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Evaluation of U.S. Air Force Preacquisition Technology Development
From the days of biplanes and open cockpits, the air forces of the United States have relied on the mastery of technology. From design to operation, a project can stretch to 20 …
Resolving Conflicts Arising from the Privatization of Environmental Data
Reliable collections of science-based environmental information are vital for many groups of users and for a number of purposes. For example, electric utility companies predict …
Strategies for Preservation of and Open Access to Scientific Data in China
Preservation of and open access to digital scientific resources are essential to global research, yet the challenges in storing and maintaining access to these collections are …
Meeting U.S. Energy Resource Needs
This study was undertaken in recognition of the critical role played by the Energy Resources Program (ERP) of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in the energy future of the United …
Carbon Management: Implications for R&d in the Chemical Sciences And Technology
Considerable international concerns exist about global climate change and its relationship to the growing use of fossil fuels. Carbon dioxide is released by chemical reactions that …
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Water Resources Planning
From the Executive Summary:There are some concerns that the current Corps planning and construction budget has not kept pace with expanding national water management needs for …
U.S. Air Force Strategic Deterrence Capabilities in the 21st Century Security Environment
Changes in the 21st century security environment require new analytic approaches to support strategic deterrence. Because current adversaries may be deterred from the use of …
Scientific Data for Decision Making Toward Sustainable Development: Senegal River Basin Case Study
Scientific databases relating to the environment, natural resources, and public health on the African continent are, for various reasons, difficult to create and manage …
Evaluation of the U.S. Navy's Extremely Low Frequency Submarine Communications Ecological Monitoring Program
The U.S. Navy established an ecological monitoring program to determine whether electric and magnetic fields from extremely low frequency (ELF) communications systems influenced …
Critical Infrastructure for Ocean Research and Societal Needs in 2030
The United States has jurisdiction over 3.4 million square miles of ocean in its exclusive economic zone, a size exceeding the combined land area of the 50 states. This expansive …
Automotive Fuel Economy
This volume presents realistic estimates for the level of fuel economy that is achievable in the next decade for cars and light trucks made in the United States and Canada. A …
Coatings for High-Temperature Structural Materials
This book assesses the state of the art of coatings materials and processes for gas-turbine blades and vanes, determines potential applications of coatings in high-temperature …