Research Resources
Xiaobing Zhou, Assistant Professor of Geophysics
Research Resources

1. Natural Resources
  1. Water Resources of Montana
  2. Montana Snow Survey Program
  3. Montana Soil Data
  4. Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation Water Resources Division
  5. Montana Board of Oil & Gas Conservation Montana WebMapper
  6. Soil moisture data from Climate Prediction Center, National Weather Service of NOAA (soil moisture)
  7. Soil moisture data from AMSR-E Validation archieved at National Snow and Ice Data Center (MSEX soil moisture data)
  8. National Climate Data Center (NCDC) (ftp NCDC)
  9. Biogeochemical and ecological data at Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center (ORNL DAAC)
  10. Yellowstone River Corridor Resource Page
2. Monitoring networks
  1. Soil Climate Analysis Network (SCAN) of Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS)
  2. Soil Climate Analysis Network (SCAN) (soil moisture data ftp, website)
  3. Montana SNOTEL sites
  4. National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON)
3. Geographical Information System and Science Data
  1. Data sources for CO2 sequestration research
    1. The US national brine-formation data base by BEG
    2. GIS data files for the 2008 Carbon Sequestration Atlas of the United States and Canada by NatCarb project
  2. National Historic GIS (www.nhgis.org) provide access to historical Census data
  3. Atlas of Historical County Boundaries  (www.newberry.org/ahcbp/index.html)  provide boundary files for the United States.
  4. Your one-stop for federal, state & local geographic data (GOS)
  5. Alaska SAR Facility User Remote Sensing Access (URSA)
  6. Seamless Data Distribution System (SDDS) of USGS (DEMs, Landcover, Bureau of Transportation Safety roads, etc.. an example of tutorial)
  7. Montana Natural Resource Information Systems (NRIS) of Montana State Library
  8. US State Level GIS Data and Links, Geospatial and Statistical Data Center, University of Virginia Library
  9. GeoCommunity (a GIS online portal)
  10. GTOPO30 DEM data from USGS
  11. Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) DEM data can be downloaded from any of the following sorces
  12. 30 m resolution of DEM of Texas fromTexas Natural Resources Information System (30 m DEM Texas)
  13. State GIS (link to states)
  14. Alaska State Geo-Spatial Data Clearinghouse (ASGDC) (DNR)
  15. Florida Geographic Data Library (FGDL).
  16. Georgia Spatial Data Infrastructure (GSDI).
  17. Wyoming Geographic Information (WGIS)
  18. New Mexico Geographic Information (NMRGIS)
  19. IMS Daily Northern Hemisphere Snow and Ice Data at 4 km and 24 km Resolution
  20. GIS Monthly Sea Ice Maps for Actic and Antarctic
  21. Importing Monthly Mean Ice Concentration Data into ArcInfo
  22. GPS way points (lat,lon) of all significant dams in South Africa
  23. GIS data (provinces, cities, volcanos, landscape, DEM) of Ecuador
  24. GIS data (DEM, meteorology, land use and forest cover, streams) of Thailand
  25. GIS questions & help page (Dept of Ecology, Washinton State)
3. Geophysical Data Resources
  1. NOAA's National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) (geophysical data) (Geomagnetic Models and Software)
  2. NASA's National Space Science Data Center (NNSSDC)
  3. Montana Bouguer Gravity Anomaly Map (Bouger Gravity) (data download )
  4. Montana Isostatic Gravity Anomaly Map (Isostatic Gravity)
  5. Montana Aeromagnetic and Gravity Maps and Data (Montana Magnetic) (data download)
  6. Global aeromagnetic data from NGDC (CD order)
  7. Geomagnetic Data by the Magnetometer Network (210 Magnetic Data)
  8. Minnesota Gravity and Magnetic Data Grids (G&M data Minnesota)
  9. Gravity Base Stations for the United States (base stations)
  10. International Geomagnetic Reference Field (IGRF; IGRF-1; IGRF-2)
  11. USGS fault and fold database of US (faults)
4. Remote Sening Spectral libraries

  1. ASTER Spectral Reflectance Library (including the Johns Hopkins University (JHU) Spectral Library, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Spectral Library, and the United States Geological Survey (USGS - Reston) Spectral Library).

