| Operation of SCINDA Receiver at the University of Calcutta and Analysis of Data for Space Weather Studies |
06 Dec 2012 |
21 pages |
| Authors:
Ashish K DasGupta; Ashik Paul; CALCUTTA UNIV (INDIA)
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 | The SCINDA receiver has been operational at the Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics, University of Calcutta, Calcutta, India since November 2006. Data from the SCINDA receiver is available to the Satellite Beacon Group of this Institute in the post -processed form. It had earlier been utilized for studying some Space Weather events which occurred during July 2009 and June 2010. It is important to note that this period coincides ... |
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| The Chena River Watershed Hydrology Model |
Apr 2012 |
70 pages |
| Authors:
Carrie M Vuyovich; Steven F Daly; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER HANOVER NH COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB
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| Development of a hydrologic model of the Chena River Watershed located in central Alaska is described. The flow in the Chena River is controlled by the Moose Creek Dam project upstream of Fairbanks, AK. The Hydrologic Engineering Center-Hydrologic Modeling System (HEC-HMS) hydrologic model is intended to estimate inflows into the Moose Creek Dam Project and determine the Probable Maximum Flood (PMF) hydrograph. The Chena River watershed covers 2115 mi(expn 2). ... |
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| The Application of Sensors on Guardrails for the Purpose of Real Time Impact Detection |
Mar 2012 |
139 pages |
| Authors:
Matthew D Sturtevant; AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT
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| The United States roadway system has deteriorated over time due to its age, increasing delays in completing preventative maintenance, and the lack of timely repairs following damage to the infrastructure. Proper asset management drives the need for generalized methods to integrate new sensing capabilities into existing Intelligent Transportation Systems in a time efficient and cost effective manner. In this thesis, we present a methodology for the deployment of new sensors ... |
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| A Spatial Risk Analysis of Oil Refineries within the United States |
Mar 2012 |
111 pages |
| Authors:
Zachary L Schiff; AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT
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| A risk analysis methodology is necessary to manage the potential effects of oil refinery outages to the increasingly connected, interdependent critical infrastructure of the United States. Following the terrorist attacks of 9/11, the lack of a critical infrastructure risk mitigation strategy was identified as an area for improvement. In both the 9/11 attacks and Hurricane Katrina, cascading failures occurred due to the interdependencies among infrastructures and their spatial relationships. Furthermore, ... |
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| ASW Reach-Back Cell Oceanography Analysis System (ARCOAS) Version 3 User's Guide |
24 Feb 2012 |
71 pages |
| Authors:
James Dykes; Phillip Fanguy; NAVAL RESEARCH LAB STENNIS DETACHMENT STENNIS SPACE CENTER MS
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| ARCOAS consists of customizations of ESRI's ArcMAP that make ArcMAP easier to use by the operational forecaster and oceanographer in the military support setting. This user manual gives setup instructions and describes functionality of each of the tools distributed with ARCOAS. The set of tools included in ARCOAS as well as the ArcGIS platform (ArcMAP) on which it runs assists the oceanographer forecasters at NAVOCEANO in analyzing geophysical data as ... |
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| Exploiting Weaknesses: An Approach to Counter Cartel Strategy |
Dec 2011 |
139 pages |
| Authors:
Enrique J Reyna; Dennis J Castellanos; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA DEFENSE ANALYSIS DEPT
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| This thesis, Exploiting Weaknesses: An Approach to Counter Cartel Strategy, provides an in-depth case study analysis of the Los Zetas transnational criminal network to gain an understanding of its weaknesses and vulnerabilities. First, the thesis utilizes social movement theory to illuminate the structural and other key essential factors that make Los Zetas vulnerable to disruption. Then the thesis identifies Los Zetas' means of financial support to expose its insidious methods. ... |
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| Urban Land Use by Illegal Armed Groups in Medellin |
17 Oct 2011 |
11 pages |
| Authors:
Geoffrey Demarest; FOREIGN MILITARY STUDIES OFFICE (ARMY) FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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| This article poses ideas about counterinsurgency, law enforcement, and stability operations in the context of land-use planning. Here, seven proposed categories of illegal slum land use are tested against a recent, complex Latin American case. Admittedly, this application of the term land use may be overly literal, and is to be distinguished from land-use planning. That latter term generally connotes a set of theoretical norms and objectives centered, in part, ... |
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| Web-Scale Search-Based Data Extraction and Integration |
17 Oct 2011 |
165 pages |
| Authors:
