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Bonomo, Flavia
Les systemes militaires doivent repondre a des normes tres severes. La norme militaire «Mil-Hdbk-217C Equipment", MIL-HDBK-217C, 1980. 2. Department of Defense of USA, "Military Standard: Definitions of terms
Kieras, David E.
Schuck applied the first stamped and numbered hooks to giant bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) slamming past the island of Bimini, they had no way of knowing the impact their modest experiment would have on fisheries science. In the fall of that year, Schuck took a phone call from a Nova Scotia tuna trap owner, learning that the first of the Biminitagged giants with a numbered hook in its jaw had been landed. In his own words, he and Mather went �through the roof � with astonishment (Shuck, 2000). For nearly 50 years, their simple identification tag was the principal tool of bluefin research, but the migration paths of giant bluefin on the high seas remained shrouded in mystery. The last exploratory U.S. research longline expeditions targeting tunas in the Central North Atlantic were the U.S. Bureau of Commercial Fisheries MV Delaware and
North Atlantic; Molly Lutcavage
Europe's Defense Policy and NATO's Strategic Concept A new Atlantic partnership for the 21st century ?
Climate Modulation of North Atlantic Hurricane Tracks
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The variability of North Atlantic tropical storm and hurricane tracks, and its relationship to climate variability, is explored. Tracks from the North Atlantic hurricane database for the period 1950�2007 are objectively separated into four groups ...
James P. Kossin; Suzana J. Camargo; Matthew Sitkowski
Environmental Radioactivity in the North Atlantic Region.
Radioactivity, Monaco Abstract. Measurements of fallout radioactivity in the North Atlantic region including ISLANDS; FOOD CHAINS; GLOBAL FALLOUT GREENLAND; LEAD 210; MAN; MILK; MOLLUSCS; POLONIUM 210; PLANTS
Chlorofluorocarbon Constraints on North Atlantic Ventilation
The North Atlantic Ocean vigorously ventilates the ocean interior. Thermocline and deep water masses are exposed to atmospheric contact there and are sequestered in two principal classes: Subtropical Mode Water (STMW: 26.5 ? ?? ? 26.8) and ...
Thomas W. N. Haine; Kelvin J. Richards; Yanli Jia
Is the North Atlantic in Sverdrup Balance?
Evidence for the widespread assumption that Sverdrup balance describes the dynamics of the North Atlantic subtropical gyre is reviewed critically. If the balance were to hold up to the edge of the Gulf Stream system, then there is a serious ...
Carl Wunsch; Dean Roemmich
Genetic heterogeneity of Atlantic bluefin tuna caught in the eastern North Atlantic Ocean south of Iceland
Genetic heterogeneity of Atlantic bluefin tuna caught in the eastern North Atlantic Ocean south. Genetic heterogeneity of Atlantic bluefin tuna caught in the eastern North Atlantic Ocean south of Iceland. e ICES Journal of Marine Science, 63: 1111e1117. Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus
Hilton, Eric J.
The Recent Increase in North Atlantic Wave Heights
The nature and causes of the recent increase in North Atlantic wave heights are explored by combining a numerical hindcast with a statistical analysis. The numerical hindcast incorporates a 10-yr history (1980�89) of North Atlantic, twice daily ...
Y. Kushnir; V. J. Cardone; J. G. Greenwood; M. A. Cane
Ocean Gyre Circulation Changes Associated with the North Atlantic Oscillation
Observational evidence is presented for interannual to interdecadal variability in the intensity of the North Atlantic gyre circulation related to the atmospheric North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) patterns. A two-point baroclinic pressure ...
Ruth G. Curry; Michael S. McCartney
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Constraining North Atlantic circulation with transient tracer observations
The capability of transient tracers to constrain the ocean circulation in the North Atlantic is explored. Study of an idealized tracer shows that inferences of circulation properties from transient state distributions are ...
Li, Xingwen, 1968-
Winter North Atlantic Oscillation Hindcast Skill: 1900�2001
Recent proposed seasonal hindcast skill estimates for the winter North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) are derived from different lagged predictors, NAO indices, skill assessment periods, and skill validation methodologies. This creates confusion ...
Christopher G. Fletcher; Mark A. Saunders
The Western North Atlantic Shelfbreak Current System in Summer
Twelve years of historical hydrographic data, spanning the period 1990�2001, are analyzed to examine the along-stream evolution of the western North Atlantic Ocean shelfbreak front and current, following its path between the west coast of ...
Paula S. Fratantoni; Robert S. Pickart
The Summer North Atlantic Oscillation Influence on the Eastern Mediterranean
This study highlights an important and previously overlooked summer North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) influence over the eastern Mediterranean. The featured analysis is based on a synergistic use of reanalysis data, satellite retrievals, and ...
Themis Chronis; Dionysios E. Raitsos; Dimitris Kassis; Athanassios Sarantopoulos
Climatology and Interannual Variability of North Atlantic Hurricane Tracks
The spatial and temporal variability of North Atlantic hurricane tracks and its possible association with the annual hurricane landfall frequency along the U.S. East Coast are studied using principal component analysis (PCA) of hurricane track ...
Lian Xie; Tingzhuang Yan; Leonard J. Pietrafesa; John M. Morrison; Thomas Karl
The Baroclinic Stability of the Atlantic North Equatorial Current
POLYMODE Array III, Cluster C, was a collection of four current meter moorings that were placed in the Atlantic North Equatorial Current for one year in May 1978. They were designed to look for indications of baroclinic instability such as ...
Thomas Keffer
North Atlantic Subpolar Gyre Surface Variability (1895�2009)
Surface temperature, salinity, and density are examined in the northeastern part of the North Atlantic subpolar gyre over the last 115 years of measurements. This region presents coherent variability in space but also between different seasons, ...
G. Reverdin
Eulerian and Lagrangian Velocity Distributions in the North Atlantic
Velocity probability density functions (PDFs) are calculated using data from subsurface current meters in the western North Atlantic Ocean. The PDFs are weakly, but significantly, non-Gaussian. They deviate from normality because of an excess of ...
J. H. LaCasce
Surges of Antarctic Bottom Water into the North Atlantic
Current meter records show that Antarctic Bottom Water surges into the western North Atlantic with roughly a sixty-day period. A time-dependent mass budget which incorporates estimated volume fluxes from geostrophic calculations, surges with a ...
John A. Whitehead
The Arctic Ocean Response to the North Atlantic Oscillation
The climatically sensitive zone of the Arctic Ocean lies squarely within the domain of the North Atlantic oscillation (NAO), one of the most robust recurrent modes of atmospheric behavior. However, the specific response of the Arctic to annual ...
R. R. Dickson; T. J. Osborn; J. W. Hurrell; J. Meincke; J. Blindheim; B. Adlandsvik; T. Vinje; G. Alekseev; W. Maslowski
Geosat Data Assimilation with Application to the Eastern North Atlantic
An attempt is made to determine the three-dimensional ocean circulation from satellite altimeter measurements by assimilating Geosat sea surface height data into an eddy-resolving quasigeostrophic (QG) model of the eastern North Atlantic Ocean. ...
Detlef Stammer
North Atlantic Decadal Variability: Air�Sea Coupling, Oceanic Memory, and Potential Northern Hemisphere Resonance
In this paper, the causes and mechanisms of North Atlantic decadal variability are explored in a series of coupled ocean�atmosphere simulations. The model captures the major features of the observed North Atlantic decadal variability. The North ...
Lixin Wu; Zhengyu Liu
The North Atlantic Oscillation response to large-scale atmospheric anomalies in the Northeast Pacific
Ingredients in the North Pacific flow influencing Rossby wave breakings in the North Atlantic and the intra-seasonal variations of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) are investigated using both reanalyses data and a three-level quasigeostrophic ...
Marie Drouard; Gwendal Rivi�re; Philippe Arbogast
Multidecadal Covariability of North Atlantic Sea Surface Temperature, African Dust, Sahel Rainfall, and Atlantic Hurricanes
Most studies of African dust and North Atlantic climate have been limited to the short time period since the satellite era (1980 onward), precluding the examination of their relationship on longer time scales. Here a new dust dataset with the ...
Chunzai Wang; Shenfu Dong; Amato T. Evan; Gregory R. Foltz; Sang-Ki Lee
Wave Extremes in the North East Atlantic from Ensemble Forecasts
A method for estimating return values from ensembles of forecasts at advanced lead times is presented. Return values of significant wave height in the North-East Atlantic, the Norwegian Sea and the North Sea are computed from archived +240-h ...
�yvind Breivik; Ole Johan Aarnes; Jean-Raymond Bidlot; Ana Carrasco; �yvind Saetra
Oscillatory Climate Modes in the Eastern Mediterranean and Their Synchronization with the North Atlantic Oscillation
Oscillatory climatic modes over the North Atlantic, Ethiopian Plateau, and eastern Mediterranean were examined in instrumental and proxy records from these regions. Aside from the well-known North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) index and the Nile ...
Yizhak Feliks; Michael Ghil; Andrew W. Robertson
A Standard Analytic Curve of Potential Temperature versus Salinity for the Western North Atlantic
An algorithm is described for computing salinity as a continuous function of potential temperature for the western North Atlantic. The algorithm uses historical data compiled by Worthington and Melcalf (1961) for the deep western North Atlantic, ...
L. Armi; N. A. Bray
Absolute Transports of Mass and Temperature for the North Atlantic Current� Subpolar Front System
The flow of subtropical waters carried into the northern North Atlantic Ocean by the North Atlantic Current� subpolar front system (NAC�SPF) is an important component of the meridional overturning circulation. These waters become colder and ...
Paula P�rez-Brunius; Tom Rossby; D. Randolph Watts
Contrasting Response of the Eastern and Western North Atlantic Circulation to an Episodic Climate Event
Regional observational studies in the North Atlantic have noted significant hydrographical shifts in 1997�98 because of the episodic drop in the North Atlantic oscillation (NAO) during 1996. Investigation using a basin-scale model finds that, ...
Ayan H. Chaudhuri; Avijit Gangopadhyay; James J. Bisagni
North Atlantic Hurricanes Contributed by African Easterly Waves North and South of the African Easterly Jet
A majority of tropical cyclones in the North Atlantic develop from African easterly waves (AEWs), which originate along both the southern and northern flanks of the midtropospheric African easterly jet (AEWS and AEWn, respectively). The purpose ...
Tsing-Chang Chen; Shih-Yu Wang; Adam J. Clark
Rates of Water Mass Formation in the North Atlantic Ocean
North Atlantic air-sea heat and freshwater flux data from several sources are used to estimate the conversion rate of water from one density to another throughout the range of sea surface density. This cross-isopycnal mass flux varies greatly ...
Kevin Speer; Eli Tziperman
A Tritium Box Model of the North Atlantic Thermocline
A box model of 1972 tritium observations on isopycnal surface in the main thermocline of the North Atlantic subtropical gyre is used to estimate the time scales and volume of exchange of the thermocline with respect to surface waters. The flux of ...
J. L. Sarmiento
Estimated Seasonal Cycle of North Atlantic Eighteen Degree Water Volume
The seasonal cycle in the volume and formation rate of Eighteen Degree Water (EDW) in the North Atlantic is quantified over the 3-yr period from 2004 to 2006. The EDW layer is defined as all waters that have a temperature between 17� and 19�C. ...
Ga�l Forget; Guillaume Maze; Martha Buckley; John Marshall
Potential vorticity budgets in the North Atlantic Ocean
This paper focuses on potential vorticity (PV) budgets in the North Atlantic with an emphasis on the wind-driven subtropical gyre. PV is the key dynamical variable of the wind-driven circulation making these budgets are important to understand. PV ...
Bruno Deremble; N. Wienders; W. K. Dewar
Inferring the Subduction Rate and Period over the North Atlantic
The annual rate at which mixed-layer fluid is transferred into the permanent thermocline�that is, the annual subduction rate Sann and the effective subduction period eff�is inferred from climatological data in the North Atlantic. From its ...
John C. Marshall; Richard G. Williams; A. J. George Nurser
On the Sources of North Atlantic Deep Water
Because the volumetric census of deep and bottom water in the North Atlantic Ocean consists of three isolated linear ridges along which heat and salt flow through the main volumetric mode (and point of intersection), it is possible to deduce the ...
James Luyten; Michael McCartney; Henry Stommel; Robert Dickson; Ed Gmitrowicz
An Operational System for Predicting Hurricane-Generated Wind Waves in the North Atlantic Ocean
A new wind�wave prediction model, referred to as the North Atlantic hurricane (NAH) wave model, has been developed at the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) to produce forecasts of hurricane-generated waves during the Atlantic ...
Yung Y. Chao; Jose-Henrique G. M. Alves; Hendrik L. Tolman
Mesoscale Structure of Precipitation Bands in a North Atlantic Winter Storm
The present study discusses the meso- and microscale structures of Precipitation regions within a midlatitude winter storm over the North Atlantic, observed during the Experiment on Rapidly Intensifying Cyclones over the Atlantic. Two wide ...
G. B. Raga; R. E. Stewart; J. W. Strapp
Forced and Internal Twentieth-Century SST Trends in the North Atlantic
In recent years, two alarming trends in North Atlantic climate have been noted: an increase in the intensity and frequency of Atlantic hurricanes and a rapid decrease in Greenland ice sheet volume. Both of these phenomena occurred while a ...
Mingfang Ting; Yochanan Kushnir; Richard Seager; Cuihua Li
Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus) Feeding Ecology and Potential Ecosystem Effects During Winter in North Carolina.
??Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) occupy North Carolina waters during winter months. Their potential impact on prey populations during this time has largely been unexplored.� (more)
Butler, Christopher Matthew
Characteristics of the Atlantic Storm-Track Eddy Activity and Its Relation with the North Atlantic Oscillation
This study focuses on feedbacks of the high-frequency eddy activity onto the quasi-stationary circulation, particularly with regard to the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO). The methodology consists of analyzing NCEP�NCAR reanalysis data and ...
G. Rivi�re; I. Orlanski
The Influence of Surface Forcings on Prediction of the North Atlantic Oscillation Regime of Winter 2010/11
December 2010 was unusual both in the strength of the negative North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) intense atmospheric blocking and the associated record-breaking low temperatures over much of northern Europe. The negative North Atlantic Oscillation ...
Anna Maidens; Alberto Arribas; Adam A. Scaife; Craig MacLachlan; Drew Peterson; Jeff Knight
Summer Sea Surface Temperature Conditions in the North Atlantic and Their Impact upon the Atmospheric Circulation in Early Winter
The origin of the so-called summer North Atlantic �Horseshoe� (HS) sea surface temperature (SST) mode of variability, which is statistically linked to the next winter's North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), is investigated from data and experiments ...
Christophe Cassou; Clara Deser; Laurent Terray; James W. Hurrell; Marie Dr�villon
The Effect of Cold Climate upon North Atlantic Deep Water Formation in a Simple Ocean�Atmosphere Model
The sensitivity of North Atlantic Deep Water formation to variations in mean surface temperature is explored with a meridional-vertical plane ocean model coupled to an energy balance atmosphere. It is found that North Atlantic Deep Water ...
Michael Winton
The Influence of Surface Forcings on Prediction of the North Atlantic Oscillation Regime of Winter 2010-11.
December 2010 was unusual both in the strength of the negative North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), intense atmospheric blocking and associated record-breaking low temperatures over much of Northern Europe. The negative North Atlantic oscillation for ...
Can North Atlantic Sea Ice Anomalies Account for Dansgaard�Oeschger Climate Signals?
North Atlantic sea ice anomalies are thought to play an important role in the abrupt Dansgaard�Oeschger (D�O) cycles of the last glacial period. This model study investigates the impacts of changes in North Atlantic sea ice extent in glacial ...
Camille Li; David S. Battisti; Cecilia M. Bitz
The North Atlantic Oscillation and greenhouse-gas forcing Svetlana I. Kuzmina,1
The North Atlantic Oscillation and greenhouse-gas forcing Svetlana I. Kuzmina,1 Lennart Bengtsson,2 in greenhouse-gas concentrations. Citation: Kuzmina, S. I., L. Bengtsson, O. M. Johannessen, H. Drange, L. P. Bobylev, and M. W. Miles (2005), The North Atlantic Oscillation and greenhouse-gas forcing, Geophys. Res
Drange, Helge
Book review The balance and conservation of the North Atlantic ecosystems?
Book review The balance and conservation of the North Atlantic ecosystems? Daniel Pauly and Jay Ma in the press and the number of recent, thorough, scientific books reviewing the available literature on this topic. The authors of the book In a Perfect Ocean also tackle this hot issue for the North Atlantic
Beaumont, Christopher
Warm-to-Cold Water Conversion in the Northern North Atlantic Ocean
A box Model of warm-to-cold-water conversion in the northern North Atlantic is developed and used to estimate conversion rates, given water mass temperatures, conversion paths and rate of air-sea heat exchange. The northern North Atlantic is ...
M. S. McCartney; L. D. Talley
Persistent Circulation Regimes and Preferred Regime Transitions in the North Atlantic
The persistent regime behavior of the eddy-driven jet stream over the North Atlantic is investigated. The North Atlantic jet stream variability is characterized by the latitude of the maximum lower tropospheric wind speed of the 40-yr ECMWF Re-...
Christian Franzke; Tim Woollings; Olivia Martius
New Insights into North European and North Atlantic Surface Pressure Variability, Storminess, and Related Climatic Change since 1830
The authors present initial results of a new pan-European and international storminess since 1800 as interpreted from European and North Atlantic barometric pressure variability (SENABAR) project. This first stage analyzes results of a new daily ...
Edward Hanna; John Cappelen; Rob Allan; Trausti J�nsson; Frank Le Blancq; Tim Lillington; Kieran Hickey
RSS Feeds for Specific Tropical Cyclones of the North Atlantic, Caribbean
RSS Feeds for Specific Tropical Cyclones of the North Atlantic, Caribbean RSS Feeds for Specific Tropical Cyclones of the North Atlantic, Caribbean Sea, and Gulf of Mexico (English) Agriculture Community Menu DATA APPS EVENTS DEVELOPER STATISTICS COLLABORATE ABOUT Agriculture You are here Data.gov » Communities » Agriculture » Data RSS Feeds for Specific Tropical Cyclones of the North Atlantic, Caribbean Sea, and Gulf of Mexico (English) Dataset Summary Description The National Weather Service (NWS) National Hurricane Center uses regularly updated RSS feeds to disseminate North Atlantic, Caribbean Sea, and Gulf of Mexcio tropical cyclone and marine forecasts. Tags {hurricanes,"tropical cyclones",warning,watch," forecast",discussion,outlooks,"",marine,temperature," Atlantic","Caribbean Sea","Gulf of Mexico. "}
Classifying North Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Tracks by Mass Moments*
A new method for classifying tropical cyclones or similar features is introduced. The cyclone track is considered as an open spatial curve, with the wind speed or power information along the curve considered to be a mass attribute. The first and second moments of the resulting object are computed and then used to classify the historical tracks using standard clustering algorithms. Mass moments allow the whole track shape, length, and location to be incorporated into the clustering methodology. Tropical cyclones in the North Atlantic basin are clustered with K-means by mass moments, producing an optimum of six clusters with differing genesis locations, track shapes, intensities, life spans, landfalls, seasonal patterns, and trends. Even variables that are not directly clustered show distinct separation between clusters. A trend analysis confirms recent conclusions of increasing tropical cyclones in the basin over the past two decades. However, the trends vary across clusters. 1.
Yochanan Kushnir; Suzana; J. Camargo
Does Net E ? P Set a Preference for North Atlantic Sinking?
The present-day global meridional overturning circulation (MOC) with formation of North Atlantic Deep Water (NADW) and the absence of a deep-water formation in the North Pacific is often considered to be caused by the fact that the North Pacific ...
Selma E. Huisman; Henk A. Dijkstra; A. S. von der Heydt; W. P. M. de Ruijter
Are Tropical Cyclones Less Effectively Formed by Easterly Waves in the Western North Pacific than in the North Atlantic?
It has been observed that the percentage of tropical cyclones originating from easterly waves is much higher in the North Atlantic (60%) than in the western North Pacific (10%�20%). This disparity between the two ocean basins exists because the ...
Tsing-Chang Chen; Shih-Yu Wang; Ming-Cheng Yen; Adam J. Clark
, and Atlantic Hurricanes CHUNZAI WANG NOAA/Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, Miami, Florida for Marine and Atmospheric Studies, University of Miami, Miami, Florida AMATO T. EVAN Department/Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, Miami, Florida SANG-KI LEE NOAA/Atlantic Oceanographic
Lee, Sang-ki
Eulerian Measurements of the North Atlantic Deep Water Deep Western Boundary Current at 18�S
An 18-month time series of moored current meter observations near 18�S in the Atlantic is used to study the deep western boundary current (DWBC) of North Atlantic Deep Water (NADW). This flow is taken to extend from about the shelf break seaward ...
Georges L. Weatherly; Yoo Yin Kim; Evgeny A. Kontar
Observed Decadal North Atlantic Tripole SST Variability. Part I: Weather Noise Forcing and Coupled Response
The mechanisms responsible for the decadal variability of the tripole mode of North Atlantic SST during the latter half of the twentieth century are diagnosed using a new technique. The SST and associated ocean variability are reconstructed by ...
Meizhu Fan; Edwin K. Schneider
The Basic Ingredients of the North Atlantic Storm Track. Part II: Sea Surface Temperatures
The impact of North Atlantic SST patterns on the storm track is investigated using a hierarchy of GCM simulations using idealized (aquaplanet) and �semirealistic� boundary conditions in the atmospheric component (HadAM3) of the third climate ...
David James Brayshaw; Brian Hoskins; Michael Blackburn
Impact of Anomalous Ocean Heat Transport on the North Atlantic Oscillation
Coupled atmosphere�ocean dynamics in the North Atlantic is studied by means of a simple model, featuring a baroclinic three-dimensional atmosphere coupled to a slab ocean. Anomalous oceanic heat transport due to wind-driven circulation is ...
Fabio D�Andrea; Arnaud Czaja; John Marshall
An Isopycnic Model Study of the North Atlantic. Part I: Model Experiment
This paper describes a 30-yr spinup experiment of the North Atlantic Ocean with the Miami isopycnic-coordinate ocean model, which, when compared with previous experiments, possesses improved horizontal resolution, surface forcing functions, and ...
A. L. New; R. Bleck; Y. Jia; R. Marsh; M. Huddleston; S. Barnard
In a Perfect Ocean: The State of the Fisheries and Ecosystems in the North Atlantic Ocean
Review: In a Perfect Ocean: The State of the Fisheriesin the North Atlantic Ocean By Daniel Pauly and Jay MacleanJay Maclean. In a Perfect Ocean: The State of the Fisheries
Miller, Ryder W.
A Model Analysis of the Behavior of the Mediterranean Water in the North Atlantic
The behavior of the Mediterranean Water in the North Atlantic Ocean sector of a global ocean general circulation model is explored, starting from its entry point at the Strait of Gibraltar. The analysis focuses primarily on one experiment in ...
Yanli Jia; Andrew C. Coward; Beverly A. de Cuevas; David J. Webb; Sybren S. Drijfhout
North Atlantic Winter Climate Regimes: Spatial Asymmetry, Stationarity with Time, and Oceanic Forcing
The observed low-frequency winter atmospheric variability of the North Atlantic�European region and its relationship with global surface oceanic conditions is investigated based on the climate and weather regimes paradigm.
Christophe Cassou; Laurent Terray; James W. Hurrell; Clara Deser
Response of the North Atlantic Thermohaline Circulation and Ventilation to Increasing Carbon Dioxide in CCSM3
The response of the North Atlantic thermohaline circulation to idealized climate forcing of 1% per year compound increase in CO2 is examined in three configurations of the Community Climate System Model version 3 that differ in their component ...
Frank O. Bryan; Gokhan Danabasoglu; Norikazu Nakashiki; Yoshikatsu Yoshida; Dong-Hoon Kim; Junichi Tsutsui; Scott C. Doney
Seasonal Climate Trends, the North Atlantic Oscillation, and Salamander Abundance in the Southern Appalachian Mountain Region
The North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) is a large-scale climate teleconnection that coincides with worldwide changes in weather. Its impacts have been documented at large scales, particularly in Europe, but not as much at regional scales. ...
Robert J. Warren II; Mark A. Bradford
North Atlantic SSTs as a link between wintertime NAO and the following spring climate
In this paper we explore a potential seasonally-lagged impact of wintertime North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) on the subsequent spring climate over European region. Supported by the observational indication of the wintertime NAO � spring climate ...
Ivana Herceg-Buli?; Fred Kucharski
Composite Analysis of North Atlantic Extratropical Cyclones in NCEP�NCAR Reanalysis Data
Composite analysis of North Atlantic midlatitudinal winter cyclones is performed using NCEP�NCAR reanalysis data for the 60-yr period from 1948 to 2007. The composites were developed using an advanced methodology involving the coordinate transform ...
Irina Rudeva; Sergey K. Gulev
Oscillatory Climate Modes in the Indian Monsoon, North Atlantic and Tropical Pacific
This paper explores the three-way interactions between the Indian monsoon, the North Atlantic and the Tropical Pacific. Four climate records were analyzed: the monsoon rainfall in two Indian regions, the Southern Oscillation Index for the Tropical ...
Yizhak Feliks; Andreas Groth; Andrew W. Robertson; Michael Ghil
Observed Feedback between Winter Sea Ice and the North Atlantic Oscillation
Feedback between the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) and winter sea ice variability is detected and quantified using approximately 30 years of observations, a vector autoregressive model (VAR), and testable definitions of Granger causality and ...
Courtenay Strong; Gudrun Magnusdottir; Hal Stern
A Decadal Prediction Case Study: Late Twentieth-Century North Atlantic Ocean Heat Content
An ensemble of initialized decadal prediction (DP) experiments using the Community Climate System Model, version 4 (CCSM4) shows considerable skill at forecasting changes in North Atlantic upper-ocean heat content and surface temperature up to a ...
Stephen Yeager; Alicia Karspeck; Gokhan Danabasoglu; Joe Tribbia; Haiyan Teng
Variations in Apparent Mixing Efficiency in the North Atlantic Central Water
Microstructure data from the North Atlantic Tracer Release Experiment (NATRE) are presented, providing detailed profiles of the thermal variance ? in the upper 360 m of the Canary Basin for the fall and spring seasons. The Osborn�Cox model is ...
Barry Ruddick; David Walsh; Neil Oakey
Climatology of Tropical Cyclogenesis in the North Atlantic (1948�2004)
The threat posed to North America by Atlantic Ocean tropical cyclones (TCs) was highlighted by a series of intense landfalling storms that occurred during the record-setting 2005 hurricane season. However, the ability to understand�and therefore ...
Ron McTaggart-Cowan; Glenn D. Deane; Lance F. Bosart; Christopher A. Davis; Thomas J. Galarneau Jr.
Seasonal Variability in the Intermediate Waters of the Eastern North Atlantic1
Observational evidence of seasonal variability below the main thermocline in the eastern North Atlantic is described, and a theoretical model of oceanic response to seasonally varying wind stress forcing is constructed to assist in the ...