  2. ASU Thermal Emission Spectroscopy Laboratory Spectral Library

5. Remote Sensing Satellite Data  Resources
  1. Arizona Regional Image Archive (ARIA)
  2. Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica (LIMA)
  3. Global Land Cover Facility (GLCF)
  4. Montana View Archive
  5. Satellite Overpass Predictor
  6. Satellite Data File Formats (ref1)
  7. Hyperion on EO-1 data products
  8. Landsat-7 ETM+ data products (Landsat 7 Science Data User's Handbook)
  9. Radarsat -1 data products (price lists, data process)
  10. MODIS data Products
    1. MODIS L1B product

  11. USGS Commercial Data Purchases (UCDP) Imagery

  12. NexRAD precipitation data
6. Biophysical Data
  1. AVHRR Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) Composites data (USGS AVHRR NDVI data)
  2. GLC2000 land cover database (GLC2000)
  3. LOPEX vegetation leaf reflectance data (LOPEX)
  4. Basic ecology terminology
7. Physical Oceanographic & Marin Environmental Data
  1. Alaska Recent Marine Data (station map and data) (metadata)
  2. NOAA Marine Environmental Buoy Database (station map and data) (CDs)
  3. National Data Bouy Center (NDBC) (historical data)
  4. Sea Ice Index from Nationla Snow and Ice Data Center at  (http://nsidc.org/data/seaice_index/) (ftp site)
8. Water Resource and Hydrological Data
  1. Buffalo-San Jacinto watershed (Houston) - USGS Water Resources Links
  2. USGS Streamflow Stations of Montana
  3. SNOTEL and Snow Course Data for the western US
9. Mineral Resources and Data
  1. USGS Photo glossary of volcano terms
10. Softwares
  1. GEOTRANS (Geographic Translator) is an application program which allows you to easily convert geographic coordinates among a wide variety of coordinate systems, map projections, and datums.
  2. USGS Scientific Softwares
  3. USGS Geophysical Softwares
  4. USGS Potentail-Field Geophysical Software for PC, V2.2
  5. MATLAB resources; documentation; image processing toolbox
  6. GPS/GIS softwares
  7. Geophysical data processing softwares
  8. Geostatistics software
  9. Geophysical data processing software retailers or contributors:
  10. GMT
  11. Radiative transfer codes
  12. MODIS data processing
11. Remote Sensing Systems
  1. A good summary of sensors (1); data products for sensors;
  2. ESA
  1. NASA Earth Observation Satellites
  1. NASA Environmental Satellites
  1. NASA's New Millenium Program
    1. Advanced Land Imager (ALI)
    2. The new Hyperion product is available for $500 per scene, and may be searched and ordered through Earth Explorer (http://earthexplorer.usgs.gov) or the USGS Global Visualization Viewer (http://glovis.usgs.gov).
  1. NASA's three Earth System Science Pathfinder small-satellite program missions:
  1. NASA's future Earth observing  Missions
    1. National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS): 
The National Polar-orbiting Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) is a set of six satellites that are intended to replace weather satellites currently used by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD).