Kevin C Chang; Truman Shuck; Govind Kabra; CAZOODLE INC CHAMPAIGN IL
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| In the current age of abundant, digitized geographic data, the classic, manual approach to geospatial feature discovery and gazetteer creation is cost-prohibitive. While geographic data has become increasingly prevalent on the open Web, it remains largely unstructured and difficult to study. This, the GeoEngine project, has developed generalizable methods for automatic gazetteer generation based on the ample, but unstructured data on the open Web. GeoEngine solves this problem with a ... |
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| Mapping Collective Identity: Territories and Boundaries of Human Terrain |
10 JUN 2011 |
103 pages |
| Authors:
Michael L. Wood; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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| External borders of countries and their internal boundaries regulate how people are governed and taxed, their rights and legal authority, and the freedoms they share within their daily lives. People often form relationships based on where they live and work, their shared history, religion, culture and self identification. This research provides a process to integrate these various spatial elements that define populations and map their identities over geographic areas. When ... |
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| Towards a C2 Poly-Visualization Tool: Leveraging the Power of Social-Network Analysis and GIS |
JUN 2011 |
34 pages |
| Authors:
Alexander Wassell; Marion Ceruti; Niina Haas; Kevin Adams; Sandi Lehan; Der S. Yang; SPACE AND NAVAL WARFARE SYSTEMS CENTER PACIFIC SAN DIEGO CA
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| Civil authorities and emergency managers need to collect, manage, analyze and display network and geographic information to understand better the connectivity of critical sectors of the community and their spatial relationships to physical attributes of geography and terrain, the built environment, critical infrastructures and key resources, and the proximity of segments of the population/ neighborhoods to local hazards and threats to security. A promising method for the analysis of social ... |
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| Task 0715: Army Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load Pilots |
May 2011 |
23 pages |
| Authors:
Amy Alton; Corinna Eddy; NATIONAL DEFENSE CENTER FOR ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT JOHNSTOWN PA
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| PRESENTATION OUTLINE: Background -- Chesapeake Bay Watershed, Regulatory Drivers, Upcoming Regulatory Deadlines, Project Genesis; Army TMDL Pilot Overview, Technical Components, Path Forward -- Facilities TMDL Gap Analysis (Complete), including Approach, Activities Completed, and Findings; TMDL Baseline Assessment (Complete), including Approach, Activities Completed, and Findings; Watershed Implementation Plan Model and TMDL Monitoring Strategy (Ongoing); Guidebook and Training Development/Delivery (Future); and Discussion. In response to TMDL development, Army facilities will need to ... |
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| Using Geography and Geographic Information Systems to Create and Operate Self Sustaining Forward Operating Bases |
May 2011 |
18 pages |
| Authors:
Terrence D Martin; ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS RESEARCH INST INC REDLANDS CA
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| Sustainable Expeditionary Site Selection Requirements: Mission Data Set, Solar Density, Wind Density, Biomass Resources, Geothermal Resources, Hydro Resources, and Tidal Resources. Key Points: Climate Change cause and effects are geographically predictable; In other words, sustainability is a geographically organized problem in space and time; GIS is a tool for managing geographically organized problems; Where and how to deploy are geographic problems; GIS technology is already deployed (CJMTK, GeoBase, Expeditionary Site ... |
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| Shallow Water Marine UXO Detection Survey, United States Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina |
APR 2011 |
46 pages |
| Authors:
Paula Bond; Raye Lahti; AMEC EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL INC KNOXVILLE TN
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| The underwater unexploded ordnance (UXO) towed array (UUTA) electromagnetic system designed by 3Dgeophysics.com (3Dg) utilizes modified and improved Geonics, Ltd. electromagnetic (EM)61 metal detection technology. The UUTA system includes a 2.0 m (6.56 ft) wide (two receiver coil) non-contact bottom-skimming sensor platform, a down rigging tow bar, and a hydrofoil control surface mounted on a 6.7 m (22 ft) ThunderJet boat. The system was designed to be used with a ... |
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| Educating Future Leaders about Space at West Point |
Jan 2011 |
5 pages |
| Authors:
Diana Loucks; Ken Chadwick; Jessica Mikhaylov; Andrew Pfluger; Thomas Pugsley; William Wright; MILITARY ACADEMY WEST POINT NY
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| The United States Military Academy, commonly known as West Point, has produced junior Army leaders since its inception in the early 1800s. While the purpose of West Point has evolved over the last two centuries, its fundamental mission has remained relatively stable: To educate, train, and inspire the Corps of Cadets so that each graduate is a commissioned leader of character committed to the values of Duty, Honor, Country; and ... |