N. A. Bray
The North Atlantic Subpolar Gyre in Four High-Resolution Models
The authors present the first quantitative comparison between new velocity datasets and high-resolution models in the North Atlantic subpolar gyre [1/10� Parallel Ocean Program model (POPNA10), Miami Isopycnic Coordinate Ocean Model (MICOM), � ...
A. M. Treguier; S. Theetten; E. P. Chassignet; T. Penduff; R. Smith; L. Talley; J. O. Beismann; C. B�ning
Eddy-Induced Particle Dispersion in the Near-Surface North Atlantic
This study investigates the anisotropic properties of the eddy-induced material transport in the near-surface North Atlantic from two independent datasets, one simulated from the sea surface height altimetry and one derived from real-ocean surface ...
Irina I. Rypina; Igor Kamenkovich; Pavel Berloff; Lawrence J. Pratt
The Role of Ice�Ocean Interactions in the Variability of the North Atlantic Thermohaline Circulation
The simulated influence of Arctic sea ice on the variability of the North Atlantic climate is discussed in the context of a global coupled ice�ocean�atmosphere model. This coupled system incorporates a general circulation ocean model, an ...
Marika M. Holland; Cecilia M. Bitz; Michael Eby; Andrew J. Weaver
Interactions between North Atlantic Clouds and the Large-Scale Environment
This paper addresses the problem of understanding and predicting the presence of clouds and their effects on the atmosphere in the midlatitudes of the North Atlantic Ocean. The European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting initialized ...
Rong-Shyang Sheu; Judith A. Curry
Extreme Cold Winter Temperatures in Europe under the Influence of North Atlantic Atmospheric Blocking
North Atlantic atmospheric blocking conditions explain part of the winter climate variability in Europe, being associated with anomalous cold winter temperatures. In this study, the generalized extreme value (GEV) distribution is fitted to monthly ...
Jana Sillmann; Mischa Croci-Maspoli; Malaak Kallache; Richard W. Katz
North Atlantic Oscillation Influence on Precipitation Variability around the Southeast African Convergence Zone
The relationship between the North Atlantic oscillation (NAO) and austral summer (December�February) rainfall variability over southeastern Africa is described. Thirty-one stations in 0��16�S and 25��40�E have statistically significant ...
Maurice J. McHugh; Jeffrey C. Rogers
Centennial-scale elemental and isotopic variability in the tropical and subtropical North Atlantic Ocean
The marine geochemistry of the North Atlantic Ocean varies on decadal to centennial time scales, a consequence of natural and anthropogenic forcing. Surface corals provide a useful geochemical archive to quantify past mixed ...
Reuer, Matthew K. (Matthew Kindt), 1972-
On the Midlatitude Circulation in a High-Resolution Model of the North Atlantic
This paper describes, and establishes the dynamical mechanisms responsible for, the large-scale, time-mean, midlatitude circulation in a high-resolution model of the North Atlantic basin. The model solution is compared with recently proposed ...
Frank O. Bryan; Claus W. B�ning; William R. Holland
Space and Time Scales of Mesoscale Motions in the Eastern North Atlantic
The Tourbillon experiment carried out in 1979�80 over the Porcupine Abyssal Plain in the eastern North Atlantic is the fist experiment providing data that allow an efficient description of the spatial structure of the mesoscale low-frequency ...
Herl� Mercier; Alain Colin De Verdi�re
Projected Increases in North Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Intensity from CMIP5 Models
Tropical cyclones�particularly intense ones�are a hazard to life and property, so an assessment of the changes in North Atlantic tropical cyclone intensity has important socioeconomic implications. In this study, the authors focus on the ...
Gabriele Villarini; Gabriel A. Vecchi
The Ability of CMIP5 Models to Simulate North Atlantic Extratropical Cyclones
The ability of the climate models participating in phase 5 of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5) to simulate North Atlantic extratropical cyclones in winter [December�February (DJF)] and summer [June�August (JJA)] is investigated in ...
Giuseppe Zappa; Len C. Shaffrey; Kevin I. Hodges
Observational Analyses of North Atlantic Tropical Cyclones from NOAA Polar-Orbiting Satellite Microwave Data
Passive microwave observations from the current NOAA series of polar-orbiting satellites of a large sample of North Atlantic tropical cyclones are qualitatively and quantitatively analyzed. Microwave observations can penetrate the cloud cover ...
Christopher S. Velden
Rewriting the Climatology of the Tropical North Atlantic and Caribbean Sea Atmosphere
The Jordan mean tropical sounding has provided a benchmark reference for representing the climatology of the tropical North Atlantic and Caribbean Sea atmosphere for over 50 years. However, recent observations and studies have suggested that ...
Jason P. Dunion
ENSO Suppression due to Weakening of the North Atlantic Thermohaline Circulation
Changes of the North Atlantic thermohaline circulation (THC) excite wave patterns that readjust the thermocline globally. This paper examines the impact of a freshwater-induced THC shutdown on the depth of the Pacific thermocline and its ...
A. Timmermann; S-I. An; U. Krebs; H. Goosse
Accuracy of Atlantic and Eastern North Pacific Tropical Cyclone Intensity Forecast Guidance
Five statistical and dynamical tropical cyclone intensity guidance techniques available at the National Hurricane Center (NHC) during the 2003 and 2004 Atlantic and eastern North Pacific seasons were evaluated within three intensity phases: (I) ...
Russell L. Elsberry; Tara D. B. Lambert; Mark A. Boothe
North Atlantic Interannual Variability in a Coupled Ocean�Atmosphere Model
The primary mode of sea surface temperature variability in the North Atlantic on interannual timescales during winter is examined in a coupled ocean�atmosphere model. The model, developed at die Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, is global in ...
Thomas L. Delworth
Properties of Rossby Waves in the North Atlantic Estimated from Satellite Data
This study uses satellite observations of sea surface height (SSH) to detect westward-propagating anomalies, presumably baroclinic Rossby waves, in the North Atlantic and to estimate their period, wavelength, amplitude, and phase speed. Detection ...
Vladimir Osychny; Peter Cornillon
Estimated Decadal Changes in the North Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation and Heat Flux 1993�2004
Results from a global 1� model constrained by least squares to a multiplicity of datasets over the interval 1992�2004 are used to describe apparent changes in the North Atlantic Ocean meridional overturning circulation and associated heat fluxes ...
Carl Wunsch; Patrick Heimbach
Recent Variability of the North Atlantic Thermohaline Circulation Inferred from Surface Heat and Freshwater Fluxes
An annual-mean surface-forced component of the North Atlantic thermohaline circulation (THC) in density space, ?surf(?,?), is diagnosed from observed surface heat and freshwater fluxes. The climatological mean of ?surf over 1980�97 indicates ...
Robert Marsh
Oceanic Data Analysis Using a General Circulation Model. Part II: A North Atlantic Model
A general circulation model and North Atlantic climatological data of temperature salinity, wind stress, evaporation minus precipitation, and air�sea heat fluxes are used to examine the possibility of solving inverse problems using a full-scale ...
Eli Tziperman; William Carlisle Thacker; Robert Bryan Long; Show-Ming Hwang; Stephen R. Rintoul
Near-inertial and thermal to atmospheric forcing in the North Atlantic Ocean
Observational and modeling techniques are employed to investigate the thermal and inertial upper ocean response to wind and buoyancy forcing in the North Atlantic Ocean. First, the seasonal kinetic energy variability of ...
Silverthorne, Katherine E
Climate�Carbon Cycle Model Response to Freshwater Discharge into the North Atlantic
The response of a coupled climate�carbon cycle model to discharge of freshwater into the North Atlantic is investigated with regard to cold reversals caused by meltwater from northern continental ice sheets such as the Younger Dryas during the ...
Atsushi Obata
Modeling the Surface Heat Flux Response to Long-Lived SST Anomalies in the North Atlantic
An atmospheric general circulation model (AGCM), a simplified atmospheric model (SAM) of surface heat flux, and various idealized analytic models have been used to investigate the atmospheric response over the North Atlantic to SST anomalies ...
S. B. Power; R. Kleeman; R. A. Colman; B. J. McAvaney
Granger Causality of Coupled Climate Processes: Ocean Feedback on the North Atlantic Oscillation
This study uses a Granger causality time series modeling approach to quantitatively diagnose the feedback of daily sea surface temperatures (SSTs) on daily values of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) as simulated by a realistic coupled general ...
Timothy J. Mosedale; David B. Stephenson; Matthew Collins; Terence C. Mills
Shallow Pycnoclines and Mode Water Subduction in the Eastern North Atlantic
A Lagrangian one-dimensional model is used to study the subduction of Subpolar Mode Water in the eastern North Atlantic and to analyze recently observed hydrological features related to this process. Considering a southward moving column of mode ...
J�r�me Paillet; Michel Arhan
Seasonal-to-Decadal Predictability and Prediction of North American Climate�The Atlantic Influence
The question of the impact of the Atlantic on North American (NA) seasonal prediction skill and predictability is examined. Basic material is collected from the literature, a review of seasonal forecast procedures in Canada and the United States, ...
H. M. Van den Dool; Peitao Peng; �ke Johansson; Muthuvel Chelliah; Amir Shabbar; Suranjana Saha
Climate Variability of the Intensity of Synoptic Processes in the North Atlantic Midlatitudes
Long-term interannual variations of the intramonthly standard deviations of surface meteorological parameters are studied on the basis of the North Atlantic Ocean Weather Stations (OWSs) dataset. To consider the different scales of short-term ...
Sergey K. Gulev
Climate Response to External Sources of Freshwater: North Atlantic versus the Southern Ocean
The response of an atmosphere�ocean general circulation model (AOGCM) to perturbations of freshwater fluxes across the sea surface in the North Atlantic and Southern Ocean is investigated. The purpose of this study is to investigate aspects of ...
Ronald J. Stouffer; Dan Seidov; Bernd J. Haupt
Multidecadal Ocean Temperature and Salinity Variability in the Tropical North Atlantic: Linking with the AMO, AMOC, and Subtropical Cell
The Atlantic multidecadal oscillation (AMO) is characterized by the sea surface warming (cooling) of the entire North Atlantic during its warm (cold) phase. Both observations and most of the phase 5 of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (...
Chunzai Wang; Liping Zhang
The Importance of Lateral Diffusion for the Ventilation of the Lower Thermocline in the Subtropical North Atlantic
An analysis of the physical mechanisms contributing to the ventilation of the lower subtropical thermocline (26.5 < ?? < 27.3) of the North Atlantic is presented. Examination of the surface forcing suggests that this density range in the Atlantic ...
Paul E. Robbins; James F. Price; W. Brechner Owens; William J. Jenkins
Numerical Simulation of the North Atlantic Ocean at 1/10�
In this paper an initial analysis of an 0.1� simulation of the North Atlantic Ocean using a level-coordinate ocean general circulation model forced with realistic winds covering the period 1985�96 is presented. Results are compared to the North ...
Richard D. Smith; Mathew E. Maltrud; Frank O. Bryan; Matthew W. Hecht
Coordinated Abrupt Weakening of the Eurasian and North African Monsoons in the 1960s and Links to Extratropical North Atlantic Cooling
Previous modeling and paleoclimate studies have suggested that cooling originating from the extratropical North Atlantic can abruptly weaken the Eurasian and North African monsoons. The climatic signature includes a widespread cooling over the ...
Y. Liu; J. C. H. Chiang
Variability of the Winter Wind Waves and Swell in the North Atlantic and North Pacific as Revealed by the Voluntary Observing Ship Data
This paper analyses secular changes and interannual variability in the wind wave, swell, and significant wave height (SWH) characteristics over the North Atlantic and North Pacific on the basis of wind wave climatology derived from the visual ...
Sergey K. Gulev; Vika Grigorieva
Predictors of Tropical Cyclone Numbers and Extreme Hurricane Intensities over the North Atlantic Using Generalized Additive and Linear Models
Fluctuations of the annual number of tropical cyclones over the North Atlantic and of the energy dissipated by the most intense hurricane of a season are related to a variety of predictors [global temperature, SST and detrended SST, North ...
Olivier Mestre; St�phane Hallegatte
Multidecadal Variability in North Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Activity
Recent increases in Atlantic basin tropical cyclone activity since 1995 and the associated destructive U.S. landfall events in 2004 and 2005 have generated considerable interest into why there has been such a sharp upturn. Natural variability, ...
Philip J. Klotzbach; William M. Gray
On Estimates of Historical North Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Activity
In this study, an estimate of the expected number of Atlantic tropical cyclones (TCs) that were missed by the observing system in the presatellite era (between 1878 and 1965) is developed. The significance of trends in both number and duration ...
Gabriel A. Vecchi; Thomas R. Knutson
Evaluation of North Atlantic Property Field Simulations at �
One way to measure the skill of an ocean general circulation model is to evaluate its ability to simulate observed property distributions. Pressure, temperature, and salinity distributions generated by a � Atlantic Ocean general circulation ...
Yi Chao; M. Susan Lozier
Climatological Variations in North Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Tracks
This study investigates the relationship between tropical cyclone (TC) tracks and climatological variations in large-scale environmental parameters associated with the TC steering flow. By using the Atlantic Ocean hurricane database for 1950�2010, ...
Angela J. Colbert; Brian J. Soden
The Adequacy of Observing Systems in Monitoring the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation and North Atlantic Climate
The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) has an important influence on climate, and yet adequate observations of this circulation are lacking. Here, the authors assess the adequacy of past and current widely deployed routine ...
S. Zhang; A. Rosati; T. Delworth
North Atlantic Potential Vorticity and Its Relation to the General Circulation
Maps and sections of the large-scale North Atlantic potential vorticity q are presented. Here q is fd?/dz, where f is the Coriolis frequency, ? the potential density and z the vertical coordinate. They bear on the general circulation, and on ...
Scott McDowell; Peter Rhines; Thomas Keffer
Vertical Eddy Energy Fluxes in the North Atlantic Subtropical and Subpolar Gyres
Eddy energy generation and energy fluxes are examined in a realistic eddy-resolving model of the North Atlantic. Over 80% of the wind energy input is found to be released by the generation of eddies through baroclinic instability. The eddy energy ...
Xiaoming Zhai; David P. Marshall
An Empirical Eigenfunction Analysis of Sea Surface Temperatures in the Western North Atlantic
The empirical orthogonal function decomposition is used to analyze time records of AVHRR sea surfacetemperature observations of the western North Atlantic from 32.9� to 43.6�N, 62.7� to 76.3�W. A manuallydeclouded dataset covering the spring of ...
Richard Everson; Peter Cornillon; Lawrence Sirovich; Andrew Webber
Lagrangian Observations of the Deep Western Boundary Current in the North Atlantic Ocean.
Twenty-six RAFOS floats were deployed in the deep western boundary current (DWBC) of the North Atlantic Ocean between the Grand Banks and Cape Hatteras in 1994�95 and tracked acoustically for up to two years. Half of the floats were launched in ...
Amy S. Bower; Heather D. Hunt
SOFAR Floats Reveal Midlatitude Intermediate North Atlantic General Circulation. Part II: An Eulerian Statistical View
Part I of this paper has given a descriptive view of the trajectories of 26 SOFAR floats drifting near 700-m depth in the central North Atlantic during the mid-1980s, as part of the TOPOGULF experiment. Here an Eulerian analysis of the 53.4 ...
Michel Ollitrault; Alain Colin de Verdi�re
Vertical and Lateral Mixing Processes Deduced from the Mediterranean Water Signature in the North Atlantic
The conservation equations of heat, salt, and mass are combined in such a way that a simple relation is found between the known volume flux of Mediterranean Water entering the North Atlantic Ocean and the effects of lateral and vertical mixing ...
Jan D. Zika; Trevor J. McDougall
Quantifying the Role of Mixed Layer Entrainment for Water Mass Transformation in the North Atlantic
Forcing by wind stress and air�sea buoyancy flux climatologies between ?t = 23.5 and 26.5 results in differing water mass transformations in the North Atlantic, reflecting the opposing tendencies of wind stress and air�sea fluxes. This difference ...
Amit Tandon; Konstantin Zahariev
Absolute Geostrophic Velocity Determination from Historical Hydrographic Data in the Western North Atlantic
Beta-spiral calculations are presented using averaged western North Atlantic hydrographic data from the period 1914�73. Profiles of long-term mean geostrophic flow relative to ISM db along 70�W from 26 to 32�N are shown. Absolute reference ...
Eric J. Lindstrom; David W. Behringer; Bruce A. Taft; Curtis C. Ebbesmeyer
Thermohaline Structure of an Eddy-Resolving North Atlantic Model: The Influence of Boundary Conditions
A T�S volumetric census, with a resolution of 0.2�C and 0.1 psu, for years 20-25 of the World Ocean Circulation Experiment Community Modeling Effort eddy-resolving simulation of the equatorial and North Atlantic Ocean, reveals how the ...
John M. Klinck
Impact of Freshwater Release in the North Atlantic under Different Climate Conditions in an OAGCM
The response of climate to freshwater input in the North Atlantic (NA) has raised a lot of concern about the issue of climate stability since the discovery of abrupt coolings during the last glacial period. Such coolings have usually been related ...
Didier Swingedouw; Juliette Mignot; Pascale Braconnot; Eloi Mosquet; Masa Kageyama; Ramdane Alkama
The Relative Importance of Northern Overflow and Subpolar Deep Convection for the North Atlantic Thermohaline Circulation
The relative importance of the formation of different North Atlantic Deep Water masses on the meridional overturning is examined with a non-eddy-resolving version of the CME model. In contrast to a frequently held belief, convective deep-water ...
Ralf D�scher; Ren� Redler
Seasonal Transport Variation in the Western Subtropical North Atlantic: Experiments with an Eddy-resolving Model
A high-resolution model of the wind-driven and thermohaline circulation in the North and equatorial Atlantic Ocean is used to study the structure and variability of the boundary current system at 26�N, including the Florida Current, the Antilles ...
Claus W. B�ning; Ralf D�scher; Reinhard G. Budich
Air�Sea Feedback in the North Atlantic and Surface Boundary Conditions for Ocean Models
Extratropical sea surface temperature (SST) and surface turbulent heat flux monthly anomalies in the central and eastern part of the North Atlantic are considered for the period 1952�92 on a 5� � 5� grid. In this region where the mean surface ...
Claude Frankignoul; Arnaud Czaja; Blandine L�Heveder
Bailey, D. A., P. B. Rhines, and S. Hkkinen, 2005: Formation and pathways of North Atlantic Deep Water in a coupled ice-ocean model of the Arctic-North Atlantic Oceans. Climate
Water in a coupled ice-ocean model of the Arctic-North Atlantic Oceans. Climate Dyn., 25, doi:10.1007/s. P. Shen, World Scientific, Singapore, 360pp. Yeh, S.- W., and B. P. Kirtman, 2005: Pacific decadal
Advective Time Scales of Agulhas Leakage to the North Atlantic in Surface Drifter Observations and the 3D OFES Model
The advective transit time of temperature�salinity anomalies from the Agulhas region to the regions of deep convection in the North Atlantic Ocean is an important time scale in climate, because it has been linked to variability in the Atlantic ...
Erik van Sebille; Lisa M. Beal; William E. Johns
The Role of North Atlantic Deep Water Formation in an OGCM�s Ventilation and Thermohaline Circulation
Two coarse-resolution model experiments are carried out on an OGCM to examine the effects of North Atlantic Deep Water (NADW) formation on the thermohaline circulation (THC) and ventilation timescales of the abyssal ocean. An idealized age tracer ...
Paul J. Goodman
The Basic Ingredients of the North Atlantic Storm Track. Part I: Land�Sea Contrast and Orography
Understanding and predicting changes in storm tracks over longer time scales is a challenging problem, particularly in the North Atlantic. This is due in part to the complex range of forcings (land�sea contrast, orography, sea surface ...
A Multimodel Assessment of Future Projections of North Atlantic and European Extratropical Cyclones in the CMIP5 Climate Models
The response of North Atlantic and European extratropical cyclones to climate change is investigated in the climate models participating in phase 5 of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5). In contrast to previous multimodel studies, a ...
Giuseppe Zappa; Len C. Shaffrey; Kevin I. Hodges; Phil G. Sansom; David B. Stephenson
The Structure, Dynamics, and Origin of a Small-Scale Lens of Water in the Western North Atlantic Thermocline
A small-scale, isolated, anticyclonically rotating lens of water was observed in the western North Atlantic thermocline during the POLYMODE Local Dynamics Experiment. Using a combination of SOFAR float, hydrographic, nutrient, and moored current ...
Stephen C. Riser; W. Brechner Owens; H. Thomas Rossby; Curtis C. Ebbesmeyer
Performance of NCEP Regional Wave Models in Predicting Peak Sea States during the 2005 North Atlantic Hurricane Season
Unprecedented numbers of tropical cyclones occurred in the North Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico in 2005. This provides a unique opportunity to evaluate the performance of two operational regional wave forecasting models at the National ...
Yung Y. Chao; Hendrik L. Tolman
Early Detection of Changes in the North Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation: Implications for the Design of Ocean Observation Systems
Many climate models predict that anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions may cause a threshold response of the North Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (MOC). These model predictions are, however, uncertain. Reducing this uncertainty can ...
Klaus Keller; Curtis Deutsch; Matthew G. Hall; David F. Bradford
Near-Surface Transport Pathways in the North Atlantic Ocean: Looking for Throughput from the Subtropical to the Subpolar Gyre
Motivated by discrepancies between Eulerian transport estimates and the behavior of Lagrangian surface drifters, near-surface transport pathways and processes in the North Atlantic are studied using a combination of data, altimetric surface ...
Irina I. Rypina; Lawrence J. Pratt; M. Susan Lozier
Are the Winters 2010 and 2012 Archetypes Exhibiting Extreme Opposite Behavior of the North Atlantic Jet Stream?
The atmospheric circulation over the North Atlantic�European sector experienced exceptional but highly contrasting conditions in the recent 2010 and 2012 winters (November�March, with the year dated by the relevant January). Evidence is given for ...
Jo�o A. Santos; Tim Woollings; Joaquim G. Pinto
Daily Mean Sea Level Pressure Reconstructions for the European�North Atlantic Region for the Period 1850�2003
The development of a daily historical European�North Atlantic mean sea level pressure dataset (EMSLP) for 1850�2003 on a 5� latitude by longitude grid is described. This product was produced using 86 continental and island stations distributed ...
T. J. Ansell; P. D. Jones; R. J. Allan; D. Lister; D. E. Parker; M. Brunet; A. Moberg; J. Jacobeit; P. Brohan; N. A. Rayner; E. Aguilar; H. Alexandersson; M. Barriendos; T. Brandsma; N. J. Cox; P. M. Della-Marta; A. Drebs; D. Founda; F. Gerstengarbe; K. Hickey; T. J�nsson; J. Luterbacher; �. Nordli; H. Oesterle; M. Petrakis; A. Philipp; M. J. Rodwell; O. Saladie; J. Sigro; V. Slonosky; L. Srnec; V. Swail; A. M. Garc�a-Su�rez; H. Tuomenvirta; X. Wang; H. Wanner; P. Werner; D. Wheeler; E. Xoplaki
A Preoperational Scheme for Calculating Sea Surface Height by Bernoulli Inverse of Argo Float Data in the North Atlantic
A preoperational scheme has been implemented to calculate sea surface height fields at 7-day intervals over the North Atlantic. Input data from Argo floats is downloaded and processed in near�real time. The solution method is by Bernoulli ...
Steven G. Alderson; Peter D. Killworth
Explosive Cyclogenesis in the West-Central North Atlantic Ocean, 1981�84. Part I: Composite Structure and Mean Behavior
Tracks and central values of surface low-pressure centre and 500-mb absolute vorticity maxima were gathered from operational analysis for 48 casts of expressive cyclogenesis in the west-central North Atlantic. The cases were stratified into ...
Frederick Sanders
Eulerian and Lagrangian Statistics from Surface Drifters and a High-Resolution POP Simulation in the North Atlantic
Eulerian and Lagrangian statistics were calculated from the North Atlantic surface drifter dataset for the years 1993�97 and a high-resolution eddy-resolving configuration of the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Parallel Ocean Program (POP) ...
Julie L. McClean; Pierre-Marie Poulain; Jimmy W. Pelton; Mathew E. Maltrud
Synoptic Composites of the Extratropical Transition Life Cycle of North Atlantic Tropical Cyclones: Factors Determining Posttransition Evolution
A 34-member ensemble-mean trajectory through the cyclone phase space (CPS) is calculated using Navy Operational Global Atmospheric Prediction System (NOGAPS) analyses for North Atlantic tropical cyclones (TCs) undergoing extratropical transition (...
Robert E. Hart; Jenni L. Evans; Clark Evans
Moored Observations of Western Boundary Current Variability and Thermohaline Circulation at 26.5� in the Subtropical North Atlantic
A 5.8-year time series of moored current meter observations is used with hydrographic section data, CME model results, and gridded wind fields over the North Atlantic to describe the mean structure and variability of circulation and volume ...
Thomas N. Lee; William E. Johns; Rainer J. Zantopp; Eve R. Fillenbaum
North Atlantic Power Dissipation Index (PDI) and Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE): Statistical Modeling and Sensitivity to Sea Surface Temperature Changes
This study focuses on the statistical modeling of the power dissipation index (PDI) and accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) for the North Atlantic basin over the period 1949�2008, which are metrics routinely used to assess tropical storm activity, ...
Deep-Water Formation and Meridional Overturning in a High-Resolution Model of the North Atlantic
The authors use different versions of the model of the wind- and thermohaline-driven circulation in the North and Equatorial Atlantic developed under the WOCE Community Modeling Effort to investigate the mean flow pattern and deep-water formation ...
Claus W. B�ning; Frank O. Bryan; William R. Holland; Ralf D�scher
The North Atlantic Circulation in the Early 1980s-An Estimate from Inversion of a Finite-Difference Model
A finite-difference model of the North Atlantic is constructed for the purpose Of making an estimate of the circulation through an inverse calculation. The database is eclectic, and includes hydrography, oxygen, nutrients current meter and float ...
Fran�oise Martel; Carl Wunsch
Anisotropic Material Transport by Eddies and Eddy-Driven Currents in a Model of the North Atlantic
This study analyzes anisotropic properties of the material transport by eddies and eddy-driven zonal jets in a general circulation model of the North Atlantic through the analysis of Lagrangian particle trajectories. Spreading rates�defined here ...
Igor Kamenkovich; Pavel Berloff; Joseph Pedlosky
A Relationship of Isentropic Back Trajectories with Observed Wind Direction and Synoptic Type in the North Atlantic
A spring season sample of isentropic back trajectories for the North Atlantic region is presented. The sample data, derived from select time periods during four spring seasons, are used to investigate the relationship of three-dimensional ...
Philip L. Haagenson; Paul D. Sperry
Seasonal and Low-Frequency Variability of the Meridional Heat Flux at 36�N in the North Atlantic
Historical hydrographic sections are used to investigate the seasonal and interannual variability in the meridional heat flux at 36�N in the North Atlantic. The data consist of ten transatlantic sections and sections from four sectors, which ...
Olga T. Sato; T. Rossby
Changes in Temperature and Salinity Tendencies of the Upper Subtropical North Atlantic Ocean at 24.5�N
Strong interest in multidecadal changes in ocean temperature and heat transport has resulted in the occupation of the North Atlantic Ocean hydrographic transect along 24.5�N five times since 1957, more than any other transoceanic section in the ...