  1. ESA's Earth Explorer Opportunity Missions:
  1. NOAA satellite series (user's guides)
  1. SAR systems
12. Instruments
  1. Millimeter wave radar systems and radiometers
  2. Soil moisture measurement
  3. Rainfall & Snowfall Measurement
  1. Temperature measurement
  1. Geophysical Instrument
  1. Dataloggers
  1. Equipment Manufacturers, Suppliers, and Resources for Physiological Ecology (a good portal)
13. Geophysical Survey Companies
  1. Big Sky Geophysics (BSG)
  2. Fugro Airborne Surveys (FAS)
  3. Sander Geophysics Limited (SGL)
  4. RESON (echosounders)
  5. Zonge Engineering & Research Organization, Inc (electrical and electromagnetic methods)
  6. Geophysical Survey Systems, Inc. (GSSI) (geophysical instruments: GPR, EM, etc.)
  7. Austin Exploration Inc. (gravity & Magnetic Data Acquisition, Processing & Interpretation)
15. Journals (for impact factor, see a or b):
  1. AAPG Bulletin  (American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin )
  2. Advances in Space Research
  3. Advances in Water Resources
  4. Agronomy Journal
  5. Arctic
  6. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  7. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions
  8. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  9. Cold Regions Science and Technology
  10. Computer Graphics
  11. Computers & Geosciences
  12. Current Science
  13. Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  14. Ecology
  15. Environmental Science & Policy
  16. First Break (in MTech 1998-2002)
  17. Geocarto International
  18. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems (G3)
  19. Geoexploration
  20. Geology
  21. Geophysical journal international
  22. Geophysics
  23. Geophysical Exploration
  24. Geophysical Prospecting
  25. Geophysical Research Letters
  26. Geophysics: the leading edge of exploration
  27. HYDROLOGICAL SCIENCES JOURNAL
  28. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
  29. International Journal of Remote Sensing   (IJRS)
  30. IOP Publishing: Electronic Journals
  31. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
  32. Journal of African Earth Sciences
  33. Journal of Applied Geophysics
  34. Journal of Applied Meteorology
  35. Journal of Applied Meteorology & Climatology
  36. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology
  37. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
  38. Journal of Climate
  39. Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics (JEEG)
  40. Journal of Environmental Informatics (JEI)
  41. Journal of Environmental Quality (JEQ)
  42. Journal of Geophysics and Engineering
  43. Journal of Geophysical Research A -- Space Physics
  44. Journal of Geophysical Research B -- Solid Earth
  45. Journal of Geophysical Research C -- Oceans
  46. Journal of Geophysical Research D -- Atmospheres
  47. Journal of Geophysical Research E -- Planets
  48. Journal of Geophysical Research F -- Earth Surface
  49. Journal of Geophysical Research G -- Biogeosciences
  50. Journal of Hydrology
  51. Journal of Hydrometeorology
  52. JGR - Earth Surface (2003-2005)
  53. Lincoln Laboratory Journal, Lincoln Laboratory of MIT (accessible online)
  54. Nature (in MTech)
  55. Near Surface Geophysics
  56. Oecologia
  57. Polar Research
  58. Polish Polar Research
  59. Pure and Applied Geophysics (1997 - present; 05/01/2003 to 1 year ago)
  60. Planetary and Space Science (PSS)
  61. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA (PNAS) (accessible online)
  62. Progress in Physical Geography
  63. Quarterly Journal of The Royal Meteorological Society
  64. Remote Sensing of Environment
  65. Review of Geophysics
  66. Science
  67. Soil Science Society of America Journal (http://soil.scijournals.org/cgi/reprint/vol#/no#/page#)
  68. Subsurface Sensing Technology and Applications (Netherlands) (2000-2005) becomes
  69. Sensing and Imaging: An International Journal (2006- )
  70. Surveys in Geophysics (Netherlands)
  71. Tectonophysics
  72. The leading edge
  73. Water Resources Research (WRR) (1990-)
15. List of Journal Title Abbreviations
  1. List from NCMR Library
  2. List from University of British Columbia Library
  3. List from Caltech Library System
  4.  List from Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) of American Chemical Society
  5. List from Frontier in Bioscience (ISSN # included)
  6. Thomson Scientific Master Journal List (total: 14333)
  7. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health
  8. The List of Title Word Abbreviation, ISSN (International Standard Series Number)
16. Professional Societies:
  1. American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  2. American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS)
  3. Ecological Society of America (ESA)
  4. Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society (EEGS)
  5. Geochemical Society (GS)
  6. Geological Society of America (GSA)
  7. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (GRSS)
  8. International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS)
  9. International Union of Radio Science (URSI) 
  10. International Society for  Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS)Optical Society of America (OSA)
  11. Microbeam Analysis Society (MB)
  12. Mineralogical Society of America (MSA)
  13. Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry (RSPSoc)
