economic Efficiency -- Flexibility -- Balance -- Mechanistic Models for Transport and Explicit Chemistry -- Technical Adequacy -- Administrative Feasibility -- Economic Efficiency -- Flexibility -- Balance -- Summary -- Hybrid Models -- SINGLE-SOURCE MODELING PROBLEMS -- Widespread Haze and Plume Blight -- Critique of Single-Source Plume Blight Models -- Technical Adequacy -- Administrative Feasibility -- Flexibility -- Balance -- Bridging the Gap between Near-Source Models and the Regional Scale -- SELECTION OF MODELS TO ADDRESS OTHER AIR-QUALITY PROBLEMS -- SUMMARY -- 6 Emission Controls and Visibility -- APPORTIONMENT OF REGIONAL HAZE USING A SPECIATED ROLLBACK MODEL -- POTENTIAL VISIBILITY IMPROVEMENTS FROM EMISSION CONTROLS -- RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN VISIBILITY AND OTHER AIR-QUALITY PROBLEMS -- CONCLUSIONS -- 7 Conclusions and Recommendations -- GENERAL CONCLUSIONS -- RECOMMENDED RESEARCH STRATEGIES -- RECOMMENDED MONITORING STRATEGIES -- RECOMMENDED MEASUREMENT METHODS -- Aerosol Measurements -- Optical Measurements -- RECOMMENDED SOURCE APPORTIONMENT MODELING RESEARCH -- Emission Inventories -- Source emissions data must be integrated accurately into overall emission inventories -- Model Validation and Field Studies -- Receptor Models -- Mechanistic Models -- RECOMMENDED CONTROL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH -- SUMMARY -- References -- Appendix A Scientific Background Information -- ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND SECONDARY PARTICLE PRODUCTION -- Sulfate Aerosol Chemistry -- Nitrate Aerosol Chemistry. Ammonium Aerosol Chemistry -- Organic Aerosol Chemistry -- METEOROLOGY -- Surface-Wind Measurements -- Non-Surface-Wind Measurements -- Balloon Studies -- Tower Studies -- Remote Sensing -- Moisture Measurements -- Appendix B Measurement Methods -- GAS-PHASE CHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS -- Gaseous Sulfur Dioxide -- Oxides of Nitrogen -- Ozone -- Ammonia -- Hydrogen Peroxide -- Gas-Phase Organic Carbon Compounds -- Conclusions -- MEASUREMENTS OF ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLES -- Particle Size Distribution -- Single-Particle Optical Counters -- Electrical Mobility Analyzers -- Particle Mass and Chemical Size Distributions -- Particle Bounce -- Particle Shape and Density -- Chemical Changes in the Sample -- Sampling Inlets -- Electron Microscopic Analyses of Single Particles -- Organic and Elemental Carbon Analysis -- Water Content of Airborne Particles -- Continuous Measurements -- OPTICAL MEASUREMENTS -- Point-Measurement Methods -- Scattering-Coefficient Measurements: Integrating Nephelometry -- Absorption Coefficient Measurements -- Photoacoustic Spectroscopy -- Filter Techniques -- Sight-Path Techniques -- Remote Sensing Techniques -- Summary -- TRACERS IN THE ENVIRONMENT -- PERCEPTION MEASUREMENT -- Human Response to Visual Air Quality -- Field Judgments by Experienced Observers -- Judgments of Photographs -- Field Judgments by Passersby -- Airport Visibility -- Perceptual Cues -- Summary -- Appendix C Source Identification and Apportionment Models -- SPECIATED ROLLBACK MODELS -- RECEPTOR-ORIENTED MODELS BASED ON CHEMICAL SIGNATURES -- CMB Models -- Theory of the CMB Model -- Derivation and Solutions -- CMB Model Assumptions -- CMB Model Validation Studies -- Apportionment of Light Extinction -- Regression Analysis -- Background -- Statistical Assumptions and Consequences of Violation -- Practical Guidelines -- PLUME BLIGHT MODELS. MODELS FOR TRANSPORT ONLY AND FOR TRANSPORT WITH LINEAR CHEMISTRY -- Back Trajectory Analysis -- Transport-Only Analyses -- Transport with Linear Chemistry -- MECHANISTIC MODELS FOR TRANSPORT AND CHEMICAL REACTION -- Hybrid Models -- Linear-Chemistry-CMB Hybrid Models -- Appendix D Control Techniques -- POWER PLANTS -- Sulfur Dioxide Control Technologies -- Wet Flue Gas Desulfurization -- Spray Dry Flue Gas Desulfurization -- Control of Plume Opacity -- NOx Emissions Control -- NOx Reduction by Combustion Modification -- Postcombustion NOx Reduction -- Clean Coal Technologies -- Sorbent Injection -- Fluidized Bed Combustion -- Combined NOx and SOx Reduction -- Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle -- Integrated Gasification Fuel Cell -- Alternative Emission Reduction Methods -- Switching to Low-Sulfur Coal -- Switching to Natural Gas -- Environmental Dispatching -- Energy Efficiency and Demand Management -- INDUSTRIAL BOILERS -- NONFERROUS SMELTERS -- PETROLEUM AND CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES -- Sulfur Oxide Control at Refineries and Chemical Plants -- Control of VOC Emissions from Petroleum Refining and Marketing -- DIESEL-FUELED MOTOR VEHICLES -- Trap Oxidizers -- Catalytic Converters -- GASOLINE-FUELED MOTOR VEHICLES -- Fuel Modification -- Natural Gas -- Liquified Petroleum Gas -- Methanol -- PRESCRIBED FORESTRY AND AGRICULTURAL BURNING -- Prescribed Forestry Burning -- Emission Control Measures -- Control Costs -- Alternative Treatment Methods -- Agricultural Burning -- Other Biomass Burning -- Future Directions -- RESIDENTIAL WOOD COMBUSTION -- Wood-Stove Emissions -- Wood-Burning Control Technologies -- Public Education Programs -- Wood-Stove Certification Programs -- Reduced Dependence on Wood -- Wood-Burning Curtailment -- Future Conditions -- FUGITIVE DUST -- Agricultural Operations -- Paved and Unpaved Road Dust -- Process Fugitives. FEEDLOTS AND OTHER SOURCES OF AMMONIA. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826069603321 |
| Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1993 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Wilderness
| Wilderness |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Washington, D.C.], : Wilderness Society, [c1982-1996] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
| Disciplina | 333.95/16/0973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Nature conservation - United States