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| Training Range Environmental Evaluation and Characterization System (TREECS) |
30 Nov 2010 |
33 pages |
| Authors:
Billy E Johnson; Jeff Gerald; Zhonglong Zhang; Mark Dortch; Andrew Simmons; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER VICKSBURG MS ENVIRONMENTAL LAB
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| Active military ranges contain munitions constituents (MC) and metal contamination that affect the usability and functionality of training facilities. Residues and disturbances from range operations can adversely impact the environment, including human and ecological health which require a variety of assessment tools to evaluate. Such impacts can also affect environmental compliance and range sustainment. Most Army live-fire training and testing ranges also have unique environments in which low-order and dud ... |
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| Utilizing Pro-bono Commercial Assets for Marine Mammal Surveys in High Naval Activity Area in Hawaiian Waters |
30 SEP 2010 |
7 pages |
| Authors:
Whitlow W. Au; HAWAII INST OF MARINE BIOLOGY KAILUA HI MARINE MAMMAL RESEARCH PROGRAM
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| The waters surrounding the State of Hawaii are high U.S. Navy activity regions. The waters surrounding the State of Hawaii are high U.S. Navy activity regions. The Pacific Navy is under considerable pressure from environmental groups that have initiated up to five law suits to curtail the Navy's use of active sonar for training. Perhaps the best approach in combating the various environmental concerns expressed in the different lawsuits is ... |
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| Herding Cats: Data Management for Public Involvement |
17 Jun 2010 |
12 pages |
| Authors:
Lara Beasley; CORPS OF ENGINEERS WASHINGTON DC
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| US Army Europe Integrated Training Area Management (ITAM) Program - Training Support and the Environment |
Jun 2010 |
13 pages |
| Authors:
Jeff Andrews; ARMY EUROPE AND APO NEW YORK 09403
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| Towards Effective Application of Geospatial Technologies for Disaster Management |
2010 |
5 pages |
| Authors:
Rifaat Abdalla; Jonathan Li; DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TORONTO (CANADA)
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| The motive behind this special issue is focusing on the importance of highlighting the efforts of geospatial technologies community in the field of disaster and emergency management. This issue provides an insight on the future directions of geospatial technologies for disaster management. It starts with presenting the process of formalizing the idea behind this special issue, presenting the themes covered and summary statistics related to the editorial process of this ... |
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| Leveraging Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT) in Mission Command |
21-Mar-2009 |
49 pages |
| Authors:
Andy Sanchez; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES
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| The federal government response to Hurricane Katrina demonstrated a vital need for the military to improve the process for assessment, response, and decision-making for all organizations involved. Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT) is an emerging intelligence discipline that provides detailed data analysis, an assessment of the operational environment, and a means to investigate problems that may emerge. GEOINT is the exploitation and analysis of imagery and geospatial information to describe, assess, and ... |
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| Importance of the What, When, and Where of Mosquito Collection Events |
Jan-2009 |
7 pages |
| Authors:
RichArd C Wilkerson; Leopoldo M Rueda; Desmond H Foley; WALTER REED ARMY INST OF RESEARCH SILVER SPRING MD DEPT OF ENTOMOLOGY
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| There is increasing need to apply established standards for recording data on mosquito collection events, because of the diversity of potential data providers, and the growth and interoperability of online databases designed to host these collection records. In particular, adequate taxonomic and georeference data are needed for geodatabases such as Mosquito map (http://www. mosquitomap.org/) that map and compare these collection points with other spatial information in a geographical information system ... |
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| Data Integration to Explore the Dynamics of Conflict: A Preliminary Study |
Dec-2008 |
97 pages |
| Authors:
Eric Hartunian; Wade A Germann; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| This thesis is an exploration of the concepts of data integration with respect to military operations. It is an attempt to establish practices that analysts and operators can use to integrate many types of data from disparate sources. The project focuses on two software platforms: Palantir Technologies and Google Earth. These specific programs are utilized because they provide off-the-shelf products that are easy to use, require little training, and are ... |
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| Prostate Cancer and Pesticide Exposure in Diverse Populations in California's Central Valley |
Dec-2008 |
26 pages |
| Authors:
Myles Cockburn; UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES
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| This project is a pilot case-control study of pesticide exposure and prostate cancer, that (1) poor measurement of pesticide exposure in studies of prostate cancer risk factors explains null findings to date; (2) a proposed method of recruiting and approaching cases and controls to a large population-based case-control study will result in acceptable response rates, but also will be biased; (3) We will be able to obtain sufficient DNA from ... |
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| Applications of GIS, Advanced Sensors and Habitat Modeling in Support of Desert Tortoise Line Distance, Sampling and Translocation Studies Related to the Proposed Expansion of the Ft. Irwin NTC |
25-Sep-2008 |
29 pages |
| Authors:
Jordan Henk; REDLANDS UNIV CA
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| This University of Redlands (University) research program (the Desert Tortoise Project; DTP), was designed to improve terrestrial science and to explore and apply a variety of information science technology, tools, and methods to equip land managers, decision-makers and policy-makers with science-based alternatives for the recovery of the desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii, federally-listed in 1990 as a threatened species) within the West Mojave Recovery Unit (WMRU) of Southern California, and specifically, ... |
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| Web Access of Meteorological and Oceanographic Data |
Sep-2008 |
9 pages |
| Authors:
Roy Ladner; Frederick E Petry; Bruce Lin; Richard Sween; NAVAL RESEARCH LAB STENNIS SPACE CENTER MS MAPPING CHARTING AND GEODESY BRANCH
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| Web Services are becoming the standard technology used to share data for many Navy and other DoD operations. These enable an automated capability to obtain and integrate data for data fusion. However assimilation of data from Web-based sources means that differences in schema and terminology prevent simple querying and retrieval of data. Thus, machine understanding of the Web Services interface is necessary for automated selection and invocation of the correct ... |
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| Automated Quantification of Gradient Defined Features |
Sep-2008 |
5 pages |
| Authors:
T Fedenczuk; P Fryer; J Escartin; A J Harris; HAWAII UNIV HONOLULU
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| We present the summary and application of a new MATLAB/GIS technique for the quantification of gradient defined features in submarine environments. The technique utilizes MATLAB scripts to convert bathymetry data into a gradient dataset, produce gradient maps, and most importantly, automate the process of defining and characterizing gradient defined features such as flows, faults, landslide scarps, folds, valleys, and ridges. The features are defined according to strict gradient threshold criteria ... |
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| Demonstration of Airborne Wide Area Assessment Technologies at Kirtland Precision Bombing Range, New Mexico |
01-Apr-2008 |
58 pages |
| Authors:
ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY TECHNOLOGY CERTIFICATION PROGRAM OFFICE (DOD) ARLINGTON VA
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| The former Kirtland Precision Bombing Range is located near Albuquerque, New Mexico. This site is classified by the United States Government as a Formerly Used Defense Site (FUDS) and was a World War II-era military training facility. This demonstration utilized Helicopter Multi-sensor Towed Array Detection System (MTADS) Magnetometry (HeliMag) technology, a wide area assessment technology. A data collection survey was conducted in October of 2005 and resulted in the survey ... |
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| Predicting Future Training Opportunities Using the Land-Use Evolution and Impact Assessment Model |
OCT 2007 |
63 pages |
| Authors:
James D. Westervelt; Sarah B. Nemeth; Michael J. White; Michael R. Kemme; Dawn A. Morrison; Christa Eastgate; Mark Ginsberg; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| The future training/testing capacities of military installations and their surrounding regions are increasingly based on today's smart regional planning in collaboration with surrounding cities, counties, and states. Developing urban patterns around installations can be steered in a manner that ensures the continued viability of the installation to support present and future missions. Researchers have developed a two-step process to link proposed regional plans to future training/testing opportunities. The first step ... |
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| Availability of an ArcGIS Wetland Restoration Spatial Decision Support System (SDSS) Tool |
SEP 2007 |
4 pages |
| Authors:
Jeff P. Lin; Barbara A. Kleiss; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER VICKSBURG MS ENVIRONMENTAL LAB
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| This technical note announces the availability of a tool developed by the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC). The tool and accompanying user's guide can be used to create an ArcGIS-based wetland restoration spatial decision support system (SDSS) tool. An SDSS is useful for evaluating and comparing multiple areas across a large study area, and works by scaling and combining multiple, spatially explicit data layers within a geographic ... |
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| Multiple Assets Position Determination in a 3-Dimensional Environment Using the APRS Protocol |