  14. Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG), SEG bookmart
17. High Tech Tips
  1. How to zip and unzip files?
  2. Genetic programming (GP)
  3. Agent Analyst
  4. ArcScripts (numerous)
  5. DOS batch file tutorials; Creating Batch Files;
  6. How to change the size of virtual memory in paging file?
  7. ARC Macro Language (AML) scripts - ArcScripts
  8. ArcGIS library (ArcGIS documents)
  9. Many guides of computer techniques (Information Technology Service)
18. Conferences
  1. AGU meetings
  2. International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)
  3. Montana Section American Water Resources Association Annual Meeting
  4. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (IGARSS meeting)
  5. Western Snow Conference (WSC)
  6. Eastern Snow Conference (ESC)
19. Online Information Database
  1. Optics Infobase by Optical Society of America
  2. Scitation  -- online home of more than 100 journals from AIP, APS, ASCE, ASME, SPIE, and a host of other prestigious science and engineering societies.
20. Research and Washington DC
  1. "An Assessment of Balance in NASA’s Science Programs" available at http://www.nap.edu/topics.php?topic=293
  2. MSU officials await final ag bill funding
  3. Despite opposition, federal cash vital to state
  4. MSU one of top U.S. universities in earmarked research money
  5. Research crunch at UW
21. Online Journals (free access)
  1. Limnology and Oceanography
  2. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods
  3. Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin
22. Online Master Theses
  1. Stephen H.Westin, Predicting Reflectance Functions from Complex Surfaces, Graduate School of Cornell University, 1992. [online].
23. Online PhD Disertations
  1. Loew, A., Coupled modeling of land surface microwave interactions using ENVISAT ASAR data, Ph.D. dissertation, Univ. Munich, Munich,
    Germany, 2004. Available: http://edoc.ub.uni-muenchen.de/archive/00002764. [online]
  2. Painter, T., The Hyperspectral Bidirectional Reflectance of Snow: Modeling, Measurement, and Instrumentation. PhD dissertation, University of California Santa Babara, 2002. [online].
  3. Pielmeier, C., Textural and mechanical variability of mountain snowpacks. PhD Disertation, der Universität Bern, 2002. [online].
  4. Price, E. J., Coseismic and Postseismic Deformations Associated With the 1992 Landers, California, Earthquake Measured by Synthetic Aperture Radar Interferometry, IGPP-0225, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0225.
  5. Waldner, P. A., Water and Solute Release from a Subalpine Snow Cover. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich, Department of Environmental Sciences, Diss. Nr. 14684, 145 p., 2002. [online].
24. Online Proceedings
  1. Proceedings of the International Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) working group VIII/2: Laser-Scanners for Forest and Landscape Assessment.
  2. Proceedings of  the XXth International Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) Congress, 12 to 23 July 2004 in Istanbul, Turkey.
  3. Proceedings and Presentation of Workshops, Symposia or Congresses related to ISPRS
  4. International Archives of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
25. Online Publications
  1. Burkard, R. K., 1984. Geodesy for the Layman. Washington, DC: Defense Mapping Agency.
  2. National Imagery and Mapping Agency (now: Geospatial-Intelligence Agency). 2000. Department of Defense World Geodetic System 1984: Its definition and Relationships with Local Geodetic Systems, Third Edition, 4 July 1997. NIMA Technical Report TR8350.2. Amendment 1, Jan. 3, 2000.
  3. Publications by Eastern Geographic Science Center, USGS.
  4. FAO, State of the World's Forests (1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, ...)
  5. FAO, 2005. State of the World’s Forests. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome. (available at: ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/007/y5574e/y5574e00.pdf.) 
  6. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change  (IPCC) publications (IPCC reports)
  7. Arctic Climate Impacts Assessment (ACIA), 2004. Impacts of a Warming Arctic: Arctic Climate Impact Assessment. Cambrisge University Press. http://www.acia.uaf.edu. Purchase from CUP.