Pedro V�lez-Belch�; Alonso Hern�ndez-Guerra; Eugenio Fraile-Nuez; Ver�nica Ben�tez-Barrios
The Role of the North Atlantic Oscillation in Shaping Regional-Scale Peak Seasonal Precipitation across the Indian Subcontinent
The present study focuses on the impact of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) in shaping the regional-level precipitation during the peak months of the two main rainy seasons over the Indian subcontinent. Monthly precipitation data from 1871 to ...
Shouraseni Sen Roy
A Model Comparison: Numerical Simulations of the North and Equatorial Atlantic Oceanic Circulation in Depth and Isopycnic Coordinates
A series of medium-resolution (1�) numerical simulations for the equatorial and North Atlantic basin have been performed with two primitive equation models, one employing depth and the other density as the vertical coordinate. The models have ...
Eric P. Chassignet; Linda T. Smith; Rainer Bleck; Frank O. Bryan
The Role of Oceanic Heat Advection in the Evolution of Tropical North and South Atlantic SST Anomalies
The role of horizontal oceanic heat advection in the generation of tropical North and South Atlantic sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies is investigated through an analysis of the oceanic mixed layer heat balance. It is found that SST ...
Gregory R. Foltz; Michael J. McPhaden
Are the winters 2010 and 2012 archetypes exhibiting extreme opposite behavior of the North Atlantic jet stream?
The atmospheric circulation over the North Atlantic-European sector experienced exceptional but highly contrasting conditions in the recent 2010 and 2012 winters (November-March; with the year dated by the relevant January). Evidence is given for ...
North Pacific Climate Response to Freshwater Forcing in the Subarctic North Atlantic: Oceanic and Atmospheric Pathways
Sudden changes of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) are believed to have caused large, abrupt climate changes over many parts of the globe during the last glacial and deglacial period. This study investigates the mechanisms ...
Yuko M. Okumura; Clara Deser; Aixue Hu; Axel Timmermann; Shang-Ping Xie
On the changes in number and intensity of North Atlantic tropical cyclones
Bayesian statistical models were developed for the number of tropical cyclones and the rate at which these cyclones became hurricanes in the North Atlantic. We find that, controlling for the cold tongue index and the North Atlantic oscillation index, there is high probability that the number of cyclones has increased in the past thirty years; but the rate at which these storms become hurricanes appears to be constant. We also investigate storm intensity by measuring the distribution of individual storm lifetime in days, storm track length, and Emanuel's power dissiptation index. We find little evidence that the distribution of individual storm intensity is changing through time. Any increase in cumulative yearly storm intensity and potential destructiveness, therefore, is due to the increasing number of storms and not due to any increase in the intensity of individual storms.
Briggs, W M
Model projections of the changes in atmospheric circulation and surface climate over North America, North Atlantic and Europe in the 21st century
The impacts of climate change on the North America-North Atlantic-Europe sector are studied using a coupled general circulation model (CM3) and a high-resolution atmosphere-only model (HiRAM), both developed at the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics ...
Ngar-Cheung Lau; Jeffrey J. Ploshay
436 JOURNAL OF CLIMATE VOLUME 20 Climate Response to External Sources of Freshwater: North Atlantic versus the Southern Ocean
The response of an atmosphere�ocean general circulation model (AOGCM) to perturbations of freshwater fluxes across the sea surface in the North Atlantic and Southern Ocean is investigated. The purpose of this study is to investigate aspects of the so-called bipolar seesaw where one hemisphere warms and the other cools and vice versa due to changes in the ocean meridional overturning. The experimental design is idealized where 1 Sv (1 Sv ? 10 6 m 3 s ?1) of freshwater is added to the ocean surface for 100 model years and then removed. In one case, the freshwater perturbation is located in the Atlantic Ocean from 50 � to 70�N. In the second case, it is located south of 60�S in the Southern Ocean. In the case where the North Atlantic surface waters are freshened, the Atlantic thermohaline circulation (THC) and associated northward oceanic heat transport weaken. In the Antarctic surface freshening case, the Atlantic THC is mainly unchanged with a slight weakening toward the end of the integration. This weakening is associated with the spreading of the fresh sea surface anomaly from the Southern Ocean into the rest of the World Ocean. There are two mechanisms that may be responsible for such weakening of the Atlantic THC. First is that the sea surface salinity (SSS) contrast between the North Atlantic and North Pacific is reduced. And, second, when freshwater from the Southern Ocean reaches the high latitudes of the
Ronald J. Stouffer; Dan Seidov; Bernd; J. Haupt
Historical Evaluation and Future Prediction of Eastern North American and Western Atlantic Extratropical Cyclones in the CMIP5 Models during the Cool Season
Extratropical cyclone track density, genesis frequency, deepening rate, and maximum intensity distributions over eastern North America and the western North Atlantic were analyzed for 15 models from phase 5 of the Coupled Model Intercomparison ...
Brian A. Colle; Zhenhai Zhang; Kelly A. Lombardo; Edmund Chang; Ping Liu; Minghua Zhang
Factors influencing anthropogenic carbon dioxide uptake in the North Atlantic in models of the ocean carbon cycle
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The uptake and storage of anthropogenic carbon in the North Atlantic is investigated using different configurations of ocean general circulation/carbon cycle models. We investigate how different representations of the ocean physics in the models, which represent the range of models currently in use, affect the evolution of CO{sub 2} uptake in the North Atlantic. The buffer effect of the ocean carbon system would be expected to reduce ocean CO{sub 2} uptake as the ocean absorbs increasing amounts of CO{sub 2}. We find that the strength of the buffer effect is very dependent on the model ocean state, as it affects both the magnitude and timing of the changes in uptake. The timescale over which uptake of CO{sub 2} in the North Atlantic drops to below preindustrial levels is particularly sensitive to the ocean state which sets the degree of buffering; it is less sensitive to the choice of atmospheric CO{sub 2} forcing scenario. Neglecting physical climate change effects, North Atlantic CO{sub 2} uptake drops below preindustrial levels between 50 and 300 years after stabilisation of atmospheric CO{sub 2} in different model configurations. Storage of anthropogenic carbon in the North Atlantic varies much less among the different model configurations, as differences in ocean transport of dissolved inorganic carbon and uptake of CO{sub 2} compensate each other. This supports the idea that measured inventories of anthropogenic carbon in the real ocean cannot be used to constrain the surface uptake. Including physical climate change effects reduces anthropogenic CO{sub 2} uptake and storage in the North Atlantic further, due to the combined effects of surface warming, increased freshwater input, and a slowdown of the meridional overturning circulation. The timescale over which North Atlantic CO{sub 2} uptake drops to below preindustrial levels is reduced by about one-third, leading to an estimate of this timescale for the real world of about 50 years after the stabilisation of atmospheric CO{sub 2}. In the climate change experiment, a shallowing of the mixed layer depths in the North Atlantic results in a significant reduction in primary production, reducing the potential role for biology in drawing down anthropogenic CO{sub 2}.
Smith, R.S.; Marotzke, J. [Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg (Germany)
The Relationship between the North Atlantic Jet and Tropical Convection over the Indian and Western Pacific Oceans
Boreal winter jet variability over the North Atlantic is investigated using 40-yr European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts Re-Analysis (ERA-40) data, where the variability is defined by the first EOF of the zonal wind on seven vertical ...
Jiacan Yuan; Steven B. Feldstein; Sukyoung Lee; Benkui Tan
Future Change of North Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Tracks: Projection by a 20-km-Mesh Global Atmospheric Model
Possible future change in tropical cyclone (TC) activity over the North Atlantic (NA) was investigated by comparison of 25-yr simulations of the present-day climate and future change under the A1B emission scenario using a 20-km-mesh ...
Hiroyuki Murakami; Bin Wang
Long-Term Variability of Daily North Atlantic�European Pressure Patterns since 1850 Classified by Simulated Annealing Clustering
Reconstructed daily mean sea level pressure patterns of the North Atlantic�European region are classified for the period 1850 to 2003 to explore long-term changes of the atmospheric circulation and its impact on long-term temperature variability ...
A. Philipp; P. M. Della-Marta; J. Jacobeit; D. R. Fereday; P. D. Jones; A. Moberg; H. Wanner
A Well-Verified, Multiproxy Reconstruction of the Winter North Atlantic Oscillation Index since a.d. 1400
A new, well-verified, multiproxy reconstruction of the winter North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) index is described that can be used to examine the variability of the NAO prior to twentieth century greenhouse forcing. It covers the period a.d. 1400�...
Edward R. Cook; Rosanne D. D'Arrigo; Michael E. Mann
Ventilation of the Deep Western Boundary Current and Abyssal Western North Atlantic: Estimates from Tritium and 3He Distributions
The tritium and excess 3He data from the 1981 TTO/NAS program are used to study the time scales for the ventilation of the deep western basin by recently formed North Atlantic Deep Water (NADW). The large-scale distributions of tritium and 3He in ...
Scott C. Doney; William J. Jenkins
Vocalization characteristics of North Atlantic right whale surface active groups in the calving habitat, southeastern United States
Passive acoustic surveys were conducted to assess the vocal behavior of North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) in the designated critical calving habitat along the shallow coastal waters of southeastern United States. Underwater vocalizations were recorded using autonomous buoys deployed in close proximity to surface active groups (SAGs). Nine main vocalization types were identified with manual inspection of spectrograms
Vasilis Trygonis; Edmund Gerstein; Stephen McCulloch
Upper-Ocean Eddy Transports of Heat, Potential Vorticity, and Volume in the Northeastern North Atlantic��Vivaldi 1991�
Mesoscale eddies in the northeast North Atlantic were investigated using the SeaSoar towed CTD and ADCP data from the 1991 Vivaldi cruise. These data cover an area of 1700 km � 1500 km between 39� and 54�N and between 35� and 10�W. To maximize ...
H. Leach; S. J. Bowerman; M. E. McCulloch
Explosive Cyclogenesis over the West-Central North Atlantic Ocean, 1981�84. Part II. Evaluation of LFM Model Performance
A study was made of the performance of the Limited-Area Fine-Mesh (LFM) operational forecasts for cases of explosive cyclogenesis in the west-central North Atlantic Ocean during 1981�84. For 51 instances in which the observed 12-h deepening was ...
The Effect of a Large Freshwater Perturbation on the Glacial North Atlantic Ocean Using a Coupled General Circulation Model
The commonly held view of the conditions in the North Atlantic at the last glacial maximum, based on the interpretation of proxy records, is of large-scale cooling compared to today, limited deep convection, and extensive sea ice, all associated ...
C. D. Hewitt; A. J. Broccoli; M. Crucifix; J. M. Gregory; J. F. B. Mitchell; R. J. Stouffer
Neutralizing Carbonis Acid in Deep Carbonate Strata Below the North Atlantic Ocean
Road Road P.O. Box 880 Morgantown, WV 26507 304-285-4132 email@example.com Daniel schrag Principal Investigator Harvard University 20 Oxford Street Cambridge, MA 02138 617-495-7676 firstname.lastname@example.com NeutraliziNg CarboNiC aCid iN deep CarboNate Strata below the North atlaNtiC oCeaN Background The eastern seaboard of the United States is the most densely populated region in the country and generates a large fraction of all U.S. anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions. Disposal options for this large volume of CO 2 are limited, and land transport and disposal are difficult due to high population density. From geographical considerations, offshore disposal might seem a reasonable approach. However, a number of technical uncertainties and environmental concerns make
North Atlantic modeling of low-frequency variability in mode water formation
The generation of interannual and near-decadal variability in the formation of mode waters in the western North Atlantic is investigated in the realistic framework of an isopycnic coordinate ocean model forced with atmospheric data from 1946 to 1988. At Bermuda, the model reproduces quite well the observed potential vorticity and isopycnal depth anomalies associated with the subtropical mode water (STMW). Heat storage and preconditioning of the convective activity are found to be the important factors for the generation of STMW variability, with persistence of cold (warm) conditions, associated with anomalous heat loss (gain) over the western subtropics, being more significant for the generation of the simulated variability than are strong anomalous events in isolated years. In the Labrador Sea, the model captures the phase and order of magnitude of the observed near-decadal variability in the convective activity, if not its maximum amplitude. The simulated potential vorticity anomali...
Afonso M. Paiva; Eric P. Chassignet
Monthly Mean Wind Stress and Sverdrup Transports in the North Atlantic: A Comparison of the Hellerman�Rosenstein and Isemer�Hasse Climatologies
The monthly mean wind stress climatology of Hellerman and Rosenstein (HR) is compared with the climatology of Isemer and Hasse (IH), which represents a version of the Bunker atlas (BU) for the North Atlantic based on revised parameterizations. ...
Claus W. B�ning; Ralf D�scher; Hans-J�rg Isemer
Meridional Transport of Eddy Sensible Heat in Winters Marked by Extremes of the North Atlantic Oscillation, 1948/49�1979/80
Composite patterns of eddy sensible heat transport at 700 mb on the Northern Hemisphere are derived for winters [December, January, February (DJF)] marked by extremes of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) occurring in the 1948/49�1979/80 ...
Andrew M. Carleton
The Effects of North Atlantic SST and Sea Ice Anomalies on the Winter Circulation in CCM3. Part II: Direct and Indirect Components of the Response
The wintertime atmospheric circulation responses to observed patterns of North Atlantic sea surface temperature and sea ice cover trends in recent decades are studied by means of experiments with an atmospheric general circulation model. Here the ...
Clara Deser; Gudrun Magnusdottir; R. Saravanan; Adam Phillips
Life Cycle Study of a Diabatic Rossby Wave as a Precursor to Rapid Cyclogenesis in the North Atlantic�Dynamics and Forecast Performance
The life cycle of a North Atlantic cyclone in December 2005 that included a rapid propagation phase as a diabatic Rossby wave (DRW) is investigated by means of operational analyses and deterministic forecasts from the ECMWF. A quasigeostrophic ...
Maxi Boettcher; Heini Wernli
The Effects of North Atlantic SST and Sea Ice Anomalies on the Winter Circulation in CCM3. Part I: Main Features and Storm Track Characteristics of the Response
Observed multidecadal trends in extratropical atmospheric flow, such as the positive trend in the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) index, may be attributable to a number of causes. This study addresses the question of whether the atmospheric ...
Gudrun Magnusdottir; Clara Deser; R. Saravanan
Implications of Both Statistical Equilibrium and Global Warming Simulations with CCSM3. Part II: On the Multidecadal Variability in the North Atlantic Basin
The nature of the multidecadal variability in the North Atlantic basin is investigated through detailed analysis of multicentury integrations performed using the low-resolution version of the Community Climate System Model, version 3 (CCSM3), a ...
Marc d�Orgeville; W. Richard Peltier
Skill in Prediction of Explosive Cyclogenesis over the Western North Atlantic Ocean, 1987/88: A Forecast Checklist and NMC Dynamical Models
Analyses and predictions of explosive cyclogenesis over the western North Atlantic Ocean during the 1987/88 cold season were compared. The analyses were the manual and automated series produced at the National Meteorological Center (NMC). The ...
Frederick Sanders; Eugene P. Auciello
A multi-model assessment of future projections of North Atlantic and European extratropical cyclones in the CMIP5 climate models
The response of North Atlantic and European extratropical cyclones to climate change is investigated in the climate models participating in CMIP5 (Fifth Coupled Model Intercomparison Project). In contrast to previous multi�model studies, a feature ...
Potential Impacts of the Saharan Air Layer on Numerical Model Forecasts of North Atlantic Tropical Cyclogenesis
Tropical cyclones have devastating impacts on countries across large parts of the globe, including the Atlantic basin. Thus, forecasting of the genesis of Atlantic tropical cyclones is important, but this problem remains a challenge for ...
Aaron S. Pratt; Jenni L. Evans
Nitrogen fixation and nitrogenase (nifH) expression in tropical waters of the eastern north atlantic.
Expression of nifH in 28 surface water samples collected during fall 2007 from six stations in the vicinity of the Cape Verde Islands (north-east Atlantic) was examined using reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)-based clone libraries and quantitative RT-PCR (RT-qPCR) analysis of seven diazotrophic phylotypes. Biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) rates and nutrient concentrations were determined for these stations, which were selected based on a range in surface chlorophyll concentrations to target a gradient of primary productivity. BNF rates greater than 6 nmolN I{sup -1} h{sup -1} were measured at two of the near-shore stations where high concentrations of Fe and PO{sub 4}{sup 3-} were also measured. Six hundred and five nifH transcripts were amplified by RT-PCR, of which 76% are described by six operational taxonomic units, including Trichodesmium and the uncultivated UCYN-A, and four non-cyanobacterial diazotrophs that clustered with uncultivated Proteobacteria. Although all five cyanobacterial phylotypes quantified in RT-qPCR assays were detected at different stations in this study, UCYN-A contributed most significantly to the pool of nifH transcripts in both coastal and oligotrophic waters. A comparison of results from RT-PCR clone libraries and RT-qPCR indicated that a {gamma}-proteobacterial phylotype was preferentially amplified in clone libraries, which underscores the need to use caution interpreting clone-library-based nifH studies, especially when considering the importance of uncultivated proteobacterial diazotrophs.
Turk, K. A.; Rees, A. P.; Zehr, J. P.; Pereira, N.; Swift, P.; Shelley, R.; Lohan, M.; Woodward, E. M. S.; Gilbert, J. (CLS-CI); (Department of Ocean Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz); (Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place); (NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology); (University of Plymouth, Drake Circus); (Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago)
Response of a Strongly Eddying Global Ocean to North Atlantic Freshwater Perturbations
The strongly eddying version of the Parallel Ocean Program (POP) is used in two 45-year simulations to investigate the response of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) to strongly enhanced freshwater input due to Greenland ...
Matthijs den Toom; Henk A. Dijkstra; Wilbert Weijer; Matthew W. Hecht; Mathew E. Maltrud; Erik van Sebille
Leading Tropical Modes Associated with Interannual and Multidecadal Fluctuations in North Atlantic Hurricane Activity
Interannual and multidecadal extremes in Atlantic hurricane activity are shown to result from a coherent and interrelated set of atmospheric and oceanic conditions associated with three leading modes of climate variability in the Tropics. All ...
Gerald D. Bell; Muthuvel Chelliah
Variations in North American Summer Precipitation Driven by the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation
Understanding the development and variation of the atmospheric circulation regimes driven by the Atlantic multidecadal oscillation (AMO) is essential because these circulations interact with other forcings on decadal and interannual time scales. ...
Qi Hu; Song Feng; Robert J. Oglesby
On the Relationship between North Atlantic Sea Surface Temperatures and U.S. Hurricane Landfall Risk
In the recent literature, considerable attention has been paid to the relationship between climate signals and tropical cyclone activity. Much of the research has focused on Atlantic Ocean basin activity while less attention has been given to ...
Peter S. Dailey; Gerhard Zuba; Greta Ljung; Ioana M. Dima; Jayanta Guin
Estimation of Meridional Heat Flux in the North Atlantic by Inverse Methods
Hydrographic sections spanning the Atlantic Ocean at 24, 36 and 48�N are used to make an estimate of meridional heat flux in the ocean. An inverse method provides reference level velocities for geostrophic calculations, consistent with ...
Dean Roemmich
Treaty Verification | ornl.gov
Verification SHARE Treaty Verification ORNL is a strong contributor to future nonproliferation and arms control initiatives through research and development of radiation...
Atlantic Hurricane Season of 1984
A summary of the 1984 Atlantic hurricane season is given. Twelve tropical cyclones and one subtropical cyclone were tracked in the North Atlantic�Caribbean�Gulf of Mexico region. Diana was a landfalling hurricane on the North Carolina coast and ...
Miles B. Lawrence; Gilbert B. Clark
North Central","West North Central","South Atlantic","East South Central","West South Central","Mountain","Pacific"
U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) Indexed Site
2007" 2007" "Table A3. Census Region and Division, Number of Buildings for All Buildings (Including Malls), 2003" ,"Number of Buildings (thousand)" ,"All Buildings","Northeast",,"Midwest",,"South",,,"West" ,,"New England","Middle Atlantic","East North Central","West North Central","South Atlantic","East South Central","West South Central","Mountain","Pacific" "All Buildings ................",4859,252,509,728,577,926,360,587,316,603 "Building Floorspace" "(Square Feet)" "1,001 to 5,000 ...............",2586,134,240,372,356,474,217,294,166,333 "5,001 to 10,000 ..............",948,49,106,128,100,200,59,127,62,117
North Atlantic geoid high, volcanism and glaciations Eugenio Carminati1,2
a regional geoid high. The upper mantle, being pumped from the deep mantle and rising to a few km shallower underlies the youngest (part of the Atlantic Ocean. This portion of the northern on various grounds [e.g., Foulger and Anderson, 2005]: the persistence of magmatism on the westerly moving
Doglioni, Carlo
The Annual March of the Heat Budget of the North and Tropical Atlantic Oceans
This paper documents the annual march of the following processes for the 70�N�20�S region of the Atlantic, including the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea: net surface heat gains (monthly mean time-scale), subsurface heat storage change (bimonthly)...
Peter J. Lamb; Andrew F. Bunker
Climatology and Interannual Variability in the Intensity of Synoptic-Scale Processes in the North Atlantic from the NCEP�NCAR Reanalysis Data
North Atlantic synoptic-scale processes are analyzed by bandpassing 6-hourly NCEP�NCAR reanalysis data (1958�98) for several synoptic ranges corresponding to ultrahigh-frequency variability (0.5�2 days), synoptic-scale variability (2�6 days), ...
Sergey K. Gulev; Thomas Jung; Eberhard Ruprecht
Annual Cycle of Poleward Heat Transport in the Ocean: Results from High-Resolution Modeling of the North and Equatorial Atlantic
The annual cycle of meridional heat transport in the North and equatorial Atlantic Ocean is studied by means of the high-resolution numerical model that had been developed in recent years as a Community Modeling Effort for the World Ocean ...
Claus W. B�ning; Peter Herrmann
Variation of the North American Summer Monsoon Regimes and the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation
The North American summer monsoon holds the key to understanding warm season rainfall variations in the region from northern Mexico to the Southwest and the central United States. Studies of the monsoon have pictured mosaic submonsoonal regions ...
Qi Hu; Song Feng
Summer rainfall and wheat grain quality: Relationships with the North Atlantic Oscillation
import of North American wheat prohibitively expensive for milling into the majority of bread flour to inform the wheat industry about the quality of raw mate- rial available for milling and baking. Thus
Stephenson, David B.
Public works for water and power development and energy research appropriations for fiscal year 1978. Part 2. Corps of Engineers: Chief of Engineers and Director of Civil Works; New England Division; North Atlantic Division; North Pacific Division; Ohio River Division; South Atlantic Division. Hearins before a Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, Ninety-Fifth Congress, H. R. 7553
The Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations met on February 25, 1977, to consider the budget requests of the Army Corps of Engineers for the South Atlantic Division and the Ohio River Division and the Ohio River Division. On February 28, 1977, New England and North Atlantic Divisions presented statements. On March 2, 1977, statements were heard from representatives of the North Pacific Division. On March 8, 1977, extensive statements on the overall operation of the Corps of Engineers were given by Lt. Gen. J.W. Morris, Chief of Engineers and Maj. Gen. Ernest Graves, Director of Civil Works. (MCW)
Interannual Variability in the Thermodynamics of Subduction over the North Atlantic
Subduction requires a buoyancy input into the mixed layer, which over the gyre scale can either be achieved by an atmospheric input or a wind-induced Ekman redistribution of buoyancy. The buoyancy budget for subduction is diagnosed over the North ...
Alison J. McLaren; Richard G. Williams
Linearity of the Atmospheric Response to North Atlantic SST and Sea Ice Anomalies
The observations of the ocean�atmosphere�sea ice have recently revealed that the oceanic surfaces can have a subtle but significant impact on the atmospheric long-term fluctuations. Low-frequency variations and long-term trends of the North ...
S�bastien Conil; Laurent Z-X. Li
Law as Treaties?: The Constitutionality of Congressional-Executive Agreements
Treaty, 155 the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, 156 the3435. Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, 21
Yoo, John C.
Limited Test Ban Treaty Signed | National Nuclear Security Administrat...
National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
Timeline > Limited Test Ban Treaty Signed Limited Test Ban Treaty Signed August 05, 1963 Washington, DC Limited Test Ban Treaty Signed The United States, Great Britain, and the...
Climatic Warming of Atlantic Intermediate Waters
Interdecadal temperature variability of the Atlantic Ocean is investigated by differencing hydrographic sections taken from the 1920s through the 1990s. A comprehensive reanalysis of North Atlantic sections and the inclusion of South Atlantic ...
Brian K. Arbic; W. Brechner Owens
The Dynamics of the ENSO�Atlantic Hurricane Teleconnection: ENSO-Related Changes to the North African�Asian Jet Affect Atlantic Basin Tropical Cyclogenesis
The nature of the teleconnection linking ENSO variability with Atlantic basin tropical storm formation is investigated. Solutions of the linearized barotropic vorticity equation forced with August�October El Ni�o event divergence produce upper-...
Jeffrey Shaman; Steven K. Esbensen; Eric D. Maloney
A4. Census Region and Division, Floorspace for All Buildings (Including Malls), 2003" A4. Census Region and Division, Floorspace for All Buildings (Including Malls), 2003" ,"Total Floorspace (million square feet)" ,"All Buildings","Northeast",,"Midwest",,"South",,,"West" ,,"New England","Middle Atlantic","East North Central","West North Central","South Atlantic","East South Central","West South Central","Mountain","Pacific" "All Buildings ................",71658,3452,10543,12424,5680,13999,3719,9022,4207,8613 "Building Floorspace" "(Square Feet)" "1,001 to 5,000 ...............",6922,383,676,986,922,1283,547,788,466,871 "5,001 to 10,000 ..............",7033,369,800,939,738,1468,420,957,465,878
Corrosion Fatigue Model Applications
...in the Presence of Corrosion, Oct 1998 (Corfu, Greece), North Atlantic Treaty Organization Research and
Conceptual Framework
The Role of science in treaty verification
Technologically advanced nations are currently applying more science to treaty verification than ever before. Satellites gather a multitude of information relating to proliferation concerns using thermal imaging analysis, nuclear radiation measurements, and optical and radio frequency signals detection. Ground stations gather complementary signals such as seismic events and radioactive emissions. Export controls in many countries attempt to intercept materials and technical means that could be used for nuclear proliferation. Never the less, we have witnessed a plethora of nuclear proliferation episodes, that were undetected (or were belatedly detected) by these technologies - the Indian nuclear tests in 1998, the Libyan nuclear buildup, the Iranian enrichment program and the North Korea nuclear weapons program are some prime examples. In this talk we will discuss some of the technologies used for proliferation detection. In particular, we will note some of the issues relating to nuclear materials control agreements that epitomize political difficulties as they impact the implementation of science and technology.
Gavron, A. I. (Avigdor I.)
Migratory Bird Treaty Act: Lessons Learned
January 17, 2013 1 THERESA ALDRIDGE, PACIFIC NORTHWEST SITE OFFICE NEPA Compliance Office Richland Washington Migratory Bird Treaty Act: Lessons Learned Along with 800 other...