SEP 2007 |
119 pages |
| Authors:
Evangelos K. Fourtzitzis; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Increased situational awareness in the battlefield is one of the main objectives in today's operations and applies to all levels of commands. Several attempts have been made to use tracking devices for detecting and continuously updating the positional data of friendly assets on a map. Current applications like Falcon View fulfill their objective in presenting the location of targets of interest on a digital mapping environment. Falcon View is a ... |
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| Evaluation of Airborne Remote Sensing Techniques for Predicting the Distribution of Energetic Compounds on Impact Areas |
AUG 2007 |
202 pages |
| Authors:
Mark R. Graves; Linda P. Dove; Thomas F. Jenkins; Susan Bigl; Marianne E. Walsh; Alan D. Hewitt; Dennis Lambert; Nancy Perron; Charles Ramsey; Jeff Gamey; Les Beard; William E. Doll; Dale Magoun; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER VICKSBURG MS
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| The characterization of impact area munitions constituents has typically employed traditional soil sampling approaches. These sampling approaches do not accurately account for the distribution of such contaminants over the landscape due to the distributed nature of explosive compound sources throughout impact areas, the highly localized distribution of contaminants surrounding these sources, and inaccurate records of historical target locations. Remote sensing and geographic information system (GIS) technologies were utilized to assist ... |
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| Infrastructure for 3D Imaging Test Bed |
11-May-2007 |
11 pages |
| Authors:
Hamid Krim; NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIV AT RALEIGH
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| In this report, we describe an experimental test bed we constructed with a variety of sensor modalities for data generation and model validation. Computer generated 3D target models are now routinely used in graphics and computer aided design, and increasingly in computer vision and image processing. This test bed serves primarily three purposes, (1) Data generation or targets for modeling and analysis (2) Emulation of realistic scenarios, (3) Algorithm verification ... |
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| Existing Geospatial Knowledge of Gopher Tortoise Population and Abundance |
MAY 2007 |
42 pages |
| Authors:
William D. Meyer; Harold E. Balbach; Jason T. Berner; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| A number of key Army installations in the southeastern United States support numerous at-risk species. Many of these species have the potential to cause severe training restrictions in the future. To avoid the loss of training capacity, a proactive strategy for species conservation across the range must be developed. The gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) may be the most prominent and most widely distributed of these at-risk species in the Southeast. ... |
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| State-wide Conservation Forum to Facilitate Cooperative Conservation |
MAR 2007 |
26 pages |
| Authors:
Heather Cisar; Nancy Natoli; Erica Rohr; LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT INST (LMI) MCLEAN VA
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| This Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) Legacy Program project provided for a conservation forum at the state-wide level in Virginia on December 14, 2006 at the Pocahontas State Park in Chester, Virginia. The purpose was to launch regional conservation partnerships in support of the Governor's land conservation initiative and military compatible land use and conservation buffers addressing both land protection and restoration. At the forum's conclusion, commitments were ... |
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| Assessment of Zebra Mussel (Dreissena Polymorpha) Infestation Risk Using GIS for Water Basins in the North-West Bulgaria |
22 JAN 2007 |
55 pages |
| Authors:
Teodora A. Trichkova; Alexander A. Kotsev; Anton Popov; Mladen T. Zivkov; Dimitar S. Kozuharov; Ivan S. Botev; Zdravko K. Hubenov; Stelian Dimitrov; Svetoslav D. Cheshmedjiev; BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES SOFIA
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| In Bulgaria, zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) occurred originally in the Danube River and the Black Sea coastal lakes and rivers. During the last 10 years a rapid spread of this species in the inland water bodies has been observed. Two of the reservoirs in the North-West Bulgaria have been reported as infested. The goal of the present study was to determine the risk of zebra mussel infestation in this region ... |
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| Geospatial Intelligence: The New Intelligence Discipline |
2007 |
6 pages |
| Authors:
Richard E. Barrowman; UNITED STATES JOINT FORCES COMMAND NORFOLK VA
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| The term geospatial intelligence made its formal debut along with the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA), formerly known as the National Imagery and Mapping Agency, on November 24, 2003. The term also became one of the most important expressions from a perspective of visualizing and understanding today's battlespace. Yet geospatial intelligence remains widely misunderstood in the joint lexicon. So what exactly is geospatial intelligence, why does anyone need to know, ... |