  8. ACIA, 2005. Arctic Climate Impact Assessment. Cambridge University Press, 1042p. http://www.acia.uaf.edu.
  9. Brigam, L., and B. Ellis (Eds.), Arctic Marine Transport Workshop, Final Report of Arctic Marine Transport Workshop, Scott Polar Research Institute at Cambridge University, United Kingdom, 28-30 September 2004. Anchorage: Institute of the North/U.S. Arctic Research Commission/International Arctic Science Committee, 2004.
  10. Arctic Research of the United States, Volume 19, Fall/Winter 2005, NSF 05-45.
  11. Pulications (some) on marine climate and ecosystem in the seasonal ice zone at MACESIZ
  12. Publications by Polar Science Center of Univ of Washington (PSC-publications)
  13. Publications by Southwest Watershed Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, USDA (SWRC-publications)
  14. Publications by Centre for Earth Observation Science, University of Minitoba, Canada (CEOS-publications, pdf-list)
  15. Publications by South Dakota State University, College of Agriculture & Biological Sciences (AgBio-Publications)
  16. Electrical method/exploration
    1. "Electrical imaging surveys for environmental and engineering studies" by M H Loke
  17. Indiana Geological Survey publication list (can be ordered from there)
  18. USGS Professional Paper 1652, (pdf) Integrated Investigations of Environmental Effects of Historical Mining in the Basin and Boulder Mining Districts, Boulder River Watershed, Jefferson County, Montana by David A. Nimick, Stanley E. Church, and Susan E. Finger
  19. USGS Open-File Reports (Online reports)
    1. 2004-1005 Mineral Deposit Data for Epigenetic Base- and Precious-Metal and Uranium-Thorium Deposits in South-Central and Southwestern Montana and Southern and Central Idaho
    2. 2004-1038 Inventory of Significant Mineral Deposit Occurrences in the Headwaters Project Area in Idaho, Western Montana, and Extreme Eastern Oregon and Washington
    3. 2004-1053 Schlumberger Soundings in the Long Beach-Wilmington Area, County of Los Angeles, California
    4. 2004-1095 Results of Electrical Resistivity Data Collected near the Town of Guernsey, Platte County, Wyoming
    5. 2004-1096 Ground Magnetic Data from within the Long Valley Caldera, California: A Website for Data Distribution
    6. 2004-1190 Absolute Gravimetry in Antarctica: 1995 Observations at McMurdo Station and Terra Nova Bay Station
    7. 2004-1204 The Cottage Lake Aeromagnetic Lineament: A Possible Onshore Extension of the Southern Whidbey Island Fault, Washington
    8. 2004-1206 Review of Results and Recommendations from the GCMRC 2000-2003 Remote-Sensing Initiative for Monitoring Environmental Resources within the Colorado River Ecosystem
    9. 2004-1206 Review of Results and Recommendations from the GCMRC 2000-2003 Remote-Sensing Initiative for Monitoring Environmental Resources within the Colorado River Ecosystem
    10. 2004-1319 "Direct Current Resistivity Profiling to Study Distribution of Water in the Unsaturated Zone Near the Amargosa Desert Research Site, Nevada" by Jared D. Abraham and Jeffrey E. Lucius.
