Allocating the added value of energy policies

Developing an energy policy from a collection of programs is made more complicated because there is no single value that can be used as a best estimate of the contribution of a single policy, despite the ability to estimate the impact Of the complete suite. In this paper we illustrate the problem and use cooperative game theory to show one way to estimate individual effects of a policy goal in the context of collective estimates. Using an economic equilibrium model, we illustrate the behavior of four policies, namely, a gasoline tax, CAFE standards, a carbon tax, and drilling the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve, through their Shapley value contributions in measuring the impact of each in the context of a suite...

Categories: Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: Air, comparison, energy, environmental, terrestrial, All tags... transport, Fewer tags

BLM REA NGB 2011 Mean July Temperature for Mountain Whitefish

The PRISM 1980-2010 July mean temperature was extracted for the mountain whitefish range in the ecoregion. The temperature range of the current climate scenario was used to estimate what is a current suitable range and use to assess suitablity for a future climate scenario temperature range. The mean temperature, mean temperature + 1 Standard Deviation and maximum temperature were extracted from the raster statistics. Mountain whitefish has a mean of 30.2*C, Mean + 1SD of 32.8*C and Max Temp of 35.6*C.

Types: Downloadable; Tags: Air, BLM, Bureau of Land Management, DOI, Geospatial, All tags... Mountain Whitefish, NGB 2011, Northern Great Basin, Northern Great Basin Ecoregion, REA, Rapid Ecoregional Assessment, Water Temperature, Wildlife, biota, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, Fewer tags

EnviroAtlas - Clean and Plentiful Water Metrics for the Conterminous United States

This EnviroAtlas web service supports research and online mapping activities related to EnviroAtlas (https://www.epa.gov/enviroatlas). The Clean and Plentiful Water category in this web service includes layers illustrating the ecosystems and natural resources that filter and regulate water, the need or demand for clean and plentiful water, the impacts associated with water quality, and factors that place stress on water quality and supply. EnviroAtlas allows the user to interact with a web-based, easy-to-use, mapping application to view and analyze multiple ecosystem services for the conterminous United States. Additional descriptive information about each attribute in this web service is located within each web...

Types: Citation; Tags: 12-digit HUCs, Agriculture, Air, Alabama, Alaska, All tags... Arizona, Arkansas, Austin, TX, Biodiversity, Biology, Biophysical, Biota, Boundaries, California, Census Block Groups, Cleanup, Climate, Colorado, Communities, Compliance, Connecticut, Conservation, Contaminant, Delaware, Demand for Ecosystem Services, Demographics, Detroit, MI, Disaster, Drinking Water, Drivers of Change - Ecosystem Services, Durham, NC, Ecology, Economy, Ecosystem, Ecosystem, Ecosystem Services, Elevation, Emergency, Endangered, Energy, EnviroAtlas, Environment, Environment, Environmental Atlas, Environmental Justice, Estuary, Exposure, Facilities, Florida, Food, Fresno, CA, Georgia, Green Infrastructure, Green Space, Ground Water, Habitat, Hawaii, Hazards, Health, Human, Human Well-being, Idaho, Illinois, Impact, Imperiled, Indiana, Indicator, Indoor Air, Inspections, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Land, Land Cover, Louisiana, Maine, Management, Marine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Milwaukee, WI, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Modeling, Monitoring, Montana, Natural Resources, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Permits, Pesticides, Phoenix, AZ, Portland, ME, Portland, OR, Potential for Change - Ecosystem Services, Protected Lands, Quality, Radiation, Recreation, Regulatory, Remediation, Response, Rhode Island, Riparian, Risk, Sites, Society, Soils, South Carolina, South Dakota, Spills, Structure, Supply of Ecosystem Services, Surface Water, Sustainability, Tampa Bay, FL, Tennessee, Texas, Threatened, Toxics, Transportation, United States, Utah, Utilities, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Washington DC, Waste, Water, West Virginia, Wetlands, Wisconsin, Wyoming, environment, Fewer tags