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| Formatted Message Exchange in a Multinational Environment |
01 DEC 2006 |
27 pages |
| Authors:
Murat Ucuncu; Jr. Demirezen M. U.; TURKISH GENERAL STAFF ANKARA (TURKEY)
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| It is important to exchange meaningful and useful data in a multinational environment. However, several nations have different data dictionary and data models. There are also cases where there are different data models in a nation, e.g. The Army data model and the Navy data model could be different for their information systems. In such cases, it is almost impossible to exchange data and utilize these data to obtain a ... |
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| Computational Analysis of Merchant Marine GPS Data |
NOV 2006 |
23 pages |
| Authors:
George B. Davis; Kathleen M. Carley; CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIV PITTSBURGH PA SCHOOL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
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| A series of quantitative and structural analyses are applied to geospatial data regarding the movement of Merchant Marine vessels in the English Channel. CASOS has been tasked with developing new computational techniques for analyzing data about Merchant Marine behavior under a Social Network Analysis framework. In this paper we describe an experiment doing so for geospatial data from AIS transponders in 1700+ Merchant Marine vessels during exercise in the English ... |
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| U.S. Army Training and Testing Area Carrying Capacity (ATTACC) for Munitions (AFM) |
NOV 2006 |
80 pages |
| Authors:
Allan Stewart; Mike Brown; Alan B. Anderson; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| The Army Training and Testing Area Carrying Capacity (ATTACC) program is a methodology used for estimating the impact of military use of maneuver lands on Army installations. The methodology was developed to determine land rehabilitation and maintenance costs associated with land-based testing and maneuver training as part of the Army's Sustainable Range Program. Results of characterization work on ranges around the country indicate that, under certain conditions and loading regimens, ... |
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| Runtime Simulation for Post-Disaster Data Fusion Visualization |
OCT 2006 |
46 pages |
| Authors:
Thenkurussi Kesavadas; Youngseok Kim; Pritul Shah; Matthew Mandiak; James Llinas; Peter Scott; STATE UNIV OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO CENTER FOR MULTISOURCE INFORMATION FUSION
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| With regard to the threats of recent natural and man-made disasters, it is important for a control center to be aware of the situation and be able to assess the threat. However, simulating a large amount of post-disaster fused data is a complicated task, and its visualization is even more difficult to achieve with the paradigm of common geo-referencing systems. We have developed a post-disaster monitoring interface that runs in ... |
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| Real Estate Site Selection: An Application of Artificial Intelligence for Military Retail Facilities |
SEP 2006 |
85 pages |
| Authors:
Eric L. Shangle; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The purpose of this MBA Project is to investigate and provide a comprehensive overview of the current real estate site selection industry while showing applications of how artificial intelligence can improve the selection process. The goal is to identify and document both the specific industry practices primarily utilized and the principal uses of artificial intelligent algorithms for site selection and sales forecasting. The results of this project can be applied ... |
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| An Integrated Coastal Observation and Flood Warning System: Rapid Prototype Development |
Sep-2006 |
7 pages |
| Authors:
Barry Stamey; Kyoung-Ho Cho; DAVID FORREST; Harry Wang; Scot Lynn; Gary Mineart; Andrew Stern; Brant Smith; Wade Smith; Kenneth Carey; John Billet; MITRETEK SYSTEMS FALLS CHURCH VA
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| This paper describes the rapid prototype development of an inaugural capability for an Integrated Coastal Observation and Flood Warning System (ICOFWS), initially focused in the tidal Potomac River. A collaboration of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS), NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) Forecast Offices in Wakefield and Sterling, Virginia, and Mitretek Systems developed the capability for a high-resolution hydrodynamic storm-surge model, coupled with the newest generation Weather Research and ... |
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| Delineating and Evaluating Vegetation Conditions of Vernal Pools Using Spaceborne and Airborne Remote Sensing Techniques, Beale Air Force Base, CA |
JUL 2006 |
24 pages |
| Authors:
Robert W. Lichvar; David C. Finnegan; Stephen Newman; Walter Ochs; ENGINEERING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER HANOVER NH COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB
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| Remote sensing techniques were employed to identify aquatic resources, including vernal pools and riparian areas, at Beale Air Force Base (AFB) in September 2005. Aquatic resources previously identified at Beale AFB were delineated in the field and precisely located with a global position system (GPS). Though precise, these GPS maps were not comprehensive enough to fully understand the distribution and character of the aquatic system. Using those field results, we ... |