Senate Rejects Test Ban Treaty | National Nuclear Security Administrat...
Timeline > Senate Rejects Test Ban Treaty Senate Rejects Test Ban Treaty October 13, 1999 Washington, DC Senate Rejects Test Ban Treaty The Senate votes 48-51 to reject the...
Non-Nuclear Treaties | National Nuclear Security Administration
Treaties Non-Nuclear Treaties The Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction off...
the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, 156 the Intermediate-23 U.S.T. 3435. Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear
Improved Representation of Upper-Ocean Dynamics and Mixed Layer Depths in a Model of the North Atlantic on Switching from Eddy-Permitting to Eddy-Resolving Grid Resolution
Two configurations of a primitive-equation model of the North Atlantic are analyzed with respect to the simulated cycling of energy, mass, and heat in the upper ocean. One model is eddy-permitting (1/3� horizontal resolution), the other one is ...
Andreas Oschlies
Atlantic Dominance of the Meridional Overturning Circulation
North Atlantic (NA) deep-water formation and the resulting Atlantic meridional overturning cell is generally regarded as the primary feature of the global overturning circulation and is believed to be a result of the geometry of the continents. ...
A. M. de Boer; J. R. Toggweiler; D. M. Sigman
Atlantic Hurricane Season of 1987
The general overview of the 1987 hurricane season in the North Atlantic is presented together with detailed accounts of all named storms. In addition, an unnamed tropical storm and a tropical depression that required watches and/or warnings on ...
Robert A. Case; Harold P. Gerrish
Migratory Bird Treaty Act | Open Energy Information
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Migratory Bird Treaty Act Migratory Bird Treaty Act Jump to: navigation, search Statute Name Migratory Bird Treaty Act Year 1918 Url [[File:|160px|link=http://law2.house.gov/uscode-cgi/fastweb.exe?getdoc+uscview+t13t16+6189+0++%28%29%20%20AND%20%28%2816%29%20ADJ%20USC%29%3ACITE%20AND%20%28USC%20w%2F10%20%28703%29%29%3ACITE%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20]] Description References FWS Overview[1] The original 1918 statute implemented the 1916 Convention between the U.S. and Great Britain (for Canada) for the protection of migratory birds. Later amendments implemented treaties between the U.S. and Mexico, the U.S. and Japan, and the U.S. and the Soviet Union (now Russia). Specific provisions in the statute include: Establishment of a Federal prohibition, unless permitted by regulations, to
Atlantic Hurricanes in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century
A historical revision of Atlantic tropical cyclones for the period 1851�90 is presented. This work was undertaken with the aim of improving knowledge of the tropical storms and hurricanes in the North Atlantic basin, which occurred during the ...
Jos� Fern�ndez-Partag�s; Henry F. Diaz
A Reanalysis of the 1921�30 Atlantic Hurricane Database
A reanalysis of the Atlantic basin tropical storm and hurricane database (�best track�) for the period from 1921 to 1930 has been completed. This reassessment of the main archive for tropical cyclones of the North Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, ...
Christopher W. Landsea; Steve Feuer; Andrew Hagen; David A. Glenn; Jamese Sims; Ramon Perez; Michael Chenoweth; Nicholas Anderson
A Tropical Cyclone Genesis Parameter for the Tropical Atlantic
A parameter to evaluate the potential for tropical cyclone formation (genesis) in the North Atlantic between Africa and the Caribbean islands is developed. Climatologically, this region is the source of about 40% of the Atlantic basin tropical ...
Mark DeMaria; John A. Knaff; Bernadette H. Connell
Western South Atlantic holocene and glacial deepwater hydrography derived from benthic foraminiferal Cd/Ca and stable carbon isotope data
Today, deep waters produced in the North Atlantic are exported through the western South Atlantic. Antarctic intermediate water (AAIW) also enters the Atlantic in this region. Circumpolar deep water (CDW) fills the depths ...
Horowitz, Michael (Michael Joshua), 1962-
Limited Test Ban Treaty Signed | National Nuclear Security Administration Our Mission Managing the Stockpile Preventing Proliferation Powering the Nuclear Navy Emergency Response...
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Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus) Population Dynamics
Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus) Population Dynamics Delineated by Organochlorine Tracers R bluefin tuna (ABFT) are highly valued and heavily exploited, and critical uncertainties regarding. Hereweshowthatorganochlorinepesticidesandpolychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) can be used as tracers of bluefin tuna foraging grounds in the North Atlantic
Marine Fisheries On the cover: Atlantic salmon
on Cod, North Sea Oil-Fish Reports, and Wave Power for Boats? 27 NMFS Scientific Reports, Managing Whales, PRC Fisheries, Marine Safety, Aquatic Plants, Atlantic Squid Areas and Trawl Hangs, Eel Culture
Atlantic Subtropical Storms. Part II: Climatology
A 45-yr climatology of subtropical cyclones (ST) for the North Atlantic is presented and analyzed. The STs pose a warm-season forecasting problem for subtropical locations such as Bermuda and the southern United States because of the potentially ...
Mark P. Guishard; Jenni L. Evans; Robert E. Hart
A Coupled Hydrodynamic�Bottom Boundary Layer Model of Storm and Tidal Flow in the Middle Atlantic Bight of North America
The effects of increased friction and tides on circulation in the Middle Atlantic Bight (MAB) during the SWADE storm of 25�28 October 1990 have been investigated using a three-dimensional hydrodynamic model coupled to a bottom boundary layer ...
Timothy R. Keen; Scott M. Glenn
Effect of Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Changes on Tropical Atlantic Sea Surface Temperature Variability: A 2�-Layer Reduced-Gravity Ocean Model Study
Previous coupled climate model simulations reveal that a dipole-like SST pattern with cooler (warmer) temperature over the north (south) tropical Atlantic emerges in response to a slowdown of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC)...
Caihong Wen; Ping Chang; Ramalingam Saravanan
East North Central Pa
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North American tropical cyclone landfall and SST: a statistical model study
A statistical-stochastic model of the complete lifecycle of North Atlantic (NA) tropical cyclones (TCs) is used to examine the relationship between climate and landfall rates along the North-American Atlantic and Gulf coasts. The model draws on ...
Timothy Hall; Emmi Yonekura
National security and the comprehensive test ban treaty
For nearly three years now, the US, UK, and USSR have been working on the draft of a treaty that would ban all nuclear explosions (both peaceful applications and weapon tests) and institute verification and monitoring provisions to ensure compliance with the treaty. The status of the draft treaty is summarized. The question, Is a CTBT really in the interest of US national security. is analyzed with arguments used by both proponents and opponents of the CTBT. It is concluded that there are arguments both for and against a CTBT, but, for those whose approach to national security can be expressed as peace through preparedness, the arguments against a CTBT appear persuasive. (LCL)
Landauer, J.K.
Two Decades of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation: Anatomy, Variations, Extremes, Prediction, and Overcoming Its Limitations
The zonally integrated meridional volume transport in the North Atlantic [Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC)] is described in a 19-yr-long ocean-state estimate, one consistent with a diverse global dataset. Apart from a weak ...
The Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation Inferred from the Forced Climate Response in Coupled General Circulation Models
Instrumental sea surface temperature records in the North Atlantic Ocean are characterized by large multidecadal variability known as the Atlantic multidecadal oscillation (AMO). The lack of strong oscillatory forcing of the climate system at ...
Jeff R. Knight
Prediction of Tropical Atlantic Sea Surface Temperatures Using Linear Inverse Modeling
The predictability of tropical Atlantic sea surface temperature on seasonal to interannual timescales by linear inverse modeling is quantified. The authors find that predictability of Caribbean Sea and north tropical Atlantic sea surface ...
C�cile Penland; Ludmila Matrosova
of the Emplacement of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of485. Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons Tests in the Atmosphere,Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, 21 U.S.T. 483, T.I.A.S.
Testimony Before the Senate Armed Services Committee, New START Treaty
Before the Senate Armed Services Committee, New START Treaty Before the Senate Armed Services Committee, New START Treaty Hearing | National Nuclear Security Administration Our Mission Managing the Stockpile Preventing Proliferation Powering the Nuclear Navy Emergency Response Recapitalizing Our Infrastructure Continuing Management Reform Countering Nuclear Terrorism About Us Our Programs Our History Who We Are Our Leadership Our Locations Budget Our Operations Media Room Congressional Testimony Fact Sheets Newsletters Press Releases Speeches Events Social Media Video Gallery Photo Gallery NNSA Archive Federal Employment Apply for Our Jobs Our Jobs Working at NNSA Blog Home > Media Room > Congressional Testimony > Testimony Before the Senate Armed Services Committee, ... Congressional Testimony Testimony Before the Senate Armed Services Committee, New START Treaty
Development and Analysis of the Systematically Merged Atlantic Regional Temperature and Salinity Climatology For Oceanic Heat Content Estimates
An oceanic climatology to calculate upper ocean thermal structure was developed for application year-round in the North Atlantic Ocean basin. The Systematically Merged Atlantic Regional Temperature and Salinity (SMARTS) Climatology is used in a ...
P. C. Meyers; L. K. Shay; J. K. Brewster
A Reanalysis of the 1944�53 Atlantic Hurricane Seasons�The First Decade of Aircraft Reconnaissance
The main historical archive of all tropical storms, subtropical storms, and hurricanes in the North Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, and Gulf of Mexico from 1851 to the present is known as the Atlantic hurricane database (HURDAT), which is the ...
Andrew B. Hagen; Donna Strahan-Sakoskie; Christopher Luckett
Biodiversity and connectivity in peripheral populations of corals of the South and Eastern Atlantic
Fortaleza Belize Panama Puerto Rico Bermuda S�o Tom� b-Panam�, Belize and Puerto Rico) and the North Atlantic (Belize, Panam� and Puerto Rico), one site in the North
Nunes, Fl�via
Did an Open Panama Isthmus Correspond to an Invasion of Pacific Water into the Atlantic?
Recent general circulation simulations suggest that, prior to the closure of the Panama Isthmus (the narrow strip of land connecting North and South America), low-salinity Pacific Ocean water invaded the Atlantic Ocean via the gap between North ...
Doron Nof; Stephen Van Gorder
Two stable equilibria of the Atlantic Subpolar Gyre
The cyclonic circulation of the Atlantic subpolar gyre is a key mechanism for North Atlantic climate variability on a wide range of time scales. It is generally accepted that it is driven by both cyclonic winds and buoyancy forcing, yet the ...
Andreas Born; Thomas F. Stocker
A Reanalysis of the 1911�20 Atlantic Hurricane Database
A reanalysis of the Atlantic basin tropical storm and hurricane database (�best track�) for the period of 1911�20 has been completed. This reassessment of the main archive for tropical cyclones of the North Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, and Gulf ...
Christopher W. Landsea; David A. Glenn; William Bredemeyer; Michael Chenoweth; Ryan Ellis; John Gamache; Lyle Hufstetler; Cary Mock; Ramon Perez; Ricardo Prieto; Jorge S�nchez-Sesma; Donna Thomas; Lenworth Woolcock
Wave Extremes in the Northeast Atlantic from Ensemble Forecasts
A method for estimating return values from ensembles of forecasts at advanced lead times is presented. Return values of significant wave height in the northeast Atlantic, the Norwegian Sea, and the North Sea are computed from archived +240-h ...
A Simulation of Bomb Tritium Entry into the Atlantic Ocean
Tritium is used in a model calibration study that is aimed at developing three-dimensional ocean circulation and mixing models for climate and geochemical simulations. The North Atlantic tritium distribution is modeled using a three-dimensional ...
Gamma-Ray Bursts Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, 1963
Lecture 18 Gamma-Ray Bursts #12;Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, 1963 First Vela satellite pair launched and their predecessors, Vela 4, discovered the first gamma-ray bursts. The discovery was announced by Klebesadel, Strong, and Olson (ApJ, 182, 85) in 1973. #12;First Gamma-Ray Burst The Vela 5 satellites functioned from July, 1969
Harrison, Thomas
Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thyn-nus thynnus) is a highly migratory
118 Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thyn- nus thynnus) is a highly migratory pelagic species encountered south of 20°N since the 1960s. Two blue- fin tuna breeding sites are known in the North Atlantic for bluefin tuna along the North American and European coasts, and to a lesser degree in the high seas
A multi-model study of sea surface temperature and sub-surface density fingerprints of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation
The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) is an important component of the North Atlantic climate system. Here, we use simulations from ten coupled climate models to calculate patterns of sea surface temperature (SST) and sub-surface ...
Christopher D. Roberts; Freya K. Garry; Laura C. Jackson
Eastward Flow through the Mid-Atlantic Ridge at 11�N and Its Influence on the Abyss of the Eastern Basin
The dilute Antarctic Bottom Water of the North Atlantic eastern trough is supplied from the western trough through fractures in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. In particular, the influence on eastern trough property distributions of flow through the ...
M. S. McCartney; S. L. Bennett; M. E. Woodgate-Jones
The future of the Non-Proliferation Treaty and U.S. nuclear weapons policy .
??This thesis addresses the viability of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons � NPT for short � in light of U.S. nuclear weapons� (more)
Claussen, Bj�rn Ragnar
Eastern North Atlantic Site, Graciosa Island, Azores
ideal mix of conditions to study how clouds, aerosols, and precipitation interact. This new observation site will have significant enhancements to instruments previously deployed...
TABLE OF CONTENTS North Atlantic Division
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US Army Corps of Engineers
, 2008. An option for removal of the Keyspan gas line is included in the contract awarded September 28: A contract for removal of rock areas from the Federal project was awarded on March 15, 2007. Work began dredging of the Inner Harbor was awarded on September 28, 2007 to Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company
Deuterium in North Atlantic Storm Tops
During the ERICA project in 1989, ice crystals were collected from the tops bf two winter storms and one broad cirrus cloud. Deuterium concentration in the storm ice samples, together with a model of isotope fractionation, are used to determine ...
Ronald B. Smith
The Potential for Seasonal Forecasting of Winter Wave Heights in the Northern North Sea
The height of waves at North Sea oil and gas installations is an important factor governing the degree to which operational activities may be undertaken at those facilities. A link between the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) and winter (defined ...
Andrew W. Colman; Erika J. Palin; Michael G. Sanderson; Robert T. Harrison; Ian M. Leggett
Towards a tactical nuclear weapons treaty? Is There a Role of IAEA Tools of Safeguards?
In recent years, there is growing interest in formal negotiations on non-strategic or tactical nuclear weapons. With the negotiations of New START, there has been much speculation that a tactical nuclear weapons treaty should be included in the follow on to New START. This paper examines the current policy environment related to tactical weapons and some of the issues surrounding the definition of tactical nuclear weapons. We then map out the steps that would need to be taken in order to begin discussions on a tactical nuclear weapons treaty. These steps will review the potential role of the IAEA in verification of a tactical nuclear weapons treaty. Specifically, does IAEA involvement in various arms control treaties serve as a useful roadmap on how to overcome some of the issues pertaining to a tactical nuclear weapons treaty?
Saunders, Emily C. [Los Alamos National Laboratory; Rowberry, Ariana N. [Los Alamos National Laboratory; Fearey, Bryan L. [Los Alamos National Laboratory
A Strong Atlantic Meridional Mode Event in 2009: The Role of Mixed Layer Dynamics
In the first half of 2009, anomalous cooling of sea surface temperatures (SSTs) in the equatorial North Atlantic (ENA; 2��12�N) triggered a strong Atlantic meridional mode event. During its peak in April�May, SSTs in the ENA were 1�C colder than ...
Gregory R. Foltz; Michael J. McPhaden; Rick Lumpkin
Fast Northward Energy Transfer in the Atlantic due to Agulhas Rings
The adiabatic transit time of wave energy radiated by an Agulhas ring released in the South Atlantic Ocean to the North Atlantic Ocean is investigated in a two-layer ocean model. Of particular interest is the arrival time of baroclinic energy in ...
Erik van Sebille; Peter Jan van Leeuwen
Mesoscale Variability Transition from the Western to the Eastern Atlantic along 48�N
The North Atlantic low frequency variability along 48�N is described from 76 year-long velocity-temperature records obtained as part of the Topogulf project whose main objective was to document the effects of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge upon the ...
A. Colin De Verdi�re; H. Merchier; M. Arhan
Trends of Variables and Energy Fluxes over the Atlantic Ocean from 1948 to 19721
Regression coefficients have been computed from monthly. seasonal and annual means of eleven meteorological variables and eight energy fluxes by 10� areas over the North and South Atlantic Oceans from January IMS through December 1972. Many ...
Andrew F. Bunker
The Effect of Tropical Atlantic Heating Anomalies upon GCM Rain Forecasts over the Americas
Severe droughts occurred over eastern sections of North America and central sections of South America in 1986 and 1988. We summarize data suggesting that both periods were characterized by above-normal tropical Atlantic sea surface temperatures ...
Julio Buchmann; Jan Paegle; Lawrence E. Buja; Robert E. Dickinson
The Influence of Atlantic Tropical Cyclones on Drought over the Eastern United States (1980�2007)
To assess the influence of Atlantic tropical cyclones (TCs) on the eastern U.S. drought regime, the Variable Infiltration Capacity (VIC) land surface hydrologic model was run over the eastern United States forced by the North American Land Data ...
Jonghun Kam; Justin Sheffield; Xing Yuan; Eric F. Wood
Average Seasonal Variation of the Atlantic Equatorial Currents from Historical Ship Drifts
Surface currents in the tropical Atlantic were studied using historical ship-drift data. These are the only available data capable of resolving the long-term seasonal fluctuations of currents over a broad geographical region. The North Equatorial ...
P. L. Richardson; T. K. McKee
Timely Detection of Changes in the Meridional Overturning Circulation at 26�N in the Atlantic
It is investigated how changes in the North Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (MOC) might be reliably detected within a few decades, using the observations provided by the RAPID-MOC 26�N array. Previously, detectability of MOC changes ...
Johanna Baehr; Helmuth Haak; Steven Alderson; Stuart A. Cunningham; Johann H. Jungclaus; Jochem Marotzke
How �Good� are the Best Tracks? - Estimating Uncertainty in the Atlantic Hurricane Database
�Best tracks� are National Hurricane Center (NHC) post-storm analyses of the intensity, central pressure, position, and size of Atlantic and eastern North Pacific basin tropical and subtropical cyclones. This paper estimates the uncertainty (...
Christopher W. Landsea; James L. Franklin
Association Rule Data Mining Applications for Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Intensity Changes
This study applies a data mining technique called association rule mining to the analysis of intensity changes of North Atlantic tropical cyclones (TCs). The �best track� data from the National Hurricane Center and the Statistical Hurricane ...
Ruixin Yang; Jiang Tang; Donglian Sun
Annual Heat Gain of the Tropical Atlantic Computed from Subsurface Ocean Data
Charts are presented which show the seasonal and annual rates of heat gain of the tropical North Atlantic Ocean. These rates have been computed using subsurface oceanographic data and wind-stress data. In these computations the interseasonal ...
David W. Behringer; Henry Stommel
A Different Perspective on the Export of Water from the South Atlantic
A different way of looking at the meridional warm water (?? < 26.8) flux in the South and North Atlantic is proposed. The approach involves the blending of observational aspects into analytical modeling, which allows one to circumvent finding a ...
The Evolution and Demise of North Brazil Current Rings
Subsurface float and surface drifter observations illustrate the structure, evolution, and eventual demise of 10 North Brazil Current (NBC) rings as they approached and collided with the Lesser Antilles in the western tropical Atlantic Ocean. ...
David M. Fratantoni; Philip L. Richardson
Mine seismicity and the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
Surface and underground mining operations generate seismic ground motions which are created by chemical explosions and ground failures. It may come as a surprise to some that the ground failures (coal bumps, first caves, pillar collapses, rockbursts, etc.) can send signals whose magnitudes are as strong or stronger than those from any mining blast. A verification system that includes seismic, infrasound, hydroacoustic and radionuclide sensors is being completed as part of the CTBT. The largest mine blasts and ground failures will be detected by this system and must be identified as distinct from signals generated by small nuclear explosions. Seismologists will analyze the seismic records and presumably should be able to separate them into earthquake-like and non earthquake-like categories, using a variety of so-called seismic discriminants. Non-earthquake essentially means explosion- or implosion-like. Such signals can be generated not only by mine blasts but also by a variety of ground failures. Because it is known that single-fired chemical explosions and nuclear explosion signals of the same yield give very similar seismic records, the non-earthquake signals will be of concern to the Treaty verification community. The magnitude of the mine-related events is in the range of seismicity created by smaller nuclear explosions or decoupled tests, which are of particular concern under the Treaty. It is conceivable that legitimate mining blasts or some mine-induced ground failures could occasionally be questioned. Information such as shot time, location and design parameters may be all that is necessary to resolve the event identity. In rare instances where the legitimate origin of the event could not be resolved by a consultation and clarification procedure, it might trigger on On-Site Inspection (OSI). Because there is uncertainty in the precise location of seismic event as determined by the International Monitoring System (IMS), the OSI can cover an area of up to 1,000 squared kilometers. In active mining districts this area could include several different mining operations. So, an OSI could be disruptive both to the mining community and to the US Government which must host the foreign inspection team. Accordingly, it is in the best interest of all US parties to try and eliminate the possible occurrence of false alarms. This can be achieved primarily by reducing the ambiguity of mine-induced seismic signals, so that even if these remain visible to the IMS they are clearly consistent with recognizable mining patterns.
Chiappetta, F. [Blasting Analysis International, Allentown, PA (United States); Heuze, F.; Walter, W. [Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States); Hopler, R. [Powderman Consulting Inc., Oxford, MD (United States); Hsu, V. [Air Force Technical Applications Center, Patrick AFB, FL (United States); Martin, B. [Thunder Basin Coal Co., Wright, WY (United States); Pearson, C. [Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States); Stump, B. [Southern Methodist Univ., Dallas, TX (United States); Zipf, K. [Univ. of New South Wales (Australia)
Working Paper 2010/1 The time has come for a treaty to
Corporation (NERC) 5. Oct. 5: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Nuclear non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT--including international institutions, national and sub-national governments, multi-national corporations, non
Botea, Adi
Treaty on Open Skies sensor technologies with potential international safeguards applications
The Treaty on Open Skies is a precedent-setting agreement that allows signatory states to fly aircraft over each other`s territory with sensor systems. The purpose of the Treaty is to improve confidence and security with respect to military activities of the signatories. This paper reviews the sensor technology that is currently allowed by the Treaty on Open Skies and potential future sensor technology. The Treaty on Open Skies does have provisions to allow for the improvement of the technology of the current sensor systems and for the proposal of new sensors after a period of time. This can occur only after the Treaty has been ratified and has entered into force. If this regime was to be used for other than Treaty on Open Skies applications some modifications to the allowed sensor technology should be examined. This paper presents some ideas on potential improvements to existing allowed sensor technology as well as some suggested new advanced sensor systems that would be useful for future potential monitoring of safeguard`s related activities. This paper addresses advanced imaging sensors and non-imaging sensors for potential use in aerial remote sensing roles that involve international data sharing.
Sandoval, M.B.
Transport across 48�N in the Atlantic Ocean
Transports across 48�N in the Atlantic Ocean are estimated from five repeat World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) hydrographic lines collected in this region in 1993�2000, from time-varying air�sea heat and freshwater fluxes north of 48�N, ...
Rick Lumpkin; Kevin G. Speer; K. Peter Koltermann
Assessing the Skill of Operational Atlantic Seasonal Tropical Cyclone Forecasts
Since 1984, W. Gray of Colorado State University and a team of researchers have been issuing seasonal tropical cyclone forecasts for the North Atlantic Ocean. Prior to this, little work had been done in the area of long-term tropical cyclone ...
Brian F. Owens; Christopher W. Landsea
Carbon in Atlantic Ocean
in Atlantic Ocean About CARINA NDP-091: CARINA Data Synthesis Project The CARINA Group CARINA Cruise Summary Table and Data CARINA Data Products CARINA Database V1.2 ODV Collection...
The South Atlantic Current
In this paper we use the historical hydrographic data base for the South Atlantic Ocean to investigate (i) the hydrographic boundary between the subtropical gyre and the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC), the Sub-tropical Front (STF), and (ii) ...
Lothar Stramma; Ray G. Peterson
Estimating Annual Numbers of Atlantic Hurricanes Missing from the HURDAT Database (1878�1965) Using Ship Track Density
This study assesses the impact of imperfect sampling in the presatellite era (between 1878 and 1965) on North Atlantic hurricane activity measures and on the long-term trends in those measures. The results indicate that a substantial upward ...
Satellite Classifications of Atlantic Tropical and Subtropical Cyclones: A Review of Eight Years of Classifications at Miami
Estimates of the locations and maximum sustained wind speeds of all tropical and subtropical cyclones in the North Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico have been made at Miami since 1971 using satellite techniques developed by ...
D. C. Gaby; J. B. Lushine; B. M. Mayfield; S. C. Pearce; F. E. Torres
Mechanisms Determining the Atlantic Thermohaline Circulation Response to Greenhouse Gas Forcing in a Non-Flux-Adjusted Coupled Climate Model
Models of the North Atlantic thermohaline circulation (THC) show a range of responses to the high-latitude warming and freshening characteristic of global warming scenarios. Most simulate a weakening of the THC, with some suggesting possible ...
R. B. Thorpe; J. M. Gregory; T. C. Johns; R. A. Wood; J. F. B. Mitchell
EOS, TRANSACTIONS, AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION Counting Atlantic Tropical
Climate variability and any resulting change in the characteristics of tropical cyclones (tropical storms, subtropical storms, and hurricanes) have become topics of great interest and research within the past 2 years [International Workshop on Tropical Cyclones, 2006]. An emerging focus is how the frequency of tropical cyclones has changed over time and whether any changes could be linked to anthropogenic global warming. The Atlantic is the one tropical cyclone basin that has quantitative records back to the midnineteenth century for the whole basin (i.e., North Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, and Gulf of Mexico) [Jarvinen et al., 1984; Landsea et al.,
Cyclones Back To
Livermore scientist, engineers train to be inspectors for test ban treaty
scientist, engineers train to be inspectors for test ban treaty scientist, engineers train to be inspectors for test ban treaty organization | National Nuclear Security Administration Our Mission Managing the Stockpile Preventing Proliferation Powering the Nuclear Navy Emergency Response Recapitalizing Our Infrastructure Continuing Management Reform Countering Nuclear Terrorism About Us Our Programs Our History Who We Are Our Leadership Our Locations Budget Our Operations Media Room Congressional Testimony Fact Sheets Newsletters Press Releases Speeches Events Social Media Video Gallery Photo Gallery NNSA Archive Federal Employment Apply for Our Jobs Our Jobs Working at NNSA Blog Home > NNSA Blog > Livermore scientist, engineers train to be inspectors ... Livermore scientist, engineers train to be inspectors for test ban treaty organization
Atlantic Hurricane Season of 2009
The 2009 Atlantic season was marked by below-average tropical cyclone activity with the formation of nine tropical storms, the fewest since the 1997 Atlantic hurricane season. Of these, three became hurricanes and two strengthened into major ...