    11. 2004-1374 China’s Growing Appetite for Minerals
    12. 2004-1383 Gravity Study of the Guernsey Landfill Site, Guernsey, Wyoming
    13. 2004-1413 Guide to Geophysical Data for the Northern Rocky Mountains and Adjacent Areas, Idaho, Montana, Washington, Oregon, and Wyoming
    14. 2004-1414 Mineral Production and Mining Trends for Selected Non-fuel Commodities in Idaho and Montana, 1905-2001
    15. 2004-1426 RayGUI 2.0: A Graphical User Interface for Interactive Forward and Inversion Ray-Tracing
    16. 2004-1431 Spectral Variations in Rocks and Soils Containing Ferric Iron Hydroxide and(or) Sulfate Minerals as seen by AVIRIS and Laboratory Spectroscopy
    17. 03-006 Principal Facts for Gravity Stations in the Dry Valley Area, West-Central Nevada and East-Central California
    18. 03-012 Investigation of Linear Magnetic Anomalies in the Funeral Mountains, Death Valley Region, California
    19. 03-029 Design and Construction of a Gamma-ray Spectrometer System for Determining Natural Radioelement Concentrations in Geological Samples at the U.S. Geological Survey in Reston, Virginia
    20. 03-032 Water-Quality, Bed-Sediment, and Biological Data for Streams in the Upper Prickly Pear Creek Watershed, Montana, 2001
    21. 03-080 New Jersey Aeromagnetic and Gravity Maps and Data: A Web Site for Distribution of Data
    22. 03-116 Structure of the Tucson Basin, Arizona from Gravity and Aeromagnetic Data
    23. 03-124 Aeromagnetic Interpretations for Understanding the Hydrogeologic Framework of the Southern Espanola Basin, New Mexico
    24. 03-128 Reflectance Spectroscopy as a Rapid Assessment Tool for the Detection of Amphiboles from the Libby, Montana Region
    25. 03-150 Geophysical Surveys of Bear Lake, Utah-Idaho, September, 2002
    26. 03-157 Principal Facts for Gravity Data Collected in Wisconsin: A Web Site and CD-ROM for Distribution of Data
    27. 03-226 Helicopter Electromagnetic and Magnetic Survey Data and Maps, Seco Creek Area, Medina and Uvalde Counties, Texas
    28. 03-229 The Inverse of Winnowing: A Fortran Subroutine and Discussion of Unwinnowing Discrete Data
    29. 03-249 North Dakota Aeromagnetic and Gravity Maps and Data: A Web Site for Distribution of Data
    30. 03-269 Isostatic Gravity Map with Simplified Geology of the Los Angeles 30 x 60 Minute Quadrangle
    31. 03-317 Application of Magnetic and Electromagnetic Methods To Locate Buried Metal
    32. 03-319 Aeromagnetic Surveys in Yukon Flats Alaska, A Website for the Distribution of Data
    33. 03-424 Diffuse Reflectance Infrared Spectra of the Meade Peak Phosphatic Shale Member of the Permian Phosphoria Formation, Caribou County, Idaho
    34. 03-354 FORSPAN Model Users Guide
    35. 03-395 USGS Digital Spectral Library splib05a
    36. 02-019 CMGTooL User's Manual
    37. 02-020 Aeromagnetic Expression of Buried Basaltic Volcanoes Near Yucca Mountain, Nevada
    38. 02-026 Mapped Minerals at Questa, New Mexico, Using Airbourne Visible-Infrared Imaging Spectrometer (AVIRIS) Data -- Preliminary Report
    39. 02-039 Resistivity Structure Across the Humboldt River Basin, North-central Nevada
    40. 02-098 Processing and Interpretation of Aeromagnetic Data for the Santa Cruz Basin -- Patagonia Mountains Area, South-Central Arizona
    41. 02-099 An Interpretation of the 1996 Aeromagnetic Data for the Santa Cruz basin, Tumacacori Mountains, Santa Rita Mountains, and Patagonia Mountains, South-Central Arizona
    42. 02-101 Helicopter Electromagnetic Data from Everglades National Park and Surrounding Areas, Florida: Collected 9-14 December 1994 [New as of 01-14-03]
    43. 02-131 Geology, Geochemistry and Geophysics of Sedimentary Rock-Hosted Au Deposits in P.R. China 