EnviroAtlas - Food, Fuel, and Materials Metrics for Conterminous United States

This EnviroAtlas web service supports research and online mapping activities related to EnviroAtlas (https://www.epa.gov/enviroatlas). The Food, Fuel, and Materials category in this web service includes layers illustrating the ecosystems and natural resources that provide or support the production of food, fuel, or other materials, the need or demand for these items, the impacts associated with their presence and accessibility, and factors that place stress on the natural environment's capability to provide these benefits. EnviroAtlas allows the user to interact with a web-based, easy-to-use, mapping application to view and analyze multiple ecosystem services for the conterminous United States. Additional descriptive...

Types: Citation; Tags: 12-digit HUCs, Agriculture, Air, Alabama, Alaska, All tags... Arizona, Arkansas, Austin, TX, Biodiversity, Biology, Biophysical, Biota, Boundaries, California, Census Block Groups, Cleanup, Climate, Colorado, Communities, Compliance, Connecticut, Conservation, Contaminant, Delaware, Demand for Ecosystem Services, Demographics, Detroit, MI, Disaster, Drinking Water, Drivers of Change - Ecosystem Services, Durham, NC, Ecology, Economy, Ecosystem, Ecosystem, Ecosystem Services, Elevation, Emergency, Endangered, Energy, EnviroAtlas, Environment, Environment, Environmental Atlas, Environmental Justice, Estuary, Exposure, Facilities, Florida, Food, Fresno, CA, Georgia, Green Infrastructure, Green Space, Ground Water, Habitat, Hawaii, Hazards, Health, Human, Human Well-being, Idaho, Illinois, Impact, Imperiled, Indiana, Indicator, Indoor Air, Inspections, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Land, Land Cover, Louisiana, Maine, Management, Marine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Milwaukee, WI, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Modeling, Monitoring, Montana, Natural Resources, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Permits, Pesticides, Phoenix, AZ, Portland, ME, Portland, OR, Potential for Change - Ecosystem Services, Protected Lands, Quality, Radiation, Recreation, Regulatory, Remediation, Response, Rhode Island, Riparian, Risk, Sites, Society, Soils, South Carolina, South Dakota, Spills, Structure, Supply of Ecosystem Services, Surface Water, Sustainability, Tampa Bay, FL, Tennessee, Texas, Threatened, Toxics, Transportation, United States, Utah, Utilities, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Washington DC, Waste, Water, West Virginia, Wetlands, Wisconsin, Wyoming, environment, Fewer tags

BLM REA NGB 2011 Future Water Temperature Suitability for Redband Trout (HUC12)

Using temperature range derived in earlier datasets for the range of redband trout in the ecoregion, the following assumptions are made of a future climate scenario.Suitable is Marginal is current Mean July Air Temp + 1 Standard Deviation - Max July Air Temp (32.2 - 35.6*C)Unsuitable is > current Max July Air Temp (> 35.6*C)Results are rolled up to an analysis unit.

Types: Downloadable; Tags: Air, BLM, Bureau of Land Management, DOI, Geospatial, All tags... NGB 2011, Northern Great Basin, Northern Great Basin Ecoregion, REA, Rapid Ecoregional Assessment, Redband trout, Water Temperature, Wildlife, biota, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, Fewer tags

BLM REA NGB 2011 Future Water Temperature Suitability for Lahontan Cutthroat trout (HUC12)

Using temperature range derived in earlier datasets for the range of Lahontan cutthroat trout in the ecoregion, the following assumptions are made of a future climate scenario.Suitable is Marginal is current Mean July Air Temp + 1 Standard Deviation - Max July Air Temp (30.3 - 31.6*C)Unsuitable is > current Max July Air Temp (> 31.6*C)Results are rolled up to an analysis unit.