Robert J. Berg; Lixion A. Avila
The Atlantic Climate Change Program
The Atlantic Climate Change Program (ACCP) is a component of NOAA's Climate and Global Change Program. ACCP is directed at determining the role of the thermohaline circulation of the Atlantic Ocean on global atmospheric climate. Efforts and ...
Robert L. Molinari; David Battisti; Kirk Bryan; John Walsh
Top UN officials call on hold-out States to ratify treaty banning nuclear tests
Top UN officials call on hold-out States to ratify treaty banning nuclear tests 29 August 2011 in Kurchatov, Kazakhstan. (June 2010) 29 August 2011 Warning that voluntary moratoriums on nuclear weapon War, hundreds of nuclear weapon tests left behind a devastating legacy for local citizens
Temporal Variability in the Expression of the Arctic Oscillation in the North Pacific
Although the Arctic Oscillation (AO) and North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) have been identified as important modes of climate variability during the Northern Hemisphere (NH) winter, whether the AO or the NAO is more fundamental to the description ...
Hongxu Zhao; G. W. K. Moore
Why Does the North Brazil Current Regularly Shed Rings but the Brazil Current Does Not?
Both the North Brazil Current (NBC) and the Brazil Current (BC) are western boundary currents (WBCs) that separate from the western Atlantic coast. The NBC retroflects and sheds several rings per year (at the retroflection region), whereas the BC ...
Volodymyr Zharkov; Doron Nof
High-Resolution Fast-Neutron Spectrometry for Arms Control and Treaty Verification
Many nondestructive nuclear analysis techniques have been developed to support the measurement needs of arms control and treaty verification, including gross photon and neutron counting, low- and high-resolution gamma spectrometry, time-correlated neutron measurements, and photon and neutron imaging. One notable measurement technique that has not been extensively studied to date for these applications is high-resolution fast-neutron spectrometry (HRFNS). Applied for arms control and treaty verification, HRFNS has the potential to serve as a complimentary measurement approach to these other techniques by providing a means to either qualitatively or quantitatively determine the composition and thickness of non-nuclear materials surrounding neutron-emitting materials. The technique uses the normally-occurring neutrons present in arms control and treaty verification objects of interest as an internal source of neutrons for performing active-interrogation transmission measurements. Most low-Z nuclei of interest for arms control and treaty verification, including 9Be, 12C, 14N, and 16O, possess fast-neutron resonance features in their absorption cross sections in the 0.5- to 5-MeV energy range. Measuring the selective removal of source neutrons over this energy range, assuming for example a fission-spectrum starting distribution, may be used to estimate the stoichiometric composition of intervening materials between the neutron source and detector. At a simpler level, determination of the emitted fast-neutron spectrum may be used for fingerprinting 'known' assemblies for later use in template-matching tests. As with photon spectrometry, automated analysis of fast-neutron spectra may be performed to support decision making and reporting systems protected behind information barriers. This paper will report recent work at Idaho National Laboratory to explore the feasibility of using HRFNS for arms control and treaty verification applications, including simulations and experiments, using fission-spectrum neutron sources to assess neutron transmission through composite low-Z attenuators.
David L. Chichester; James T. Johnson; Edward H. Seabury
CARINA (Carbon dioxide in the Atlantic Ocean) Data from CDIAC
DOE Data Explorer (OSTI)
The idea for CARINA developed at a workshop (CO2 in the northern North Atlantic) that was held at the HANSE-Wissenschaftskolleg (HANSE Institute for Advanced Study) in Delmenhorst, Germany from June 9 to 11, 1999. While the main scientific focus is the North Atlantic, some data from the South Atlantic have been included in the project, along with data from the Arctic Ocean. Data sets go back to 1972, and more than 100 are currently available. The data are also being used in conjunction with other projects and research groups, such as the Atlantic Ocean Carbon Synthesis Group. See the inventory of data at http://store.pangaea.de/Projects/CARBOOCEAN/carina/data_inventory.htm See a detailed table of information on the cruises at http://cdiac.ornl.gov/oceans/CARINA/Carina_table.html and also provides access to data files. The CARBOOCEAN data portal provides a specialized interface for CARINA data, a reference list for historic carbon data, and password protected access to the "Data Underway Warehouse.".
Atlantic Tunas Dealer Permit Holder Reporting Instructions for Atlantic Bluefin Tuna
Atlantic Tunas Dealer Permit Holder Reporting Instructions for Atlantic Bluefin Tuna An Atlantic Tunas Dealer Permit must be held to purchase an Atlantic bluefin tuna from a fishing vessel. (For://www.nero.noaa.gov/permits/ ) Atlantic bluefin tuna may only be purchased from a fisherman holding an Atlantic Tunas Vessel Permit
Diagnoses of an Eddy-Resolving Atlantic Ocean Model Simulation in the Vicinity of the Gulf Stream. Part I: Potential Vorticity
Output of an eddy-resolving model of the North Atlantic is diagnosed in the vicinity of the Gulf Stream (GS), using quasigeostrophic potential vorticity (QGPV), Ertel�s potential vorticity (PV), and particle trajectories. Time series of QGPV show ...
Mototaka Nakamura; Yi Chao
The Atlantic Council
January 2007The Atlantic Council promotes constructive U.S. leadership and engagement in international affairs based on the central role of the Atlantic community in meeting the international challenges of the 21 st century. The Council embodies a nonpartisan network of leaders who aim to bring ideas to power and to give power to ideas by: � stimulating dialogue and discussion about critical international issues with a view to enriching public debate and promoting consensus on appropriate responses in the Administration, the Congress, the corporate and nonprofit sectors, and the media in the United States and among leaders in Europe, Asia, and the Americas; � conducting educational and exchange programs for successor generations of U.S. leaders so that they will come to value U.S. international engagement and have the knowledge and understanding necessary to develop effective policies. Advancing U.S. Interests with the European Union by
Of The United States
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH, VOL. ???, XXXX, DOI:10.1029/, The sea-surface structure of North Brazil Current
Brazil Current Rings derived from shipboard and moored ADCP observations G. P. Castel~ao Division Atlantic, the North Brazil Current retroflec- tion periodically sheds large anticyclonic rings, which then propagate north- westward. Between 19982000, the North Brazil Current Rings Experiment sampled a large
Miami, University of
Atlantic Hurricane Season of 1982
Five named tropical cyclones and one subtropical cyclone were tracked during 1982 in the Atlantic�Caribbean�Gulf of Mexico region. There were no landfalling hurricanes.
Gilbert B. Clark
Effect of Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Changes on Tropical Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere System
The objective of this study is to investigate the effect of Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) changes on tropical coupled ocean-atmosphere system via oceanic and atmospheric processes. A suite of numerical simulations have been conducted and the results show that both oceanic and atmospheric circulation changes induced by AMOC changes can have a profound impact on tropical sea surface temperature (SST) and sea surface salinity (SSS) conditions, but their dominance varies in different parts of the tropical oceans. The oceanic process has a dominant control on SST and SSS response to AMOC changes in the South Tropical Atlantic, while the atmospheric teleconnection is mainly responsible for SST and SSS changes over the North Tropical Atlantic and Pacific Oceans during the period of reduced AMOC. The finding has significant implication for the interpretation of the paleotemperature reconstructions over the southern Caribbean and the western Tropical Atlantic regions during the Younger Dryas. It suggests that the strong spatial inhomogeneity of the SST change revealed by the proxy records in these regions may be attributed to the competing oceanic and atmospheric processes that dominate the SST response. Similar mechanisms may also explain the reconstructed paleo-salinity change in the tropical Atlantic, which shows a basin-wide increase in SSS during the Younger Dryas, according to recent paleo climate studies. Finally, we show that atmospheric teleconnection induced by the surface cooling of the North Atlantic and the North Pacific in response to a weakened AMOC, is a leading physical mechanism that dictates the behavior of El Nino/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) response to AMOC changes. However, depending on its origin, the atmospheric teleconnection can affect ENSO variability in different ways. The atmospheric process associated with the North Atlantic cooling tends to enhance El Nino occurrence with a deepened mean thermocline depth in the eastern Pacific, whereas the atmospheric process associated with the North Pacific cooling tends to produce more La Nina events with a reduced mean thermocline depth in the eastern Pacific. Preliminary analysis suggests that the change in ENSO characteristics is associated with the change in internal atmospheric variability caused by the surface cooling in the North Atlantic and North Pacific. Complex nature of the underlying dynamics concerning the effect of the AMOC on ENSO calls for further investigation into this problem.
Wan, Xiuquan
Policy issues facing the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty and prospects for the future
This report is divided into the following 5 sections: (1) Background; (2) Major Issues Facing Ratification of CTBT; (3) Current Status on CTBT Ratification; (4) Status of CTBT Signatories and Ratifiers; and (5) CTBT Activities Not Prohibited. The major issues facing ratification of CTBT discussed here are: impact on CTBT of START II and ABM ratification; impact of India and Pakistan nuclear tests; CTBT entry into force; and establishment of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty Organization.
Sweeney, J.
Open Skies and monitoring a fissile materials cut-off treaty
The Treaty on Open Skies (Open Skies) is intended among other things to provide, in the words of its preamble, means ``to facilitate the monitoring of compliance with existing or future arms control agreements.`` Open Skies permits overflights of the territory of member states by aircraft equipped with an array of sensors of various types. Their types and capabilities are treaty-limited. To find useful application in monitoring a cut-off treaty Open Skies would need to be amended. The number of signatories would need to be expanded so as to provide greater geographical coverage, and restrictions on sensor-array capabilities would need to be relaxed. To facilitate the detection of impending violations of a cut-off convention by Open Skies overflights, the data base provided by parties to the former should include among other things an enumeration of existing and former fuel cycle and research facilities including those converted to other uses, their precise geographic location, and a site plan.
Allentuck, J.; Lemley, J.R.
Mid-Atlantic Wind - Overcoming the Challenges
This study, supported by the US Department of Energy, Wind Powering America Program, Maryland Department of Natural Resources and Chesapeake Bay Foundation, analyzed barriers to wind energy development in the Mid-Atlantic region along with options for overcoming or mitigating them. The Mid-Atlantic States including Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina and Virginia, have excellent wind energy potential and growing demand for electricity, but only two utility-scale projects have been installed to date. Reasons for this apathetic development of wind resources were analyzed and quantified for four markets. Specific applications are: 1) Appalachian mountain ridgeline sites, 2) on coastal plains and peninsulas, 3) at shallow water sites in Delaware and Chesapeake Bays, Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds, and 4) at deeper water sites off the Atlantic coast. Each market has distinctly different opportunities and barriers. The primary barriers to wind development described in this report can be grouped into four categories; state policy and regulatory issues, wind resource technical uncertainty, economic viability, and public interest in environmental issues. The properties of these typologies are not mutually independent and do interact. The report concluded that there are no insurmountable barriers to land-based wind energy projects and they could be economically viable today. Likewise potential sites in sheltered shallow waters in regional bay and sounds have been largely overlooked but could be viable currently. Offshore ocean-based applications face higher costs and technical and wind resource uncertainties. The ongoing research and development program, revision of state incentive policies, additional wind measurement efforts, transmission system expansion, environmental baseline studies and outreach to private developers and stakeholders are needed to reduce barriers to wind energy development.
Daniel F. Ancona III; Kathryn E. George; Richard P. Bowers; Dr. Lynn Sparling; Bruce Buckheit; Daniel LoBue
Daniel F. Ancona III; Kathryn E. George; Lynn Sparling; Bruce C. Buckheit; Daniel LoBue; and Richard P. Bowers
Atlantic Tropical Systems of 1993
A total of 70 tropical waves (also known as African or easterly waves) were counted in the Atlantic basin during the 1993 hurricane season. These waves led to the formation of 9 of the 10 total number of tropical cyclones in the Atlantic ...
Lixion A. Avila; Richard J. Pasch
Atlantic Hurricane Season of 1995
The 1995 Atlantic hurricane season is described. There were eight tropical storms and 11 hurricanes for a total of 19 named tropical cyclones in the Atlantic basin during 1995. This is the second-largest number of tropical storms and hurricanes ...
M. B. Lawrence; B. M. Mayfield; L. A. Avila; R. J. Pasch; E. N. Rappaport
Response of the Atlantic Thermohaline Circulation to Increased Atmospheric CO2 in a Coupled Model
Changes in the thermohaline circulation (THC) due to increased CO2 are important in future climate regimes. Using a coupled climate model, the Parallel Climate Model (PCM), regional responses of the THC in the North Atlantic to increased CO2 and ...
Aixue Hu; Gerald A. Meehl; Warren M. Washington; Aiguo Dai
Page 1 of 30 A Fairy Tale Faith in Secularism
Non- Proliferation Treaty (NPT) has held up remarkably well, evidence of proliferation is clear; nine are particularly interested in articles addressing homeland security, WMD/WME proliferation, regional conflict extends his hand. #12;Foreword Winter 2011: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Editors Since the end
Volesky, Bohumil
Implications of a North Korean Nuclear Weapons Program
The Democratic People`s Republic of Korea (DPRK) is one of the Cold War`s last remaining totalitarian regimes. Rarely has any society been as closed to outside influences and so distant from political, economic, and military developments around the globe. In 1991 and in 1992, however, this dictatorship took a number of political steps which increased Pyongyang`s interaction with the outside world. Although North Korea`s style of engagement with the broader international community involved frequent pauses and numerous steps backward, many observers believed that North Korea was finally moving to end its isolated, outlaw status. As the end of 1992 approached, however, delay and obstruction by Pyongyang became intense as accumulating evidence suggested that the DPRK, in violation of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), was seeking to develop nuclear weapons. On March 12, 1993, North Korea announced that it would not accept additional inspections proposed by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to resolve concerns about possible violations and instead would withdraw from the Treaty. Pyongyang`s action raised the specter that, instead of a last act of the Cold War, North Korea`s diplomatic maneuvering would unravel the international norms that were to be the basis of stability and peace in the post-Cold War era. Indeed, the discovery that North Korea was approaching the capability to produce nuclear weapons suggested that the nuclear threat, which had been successfully managed throughout the Cold War era, could increase in the post-Cold War era.
Lehman, R.F. II
Improving Multiseason Forecasts of North Atlantic Hurricane Activity
Hurricanes cause drastic social problems as well as generate huge economic losses. A reliable forecast of the level of hurricane activity covering the next several seasons has the potential to mitigate against such losses through improvements in ...
James B. Elsner; Thomas H. Jagger; Michael Dickinson; Dail Rowe
The Spatial Distribution and Evolution Characteristics of North Atlantic Cyclones
A climatology of extratropical cyclones is produced using an objective method of identifying cyclones based on gradients of 1-km height wet-bulb potential temperature. Cyclone track and genesis density statistics are analyzed and this method is ...
H. F. Dacre; S. L. Gray
Stochastic Forcing of Ocean Variability by the North Atlantic Oscillation
At middle and high latitudes, the magnitude of stochastic wind stress forcing of the ocean by atmospheric variability on synoptic time scales (i.e., �weather� related variability) is comparable to that of the seasonal cycle. Stochastic forcing ...
Kettyah C. Chhak; Andrew M. Moore; Ralph F. Milliff
Simulation of North Atlantic Low-Frequency SST Variability
The role of atmospheric circulation anomalies in generating midlatitude sea surface temperature (SST) variability is investigated by means of ocean general circulation model (OGCM) experiments, in which observed winds are prescribed during the ...
Ute Luksch
Error Budget of Inverse Box Models: The North Atlantic
Linear inverse box models based on hydrographic data are widely used to estimate the ocean circulation and associated transports of heat and of other important quantities. The inverse method permits calculation of a circulation that is consistent ...
Alexandre Ganachaud
The Eastern Boundary of the Subtropical North Atlantic
A quasi-meridional hydrographic section carried out between 60� and 20�N offshore from the European and African continental slopes is analyzed in terms of water masses and zonal transports in and out of the eastern boundary. Outstanding features ...
M. Arhan; A. Colin De Verdi�re; L. M�mery
Interannual Baroclinic Rossby Waves in the Midlatitude North Atlantic
Twenty-six year time sequences of upper thermocline temperature block-averaged in 5-degree latitude and longitude squares reveal strong, in-phase vertical coherence and low to moderate horizontal coherence over 550 km.
James Michael Price; Lorenz Magaard
The a r t i f i c i a l radionuclide Plutonium (Pu) has been introduced i n t o the environment p r i m ~ : Dbis Recalculated from Core E Pu Data f o r D i f f e r e n t Input Years . 165 #12;CHAPTER 1 Plutonium environment. The main source of t h i s plutonium (Pu) i s atmospheric nuclear weapons t e s t i n g during
Buesseler, Ken
Classifying North Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Tracks by Mass Moments
A new method for classifying tropical cyclones or similar features is introduced. The cyclone track is considered as an open spatial curve, with the wind speed or power information along the curve considered to be a mass attribute. The first and ...
Jennifer Nakamura; Upmanu Lall; Yochanan Kushnir; Suzana J. Camargo
The Increasing Wave Height in the North Atlantic Ocean
There are indications that the mean significant wave height at Seven Stones Light Vessel has increased in the period 1960�85. This is of considerable interest for the design of offshore structures and for coastal defense. In this note, the ...
E. Bouws; D. Jannink; G. J. Komen
Atlantic Hurricane Season of 2008
The 2008 Atlantic hurricane season is summarized and the year�s tropical cyclones are described. Sixteen named storms formed in 2008. Of these, eight became hurricanes with five of them strengthening into major hurricanes (category 3 or higher on ...
Daniel P. Brown; John L. Beven; James L. Franklin; Eric S. Blake
Atlantic Hurricane Season of 1997
The 1997 Atlantic hurricane season is summarized and the year�s tropical storms, hurricanes, and one subtropical storm are described. The tropical cyclones were relatively few in number, short lived, and weak compared to long-term climatology. ...
Edward N. Rappaport
Microphysical Contrasts in Atlantic Stratus
Measurements of a mid-Atlantic clean and polluted cloud are presented. The cleaner cloud had lower concentrations of larger droplets with a broader spectrum and more drizzle drops. The first two characteristics are attributed to the lower cloud ...
James G. Hudson; Hongguo Li
Atlantic Hurricane Season of 2003
The 2003 Atlantic hurricane season is described. The season was very active, with 16 tropical storms, 7 of which became hurricanes. There were 49 deaths directly attributed to this year�s tropical cyclones.
Miles B. Lawrence; Lixion A. Avila; John L. Beven; James L. Franklin; Richard J. Pasch; Stacy R. Stewart
Atlantic Hurricane Season of 2006
The 2006 Atlantic hurricane season is summarized and the year�s tropical cyclones are described. A verification of National Hurricane Center official forecasts during 2006 is also presented. Ten cyclones attained tropical storm intensity in 2006. ...
James L. Franklin; Daniel P. Brown
Atlantic Hurricane Season of 2004
The 2004 Atlantic hurricane season is summarized, and the year�s tropical and subtropical cyclones are described. Fifteen named storms, including six �major� hurricanes, developed in 2004. Overall activity was nearly two and a half times the long-...
James L. Franklin; Richard J. Pasch; Lixion A. Avila; John L. Beven II; Miles B. Lawrence; Stacy R. Stewart; Eric S. Blake
Atlantic Hurricane Season of 2007
The 2007 Atlantic hurricane season had 15 named storms, including 14 tropical storms and 1 subtropical storm. Of these, six became hurricanes, including two major hurricanes, Dean and Felix, which reached category 5 intensity (on the Saffir�...
Michael J. Brennan; Richard D. Knabb; Michelle Mainelli; Todd B. Kimberlain
Atlantic Hurricane Season of 2005
The 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was the most active of record. Twenty-eight storms occurred, including 27 tropical storms and one subtropical storm. Fifteen of the storms became hurricanes, and seven of these became major hurricanes. ...
John L. Beven II; Lixion A. Avila; Eric S. Blake; Daniel P. Brown; James L. Franklin; Richard D. Knabb; Richard J. Pasch; Jamie R. Rhome; Stacy R. Stewart
Atlantic Hurricane Season of 2000
The 2000 Atlantic hurricane season is summarized and the year's tropical and subtropical cyclones are described. While overall activity was very high compared to climatology, with 15 cyclones attaining tropical (or subtropical) storm intensity, ...
James L. Franklin; Lixion A. Avila; Jack L. Beven; Miles B. Lawrence; Richard J. Pasch; Stacy R. Stewart
Atlantic Hurricane Season of 1994
The 1994 Atlantic hurricane season had only three hurricanes forming from just seven tropical storms. Several of these tropical cyclones, however, caused loss of life and great damage. Gordon, as a tropical storm, produced floods that killed more ...
Lixion A. Avila; Edward N. Rappaport
South Atlantic | OpenEI
Atlantic Atlantic Dataset Summary Description This dataset comes from the Energy Information Administration (EIA), and is part of the 2011 Annual Energy Outlook Report (AEO2011). This dataset is table 5, and contains only the reference case. The dataset uses quadrillion btu. The data is broken down into residential, commercial, industrial, transportation, electric power and total energy consumption. Source EIA Date Released April 26th, 2011 (3 years ago) Date Updated Unknown Keywords 2011 AEO EIA Energy Consumption sector South Atlantic Data application/vnd.ms-excel icon AEO2011: Energy Consumption by Sector and Source - South Atlantic- Reference Case (xls, 297.6 KiB) Quality Metrics Level of Review Peer Reviewed Comment Temporal and Spatial Coverage Frequency Annually
Annual Report of the Columbia River Treaty, Canadian and United States Entities, October 1, 1995--September 30, 1996.
DOE Green Energy (OSTI)
Agreements approved by the Entities during the period of this report include: (1) Columbia River Treaty Entity Agreement on the Detailed Operating Plan for Columbia River Storage for 1 August 1995 through 31 July 1996, signed 31 January 1996. (2) Columbia River Treaty Entity Agreement on the Detailed Operating Plan for Columbia River Storage for 1 August 1996 through 31 July 1997, signed 29 August 1996. (3) Columbia River Treaty Entity Agreement on Resolving the Dispute on Critical Period Determination, the Capacity Entitlement for the 1998/99, 1999/00, and 2000/01 AOP/DDPB`s, and Operating Procedures for the 2001/02 and Future AOP`s, signed 29 August 1996.
Columbia River Treaty Operating Committee; B.C. Hydro; United States. Bonneville Power Administration
A Revised Conceptual Model of the Tropical Marine Boundary Layer. Part I: Statistical Characterization of the Variability Inherent in the Wintertime Trade Wind Regime over the Western Tropical Atlantic
This paper investigates wintertime tropical marine boundary layer (TMBL) statistical characteristics over the western North Atlantic using the complete set of island-launched soundings from the Rain in Cumulus over the Ocean (RICO) experiment. The ...
Jennifer L. Davison; Robert M. Rauber; Larry Di Girolamo; Margaret A. LeMone
This paper investigates wintertime tropical marine boundary layer (TMBL) statistical characteristics over the western North Atlantic using the complete set of island-launched soundings from the Rain in Cumulus over the Ocean (RICO) Experiment. The ...
Annual Report of the Columbia River Treaty, Canadian and United States Entities: 1 October 1992--30 September 1993.
This annual Columbia River Treaty Entity Report is for the 1993 Water Year, 1 October 1992 through 30 September 1993. It includes information on the operation of Mica, Arrow, Duncan, and Libby reservoirs during that period with additional information covering the reservoir system operating year, 1 August 1992 through 31 July 1993. The power and flood control effects downstream in Canada and the United States are described. This report is the twenty-seventh of a series of annual reports covering the period since the ratification of the Columbia River Treaty in September 1964.
The Atlantic Stratocumulus Transition Experiment�ASTEX
The Atlantic Stratocumulus Experiment (ASTEX) was conducted over the northeast Atlantic Ocean during June 1992 with substantial international collaboration. The main goal of ASTEX was to study the climatologically important transition between ...
Bruce A. Albrecht; Christopher S. Bretherton; Doug Johnson; Wayne H. Scubert; A. Shelby Frisch
Assessment of the Contemporary Population Structure and Admixture of Atlantic Swordfish (Xiphias gladius L.) via Mixed Stock Analysis and Bayesian Clustering of Multiple Nuclear SNPS Genotyped through High Resolution Melting
North Atlantic and South Atlantic swordfish (Xiphias gladius L.) are currently managed as two stocks separated at 5�N. While previous studies of genetic population structure using both mitochondrial and nuclear DNA confirm two genetically distinct stocks, sampling coverage has not been uniform or representative of all areas and estimates of admixture in areas of contact have not been provided. In this study, we examined: 1) the applicability of high-resolution melting analysis (HRMA) in population genetic studies of non-model organisms, 2) the use of nuclear markers in Atlantic swordfish and the methodology whereby nuclear gene variation can be quickly screened, identified, and genotyped using short-amplicon (SA) HRMA and unlabeled probe (UP) HRMA, and 3) the use of HRMA to characterize nuclear markers to study the genetic population structure of Atlantic swordfish using representative samples of the entire basin to provide an estimation of population admixture by means of Bayesian individual assignment. High resolution melting analysis (HRMA) is shown to be a highly sensitive, rapid, closed-tube genotyping method amenable to high throughput and, though until recently primarily confined to clinical studies, suitable for population studies in non-model species. Ten nuclear markers were genotyped primarily by SA- and UP-HRMA in North Atlantic (n=419), South Atlantic (n=296), and Mediterranean (n=59) swordfish. Comparisons of pairwise FST, AMOVA, PCoA, and Bayesian individual assignments were congruent with previous finding of three discrete populations with comparatively low levels of estimated gene flow for a marine organism (FST = 0.039-0.126). Population admixture was identified and estimated in the Northeast Atlantic and appeared to be asymmetrical, with swordfish from the South Atlantic found among North Atlantic localities but no North Atlantic migrants identified in the South Atlantic. The Mediterranean boundary currently at the Strait of Gibraltar is found to extend west into Atlantic waters to approximately 8�W. Similarly, the boundary between North and South Atlantic swordfish should be revised to a line that extends north from 0�N 45�W to 25�N 45�W and from that position, as a nearly horizontal line, eastwards to the African coast. Finally, I show that Bayesian individual assignment using the developed marker set can be used for mixed stock allocation in the Northeast Atlantic.
Smith, Brad 1979-
Annual Report of the Columbia River Treaty, Canadian and United States Entities, 1 October 1993--30 September 1994.
The report describes the operation of Mica, Arrow, Duncan, and Libby reservoirs for the 1994 Water Year, 1 Oct 1993 through 30 Sept 1994, with additional information covering the reservoir system operating year, 1 August 1993 through 31 July 1994. The report is divided into: introduction, treaty organization, operating arrangements, weather and streamflow, reservoir operation, and power and flood control accomplishments.
Cosmic-ray latitude surveys in the Atlantic Ocean area
Vertical cutoff rigidities were re-determined for the locations of the stratospheric balloon measurements made during the 22nd Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1975-1976). These cutoff rigidities were determined for the month of each measurement using a method that interpolates between the world grids of trajectory-derived vertical cutoff rigidities calculated for Epoch 1965.0 and Epoch 1980.0. In comparing these values with other calculated using the 1975.0 field models which under-estimated the secular variations, small increases in the vertical cutoff rigidities were noted in the North Atlantic area and small decreases were noted in the South Atlantic, consistent with the secular changes in the world grid of vertical cutoff rigidities. These results emphasize the necessity of determining cutoff rigidity values of the year in which latitude measurements are made if these measurements are in the region of the world (particularly the Atlantic Ocean area) where the cutoff-rigidity values are rapidly changing.