    44. 02-132 Distribution of High-Temperature (>150 °C) Geothermal Resources in California
    45. 02-139 Magnetic Susceptibilities Measured on Rocks of the Upper Cook Inlet, Alaska
    46. 02-140 Schlumberger Soundings at the Amargosa Desert Research Site, Nevada
    47. 02-166 GPR Data Processing Computer Software for the PC
    48. 02-171 User's Guide to HYPOINVERSE-2000, a Fortran Program to Solve for Earthquake Locations and Magnitudes
    49. 02-176 Pick_Sw: A Program for Interactive Picking of S-Wave Data, Version 2.00
    50. 02-199 AVIRIS Data Calibration Information: Wasatch Mountains and Park City Region, Utah
    51. 02-200 AVIRIS Data Calibration Information: Oquirrh and East Tintic Mountains, Utah
    52. 02-205 Merged Digital Aeromagnetic Data for the Middle Rio Grande and Southern Española Basins, New Mexico
    53. 02-267 Aeromagnetic Surveys in the Anchorage, Iliamna, and Tyonek Quadrangles, Alaska -- A Website for the Distribution of Data
    54. 02-268 Porphyry Copper Deposits of the World: Database, Maps, and Preliminary Analysis
    55. 02-276 FD_BH: A Program for Simulating Electromagnetic Waves from a Borehole Antenna
    56. 02-282 Topographic Map of Mars M 25M RKN
    57. 02-283 Color-Coded Contour Map of Mars M 25M RKN
    58. 02-322 Isostatic Gravity Map of Yukon Flats, East-Central Alaska
    59. 02-341 South Dakota Aeromagnetic and Gravity Maps and Data: A Web Site for Distribution of Data
    60. 02-352 Preliminary Report on Geophysical Data in Yavapai County, Arizona
    61. 02-361 Digital Aeromagnetic Datasets for the Conterminous United States and Hawaii -- A Companion to the North American Magnetic Anomaly Map
    62. 02-363 Preliminary Gravity Inversion Model of Frenchman Flat Basin, Nevada Test Site, Nevada
    63. 02-366 Rationale and Operational Plan for a U.S. High-Altitude Magnetic Survey [WEB ONLY] [New as of 12.06.02]
    64. 02-367 Evaluation of Airborne Thermal-Infrared Image Data for Monitoring Aquatic Habitats and Cultural Resources within the Grand Canyon
    65. 02-373 Isostatic gravity map of the Monterey 30 x 60 minute quadrangle and adjacent areas, California [New as of 12.06.02]
    66. 02-374 A Helicopter-Borne Magnetic Survey over Dixie Valley Geothermal Field, Nevada: A Web Site for Distribution of Data
    67. 02-384 High Resolution Aeromagnetic Survey To Image Shallow Faults, Dixie Valley Geothermal Field, Nevada
    68. 02-400 Examples of the Utility of Magnetic Anomaly Data for Geologic Mapping
    69. 02-407 Descriptions, Spectral Plots, and Digital Reflectance Spectra of Samples Applied to Spectral Analysis of Imaging Spectroscopy Data: Utah (East Tintic Mountains, Oquirrh Mountains, Wasatch Mountains, and Tushar Mountains), Nevada (Goldfield Hills), and New Mexico (Jemez Mountains), USA, 1999-2002
    70. 02-414 Digital Data Grids for the Magnetic Anomaly Map of North America
    71. 02-424 TRIGRS -- A Fortran Program for Transient Rainfall Infiltration and Grid-Based Regional Slope-Stability Analysis [New as of 01.14.03]
    72. 02-463 Rationale and Operational Plan to Upgrade the U.S Gravity Database [WEB ONLY] [New as of 12.06.02]
    73. 02-470 Evaluation of Airborne Image Data for Mapping Riparian Vegetation within the Grand Canyon [WEB ONLY] [New as of 12.16.02]
    74. 02-486 Six Aeromagnetic Surveys in California, Nevada, and Arizona: A Web Site for Distribution of Data [New as of 12.20.02]
    75. 02-493 Wisconsin Aeromagnetic and Gravity Maps and Data: A Web Site for Distribution of Data [WEB ONLY] [New as of 01.08.03]
    76. 01-002 PTCOUNT -- A Fortran-77 Computer Program to Calculate the Areal Distribution of Mapped Data Points Using Count-Circle Methodology