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| Evaluation of Models to Support Habitat Fragmentation Analysis |
JUL 2006 |
133 pages |
| Authors:
H. R. Akcakaya; Kelly Cantara; Heather Vaillant; David Diamond; Diane True; Chris C. Rewerts; Robert Lozar; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| Although Army lands must primarily support troop training, the Army is also required to manage its training lands to meet other objectives, e.g., maintaining threatened and endangered species (TES) habitat. Because military training is more compatible with TES habitats than are commercial and residential land uses, military land has increasing value for habitat conservation and preservation. By itself, land on military installations is insufficient to ensure populations long-term viability. Primary ... |
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| An Analysis of Shoreline Change At Little Lagoon, Alabama |
14 JUN 2006 |
64 pages |
| Authors:
Glen R. Gibson; VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INST AND STATE UNIV BLACKSBURG DEPT OF GEOGRAPHY
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| In Alabama, the term "coastal shoreline" applies to the gulf shoreline and the shorelines of estuaries, bays, and sounds connected to the Gulf of Mexico and subject to its tides. However, Alabama shoreline studies have yet to include Little Lagoon, which has been connected to the Gulf of Mexico for most of the last 200 years, according to historical charts. This study used historical nautical charts, aerial photographs, and LIDAR ... |
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| Fort Knox Trend Analysis, Encroachment Study, and Perimeter Expansion Opportunities in Support of Military Training |
MAR 2006 |
103 pages |
| Authors:
Bruce MacAllister; Robert Lozar; James Westervelt; Michael White; Joseph Rank; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| This project used geographic information system (GIS) map layers in an analysis of historic land use and growth in the region. These GIS layers were then used again as input to the LEAM Land Use Change model to project urban growth around Fort Knox into the future. Historical land use maps, current and future highway system plans, and municipal zoning information all contributed to forecasting residential and commercial development. The ... |
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| Wind and Tiadal Effects on Chemical Spill in St Andrew Bay System |
Jan-2006 |
23 pages |
| Authors:
Peter C Chu; Steven D Haeger; Mathew Ward; Patrice Pauly; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA DEPT OF OCEANOGRAPHY
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| A coupled hydrodynamic-chemical fate model is used to investigate mechanisms for chemical dispersion in the St Andrew Bay system. It is found that the time for the pollutants transporting outward the bay mainly relies on the winds and source location. If the application of the stochastic model somehow handles the wind factor, the release location must be shifted to other places in order to evaluate the relative weight of this ... |
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| FirstMile US Fall 2005 Conference |
DEC 2005 |
52 pages |
| Authors:
Susan Estrada; FIRSTMILE US CARLSBAD CA
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| A key application for mobile users that seems destined to rise is information about the geographic location of device users or their intended destinations, said Internet pioneer Vinton "Vint" Cerf, who announced earlier this month that he would leave his technology leadership post at MCI to become Google's chief Internet evangelist. Mobile devices are enabling Internet applications and the use of geographic information is destined to find a niche, Cerf ... |
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| Beaked Whale Habitat Characterization and Prediction |
30 SEP 2005 |
86 pages |
| Authors:
Jessica A. Ward; Glenn H. Mitchell; Amy M. Farak; Ellen P. Keane; NAVAL UNDERSEA WARFARE CENTER DIV NEWPORT RI
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| The objective of this study was to characterize known beaked whale habitat and create a predictive beaked whale habitat model of the Gulf of Mexico and east coast of the United States using available beaked whale sighting data in combination with bathymetry and remotely sensed oceanographic data. To accomplish this objective, three specific tasks were required: establish a sighting and stranding database in a Geographic Information System framework, create a ... |
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| Sharing Information among Various Organizations in Relief Efforts |
SEP 2005 |
85 pages |
| Authors:
Gurkan Costur; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Today, information sharing is critical to almost every institution and organization. There is no more pressing need for information sharing than during an international crisis, during which multi-national, military-civilian coordination is needed. Successful information technology implementation for international crises could be increased by analyzing prior relief efforts. The purpose of this thesis is to explore the role of information technology in enabling the sharing of actionable information among various organizations ... |
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