Shea, M.A.; Smart, D.F.; Stozhkov, Y.I.; Svirzhevsky, N.S.; Svirzhevskaya, A.K.
middle atlantic | OpenEI
middle atlantic middle atlantic Dataset Summary Description This dataset comes from the Energy Information Administration (EIA), and is part of the 2011 Annual Energy Outlook Report (AEO2011). This dataset is table 2, and contains only the reference case. The dataset uses quadrillion btu. The data is broken down into residential, commercial, industrial, transportation, electric power and total energy consumption. Source EIA Date Released April 26th, 2011 (3 years ago) Date Updated Unknown Keywords 2011 AEO EIA middle atlantic Data Quality Metrics Level of Review Peer Reviewed Comment Temporal and Spatial Coverage Frequency Annually Time Period 2008-2035 License License Open Data Commons Public Domain Dedication and Licence (PDDL) Comment Rate this dataset Usefulness of the metadata
Scoping study of SNM detection and indentification for adjunct on-site treaty monitoring. Final report
Following the fall of the Soviet Union, political pressure to negotiate meaningful nuclear arms agreements with Russia and the former soviet republics has increased. Anticipating the monitoring requirements of a future treaty for the decommissioning and disassembly of nuclear warheads presents opportunities to review existing monitoring technologies and to explore new methods to detect and analyze intrinsic radiation. Fully instrumented radiation-detection systems with a range of monitoring capabilities are available, but special-purpose instruments will still need to be developed to match increasing demands for high-confidence, low-intrusion monitoring in a specific scenario. As a guide to present capabilities in monitoring technologies, we have categorized their relevant attributes to detect and identify special nuclear material based on levels of confidence, intrusiveness, vulnerability, and other critical concerns. To add additional flexibility, we review emerging technologies and estimate the development time to bring them to operational status.
Murray, W.S.; Morgado, R.E.; Frankle, C.M.
A Look at Global Tropical Cyclone Activity during 1995: Contrasting High Atlantic Activity with Low Activity in Other Basins
During 1995, there was a near-record number of named tropical cyclones in the North Atlantic basin. This unusual event fueled speculation that it marked a tangible signal of global climate change, or that it marked a return to a period of higher ...
Mark A. Lander; Charles P. Guard
Trends of Atlantic Wave Extremes as Simulated in a 40-Yr Wave Hindcast Using Kinematically Reanalyzed Wind Fields
In this study, seasonal extremes of wave height in the North Atlantic are analyzed. The analysis is based on a 40-yr (1958�97) numerical wave hindcast using an intensive kinematic reanalysis of wind fields. Changes in the ocean wave extremes are ...
Xiaolan L. Wang; Val R. Swail
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North Carolina North Carolina October 16, 2013 Wind Energy Permitting Standards (North Carolina) North Carolina has statewide permitting requirements for wind energy facilities....
Atlantic Hurricane Season of 2011
The 2011 Atlantic season was marked by above-average tropical cyclone activity with the formation of 19 tropical storms. Seven of the storms became hurricanes and four became major hurricanes (category 3 or higher on the Saffir�Simpson hurricane ...
Lixion A. Avila; Stacy R. Stewart
Atlantic Hurricane Season of 1998
The 1998 hurricane season in the Atlantic basin is summarized, and the individual tropical storms and hurricanes are described. It was an active season with a large number of landfalls. There was a near-record number of tropical cyclone�related ...
Richard J. Pasch; Lixion A. Avila; John L. Guiney
Atlantic Tropical Systems of 1979
The 1979 hurricane season produced 85 �tropical system� of which 27 acquired the closed circulation of a depression 52 of these originated over the African Continent. African seedlings initiated 7 of the 8 named Atlantic storm and 7 of the 10 ...
Neil L. Frank; Gilbert Clark
Atlantic Hurricane Season of 1996
A summary of the 1996 Atlantic hurricane season is given, and the individual tropical storms and hurricanes are described. This was the second active year in a row with a large number of intense hurricanes. Hurricane Fran, which hit the coast of ...
Richard J. Pasch; Lixion A. Avila
Atlantic Hurricane Season of 2002
The 2002 Atlantic hurricane season is summarized. Although the season's total of 12 named storms was above normal, many of these were weak and short-lived. Eight of the named cyclones made landfall in the United States, including Lili, the first ...
Richard J. Pasch; Miles B. Lawrence; Lixion A. Avila; John L. Beven; James L. Franklin; Stacy R. Stewart
Atlantic Hurricane Season of 1999
The 1999 Atlantic basin hurricane season produced 4 tropical storms and 8 hurricanes for a total of 12 named tropical cyclones. Seven of these affected land. Hurricane Floyd�the deadliest U.S. hurricane since Agnes in 1972�caused a disastrous ...
Miles B. Lawrence; Lixion A. Avila; Jack L. Beven; James L. Franklin; John L. Guiney; Richard J. Pasch
Heat Transport into the North Atlantic Ocean North of 32�N Latitude
Direct velocity and temperature measurements obtained on a bimonthly basis from September 1980 to May 1983 in the Gulf Stream at 73�W longitude were used in combination with historical hydrographic and current meter data across the remainder of ...
Thomas A. Rago; H. Thomas Rossby
Precessional Cycles and Their Influence on the North Pacific and North Atlantic Summer Anticyclones
The response of the Northern Hemisphere summer anticyclones to a change in the timing of perihelion is investigated using the GFDL Climate Model version 2.1 (CM2.1). The orbital forcing consists of changes in the seasonal cycle of the top-of-...
Damianos F. Mantsis; Amy C. Clement; Ben Kirtman; Anthony J. Broccoli; Michael P. Erb
North Slope action holds West Coast spotlight
The first oil from a North Slope reservoir outside Prudhoe Bay will begin flowing next year at rate of 80,000 bpd from Kuparuk field now under development by Atlantic Richfield Co. west of Prudhoe Bay. Just north of the Kuparuk development, Conoco Inc. has found a commercial reservoir in the Milne Point unit and will be drilling confirmation and delineation wells later this year and in 1982. Another area which very likely will be developed for production is located northeast of Prudhoe Bay, where Sohio Alaska Petroleum Co. has announced discoveries in 2 Sag Delta wells. In California's San Joaquin Valley, 3 Kern County fields - South Belridge, Elk Hills, and Lost Hills - are the sites of intensive drilling. Seven rigs are working in the Santa Barbara Channel, 3 of them developing known fields from permanent platforms.
Wilson, H.M.
??This study is focused on the relationship between two historical policy era of American Indian education�� the Constitutional/Treaty Provisions Era and the Self-Determination/Revitalization Era. The� (more)
Reinhardt, Martin
Measurement of 37Ar to support technology for On-site Inspection under the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
On-Site Inspection (OSI) is a key component of the verification regime for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT). Measurements of radionuclide isotopes created by an underground nuclear explosion are a valuable signature of a Treaty violation. Argon-37 is produced from neutron interaction with calcium in soil, 40Ca(n,{\\alpha})37Ar. For OSI, the 35-day half-life of 37Ar provides both high specific activity and sufficient time for completion of an inspection before decay limits sensitivity. This paper presents a low-background internal-source gas proportional counter with an 37Ar measurement sensitivity level equivalent to 45.1 mBq/SCM in whole air.
C. E. Aalseth; A. R. Day; D. A. Haas; E. W. Hoppe; B. J. Hyronimus; M. E. Keillor; E. K. Mace; J. L. Orrell; A. Seifert; V. T. Woods
Cargill Corn Milling North America
... Manufacturing. Cargill Corn Milling North America. Cargill employees (Photo courtesy of Cargill Corn Milling North America). ...
Extratropical Atmospheric Response to the Atlantic Ni�o Decaying Phase
The Atlantic Ni�o or Atlantic Equatorial Mode (EM) is the dominant coupled variability phenomenon in the tropical Atlantic basin during boreal summer. From the 1970s, the mode has changed, evolving in time from east to west and without persisting ...
Javier Garc�a-Serrano; Teresa Losada; Bel�n Rodr�guez-Fonseca
Investigating Correlated Neutrons from Pulsed Photonuclear Interrogation for Treaty Verification Applications
The treaty verification field is of renewed importance as continued nuclear weapons disarmament is prioritized nationally in partnership with other nuclear weapons states. This interest has led to research and development on technologies that could support future U.S. verification missions. A technology employing pulses of high-energy photons from an electron linear accelerator is one technique under consideration. High-energy photons are advantageous as an interrogation source because they penetrate thick shielding and can generate neutrons inside a measurement object. The neutrons would then multiply when presented with an object containing fissile material and allow for detection in a time domain immediately after the pulse. The purpose of this work was to develop an understanding of neutron behavior following a high-energy photon pulse and then develop a tool set to analyze data from this region to determine if a measurement object contains multiplying material, the mass of that material if present, and the moderation in the measurement object. Results indicate the tool sets developed were able to determine multiplication was present accurately in 3 out of 4 realistic verification objects. Additionally the state of the moderation in each object was able to be determined, and the mass could potentially be determined by calibrating to representative samples.
Stewart, Scott
Machine Learning and Data Mining for Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Monitoring
The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) is gaining renewed attention in light of growing worldwide interest in mitigating risks of nuclear weapons proliferation and testing. Since the International Monitoring System (IMS) installed the first suite of sensors in the late 1990's, the IMS network has steadily progressed, providing valuable support for event diagnostics. This progress was highlighted at the recent International Scientific Studies (ISS) Conference in Vienna in June 2009, where scientists and domain experts met with policy makers to assess the current status of the CTBT Verification System. A strategic theme within the ISS Conference centered on exploring opportunities for further enhancing the detection and localization accuracy of low magnitude events by drawing upon modern tools and techniques for machine learning and large-scale data analysis. Several promising approaches for data exploitation were presented at the Conference. These are summarized in a companion report. In this paper, we introduce essential concepts in machine learning and assess techniques which could provide both incremental and comprehensive value for event discrimination by increasing the accuracy of the final data product, refining On-Site-Inspection (OSI) conclusions, and potentially reducing the cost of future network operations.
Russell, S; Vaidya, S
North Dakota State Regulations
North Dakota North Dakota State Regulations: North Dakota State of North Dakota The North Dakota Industrial Commission (NDIC), through its Oil and Gas Division (OGD), is the regulatory agency for oil and gas exploration and production activities in North Dakota. The North Dakota Department of Health (NDDH) Environmental Health Section (EHS) has the responsibility to safeguard the quality of North Dakota's air, land, and water resources. Contact North Dakota Industrial Commission Oil and Gas Division 600 East Boulevard Avenue, Dept. 405 Bismarck, ND 58505-0840 (701) 328-8020 (phone) (701) 328-8022 (fax) North Dakota Department of Health Environmental Health Section 1200 Missouri Avenue P.O. Box 5520 Bismarck, ND 58506-5520 (701) 328-5150 (phone) (701) 328-5200 (fax) Disposal Practices and Applicable Regulations
Atlantic Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact...
Atlantic Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact (South Carolina) Atlantic Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact (South Carolina) Eligibility...
DOE Designates Southwest Area and Mid-Atlantic Area National...
Designates Southwest Area and Mid-Atlantic Area National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors October 2, 2007 DOE Designates Southwest Area and Mid-Atlantic Area National...
Designates Southwest Area and Mid-Atlantic Area National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors DOE Designates Southwest Area and Mid-Atlantic Area National Interest Electric...
Situation Reports: Ohio Valley and Mid-Atlantic Storm 2012 |...
Situation Reports: Ohio Valley and Mid-Atlantic Storm 2012 Situation Reports: Ohio Valley and Mid-Atlantic Storm 2012 The Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability...
North Brazil Current Ring Generation and Evolution Observed with SeaWiFS
The earth's largest oceanic rings are formed by the retroflecting North Brazil Current (NBC) near 8�N in the western tropical Atlantic. The NBC flows northward across the equator and past the mouth of the Amazon River entraining river-influenced ...
David M. Fratantoni; Deborah A. Glickson
" East North Central",16,16.1,14,17.9,18.5,25.7
" New England",4.7,4.4,3.5,4.5,4.8,8.1 " Middle Atlantic ",12.8,13.2,10.7,13.3,12.4,16.2 " Midwest ",24,24.7,20.4,25,26.5,37.4 " East North Central",16,16.1,14,17.9,18.5,25.7...
Wilson cycles, tectonic inheritance, and rifting of the North American Gulf of Mexico continental margin
Wilson cycles, tectonic inheritance, and rifting of the North American Gulf of Mexico continental during opening of the Gulf of Mexico. Unlike the Atlantic margins, where Wilson cycles were first recognized, breakup in the Gulf of Mexico did not initially focus within the orogen, but was instead
Huerta, Audrey D.
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty research and development FY95-96 program plan
The Department of Energy (DOE) is responsible for the United States Government`s (USG) research and development (R&D) functions for monitoring nuclear explosions in the context of a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). This responsibility includes the November 1993 transfer of the Department of Defense`s (DoD) CTBT R&D responsibility to DOE. The DOE research program builds on the broad base of USG expertise developed historically and includes R&D for detecting, locating, identifying, and characterizing nuclear explosions in all environments. The Office of Research and Development (NN-20), within the Department of Energy`s Office of Nonproliferation and National Security, formulates and executes the efforts necessary to meet the Department`s responsibilities. The following DOE laboratories as a team will support NN-20 in implementing the program plan: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Pacific Northwest Laboratory, and Sandia National Laboratories. DOE has committed to a cooperative program that draws upon the core competencies of the national laboratories and upon the strengths of other government agencies and the private sector (academia and industry). The integration of resources under a common direction will allow the program to be flexible and responsive to changing technical and policy requirements while maximizing the effectiveness of funding appropriations. DOE will develop and demonstrate appropriate technologies, algorithms, procedures, and integrated systems in a cost-effective and timely manner. The program comprises seismic, radionuclide, hydroacoustic, and infrasound monitoring; on-site inspection; space-based monitoring; and automated data processing elements.
New England: 1. Sea scallop -Northwestern Atlantic Coast (2001)
-Atlantic Coast (2011) South Atlantic/Gulf of Mexico: 1. Yellowtail Snapper South Atlantic/ Gulf of Mexico (2003) 2. Pink shrimp - Southern Atlantic Coast (2012)Gulf of Mexico: 1. Red Grouper - Gulf of Mexico (2007) 2. King mackerel - Gulf of Mexico (2008) Pacific: 1. Pacific Whiting Pacific Coast (2004) 2
North Carolina Capital Access Program (North Carolina)
Energy.gov (U.S. Department of Energy (DOE))
The North Carolina Capital Access Program provides matching reserve funds for business loans that are beyond the traditional lending means of a lender�s usual standards. The average CAP loan is ...
Proceedings of the 21st Seismic Research Symposium: Technologies for Monitoring The Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty
These proceedings contain papers prepared for the 21st Seismic Research Symposium: Technologies for Monitoring The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, held 21-24 September 1999 in Las Vegas, Nevada. These papers represent the combined research related to ground-based nuclear explosion monitoring funded by the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), Air Force Technical Applications Center (AFTAC), Department of Defense (DoD), the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO), and other invited sponsors. The scientific objectives of the research are to improve the United States capability to detect, locate, and identify nuclear explosions. The purpose of the meeting is to provide the sponsoring agencies, as well as potential users, an opportunity to review research accomplished during the preceding year and to discuss areas of investigation for the coming year. For the researchers, it provides a forum for the exchange of scientific information toward achieving program goals, and an opportunity to discuss results and future plans. Paper topics include: seismic regionalization and calibration; detection and location of sources; wave propagation from source to receiver; the nature of seismic sources, including mining practices; hydroacoustic, infrasound, and radionuclide methods; on-site inspection; and data processing.
Warren, N. Jill [Editor
Atlantic Solar | Open Energy Information
Solar Solar Name Atlantic Solar Place Cape Town, South Africa Sector Solar Product Solar Thermal Technology Year founded 1985 Number of employees 51-200 Phone number ++2721.905.7801 Website http://www.atlanticsolar.co.za Coordinates -33.9237762°, 18.4233455° Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"mappingservice":"googlemaps3","type":"ROADMAP","zoom":14,"types":["ROADMAP","SATELLITE","HYBRID","TERRAIN"],"geoservice":"google","maxzoom":false,"width":"600px","height":"350px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","visitedicon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"wmsoverlay":"","layers":[],"controls":["pan","zoom","type","scale","streetview"],"zoomstyle":"DEFAULT","typestyle":"DEFAULT","autoinfowindows":false,"kml":[],"gkml":[],"fusiontables":[],"resizable":false,"tilt":0,"kmlrezoom":false,"poi":true,"imageoverlays":[],"markercluster":false,"searchmarkers":"","locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":null,"lat":-33.9237762,"lon":18.4233455,"alt":0,"address":"","icon":"","group":"","inlineLabel":"","visitedicon":""}]}
Convective Squalls over the Eastern Equatorial Atlantic
The Congo Basin and the adjacent equatorial eastern Atlantic are among the most active regions of the world in terms of intense deep moist convection, leading to frequent lightning and severe squalls. Studying the dynamics and climatology of this ...
Florian Berkes; Peter Knippertz; Douglas J. Parker; Gus Jeans; Val�rie Quiniou-Ramus
Instability Waves in the Equatorial Atlantic Ocean
Evidence is presented for the generation of planetary waves by barotropic instability within the cyclonic shear region of the Atlantic Ocean's South Equatorial Current (SEC). Immediately following the springtime intensification of the southeast ...
Robert H. Weisberg; Thomas J. Weingartner
Energetics of the Tropical Atlantic Zonal Mode
Sea surface temperature in the central-eastern equatorial Atlantic has a seasonal cycle far bigger than that of the Pacific, but interannual anomalies smaller than those of the Pacific. Given the amplitude of seasonal SST variability, one wonders ...
N. J. Burls; C. J. C Reason; P. Penven; S. G. Philander
Tropical Atlantic Biases in CCSM4
This paper focuses on diagnosing biases in the seasonal climate of the tropical Atlantic in the twentieth-century simulation of the Community Climate System Model, version 4 (CCSM4). The biases appear in both atmospheric and oceanic components. ...
Semyon A. Grodsky; James A. Carton; Sumant Nigam; Yuko M. Okumura
Wave Extremes in the Northeast Atlantic
The objective of this study is to compute 100-yr return value estimates of significant wave height using a new hindcast developed by the Norwegian Meteorological Institute. This regional hindcast covers the northeast Atlantic and spans the period ...
Ole Johan Aarnes; �yvind Breivik; Magnar Reistad
Prediction of August Atlantic Basin Hurricane Activity
Although skillful seasonal hurricane forecasts for the Atlantic basin are now a reality, large gaps remain in our understanding of observed variations in the distribution of activity within the hurricane season. The month of August roughly spans ...
Eric S. Blake; William M. Gray
Inner Core Strength of Atlantic Tropical Cyclones
The evolution of the wind field beyond the radius of maximum winds is studied for 18 Atlantic tropical cyclones (TCs) with 989 research and reconnaissance flight legs. Inner core strength, defined as the storm relative mean tangential wind from ...
Mark Croxford; Gary M. Barnes
Atlantic Wind Solar Inc | Open Energy Information
distributed wind and solar systems along with wind and solar-hyrbid energy systems in Canada, the US and the Bahamas. References Atlantic Wind & Solar Inc.1 LinkedIn Connections...
Oceanic Origins of Southwest Tropical Atlantic Biases
The SST bias in the tropical Atlantic exists in the early to latest generation of coupled general circulation models. The maximum bias is not on the equator but at 16�S, the cause of which has not been thoroughly studied. Newly released CMIP5 models provide a useful tool to investigate the contributions of different physical processes to the SST bias in this area in the coupled system. We tested three existing mechanisms and found that: 1) there is no significant relationship between the SST bias and surface heat flux bias; 2) deficient coastal upwelling is a contributing but not the sole source of the bias; and 3) the SST bias is correlated with temperature biases in the upstream equatorial region. The Angola-Benguela front is displaced southward by more than 10� in latitude in many CIMP5 models. Due to the huge temperature contrasts on two sides of the front, such a frontal displacement generates a very strong SST bias. The correlation between the SST bias and frontal location error in this region is significant at the 99% level, demonstrating that the SST bias in coupled GCMs is attributable to the models� inability to reproduce a realistic position of the front and the consequent erroneous advection by the southward Angola current. This is due to both errors in the simulated surface wind field and systematic errors in ocean models. Ocean reanalysis datasets and a high-resolution regional model simulation suffer a similar pattern of SST biases. Although they produce a more realistic ocean circulation than coarser resolution simulations and alleviate some of the severe SST bias near the front, a warm bias overlies on a northward current to the south of the front, which actually comes from the north of the front through a subsurface passage. We identify a strong subsurface temperature bias caused by a too-deep and diffused simulated thermocline along the coast of Angola, originating from the equatorial thermocline, advected by the Angola Current and an undercurrent beneath the Benguela current, and then brought to the surface by the coastal upwelling along the Benguela coast, contributing to the warm SST bias south of the front.
Xu, Zhao
Jersey Atlantic Wind Farm | Open Energy Information
Atlantic Wind Farm Atlantic Wind Farm Jump to: navigation, search Name Jersey Atlantic Wind Farm Facility Jersey Atlantic Wind Farm Sector Wind energy Facility Type Commercial Scale Wind Facility Status In Service Owner Babcock & Brown owns majority Developer Jersey American Wind- LLC Energy Purchaser Atlantic County Utilities Authority Location Atlantic City NJ Coordinates 39.383892°, -74.44862° Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"mappingservice":"googlemaps3","type":"ROADMAP","zoom":14,"types":["ROADMAP","SATELLITE","HYBRID","TERRAIN"],"geoservice":"google","maxzoom":false,"width":"600px","height":"350px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","visitedicon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"wmsoverlay":"","layers":[],"controls":["pan","zoom","type","scale","streetview"],"zoomstyle":"DEFAULT","typestyle":"DEFAULT","autoinfowindows":false,"kml":[],"gkml":[],"fusiontables":[],"resizable":false,"tilt":0,"kmlrezoom":false,"poi":true,"imageoverlays":[],"markercluster":false,"searchmarkers":"","locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":null,"lat":39.383892,"lon":-74.44862,"alt":0,"address":"","icon":"","group":"","inlineLabel":"","visitedicon":""}]}
North Linear Accelerator
North Linear Accelerator North Linear Accelerator Building Exterior Beam Enclosure Level Walk to the North Spreader North Recombiner Extras! North Linear Accelerator The North Linear Accelerator is one of the two long, straight sections of Jefferson Lab's accelerator. Electrons gain energy in this section by passing through acceleration cavities. There are 160 cavities in this straightaway, all lined up end to end. That's enough cavities to increase an electron's energy by 400 million volts each time it passes through this section. Electrons can pass though this section as many as five times! The cavities are powered by microwaves that travel down the skinny rectangular pipes from the service buildings above ground. Since the cavities won't work right unless they are kept very cold, they
SST and North American Tropical Cyclone Landfall: A Statistical Modeling Study
We employ a statistical model of North Atlantic tropical cyclone (TC) tracks to investigate the relationship between sea-surface temperature (SST) and North American TC landfall rates. The track model is conditioned on summer SST in the tropical North Atlantic being in either the 19 hottest or the 19 coldest years in the period 1950-2005. For each conditioning many synthetic TCs are generated and landfall rates computed. Compared to direct analysis of historical landfall, the track model reduces the sampling error by projecting information from the entire basin onto the coast. There are 46% more TCs in hot years than cold in the model, which is highly significant compared to random sampling and corroborates well documented trends in North Atlantic TC number in recent decades. In the absence of other effects, this difference results in a significant increase in model landfall rates in hot years, uniform along the coast. Hot-cold differences in the geographic distribution of genesis and in TC propagation do not...
Hall, Timothy
North Central Texas Council of Governments North Central Texas
North Central Texas Council of Governments North Central Texas Thinking Ahead Donna Coggeshall North Central Texas Council of Governments #12;North Central Texas Council of Governments Thinking Ahead are for the 12-county MPA #12;North Central Texas Council of Governments Thinking Ahead Development Form #12
Texas at Arlington, University of
Renaissance Zones (North Dakota)
Renaissance Zones allow qualifying businesses and individuals to claim one or more tax incentives for purchasing, leasing, or making improvements to real property located in a North Dakota...
North America: Regulation of International Electricity Trade...
North America: Regulation of International Electricity Trade North America: Regulation of International Electricity Trade North America: Regulation of International Electricity...
A Discussion of Procedures and Equipment for the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty On-Site Inspection Environmental Sampling and Analysis
This paper is intended to serve as a scientific basis to start discussions of the available environmental sampling techniques and equipment that have been used in the past that could be considered for use within the context of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) on-site inspections (OSI). This work contains information on the techniques, equipment, costs, and some operational procedures associated with environmental sampling that have actually been used in the past by the United States for the detection of nuclear explosions. This paper also includes a discussion of issues, recommendations, and questions needing further study within the context of the sampling and analysis of aquatic materials, atmospheric gases, atmospheric particulates, vegetation, sediments and soils, fauna, and drill-back materials.
Wogman, Ned A.; Milbrath, Brian D.; Payne, Rosara F.; Seifert, Carolyn E.; Friese, Judah I.; Miley, Harry S.; Bowyer, Ted W.; Hanlen, Richard C.; Onishi, Yasuo; Hayes, James C.; Wigmosta, Mark S.
North America Energy Efficiency Standards and Labeling
North American Energy Efficiency Standards and Labeling North American Energy Working Group NORTH AMERICAN ENERGY WORKING GROUP The North American Energy Working Group (NAEWG) was...
North Slope of Alaska
govSitesNorth Slope of Alaska govSitesNorth Slope of Alaska NSA Related Links Facilities and Instruments Barrow Atqasuk ES&H Guidance Statement Operations Science Field Campaigns Visiting the Site Images Information for Guest Scientists Contacts North Slope of Alaska Barrow: 71° 19' 23.73" N, 156° 36' 56.70" W Atqasuk: 70° 28' 19.11" N, 157° 24' 28.99" W The North Slope of Alaska (NSA) site is providing data about cloud and radiative processes at high latitudes. Centered at Barrow and extending to the south (to the vicinity of Atqasuk), west (to the vicinity of Wainwright), and east (towards Oliktok), the NSA site has become a focal point for atmospheric and ecological research activity on the North Slope. The principal instrumented facility was installed near Barrow in 1997,
Predicting Atlantic Basin Seasonal Tropical Cyclone Activity by 1 August
More than 90% of all seasonal Atlantic tropical cyclone activity typically occurs after 1 August. A strong predictive potential exists that allows seasonal forecasts of Atlantic basin tropical cyclone activity to be issued by 1 August, prior to ...
William M. Gray; Christopher W. Landsea; Paul W. Mielke Jr.; Kenneth J. Berry
Propagation of the Seasonal Upwelling in the Eastern Equatorial Atlantic
Several mechanisms have been proposed to explain the coastal and equatorial upwelling in the eastern Atlantic (Guinea Gulf). The most controversial is the mechanism of remote wind forcing in the western equatorial Atlantic suggested by Moore et ...