Types: Downloadable; Tags: Air, BLM, Bureau of Land Management, DOI, Geospatial, All tags... Lahontan cutthroat trout, NGB 2011, Northern Great Basin, Northern Great Basin Ecoregion, REA, Rapid Ecoregional Assessment, Water Temperature, Wildlife, biota, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, Fewer tags

The Alberta dilemma: Optimal sharing of a water resource by an agricultural and an oil sector

Off-farm work is a growing reality in the US agricultural sector as a whole. Another staple program in the US agriculture is the use of crop insurance. This paper assesses hitherto unaddressed issues of fuel consumption and hence pollution generated by farm households associated with off-farm work and crop insurance. We applied a quantile regression method on a unique national farm-level survey data to address the fuel consumption issues. Results indicate that off-farm work by operators tends to decrease fuel expenses. In contrast, households with crop insurance had higher fuel consumption thereby increasing fuel usage. Finally, our study shows that the net effect of these two activities resulted in an increase...

Categories: Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: Air, comparison, energy, environmental, terrestrial, All tags... transport, Fewer tags

Natural Resource Information Portal

NPS is transforming the way natural resource information is managed and delivered to parks, partners, and the public. "IRMA," the Integration of Resource Management Applications, is the name given to the project that is guiding this transformation. The Natural Resource Information Portal (http://nrinfo.nps.gov) is the gateway to the project's results. NRInfo is the beginning steps towards having a "one-stop" for data and information on park-related natural resources. From the portal you can search for, view, and download documents, reports, publications, data sets, park species lists, and links to additional data sources. No logins or passwords are needed.

Categories: Web Site; Tags: air, biology, climate, data access, geology, All tags... inventories, maps, water, Fewer tags

BLM REA NGB 2011 Future Water Temperature Suitability for Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout (HUC12)

Using temperature range derived in earlier datasets for the range of Yellowstone cutthroat trout in the ecoregion, the following assumptions are made of a future climate scenario.Suitable is Marginal is current Mean July Air Temp + 1 Standard Deviation - Max July Air Temp (29.0 - 32.3*C)Unsuitable is > current Max July Air Temp (> 32.3*C)Results are rolled up to an analysis unit.

Types: Downloadable; Tags: Air, BLM, Bureau of Land Management, DOI, Geospatial, All tags... NGB 2011, Northern Great Basin, Northern Great Basin Ecoregion, REA, Rapid Ecoregional Assessment, Water Temperature, Wildlife, Yellowstone cutthroat trout, biota, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, Fewer tags

BLM REA NGB 2011 Mean July Temperature for Redband Trout

The PRISM 1980-2010 July mean temperature was extracted for the redband trout range in the ecoregion. The temperature range of the current climate scenario was used to estimate what is a current suitable range and use to assess suitablity for a future climate scenario temperature range. The mean temperature, mean temperature + 1 Standard Deviation and maximum temperature were extracted from the raster statistics. Redband trout has a mean of 30*C, Mean + 1SD of 32.2*C and Max Temp of 35.6*C.

Types: Downloadable; Tags: Air, BLM, Bureau of Land Management, DOI, Geospatial, All tags... NGB 2011, Northern Great Basin, Northern Great Basin Ecoregion, REA, Rapid Ecoregional Assessment, Redband Trout, Water Temperature, Wildlife, biota, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, Fewer tags

BLM REA NGB 2011 Future Water Temperature Suitability for Mountain Whitefish (HUC12)

Using temperature range derived in earlier datasets for the range of mountain whitefish in the ecoregion, the following assumptions are made of a future climate scenario.Suitable is Marginal is current Mean July Air Temp + 1 Standard Deviation - Max July Air Temp (32.8 - 35.6*C)Unsuitable is > current Max July Air Temp (> 35.6*C)Results are rolled up to an analysis unit.

Types: Downloadable; Tags: Air, BLM, Bureau of Land Management, DOI, Geospatial, All tags... NGB 2011, Northern Great Basin, Northern Great Basin Ecoregion, REA, Rapid Ecoregional Assessment, Water Temperature, Wildlife, biota, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, mountain whitefish, Fewer tags

BLM REA NGB 2011 Future Water Temperature Suitability for Bull Trout (4km)

Using temperature range derived in earlier datasets for the range of bull trout in the ecoregion, the following assumptions are made of a future climate scenario.Suitable is Marginal is current Mean July Air Temp + 1 Standard Deviation - Max July Air Temp (32.4 - 33.9*C)Unsuitable is > current Max July Air Temp (> 33.9*C)Results are rolled up to an analysis unit.