Wilderness areas - United States Natural history - United States Sciences naturelles - États-Unis Réserves de la vie sauvage |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910222242003321 |
| [Washington, D.C.], : Wilderness Society, [c1982-1996] | ||
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Wilderness accessibility for people with disabilities [[electronic resource] ] : a report to the President and the Congress of the United States on Section 507(a) of the Americans with Disabilities Act / / National Council on Disability
| Wilderness accessibility for people with disabilities [[electronic resource] ] : a report to the President and the Congress of the United States on Section 507(a) of the Americans with Disabilities Act / / National Council on Disability |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington DC : , : The Council, , [1992] |
| Descrizione fisica | viii, 107 pages : digital, PDF file |
| Soggetto topico |
Wilderness areas - United States
Recreation areas - Barrier-free design - United States Recreation areas and people with disabilities - United States |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Wilderness accessibility for people with disabilities |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910696704303321 |
| Washington DC : , : The Council, , [1992] | ||
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Wilderness campsite impacts : effect of amount of use / / David N. Cole
| Wilderness campsite impacts : effect of amount of use / / David N. Cole |
| Autore | Cole David N. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Ogden, Utah] : , : United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, , [1982] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (34 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Collana | Research paper INT |
| Soggetto topico |
Wilderness areas - United States
Camp sites, facilities, etc - United States |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Wilderness campsite impacts |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910704660103321 |
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Cole David N.
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| [Ogden, Utah] : , : United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, , [1982] | ||
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Wilderness explorer: jr. ranger activities and adventures for ages 8 and up
| Wilderness explorer: jr. ranger activities and adventures for ages 8 and up |
| Edizione | [50th anniversary edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Washington, D.C.] : , : Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture ; , : Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Department of the Interior ; , : National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior ; , : U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (23 pages) : illustrations |
| Soggetto topico |
Wilderness areas - United States
Natural areas - United States |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Wilderness explorer |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910707972303321 |
Wilderness in national parks [[electronic resource] ] : playground or preserve / / John C. Miles
| Wilderness in national parks [[electronic resource] ] : playground or preserve / / John C. Miles |
| Autore | Miles John C. <1944-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Seattle, : University of Washington Press, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (346 p.) |
| Disciplina | 333.78/2160973 |
| Soggetto topico |
National parks and reserves - United States
Nature conservation - United States Wilderness areas - United States |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-295-99039-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Wilderness and the origins of National Parks -- Wilderness and the new agency -- Wilderness becomes an issue for the Park Service -- Preservation of the primeval in the Post-Mather Era -- More ferment and expansion -- From the war to Director Wirth -- The drive for a wilderness act -- A hesitant start at implementation -- Wilderness reviews reluctantly completed -- Wilderness in Alaska -- A new sort of National Park wilderness -- Park wilderness after the reviews -- The work continues -- Epilogue. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910459510403321 |
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| Seattle, : University of Washington Press, c2009 | ||
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Wilderness in national parks [[electronic resource] ] : playground or preserve / / John C. Miles
| Wilderness in national parks [[electronic resource] ] : playground or preserve / / John C. Miles |
| Autore | Miles John C. <1944-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Seattle, : University of Washington Press, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (346 p.) |
| Disciplina | 333.78/2160973 |
| Soggetto topico |
National parks and reserves - United States
Nature conservation - United States Wilderness areas - United States |
| ISBN | 0-295-99039-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Wilderness and the origins of National Parks -- Wilderness and the new agency -- Wilderness becomes an issue for the Park Service -- Preservation of the primeval in the Post-Mather Era -- More ferment and expansion -- From the war to Director Wirth -- The drive for a wilderness act -- A hesitant start at implementation -- Wilderness reviews reluctantly completed -- Wilderness in Alaska -- A new sort of National Park wilderness -- Park wilderness after the reviews -- The work continues -- Epilogue. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785057703321 |
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| Seattle, : University of Washington Press, c2009 | ||
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