Jo�l Picaut
The Track Integrated Kinetic Energy of Atlantic Tropical Cyclones
In this paper the concept of track integrated kinetic energy (TIKE) is introduced as a measure of seasonal Atlantic tropical cyclone activity and applied to seasonal variability in the Atlantic. It is similar in concept to the more commonly used ...
V. Misra; S. DiNapoli; M. Powell
Have Aerosols Caused the Observed Atlantic Multidecadal Variability?
Identifying the prime drivers of the twentieth-century multidecadal variability in the Atlantic Ocean is crucial for predicting how the Atlantic will evolve in the coming decades and the resulting broad impacts on weather ...
Zhang, Rong
Identifying the prime drivers of the twentieth-century multidecadal variability in the Atlantic Ocean is crucial for predicting how the Atlantic will evolve in the coming decades and the resulting broad impacts on weather and precipitation ...
Rong Zhang; Thomas L. Delworth; Rowan Sutton; Daniel L. R. Hodson; Keith W. Dixon; Isaac M. Held; Yochanan Kushnir; John Marshall; Yi Ming; Rym Msadek; Jon Robson; Anthony J. Rosati; MingFang Ting; Gabriel A. Vecchi
Impact of Interbasin Exchange on the Atlantic Overturning Circulation
The thermohaline exchange between the Atlantic and the Southern Ocean is analyzed, using a dataset based on WOCE hydrographic data. It is shown that the salt and heat transports brought about by the South Atlantic subtropical gyre play an ...
Wilbert Weijer; Wilhelmus P. M. de Ruijter; Henk A. Dijkstra; Peter Jan van Leeuwen
North Central Texas Council of Governments� North Central...
North Central Texas Council of Governments&8217; North Central Texas Alternative Fuel and Advanced Technology Investments initiative is one of 25 Area of Interest 4 Selections...
An Example of North Atlantic Deep-Ocean Swell Impacting Ascension and St. Helena Islands in the Central South Atlantic
During 1999, the dataloggers of the pressure transducer�based tide gauges at Ascension and St. Helena Islands were upgraded in order to enable the monitoring of wave conditions in addition to the measurement of still water levels. Within a few ...
J. M. Vassie; P. L. Woodworth; M. W. Holt
" East North Central",198,216,263,296,335,385
Vehicle-Miles Traveled, Selected Survey Years (Billions) " Vehicle-Miles Traveled, Selected Survey Years (Billions) " ,"Survey Years" ,1983,1985,1988,1991,1994,2001 "Total",1215,1353,1511,1602,1793,2287 "Household Characteristics" "Census Region and Division" " Northeast",227,248,274,295,299,378 " New England",64,64,67,75,84,122 " Middle Atlantic ",164,184,208,221,215,256 " Midwest ",298,327,379,403,479,560 " East North Central",198,216,263,296,335,385 " West North Central ",99,111,115,108,144,175 " South",436,486,534,571,655,871 " South Atlantic",223,246,277,291,345,481 " East South Central",86,96,98,121,121,143 " West South Central",127,144,159,160,190,247
" East North Central",1296,1220,977,1185,1225,1577
Fuel Expenditures per Household with Vehicles, Selected Survey Years (Nominal Dollars) " Fuel Expenditures per Household with Vehicles, Selected Survey Years (Nominal Dollars) " ,"Survey Years" ,1983,1985,1988,1991,1994,2001 "Total",1317,1274,998,1161,1234,1520 "Household Characteristics" "Census Region and Division" " Northeast",1254,1169,928,1117,1166,1373 " New England",1236,1177,959,1157,1180,1500 " Middle Atlantic ",1261,1166,919,1105,1161,1317 " Midwest ",1314,1266,995,1184,1226,1585 " East North Central",1296,1220,977,1185,1225,1577 " West North Central ",1652,1361,1039,1183,1229,1603 " South",1385,1321,1027,1182,1249,1504 " South Atlantic",1403,1292,1020,1135,1250,1436 " East South Central",1379,1344,1008,1262,1323,1632
" East North Central",1082,1025,996,1008,1102,1164
Fuel Consumption per Household with Vehicles, Selected Survey Years (Gallons) " Fuel Consumption per Household with Vehicles, Selected Survey Years (Gallons) " ,"Survey Years" ,1983,1985,1988,1991,1994,2001 "Total",1112,1079,1014,979,1067,1143 "Household Characteristics" "Census Region and Division" " Northeast",1044,972,917,886,982,1027 " New England",1019,972,942,911,1006,1086 " Middle Atlantic ",1054,971,909,877,973,1001 " Midwest ",1104,1070,1016,1008,1104,1176 " East North Central",1082,1025,996,1008,1102,1164 " West North Central ",1149,1163,1062,1008,1110,1205 " South",1178,1137,1046,1008,1109,1193.370166 " South Atlantic",1177,1099,1028,963,1111,1146 " East South Central",1160,1164,1036,1083,1167,1273
(2009) 4. Summer flounder - Mid-Atlantic Coast (2011) South Atlantic/Gulf of Mexico: 1. Yellowtail Snapper South Atlantic/ Gulf of Mexico (2003) Gulf of Mexico: 1. Red Grouper - Gulf of Mexico (2007) 2. King mackerel - Gulf of Mexico (2008) Pacific: 1. Pacific Whiting Pacific Coast (2004) 2. Lingcod
,"North Dakota Natural Gas Summary"
Natural Gas Wellhead Price (Dollars per Thousand Cubic Feet)","North Dakota Natural Gas Imports Price (Dollars per Thousand Cubic Feet)","North Dakota Natural Gas Exports...
North Dakota | Department of Energy
Coal Conversion Facility Privilege Tax Exemptions (North Dakota) Coal Conversion Facility Privilege Tax Exemptions are granted under a variety of conditions through the North...
Department of Energy - North Carolina
89 en Wind Energy Permitting Standards (North Carolina) http:energy.govsavingswind-energy-permitting-standards-north-carolina
Atlantic City Electric Co | Open Energy Information
Atlantic City Electric Co Atlantic City Electric Co Place Mays Landing, New Jersey Service Territory New Jersey Website www.atlanticcityelectric. Green Button Committed Yes Utility Id 963 Utility Location Yes Ownership I NERC Location RFC NERC RFC Yes RTO PJM Yes Activity Transmission Yes Activity Buying Transmission Yes Activity Distribution Yes Activity Wholesale Marketing Yes Activity Bundled Services Yes Alt Fuel Vehicle Yes Alt Fuel Vehicle2 Yes References EIA Form EIA-861 Final Data File for 2010 - File1_a[1] Energy Information Administration Form 826[2] SGIC[3] LinkedIn Connections CrunchBase Profile No CrunchBase profile. Create one now! Atlantic City Electric Company Smart Grid Project was awarded $18,700,000 Recovery Act Funding with a total project value of $37,400,000.
Co Co (Redirected from Atlantic City Electric Company) Jump to: navigation, search Name Atlantic City Electric Co Place Mays Landing, New Jersey Service Territory New Jersey Website www.atlanticcityelectric. Green Button Committed Yes Utility Id 963 Utility Location Yes Ownership I NERC Location RFC NERC RFC Yes RTO PJM Yes Activity Transmission Yes Activity Buying Transmission Yes Activity Distribution Yes Activity Wholesale Marketing Yes Activity Bundled Services Yes Alt Fuel Vehicle Yes Alt Fuel Vehicle2 Yes References EIA Form EIA-861 Final Data File for 2010 - File1_a[1] Energy Information Administration Form 826[2] SGIC[3] LinkedIn Connections CrunchBase Profile No CrunchBase profile. Create one now! Atlantic City Electric Company Smart Grid Project was awarded $18,700,000
US Department of Energy, Bonneville Power Administration US Army Corps of Engineers, North Pacific Division Columbia River System Operation Review Canadian Entitlement Allocation Extension Agreements Record of Decision; April 29, 1997
Columbia River System Operation Review Columbia River System Operation Review Final Environmental Impact Statement Canadian Entitlement Allocation Extension Agreements Record of Decision Summary The Administrator and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), acting for BPA, and, as Chairman of the United States Entity (the Administrator and the Division Engineer, North Pacific Division of the United States Army Corps of Engineers), acting on behalf of the United States Entity, has decided to adopt for the Canadian Entitlement Allocation Extension Agreements (CEAEA) a federal hydroelectric projects allocation of 72.5 percent and a non-Federal hydroelectric projects allocation of 27.5 percent. The Columbia River Treaty (Treaty), ratified in 1964, required the construction of three
North | OpenEI
North North Dataset Summary Description This dataset comes from the Energy Information Administration (EIA), and is part of the 2011 Annual Energy Outlook Report (AEO2011). This dataset is table 114, and contains only the reference case. The dataset uses gigawatts, billion kilowatthours and quadrillion Btu. The data is broken down into generating capacity, electricity generation and energy consumption. Source EIA Date Released April 26th, 2011 (3 years ago) Date Updated Unknown Keywords 2011 AEO EIA North Renewable Energy Generation Southwest Power Pool Data application/vnd.ms-excel icon AEO2011: Renewable Energy Generation by Fuel - Southwest Power Pool / North- Reference Case (xls, 118.8 KiB) Quality Metrics Level of Review Peer Reviewed Comment Temporal and Spatial Coverage
Dam Safety (North Carolina)
North Carolina Administrative Code Title 15A, Subchapter 2K lays out further regulations for the design, approval, construction, maintenance, and inspection of dams to ensure public safety and...
Category:Atlantic City, NJ | Open Energy Information
NJ NJ Jump to: navigation, search Go Back to PV Economics By Location Media in category "Atlantic City, NJ" The following 16 files are in this category, out of 16 total. SVFullServiceRestaurant Atlantic City NJ Public Service Elec & Gas Co.png SVFullServiceRestauran... 63 KB SVMidriseApartment Atlantic City NJ Public Service Elec & Gas Co.png SVMidriseApartment Atl... 62 KB SVQuickServiceRestaurant Atlantic City NJ Public Service Elec & Gas Co.png SVQuickServiceRestaura... 64 KB SVSecondarySchool Atlantic City NJ Public Service Elec & Gas Co.png SVSecondarySchool Atla... 62 KB SVStandAloneRetail Atlantic City NJ Public Service Elec & Gas Co.png SVStandAloneRetail Atl... 63 KB SVHospital Atlantic City NJ Public Service Elec & Gas Co.png
Clean Coal Technology: Region 4 Market Description, South Atlantic. Summary
The Region 4 Market Description Summary provides information that can be used in developing an understanding of the potential markets for clean coal technologies (CCTs) in the South Atlantic Region. This region (which geographically is Federal Region 4) consists of the following eight states: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. In order to understand the potential market. A description is provided of the region`s energy use, power generation capacity, and potential growth. Highlights of state government activities that could have a bearing on commercial deployment of CCTs are also presented. The potential markets characterized in this summary center on electric power generation by investor-owned, cooperative, and municipal electric utilities and involve planned new capacity additions and actions taken by utilities to comply with Phases I and II of the Clean Air Act Amendments (CAAA) of 1990. Regulations, policies, utility business strategies, and organizational changes that could impact the role of CCTs as a utility option are identified and discussed. The information used to develop the Region 4 Market Description is based mainly on an extensive review of plans and annual reports of 29 investor-owned, cooperative, and municipal coal-using electric utilities and public information on strategies and actions for complying with the CAAA of 1990.
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1 CALL FOR PROPOSALS ATLANTIC BLUEFIN TUNA RESEARCH JUNE 29, 2010 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Funding Opportunity Description: Northern bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus is the object of a major international fishery. Effective fisheries management will depend upon improvements in understanding of bluefin tuna biology
Berkson, Jim
Temperature Microstructure in the Equatorial Atlantic
Vertical profiles of temperature microstructure were collected at seven sites in the equatorial Atlantic between 24�W and 33�W, 2�N and 1�20?S. The use of three identical temperature microstructure profiles gives insight into the spatial and ...
T. R. Osborn; L. E. Bilodeau
TransAtlantic Petroleum | Open Energy Information
TransAtlantic Petroleum TransAtlantic Petroleum Jump to: navigation, search Logo: TransAtlantic Petroleum Name TransAtlantic Petroleum Address 5910 N. Central Expressway Place Dallas, Texas Zip 75206 Product acquisition, development, exploration, and production of crude oil and natural gas. Stock Symbol TAT Year founded 1985 Phone number 214-220-4323 Website http://www.transatlanticpetrol Coordinates 32.837335°, -96.777462° Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"mappingservice":"googlemaps3","type":"ROADMAP","zoom":14,"types":["ROADMAP","SATELLITE","HYBRID","TERRAIN"],"geoservice":"google","maxzoom":false,"width":"600px","height":"350px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","visitedicon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"wmsoverlay":"","layers":[],"controls":["pan","zoom","type","scale","streetview"],"zoomstyle":"DEFAULT","typestyle":"DEFAULT","autoinfowindows":false,"kml":[],"gkml":[],"fusiontables":[],"resizable":false,"tilt":0,"kmlrezoom":false,"poi":true,"imageoverlays":[],"markercluster":false,"searchmarkers":"","locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":null,"lat":32.837335,"lon":-96.777462,"alt":0,"address":"","icon":"","group":"","inlineLabel":"","visitedicon":""}]}
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Implementing the protocol on environmental protection to the Antarctic Treaty: Future applications of geographic information systems within the Committee for Environmental Protection
With the entry into force of the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty (the Protocol) in January 1998, key operational aspects of the newly established Committee for Environmental Protection (CEP), such as its advisory capacity to Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meetings (ATCMs) need to be urgently addressed. This paper advocates the use of a geographic information system (GIS) environmental database to reinforce the advisory capacity of the CEO. The demonstrated links between the provisions of the Protocol and GIS capabilities illustrate the potential this has to assist the CEP in delivering informed advice to ATCMs. The range of GIS applications that could be utilized by the CEP in fulfilling its functions are examined by reference to precedents in Europe (CORINE) and Australia (ARIS).
Cordonnery, L. [Univ. of the South Pacific, Port Vila (Vanuatu). Law School
February 9, 2010 CX-000661: Categorical Exclusion Determination Southern Mid-Atlantic Provider of Solar Instructor Training CX(s) Applied: A9, A11, B5.1 Date: 02092010...
CE North America, LLC
CE North America, LLC CE North America, LLC (freezers) BEFORE THE. U.S. DEPAR'tMENT OJT ENERGY Washington, D.C. 20585 ) ) ) ) ) Case Number: 2013-SE-1429 COMPROMISE AGREEMENT The U.S. Department of Energy ("DOE 1 » Office of the General Counsel, Office of Enforcement, initiated this action against CE North America, LLC ("CE" or "Respondent") pursuant to 10 C.F~9.122 by Notice of Proposed Civil Penalty. DOE alleged thatllll freezer basic model - , which Respondent imported and distributed in commerce in the United States as models CE64731 and PS72731, failed to meet the applicable standard for maxinrnm energy use. See 10 C.F.R. § 430.32(a). Respondent, on behalf of itself and any parent, subsidiary, division or other related entity, and DOE, by their authorized representatives, hereby enter into this
One North Carolina Fund (North Carolina) | Department of Energy
One North Carolina Fund (North Carolina) One North Carolina Fund (North Carolina) One North Carolina Fund (North Carolina) < Back Eligibility Commercial Savings Category Alternative Fuel Vehicles Hydrogen & Fuel Cells Buying & Making Electricity Water Home Weatherization Solar Wind Program Info State North Carolina Program Type Grant Program Provider Department of Commerce The One North Carolina Fund, directed by the Commerce Finance Center, helps recruit and expand jobs in high-value industries deemed vital to the state. State appropriations replenish the Fund and local governments must provide a match to the company, either in cash, services, or in-kind contributions. Companies seeking to expand or relocate to the state can receive grant funding for the purchase or installation of equipment, facility repairs, or
Mid Atlantic Renewable Partners | Open Energy Information
Logo: Mid Atlantic Renewable Partners Name Mid Atlantic Renewable Partners Address 2036 Foulk Rd Place Wilmington, Delaware Zip 19810 Region Northeast - NY NJ CT PA Area Product Project Finance Number of employees 1-10 Year founded 2009 Website http://www.midatlanticrenewabl Coordinates 39.8153445°, -75.5087445° Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"mappingservice":"googlemaps3","type":"ROADMAP","zoom":14,"types":["ROADMAP","SATELLITE","HYBRID","TERRAIN"],"geoservice":"google","maxzoom":false,"width":"600px","height":"350px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","visitedicon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"wmsoverlay":"","layers":[],"controls":["pan","zoom","type","scale","streetview"],"zoomstyle":"DEFAULT","typestyle":"DEFAULT","autoinfowindows":false,"kml":[],"gkml":[],"fusiontables":[],"resizable":false,"tilt":0,"kmlrezoom":false,"poi":true,"imageoverlays":[],"markercluster":false,"searchmarkers":"","locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":null,"lat":39.8153445,"lon":-75.5087445,"alt":0,"address":"","icon":"","group":"","inlineLabel":"","visitedicon":""}]}
Atlantic Municipal Utilities | Open Energy Information
Atlantic Municipal Utilities Atlantic Municipal Utilities Place Iowa Utility Id 965 Utility Location Yes Ownership M NERC Location MRO NERC MRO Yes ISO MISO Yes Operates Generating Plant Yes Activity Generation Yes Activity Transmission Yes Activity Buying Transmission Yes Activity Distribution Yes References EIA Form EIA-861 Final Data File for 2010 - File1_a[1] LinkedIn Connections CrunchBase Profile No CrunchBase profile. Create one now! This article is a stub. You can help OpenEI by expanding it. Utility Rate Schedules Grid-background.png All- Electric Residential (Single Phase) Residential All- Electric Residential (Three Phase) Residential Commercial All- Electric Commercial Commercial Supplemental Electric Heat Commercial Industrial Electric Service (over 2,000kW) Industrial
Atlantic Biomass Conversions Inc | Open Energy Information
Conversions Inc Conversions Inc Jump to: navigation, search Name Atlantic Biomass Conversions Inc Place Frederick, Maryland Sector Biomass Product Atlantic Biomass Conversions is working on a system and a genetically modified bacteria to convert sugar beet pulp waste into methanol. Coordinates 45.836395°, -98.507249° Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"mappingservice":"googlemaps3","type":"ROADMAP","zoom":14,"types":["ROADMAP","SATELLITE","HYBRID","TERRAIN"],"geoservice":"google","maxzoom":false,"width":"600px","height":"350px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","visitedicon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"wmsoverlay":"","layers":[],"controls":["pan","zoom","type","scale","streetview"],"zoomstyle":"DEFAULT","typestyle":"DEFAULT","autoinfowindows":false,"kml":[],"gkml":[],"fusiontables":[],"resizable":false,"tilt":0,"kmlrezoom":false,"poi":true,"imageoverlays":[],"markercluster":false,"searchmarkers":"","locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":null,"lat":45.836395,"lon":-98.507249,"alt":0,"address":"","icon":"","group":"","inlineLabel":"","visitedicon":""}]}
Co Co (Redirected from ACE) Jump to: navigation, search Name Atlantic City Electric Co Place Mays Landing, New Jersey Service Territory New Jersey Website www.atlanticcityelectric. Green Button Committed Yes Utility Id 963 Utility Location Yes Ownership I NERC Location RFC NERC RFC Yes RTO PJM Yes Activity Transmission Yes Activity Buying Transmission Yes Activity Distribution Yes Activity Wholesale Marketing Yes Activity Bundled Services Yes Alt Fuel Vehicle Yes Alt Fuel Vehicle2 Yes References EIA Form EIA-861 Final Data File for 2010 - File1_a[1] Energy Information Administration Form 826[2] SGIC[3] LinkedIn Connections CrunchBase Profile No CrunchBase profile. Create one now! Atlantic City Electric Company Smart Grid Project was awarded $18,700,000
Atlantic Ethanol Capital | Open Energy Information
Atlantic Ethanol Capital Atlantic Ethanol Capital Place Washington, Washington, DC Product Biofuel Investor in Caribbean and Central American region. Coordinates 38.89037°, -77.031959° Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"mappingservice":"googlemaps3","type":"ROADMAP","zoom":14,"types":["ROADMAP","SATELLITE","HYBRID","TERRAIN"],"geoservice":"google","maxzoom":false,"width":"600px","height":"350px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","visitedicon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"wmsoverlay":"","layers":[],"controls":["pan","zoom","type","scale","streetview"],"zoomstyle":"DEFAULT","typestyle":"DEFAULT","autoinfowindows":false,"kml":[],"gkml":[],"fusiontables":[],"resizable":false,"tilt":0,"kmlrezoom":false,"poi":true,"imageoverlays":[],"markercluster":false,"searchmarkers":"","locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":null,"lat":38.89037,"lon":-77.031959,"alt":0,"address":"","icon":"","group":"","inlineLabel":"","visitedicon":""}]}
Atlantic Biodiesel Inc | Open Energy Information
Atlantic Biodiesel, Inc. Atlantic Biodiesel, Inc. Place Salem, New Hampshire Zip 30790 Product Privately-held corporation producing biodiesal in its production plant located in Southern New Hampshire, which has a maximum production rate of 10 million gallons annually. Coordinates 42.554485°, -88.110549° Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"mappingservice":"googlemaps3","type":"ROADMAP","zoom":14,"types":["ROADMAP","SATELLITE","HYBRID","TERRAIN"],"geoservice":"google","maxzoom":false,"width":"600px","height":"350px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","visitedicon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"wmsoverlay":"","layers":[],"controls":["pan","zoom","type","scale","streetview"],"zoomstyle":"DEFAULT","typestyle":"DEFAULT","autoinfowindows":false,"kml":[],"gkml":[],"fusiontables":[],"resizable":false,"tilt":0,"kmlrezoom":false,"poi":true,"imageoverlays":[],"markercluster":false,"searchmarkers":"","locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":null,"lat":42.554485,"lon":-88.110549,"alt":0,"address":"","icon":"","group":"","inlineLabel":"","visitedicon":""}]}
Stora Enso, North America | Department of Energy
Association North America Conference North America: Regulation of International Electricity Trade EA-339 Shell Energy North America (US), L.P. What We Do For You Month by...
Canadian Atlantic Storms Program: Progress and Plans of the Meteorological Component
The Canadian Atlantic Storms Program (CASP) field project was conducted from 15 January to 15 March 1986 over Atlantic Canada in conjunction with the American Genesis of Atlantic Lows Experiment (GALE). The goals of CASP were to begin the process ...
Ronald E. Stewart
Fossil-Fuel CO2 Emissions from North America
North America Fossil-Fuel CO2 Emissions from North America Graph graphic Graphics Data graphic Data What countries constitute North America? North America map Trends North America,...
Atlantic NAD 83 SLA Baseline Points | Data.gov
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Wicked problems: management complexities in the Atlantic bluefin tuna fisheries .
??This study examines the complexities of achieving sufficient management measures for the Atlantic Bluefin Tuna, with an attempt to specify failure and shortcomings within the� (more)
Lunndal, Ingvild
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DOE Designates Southwest Area and Mid-Atlantic Area National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors October 2, 2007 FACT SHEET: Designation of National Interest Electric...
Dietary Studies for Larviculture of Atlantic Cod (Gadus morhua).
??Atlantic cod (Gadus morhud) larvae were early weaned onto various feeding regimes to pinpoint the best nutrition protocol to rear these organisms in an aquaculture� (more)
Hansen, Jennifer Muscato
Feasibility study on using fast calorimetry technique to measure a mass attribute as part of a treaty verification regime
The attribute measurement technique provides a method for determining whether or not an item containing special nuclear material (SNM) possesses attributes that fall within an agreed upon range of values. One potential attribute is whether the mass of an SNM item is larger than some threshold value that has been negotiated as part of a nonproliferation treaty. While the historical focus on measuring mass attributes has been on using neutron measurements, calorimetry measurements may be a viable alternative for measuring mass attributes for plutonium-bearing items. Traditionally, calorimetry measurements have provided a highly precise and accurate determination of the thermal power that is being generated by an item. In order to achieve this high level of precision and accuracy, the item must reach thermal equilibrium inside the calorimeter prior to determining the thermal power of the item. Because the approach to thermal equilibrium is exponential in nature, a large portion of the time spent approaching equilibrium is spent with the measurement being within {approx}10% of its final equilibrium value inside the calorimeter. Since a mass attribute measurement only needs to positively determine if the mass of a given SNM item is greater than a threshold value, performing a short calorimetry measurement to determine how the system is approaching thermal equilibrium may provide sufficient information to determine if an item has a larger mass than the agreed upon threshold. In previous research into a fast calorimetry attribute technique, a two-dimensional heat flow model of a calorimeter was used to investigate the possibility of determining a mass attribute for plutonium-bearing items using this technique. While the results of this study looked favorable for developing a fast calorimetry attribute technique, additional work was needed to determine the accuracy of the model used to make the calculations. In this paper, the results from the current work investigating the fast calorimetry attribute technique will be presented.