Types: Downloadable; Tags: Air, BLM, Bull trout, Bureau of Land Management, DOI, All tags... Geospatial, NGB 2011, Northern Great Basin, Northern Great Basin Ecoregion, REA, Rapid Ecoregional Assessment, Water Temperature, Wildlife, biota, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, Fewer tags

Dry Tortugas Reef Visual Census 2016

In 1998, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's (FWC) Fisheries Independent Monitoring (FIM) program began a long-term monitoring effort of key reef fish populations in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. This effort was aimed at evaluating the relative abundance, size structure, and habitat utilization of specific reef fish species that are targeted by commercial and recreational fisheries.; Smith,S.G., et al. 2011,Multispecies survey design for assessing reef-fish stocks, spatially explicit management performance, and ecosystem condition. Fisheries Research 109(2011)25-41; Brandt,M.E., et. al. 2009,A Cooperative Multi-agency Reef Fish Monitoring Protocol for the Florida Keys Coral Reef...

Categories: Data; Types: NetCDF OPeNDAP Service; Tags: Atmosphere > Air Quality > Visibility, Dry Tortugas Reef Visual Census 2016, absence, air, aphia, All tags... area, array, array-data, atmosphere, authorship, basis, basisOfRecord, biodiversity, biology, body, bottom, bottomType, buddy, calculated, celsius, census, class, code, collection, common, comprehensive, country, data, data_set_ID, data_set_name, database, dataset, dataset, datasetID, datasetName, date, datum, dep, depth, dry, dry tortugas, dynamic, dynamicProperties, ecological, event, eventDate, eventDateRemarks, eventDateTimeZone, eventdate, eventdateremarks, eventdatetimezone, family, fish, fish sampling, florida keys, fork, genus, geodetic, geodeticDatum, geoscientificInformation, grid, gulf of mexico, habitat, hierarchy, higher, higherInstitutionCode, identification, information, institution, institutionCode, itis, kingdom, large, latitude, length, locality, longitude, map, mapGridNumber, mapNumber, marine, material, materialSampleID, max, max_depth, maximum, maximumDepthInMeters, mean, meter, meters, method, min, min_depth, minimum, minimumDepthInMeters, minutes, name, network, north, not, num, number, observation, observed, observedMeanLengthInCm, occurrence, order, owner, ownerInstitutionCode, pair, park, per, phylum, presence, primary, primarySamplingUnit, properties, protected, protection, province, quality, quantification, quantificationMethod, quantificationName, quantificationStatus, quantificationUnit, quantificationValue, radius, rank, record, recorded, recordedBy, reef, remarks, reserve, sample, sampleRadiusInMeters, samples, sampling, scientific, scientificNameAuthorship, scientificNameIDITIS, scientificNameIDWoRMS, scientificname, sea, seawater, secondary, serial, service, set, species, specificEpithet, state, stateProvince, station, status, stewardship, strata, subregion, system, taxon, taxonRank, taxonomic, temperature, time, timeUncertainty, timeuncertainty, tner, tortuga, tortugas, type, uncertainty, under, underwaterVisibilityInMeters, unit, units, value, vernacularName, vertical, verticalDatum, verticaldatum, visibility, visibility_in_air, visual, water, waterBody, waterTemperatureInCelsius, worms, zone, Fewer tags

Soil Methane and Combustible Gas Concentrations from Oil-Gas Well Pads in Utah, U.S.A.

Soil gas methane and combustible gas concentrations collected from oil and gas well pad locations in Utah. Soil gas samples were measured on site and/or collected for later analysis as described in supporting documentation. Multiple sample locations around well head and depths within the soil profile are available for select sites. Supporting documents provide information of sample collection protocol and data quality assurance.

Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Big Flat, Big Indian North, Big Indian South, Big Valley, Bluebell, All tags... Bonanza, Buck Canyon, Carbon, Clay Basin, Clear Creek, Daggett, Duchesne, Emery, Fence Canyon, Grand, Hell Roaring, Hell's Hole, Horseshoe Bend, Land, Lisbon, Long Canyon, Love, Natural Buttes, Nine Mile Canyon, North America, North and Central America, Open-File Report, Pariette Bench, Park Road, Peters Point, Pine Springs, Randlett, Red Wash, Rock House, San Juan, South Pine Ridge, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Uintah, Undesignated, United States, United States, Utah, Utah, Walker Hollow, White River, Wildcat, Wonsits Valley, air, air pollution, air quality, airshed, arid lands, aromatic hydrocarbons, atmospheric chemistry, atmospheric sciences, carbon cycle, chemistry, dispersion, disturbed soils, drained conditions, energy resources, energy use and consumption, environmental quality, environmental science, flooded conditions, fossil fuels, fuels, gas chromatography, gas exchange, gases, geochemistry, global carbon budget, global methane budget, greenhouse gases, hydrocarbons, interagency programs, land management, mass flow, methane, mineral resources, natural gas, nonrenewable resources, oil field soils, oil fields, oil shale, partnerships, petroleum, point source pollution, pollution, poorly drained soils, public lands, reclaimed soils, saturated conditions, sediment contamination, soil, soil air, soil chemistry, soil pollution, soil science, soil sciences, soil water, soil-atmosphere interactions, transect sampling, unsaturated conditions, vadose zone, Fewer tags

Air-blown biomass gasification combined cycles (BGCC): System analysis and economic assessment

Off-farm work is a growing reality in the US agricultural sector as a whole. Another staple program in the US agriculture is the use of crop insurance. This paper assesses hitherto unaddressed issues of fuel consumption and hence pollution generated by farm households associated with off-farm work and crop insurance. We applied a quantile regression method on a unique national farm-level survey data to address the fuel consumption issues. Results indicate that off-farm work by operators tends to decrease fuel expenses. In contrast, households with crop insurance had higher fuel consumption thereby increasing fuel usage. Finally, our study shows that the net effect of these two activities resulted in an increase...

Categories: Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: Air, comparison, energy, environmental, terrestrial, All tags... transport, Fewer tags

BLM REA NGB 2011 Future Water Temperature Suitability for Bull Trout (HUC 12)

Using temperature range derived in earlier datasets for the range of bull trout in the ecoregion, the following assumptions are made of a future climate scenario.Suitable is Marginal is current Mean July Air Temp + 1 Standard Deviation - Max July Air Temp (32.4 - 33.9*C)Unsuitable is > current Max July Air Temp (> 33.9*C)Results are rolled up to an analysis unit.

Types: Downloadable; Tags: Air, BLM, Bull trout, Bureau of Land Management, DOI, All tags... Geospatial, NGB 2011, Northern Great Basin, Northern Great Basin Ecoregion, REA, Rapid Ecoregional Assessment, Water Temperature, Wildlife, biota, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, Fewer tags

BLM REA NGB 2011 Future Water Temperature Suitability for Redband Trout (4km)

Using temperature range derived in earlier datasets for the range of redband trout in the ecoregion, the following assumptions are made of a future climate scenario.Suitable is Marginal is current Mean July Air Temp + 1 Standard Deviation - Max July Air Temp (32.2 - 35.6*C)Unsuitable is > current Max July Air Temp (> 35.6*C)Results are rolled up to an analysis unit.