Hauck, Danielle K [Los Alamos National Laboratory; Bracken, David S [Los Alamos National Laboratory; Mac Arthur, Duncan W [Los Alamos National Laboratory; Santi, Peter A [Los Alamos National Laboratory; Thron, Jonathan [Los Alamos National Laboratory
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Fuel Consumption per Vehicle, Selected Survey Years (Gallons) " Fuel Consumption per Vehicle, Selected Survey Years (Gallons) " ,"Survey Years" ,1983,1985,1988,1991,1994,2001 "Total",621,611,559,548,578,592 "Household Characteristics" "Census Region and Division" " Northeast",609,"NA",525,523,545,571.15003 " New England",582,"NA",517,541,542,585.83989 " Middle Atlantic ",619,"NA",528,517,545,564.4347 " Midwest ",620,"NA",550,554,580,588.14092 " East North Central",627,"NA",550,553,574,585.28553 " West North Central ",607,"NA",550,557,592,594.43665 " South",644,"NA",585,566,598,615.25944 " South Atlantic",647,"NA",563,542,601,602.53752
" East North Central",21.3,"NA",26,27.6,29,32.4
Number of Vehicles, Selected Survey Years (Millions)" Number of Vehicles, Selected Survey Years (Millions)" ,"Survey Years" ,1983,1985,1988,1991,1994,2001 "Total",129.3,137.3,147.5,151.2,156.8,191 "Household Characteristics" "Census Region and Division" " Northeast",23.9,"NA",26.6,27,26.6,31.7 " New England",6.6,"NA",6.6,6.5,7.6,10 " Middle Atlantic ",17.3,"NA",20.1,20.5,19,21.7 " Midwest ",32.5,"NA",37.8,38.4,41.1,47.1 " East North Central",21.3,"NA",26,27.6,29,32.4 " West North Central ",11.3,"NA",11.8,10.8,12.1,14.7 " South",45.1,"NA",50.6,52.7,56,70.2 " South Atlantic",22.2,"NA",25.9,26.6,28.4,38.8
" East North Central",751,"NA",539,650,639,792.21608
Fuel Expenditures per Vehicle, Selected Survey Years (Nominal Dollars) " Fuel Expenditures per Vehicle, Selected Survey Years (Nominal Dollars) " ,"Survey Years" ,1983,1985,1988,1991,1994,2001 "Total",736,722,550,650,668,787 "Household Characteristics" "Census Region and Division" " Northeast",731,"NA",532,660,647,766.42074 " New England",706,"NA",526,687,637,810.19092 " Middle Atlantic ",740,"NA",534,651,651,746.41162 " Midwest ",738,"NA",539,651,644,792.60265 " East North Central",751,"NA",539,650,639,792.21608 " West North Central ",714,"NA",538,654,656,793.45498 " South",758,"NA",575,663,673,775.63816 " South Atlantic",772,"NA",559,639,676,755.54606
Mid-Atlantic Regional Wind Energy Institute
As the Department of Energy stated in its 20% Wind Energy by 2030 report, there will need to be enhanced outreach efforts on a national, state, regional, and local level to communicate wind development opportunities, benefits and challenges to a diverse set of stakeholders. To help address this need, PennFuture was awarded funding to create the Mid-Atlantic Regional Wind Energy Institute to provide general education and outreach on wind energy development across Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Over the course of the two-year grant period, PennFuture used its expertise on wind energy policy and development in Pennsylvania and expanded it to other states in the Mid-Atlantic region. PennFuture accomplished this through reaching out and establishing connections with policy makers, local environmental groups, health and economic development organizations, and educational institutions and wind energy developers throughout the Mid-Atlantic region. PennFuture conducted two regional wind educational forums that brought together wind industry representatives and public interest organizations from across the region to discuss and address wind development in the Mid-Atlantic region. PennFuture developed the agenda and speakers in collaboration with experts on the ground in each state to help determine the critical issue to wind energy in each location. The sessions focused on topics ranging from the basics of wind development; model ordinance and tax issues; anti-wind arguments and counter points; wildlife issues and coalition building. In addition to in-person events, PennFuture held three webinars on (1) Generating Jobs with Wind Energy; (2) Reviving American Manufacturing with Wind Power; and (3) Wind and Transmission. PennFuture also created a web page for the institute (http://www.midatlanticwind.org) that contains an online database of fact sheets, research reports, sample advocacy letters, top anti-wind claims and information on how to address them, wind and wildlife materials and sample model ordinances. Video and presentations from each in-person meeting and webinar recordings are also available on the site. At the end of the two-year period, PennFuture has accomplished its goal of giving a unified voice and presence to wind energy advocates in the Mid-Atlantic region. We educated a broad range of stakeholders on the benefits of wind energy and gave them the tools to help make a difference in their states. We grew a database of over 500 contacts and hope to continue the discussion and work around the importance of wind energy in the region.
Courtney Lane
Stora Enso, North America
Stora Enso North America Stora Enso North America Corporate Headquarters: Wisconsin Rapids, WI Global Headquarters: Helsinki, Finland Proposed Facility Location: Wisconsin Rapids, WI Description: The project will construct and operate a thermal gasification and gas-to-liquids plant at Wisconsin Rapids Mill and produce liquid biofuels that will ultimately be converted into renewable diesel. CEO or Equivalent: Mark A. Suwyn, Chairman and CEO Participants: TRI; Syntroleum; DOE's Oak Ridge National Laboratory; and the Alabama Center for Paper and Bioresource Engineering at Auburn University Production: * 370 barrels per day (approximately under 5,500,000 gallons per year) of Fischer-Tropsch liquids Technology and Feedstocks: * 497 bone dry tons per day of woody biomass comprised of mill residues and
NORTH AMERICAN WATER OFFICE NORTH AMERICAN WATER OFFICE P.O. Box 174 Lake Elmo, MN 55042 Phone: (612) 770-3861 Fax: (612) 770-3976 January 30, 1998 US Department of Energy Office of General Council GC-52 1000 Independence Ave. SW Washington DC 20585 RE: Preparation of Report to Congress on Price-Anderson Act Dear Office of General Council: The Price Anderson Act should be eliminated. The Price Anderson Act assumes that the encouragement and growth of the commercial nuclear industry is in the public interest. It is not. Rational evaluation of the commercial nuclear industry forces the conclusion that the Price Anderson Act simply shields the commercial nuclear industry from costs that it would otherwise, in a fair market setting, be forced to internalize and pay. Price Anderson amounts to
Implications of the Lisbon Treaty on the European Union's Common Security Defense Policy and the Emerging Strategic
, such as those involving Iran and North Korea; significant strengthening of the nuclear non-proliferation and nuclear security regimes, including bringing India, Israel and Pakistan into the Nuclear Non-Proliferation of states not conforming to international rules and norms. In the nuclear non-proliferation regime
Effect of Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation on Tropical Atlantic Variability: A Regional Coupled Model Study
A simplified coupled ocean�atmosphere model, where an atmospheric general circulation model (AGCM) is fully coupled to a 2�-layer reduced-gravity ocean model (RGO) over the tropical Atlantic basin, is presented in the context of studying the role ...
Atlantic Skipjack Tuna: Influences of Mean Environmental Conditions on
Atlantic Skipjack Tuna: Influences of Mean Environmental Conditions on Their Vulnerability to Surface Fishing Gear R. H. EVANS, D. R. McLAIN, and R. A. BAUER Introduction Of those tunas which are exploit- ed commercially in the Atlantic, only the skipjack tuna, Katsuwonus pelamis, appears presently
A Nonlinear Response of Sahel Rainfall to Atlantic Warming
The response over West Africa to uniform warming of the Atlantic Ocean is analyzed using idealized simulations with a regional climate model. With warming of 1 and 1.5 K, rainfall rates increase by 30%�50% over most of West Africa. With Atlantic ...
Naresh Neupane; Kerry H. Cook
A nonlinear response of Sahel rainfall to Atlantic warming
The response over West Africa to uniform warming of the Atlantic Ocean is analyzed using idealized simulations with a regional climate model. With warming of 1 K and 1.5 K, rainfall rates increase by 30-50% over most of West Africa. With Atlantic ...
Regimes or Cycles in Tropical Cyclone Activity in the North Atlantic
The important role of the correct use of statistics in the atmnospheric sciences literature is once again emphasized. Despite previous work on this topic, statistical techniques, even very simple ones, continue to be misused or altogether ...
Sim D. Aberson
Finescale Structure of the T�S Relation in the Eastern North Atlantic
Distributions of temperature (T) and salinity (S) and their relationship in the oceans are the result of a balance between T�S variability generated at the surface by air�sea fluxes and its removal by molecular dissipation. In this paper the role ...
R. Ferrari; K. L. Polzin
Faunal biogeography, community structure, and genetic connectivity of North Atlantic seamounts
The mechanisms of faunal dispersal across ocean basins are key unknowns toward understanding of the modern biogeography and biodiversity of deep-sea fauna. Seamounts are considered to play a defining role in faunal evolution, ...
Cho, Walter W
The Impact of North Atlantic�Arctic Multidecadal Variability on Northern Hemisphere Surface Air Temperature
The twentieth-century Northern Hemisphere surface climate exhibits a long-term warming trend largely caused by anthropogenic forcing, with natural decadal climate variability superimposed on it. This study addresses the possible origin and ...
Vladimir A. Semenov; Mojib Latif; Dietmar Dommenget; Noel S. Keenlyside; Alexander Strehz; Thomas Martin; Wonsun Park
A model for forecasting future air travel demand on the North Atlantic
Introduction: One of the key problems in the analysis and planning of any transport properties and facilities is estimating the future volume of traffic that may be expected to use these properties and facilities. Estimates ...
Taneja, Nawal K.
Multiseason Lead Forecast of the North Atlantic Power Dissipation Index (PDI) and Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE)
By considering the intensity, duration, and frequency of tropical cyclones, the power dissipation index (PDI) and accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) are concise metrics routinely used to assess tropical storm activity. This study focuses on the ...
The Atmospheric Circulation over the North Atlantic as Induced by the SST Field
Spectral analyses of the sea surface temperature (SST) in the Simple Ocean Data Analysis (SODA) reanalysis for the past half-century identify prominent and statistically significant interannual oscillations in two regions along the Gulf Stream ...
Large-Scale Vertical and Horizontal Circulation in the North Atlantic Ocean
Observations of large-scale hydrography, air�sea forcing, and regional circulation from numerous studies are combined by inverse methods to determine the basin-scale circulation, average diapycnal mixing, and adjustments to air�sea forcing of the ...
Rick Lumpkin; Kevin Speer
Observations of Mesoscale Circulations within Extratropical Cyclones over the North Atlantic Ocean during ERICA
Pseudo-dual-Doppler analyses of two mesoscale circulations (20�40 km in horizontal dimensions) that formed along a warm front within a rapidly deepening extratropical cyclone over the ocean are presented. The circulations were analyzed using ...
Ching-Hwang Liu; Roger M. Wakimoto; Frank Roux
Neutralizing Carbonic Acid in Deep Carbonate Strata below the North Atlantic
Carbon dioxide injection into deep sea sediments below 2700 m water depth and a few hundred meters to fifteen hundred meters deep in the sediment column may provide permanent geologic storage by gravitational trapping. At high pressures and low temperatures common in deep sea sediments a few hundred meters below sea floor, CO{sub 2} will be in its liquid phase and will be denser than the overlying pore fluid. The lower density of the pore fluid provides a cap to the denser CO{sub 2} and ensures gravitational trapping in the short term. The overall storage capacity for CO{sub 2} in such deep sea formations below the ocean floor is primarily determined by the permeability, and will vary with seafloor depth, geothermal gradient, porosity, and pore water salinity. Furthermore, the dissemination of the injected CO{sub 2} in the sediments and potential chemical reactions between CO{sub 2}, pore fluid and sediments will define its fate in the storage reservoir. The main objectives of our research was to evaluate the potential for sub-seabed CO{sub 2} storage in deep sea sediments using a range of approaches including experiments, permeability analysis, and modeling. Over the course of the three-year award, our results support an important role for sub-seabed storage in a diverse portfolio of carbons sequestration options. Our analysis has shown the feasibility of this type of storage, and also emphasizes that escape or leakage from such sites would be negligible. The most difficult challenge is to overcome the low permeability of typical deep-sea sediments, and a variety of approaches are suggested for future research.
Klaus Lackner; Charles Harvey; Bruce Watson
Observed Interannual Variability of the Florida Current: Wind Forcing and the North Atlantic Oscillation
The role of wind stress curl (WSC) forcing in the observed interannual variability of the Florida Current (FC) transport is investigated. Evidence is provided for baroclinic adjustment as a physical mechanism linking interannual changes in WSC ...
Pedro N. DiNezio; Lewis J. Gramer; William E. Johns; Christopher S. Meinen; Molly O. Baringer
The Relation between Decadal Variability of Subtropical Mode Water and the North Atlantic Oscillation
The Bermuda station �S� time series has been used to define the variability of subtropical mode water (STMW) from 1954 to 1995. This record, which shows decadal variability at a nominal period of about 12�14 yr, has been used as a baseline for ...
Terrence M. Joyce; Clara Deser; Michael A. Spall
The Impacts of Climate Change on Autumn North Atlantic Midlatitude Cyclones
This study explores how midlatitude extratropical cyclone intensities, frequencies, and tracks can be modified under warming-induced conditions due to enhanced greenhouse gas (GHG) concentrations. Simulations were performed with the Canadian ...
Jing Jiang; William Perrie
A Mechanism and Simple Dynamical Model of the North Atlantic Oscillation and Annular Modes
A simple dynamical model is presented for the basic spatial and temporal structure of the large-scale modes of intraseasonal variability and associated variations in the zonal index. Such variability in the extratropical atmosphere is known to be ...
Geoffrey K. Vallis; Edwin P. Gerber; Paul J. Kushner; Benjamin A. Cash
Models for the Prediction of Tropical Cyclone Motion over the North Atlantic: An Operational Evaluation
This study provides an operational evaluation of the seven prediction models-five statistical and two dynamical-used at the National Hurricane Center. Following a brief description of the rationale for each model, various performance ...
Charles J. Neumann; Joseph M. Pelissier
Diagnosing Natural Variability of North Atlantic Water Masses in HadCM3
A study of thermally driven water mass transformations over 100 yr in the ocean component of the Third Hadley Centre Coupled Ocean�Atmosphere General Circulation Model (HadCM3) is presented. The processes of surface-forced transformations, ...
Keith Haines; Chris Old
The Subinertial Momentum Balance of the North Atlantic Subtropical Convergence Zone
The upper-ocean to forcing by pressure gradients and wind stress is examined using observations from the Frontal Air�Sea Interaction Experiment. A moored way acquired time series of winds. upper-ocean currents, temperatures, and salinities ...
Craig M. Lee; Charles C. Eriksen
High-Resolution Satellite Surface Latent Heat Fluxes in North Atlantic Hurricanes
This study presents a new high-resolution satellite-derived ocean surface flux product, XSeaFlux, which is evaluated for its potential use in hurricane studies. The XSeaFlux employs new satellite datasets using improved retrieval methods, and uses ...
Jiping Liu; Judith A. Curry; Carol Anne Clayson; Mark A. Bourassa
Modeled winter sea ice variability and the North Atlantic Oscillation: a multi-century perspective
leading mode in a coupled sea ice-ocen model. J Clim 16:009-0550-7 Modeled winter sea ice variability and the Northrelationship between winter sea ice vari- ability and the
Strong, Courtenay; Magnusdottir, Gudrun
The Impact of Anthropogenic Climate Change on North Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Tracks
The authors examine the change in tropical cyclone (TC) tracks that results from projected changes in the large-scale steering flow and genesis location from increasing greenhouse gases. Tracks are first simulated using a Beta and Advection Model (...
Angela J. Colbert; Brian J. Soden; Gabriel A. Vecchi; Ben P. Kirtman
The Importance of Resolving Mesoscale Latent Heating in the North Atlantic Storm Track
Theoretical, observational, and modeling studies have established an important role for latent heating in midlatitude cyclone development. Models simulate some contribution from condensational heating to cyclogenesis, even with relatively coarse ...
Jeff Willison; Walter A. Robinson; Gary M. Lackmann
Circulation and Deep-Water Export at the Western Exit of the Subpolar North Atlantic
The current system east of the Grand Banks was intensely observed by World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) array ACM-6 during 1993�95 with eight moorings, reaching about 500 km out from the shelf edge and covering the water column from about ...
Friedrich A. Schott; Rainer Zantopp; Lothar Stramma; Marcus Dengler; J�rgen Fischer; Mathieu Wibaux
El Ni�o�Southern Oscillation and North Atlantic Oscillation Control of Climate in Puerto Rico
Many studies have shown that the El Ni�o�Southern Oscillation (ENSO) has a significant influence on climate in many parts of the globe, mostly in the Pacific Basin. The objective of this study is to examine the possible impact of ENSO on climatic ...
Bj�rn A. Malmgren; Amos Winter; Deliang Chen
Constraining a North Atlantic Ocean General Circulation Model with Chlorofluorocarbon Observations
Measurements of anthropogenic tracers such as chlorofluorocarbons and tritium must be quantitatively combined with ocean general circulation models as a component of systematic model development. The authors have developed and tested an inverse ...
S. L. Gray; T. W. N. Haine
Developing versus Nondeveloping Disturbances for Tropical Cyclone Formation. Part I: North Atlantic
This study investigates the characteristic differences of tropical disturbances that eventually develop into tropical cyclones (TCs) versus those that did not, using global daily analysis fields of the Navy Operational Global Atmospheric ...
Melinda S. Peng; Bing Fu; Tim Li; Duane E. Stevens
Comparison of Aerosol Single Scattering Albedos Derived by Diverse Techniques in Two North Atlantic Experiments
Aerosol single scattering albedo ? (the ratio of scattering to extinction) is important in determining aerosol climatic effects, in explaining relationships between calculated and measured radiative fluxes, and in retrieving aerosol optical ...
P. B. Russell; J. Redemann; B. Schmid; R. W. Bergstrom; J. M. Livingston; D. M. McIntosh; S. A. Ramirez; S. Hartley; P. V. Hobbs; P. K. Quinn; C. M. Carrico; M. J. Rood; E. �str�m; K. J. Noone; W. von Hoyningen-Huene; L. Remer
Four Views of a Portion of the North Atlantic Subtropical Gyre
Data from four cruises to the �?-triangle� centered at 27�N, 32�30?W were smoothed by fitting second-degree polynomials at each of about 30 different density surfaces. The density intervals were ??p=0.3�, corresponding to about 50 db intervals in ...
Laurence Armi; Henry Stommel
Decadal Changes in Water Mass Characteristics at 24�N in the Subtropical North Atlantic Ocean
Three transatlantic hydrographic sections across 24�N through the center of the subtropical gyre are analyzed for evidence of decadal changes in water mass characteristics. In the main thermocline, there has been a steady increase in salinity ...
Harry L. Bryden; Michael J. Griffiths; Alicia M. Lavin; Robert C. Millard; Gregorio Parrilla; William M. Smethie
Meridional Heat Transport Variability at 26.5�N in the North Atlantic
Data from almost five years of current meter moorings located across the Bahamas Escarpment at 26.5�N are used to investigate meridional heat transport variability in the section and its impact on transatlantic heat flux. Estimates of heat ...
Eve R. Fillenbaum; Thomas N. Lee; William E. Johns; Rainer J. Zantopp
Geochemistry of slow-growing corals : reconstructing sea surface temperature, salinity and the North Atlantic Oscillation
A 225-year old coral from the south shore of Bermuda (64�W, 320N) provides a record of decadal-to-centennial scale climate variability. The coral was collected live, and sub-annual density bands seen in x-radiographs ...
Goodkin, Nathalie Fairbank
How Well Do Climate Models Reproduce North Atlantic Subtropical Mode Water?
Formation and the subsequent evolution of the Subtropical Mode Water (STMW) involve various dynamic and thermodynamic processes. Proper representation of mode water variability and contributions from various processes in climate models is ...
Shenfu Dong; Kathryn A. Kelly
Analysis of north atlantic tropical cyclone intensify change using data mining
Tropical cyclones (TC), especially when their intensity reaches hurricane scale, can become a costly natural hazard. Accurate prediction of tropical cyclone intensity is very difficult because of inadequate observations on TC structures, poor ...
Jiang Tang / Ruixin Yang
Variability of North Atlantic hurricanes: seasonal versus individual-event features
Tropical cyclones are affected by a large number of climatic factors, which translates into complex patterns of occurrence. The variability of annual metrics of tropical-cyclone activity has been intensively studied, in particular since the sudden activation of the N Atl in the mid 1990's. We provide first a swift overview on previous work by diverse authors about these annual metrics for the NAtl basin, where the natural variability of the phenomenon, the existence of trends, the drawbacks of the records, and the influence of global warming have been the subject of interesting debates. Next, we present an alternative approach that does not focus on seasonal features but on the characteristics of single events [Corral et al Nature Phys 6, 693, 2010]. It is argued that the individual-storm power dissipation index (PDI) constitutes a natural way to describe each event, and further, that the PDI statistics yields a robust law for the occurrence of tropical cyclones in terms of a power law. In this context, metho...
Corral, Alvaro
Formation and the subsequent evolution of the subtropical mode water (STMW) involve various dynamic and thermodynamic processes. Proper representation of mode water variability and contributions from various processes in climate models is ...
Impact of Labrador Sea Convection on the North Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation
The overturning and horizontal circulations of the Labrador Sea are deduced from a composite vertical section across the basin. The data come from the late-spring/early-summer occupations of the World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) AR7W line,...
Robert S. Pickart; Michael A. Spall
The Impact of the North Atlantic Oscillation on Renewable Energy Resources in Southwestern Europe
Europe is investing considerably in renewable energies for a sustainable future, with both Iberian countries (Portugal and Spain) promoting significantly new hydropower, wind, and solar plants. The climate variability in this area is highly ...
S. Jerez; R. M. Trigo; S. M. Vicente-Serrano; D. Pozo-V�zquez; R. Lorente-Plazas; J. Lorenzo-Lacruz; F. Santos-Alamillos; J. P. Mont�vez
A Satellite Observational and Numerical Study of Precipitation Characteristics in Western North Atlantic Tropical Cyclones
Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I) observations were used to examine the spatial and temporal changes of the precipitation characteristics of tropical cyclones. SSM/I observations were also combined with the results of a tropical cyclone ...
Edward B. Rodgers; Simon W. Chang; Harold F. Pierce
Atlantic Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact (South
Atlantic Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact Atlantic Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact (South Carolina) Atlantic Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact (South Carolina) < Back Eligibility Utility Commercial Agricultural Investor-Owned Utility Industrial Construction Municipal/Public Utility Local Government Installer/Contractor Rural Electric Cooperative Tribal Government Program Info Start Date 1986 State South Carolina Program Type Environmental Regulations Siting and Permitting Provider Atlantic Compact Commission The Atlantic (Northeast) Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact is a cooperative effort to plan, regulate, and administer the disposal of low-level radioactive waste in the region. The states of Connecticut, New Jersey, and South Carolina are party to this compact
FACILITIES: Installations for off-site surveillance of the environment during normal operations of the Sellafield Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing Plant Installations for monitoring and controlling liquid radioactive effluent discharges from the Lillyhall Very Low Level Radioactive Landfill Site. LOCATIONS:
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and British Columbia and is the author of the application CIPP-DESIGN widely used for designing CIPP liner and Exhibits You Need to Know CIPP The Cured in Place Pipe (CIPP) has become a main street pipeline rehabilitation technique. To be most effective in specifying, managing and inspecting pipeline rehabilitation
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North Dakota Energy Conversion and Transmission Facility Siting Act (North
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Proceedings of the Symposium on the Non-Proliferation Experiment: Results and Implications for Test Ban Treaties, Rockville, Maryland, April 19-21, 1994
To address a critical verification issue for the current Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and for a possible future Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), the Department of Energy sought to measure certain differences between an underground nuclear test and a chemical test in the same geology, so that other explosions could be identified. This was done in a field experiment code-named the NonProliferation Experiment (NPE).This comprehensive experiment was designed to determine the signatures of chemical explosions for a broad range of phenomena for comparison with those of previous nuclear tests. If significant differences can be measured, then these measures can be used to discriminate between the two types of explosions. In addition, when these differences are understood, large chemical explosions can be used to seismically calibrate regions to discriminate earthquakes from explosions. Toward this end, on-site and off-site measurements of transient phenomena were made, and on-site measurements of residual effects are in progress.Perhaps the most striking result was that the source function for the chemical explosion was identical to that of a nuclear one of about twice the yield. These proceedings provide more detailed results of the experiment.
Denny, Marvin D
energy in North Carolina, offers production payments for grid-tied electricity generated by solar, wind, small hydro (10 megawatts or less) and biomass resources. Payment...
Updating the Improved Guidelines for Solving Ash Deposition Problems in Utility Boilers Report CX(s) Applied: A9 Date: 08112010 Location(s): Grand Forks, North Dakota...
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conditions of sale that restrict or prohibit the use, installation or maintenance of solar-collection devices. This ordinance was adopted prior to North Carolina's http:...
Coal Mining Reclamation (North Dakota) The Reclamation Division of the Public Service Commission is tasked with administering the regulation of surface coal mining and reclamation....
December 8, 2011 CX-007402: Categorical Exclusion Determination Carolinas Offshore Wind Integration Case Study CX(s) Applied: A9 Date: 12082011 Location(s): North Carolina, South...
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Although North Dakota�s total energy consumption is among the lowest in the Nation due to its small population, the State�s consumption per capita ... ...
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North Carolina March 31, 2010 CX-001561: Categorical Exclusion Determination Solar Light-Emitting Diode Street Lights for Phase 1A Downtown Greenway- American Recovery and...
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... 4,000 power poles were snapped off in North Carolina and 1,600 km of electrical distribution lines were down. The resulting outages affected more ...
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- North Dakota O f f i c e o f t h e G o v e r n o r John Hoeven Governor February 27,2009 The Honorable Steven Chu Secretary US Department of Energy 1000 Independence Ave SW Washington, D.C. 20585 Re: State Energy Program Assurances Dear Secretary Chu: As a condtion of receiving our State's share of the $3.1 bdhon fundmg for the State Energy Program (SEP) under the American Recovery and Renewal Act of 2009 (H.R. l)(ARR4), I am providmg the following assurances. I have written to our public u d t y commission and requested that they consider addtional actions to promote energy efficiency, consistent with the Federal statutory la'nghage coh&ed in h.R. 1 and their obhgations to maintain just and reasonable rates, wlde'protecting'the public. I havedso written to the State Legislature and requested that they
1710 Sixth Avenue North
Attorneys and Counselors Attorneys and Counselors 1710 Sixth Avenue North P.O. Box 306 (35201-0306) Birmingham, AL 35203 (205) 251-8100 (205) 226-8798 Fax www.balch.com Andrew W. Tunnell (205) 226-3439 (205) 488-5858 (direct fax) firstname.lastname@example.com January 31, 2012 By Electronic Submission Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (OE-20) U.S. Department of Energy 1000 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20585 firstname.lastname@example.com Re: Re Preparation of the 2012 Transmission Congestion Study Comments of Southern Company Services, Inc. Southern Company Services, Inc. (-SCS‖), as agent for Alabama Power Company, Georgia Power Company, Gulf Power Company and Mississippi Power Company (collectively, -Southern Companies‖), appreciates this opportunity to provide these comments to the
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Atlantic Energy Solutions | Open Energy Information
Energy Solutions Energy Solutions Place Foxboro, Massachusetts Sector Efficiency, Renewable Energy Product Atlantic Energy Solutions provides energy auditing for its customers and developers renewable energy projects to help reduce energy costs and increase demand efficiency. Coordinates 46.498115°, -92.289219° Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"mappingservice":"googlemaps3","type":"ROADMAP","zoom":14,"types":["ROADMAP","SATELLITE","HYBRID","TERRAIN"],"geoservice":"google","maxzoom":false,"width":"600px","height":"350px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","visitedicon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"wmsoverlay":"","layers":[],"controls":["pan","zoom","type","scale","streetview"],"zoomstyle":"DEFAULT","typestyle":"DEFAULT","autoinfowindows":false,"kml":[],"gkml":[],"fusiontables":[],"resizable":false,"tilt":0,"kmlrezoom":false,"poi":true,"imageoverlays":[],"markercluster":false,"searchmarkers":"","locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":null,"lat":46.498115,"lon":-92.289219,"alt":0,"address":"","icon":"","group":"","inlineLabel":"","visitedicon":""}]}
EA-1965: Florida Atlantic University Southeast National Marine Renewable
5: Florida Atlantic University Southeast National Marine 5: Florida Atlantic University Southeast National Marine Renewable Energy Center's Offshore Marine Hydrokinetic Technology Testing Project, Florida EA-1965: Florida Atlantic University Southeast National Marine Renewable Energy Center's Offshore Marine Hydrokinetic Technology Testing Project, Florida SUMMARY The Department of Energy (DOE), through its Wind and Water Power Technologies Office (WWPTO), is proposing to provide federal funding to Florida Atlantic University's South-East National Marine Renewable Energy Center (FAU SNMREC) to support the at sea testing of FAU SNMREC's experimental current generation turbine and the deployment and operation of their Small-Scale Ocean Current Turbine Test Berth, sited on the outer continental shelf (OCS) in waters off the coast of Ft Lauderdale, Florida.