Types: Downloadable; Tags: Air, BLM, Bureau of Land Management, DOI, Geospatial, All tags... NGB 2011, Northern Great Basin, Northern Great Basin Ecoregion, REA, Rapid Ecoregional Assessment, Redband trout, Water Temperature, Wildlife, biota, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, Fewer tags

EnviroAtlas - Biodiversity Conservation Metrics for Conterminous United States

This EnviroAtlas web service supports research and online mapping activities related to EnviroAtlas (https://www.epa.gov/enviroatlas). The Biodiversity Conservation category in this web service includes layers illustrating the ecosystems and natural resources that support biodiversity, the need or demand for conservation, the impacts associated with biodiversity and conservation, and factors that place stress on the natural environment's capability to maintain biodiversity. EnviroAtlas allows the user to interact with a web-based, easy-to-use, mapping application to view and analyze multiple ecosystem services for the conterminous United States. Additional descriptive information about each attribute in this web...

Types: Citation; Tags: 12-digit HUCs, Agriculture, Air, Alabama, Alaska, All tags... Arizona, Arkansas, Austin, TX, Biodiversity, Biology, Biophysical, Biota, Boundaries, California, Census Block Groups, Cleanup, Climate, Colorado, Communities, Compliance, Connecticut, Conservation, Contaminant, Delaware, Demand for Ecosystem Services, Demographics, Detroit, MI, Disaster, Drinking Water, Drivers of Change - Ecosystem Services, Durham, NC, Ecology, Economy, Ecosystem, Ecosystem, Ecosystem Services, Elevation, Emergency, Endangered, Energy, EnviroAtlas, Environment, Environment, Environmental Atlas, Environmental Justice, Estuary, Exposure, Facilities, Florida, Food, Fresno, CA, Georgia, Green Infrastructure, Green Space, Ground Water, Habitat, Hawaii, Hazards, Health, Human, Human Well-being, Idaho, Illinois, Impact, Imperiled, Indiana, Indicator, Indoor Air, Inspections, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Land, Land Cover, Louisiana, Maine, Management, Marine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Milwaukee, WI, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Modeling, Monitoring, Montana, Natural Resources, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Permits, Pesticides, Phoenix, AZ, Portland, ME, Portland, OR, Potential for Change - Ecosystem Services, Protected Lands, Quality, Radiation, Recreation, Regulatory, Remediation, Response, Rhode Island, Riparian, Risk, Sites, Society, Soils, South Carolina, South Dakota, Spills, Structure, Supply of Ecosystem Services, Surface Water, Sustainability, Tampa Bay, FL, Tennessee, Texas, Threatened, Toxics, Transportation, United States, Utah, Utilities, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Washington DC, Waste, Water, West Virginia, Wetlands, Wisconsin, Wyoming, environment, Fewer tags

Air versus terrestrial transport modalities: An energy and environmental comparison

Off-farm work is a growing reality in the US agricultural sector as a whole. Another staple program in the US agriculture is the use of crop insurance. This paper assesses hitherto unaddressed issues of fuel consumption and hence pollution generated by farm households associated with off-farm work and crop insurance. We applied a quantile regression method on a unique national farm-level survey data to address the fuel consumption issues. Results indicate that off-farm work by operators tends to decrease fuel expenses. In contrast, households with crop insurance had higher fuel consumption thereby increasing fuel usage. Finally, our study shows that the net effect of these two activities resulted in an increase...

Categories: Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: Air, comparison, energy, environmental, terrestrial, All tags... transport, Fewer tags

BLM REA NGB 2011 Future Water Temperature Suitability for Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout (4km)

Using temperature range derived in earlier datasets for the range of Yellowstone cutthroat trout in the ecoregion, the following assumptions are made of a future climate scenario.Suitable is Marginal is current Mean July Air Temp + 1 Standard Deviation - Max July Air Temp (29.0 - 32.3*C)Unsuitable is > current Max July Air Temp (> 32.3*C)Results are rolled up to an analysis unit.

Types: Downloadable; Tags: Air, BLM, Bureau of Land Management, DOI, Geospatial, All tags... NGB 2011, Northern Great Basin, Northern Great Basin Ecoregion, REA, Rapid Ecoregional Assessment, Water Temperature, Wildlife, Yellowstone cutthroat trout, biota, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, Fewer tags