    77. 01-052 Compilation of Various Geologic Time Scales
    78. 01-061 New Mexico Aeromagnetic and Gravity Maps and Data: A Web Site for Distribution of Data
    79. 01-081 Arizona Aeromagnetic and Gravity Maps and Data: A Web Site for Distribution of Data
    80. 01-085 Anchorage Urban Region Aeromagnetics (AURA) Project -- Preliminary Geophysical Results
    81. 01-106 Georgia Aeromagnetic and Gravity Maps and Data: A Web Site for Distribution of Data
    82. 01-113 hypoDD -- A Program to Compute Double-Difference Hypocenter Locations
    83. 01-124 Principal Facts for Gravity Data Along the Hayward Fault and Vicinity, San Francisco Bay Area, Northern California
    84. 01-128 Aerial Gamma-Ray Surveys in Alaska
    85. 01-145 Six Aeromagnetic Surveys in Nevada and California: A Web Site for Distribution of Data
    86. 01-216 Bouguer Gravity Anomaly Map of the Dead Sea Fault System, Jordan and Israel: Contour Interval 2 mGal [New as of 02.12.02]
    87. 01-221 Resource Materials for a GIS Spatial Analysis Course
    88. 01-241 Time-Domain Electromagnetic Soundings Near Antioch, Illinois, and Berrien Springs, Michigan
    89. 01-272 GIS Surface Effects Archive of Underground Nuclear Detonations Conducted at Yucca Flat and Pahute Mesa, Nevada Test Site, Nevada [See also Maps on Demand]
    90. 01-315 Spectral Induced Polarization Measurements at the Main Iron Incline Mine Dump Near Leadville, Colorado
    91. 01-318 Coal Geology, Land Use, and Human Health in the People's Republic of China [New as of 05.06.02]
    92. 01-330 Reprocessing of Multi-channel Seismic-Reflection Data Collected in the Chukchi Sea
    93. 01-331 Results of Electrical Surveys near Red River, New Mexico
    94. 01-360 Mineral Resources Out of the Ground . . . Into Our Daily Lives
    95. 01-363 Spectral Induced Polarization Measurements at the Carlisle Mine Dump, New Mexico
    96. 01-375 A Gravity Data along LARSE (Los Angeles Regional Seismic Experiment) Line 2, Southern California
    97. 01-503 Gravity and Magnetic Surveys Over the Santa Rita Fault System, Southeastern Arizona [WEB ONLY] [New as of 04.08.02]
    98. 01-505 Calculating Depths to Shallow Magnetic Sources Using Aeromagnetic Data from the Tucson Basin [WEB ONLY] [New as of 04.24.02]
    99. 00-013 MORPH-II, A Software Package for the Analysis of Scanning-Electron-Micrograph Images for the Assessment of the Fractal Dimension of Exposed Stone Surfaces
    100. 00-020 pick_sw: A Program for Interactive Picking of S-Wave Refraction Data
    101. 00-027 High Resolution, Low Altitude Aeromagnetic and Electromagnetic Survey of Mt Rainier
    102. 00-039 xwell_radar: A Program for Calculating Crosswell Radar Traces for Layered Media
    103. 00-042 Colorado Aeromagnetic and Gravity Maps and Data: A Web Site for Distribution of Data (on-line version)
    104. 00-047 Coal-Bearing Regions and Structural Sedimentary Basins of China and Adjacent Seas
    105. 00-107 Computer Programs for Limit-Equilibrium Slope-Stability Analyses -- FelleniusGS, BishopGS, and JanbuGS
    106. 00-109 check_picks_x: A Program for Checking the Travel Time Picks of Crosswell Seismic and Radar Data
    107. 00-110 Schlumberger DC Resistivity Soundings in the Boulder Watershed, Jefferson and Lewis and Clark Counties, Montana
    108. 00-111 Description of an Algorithm and Example Programs for Compression of Digital Files Containing Channelized Data
    109. 00-134 Preliminary Model of the Pre-Tertiary Basement Rocks Beneath Yucca Flat, Nevada Test Site, Nevada, Based on Analysis of Gravity and Magnetic Data
    110. 00-140 Field Estimates of Gravity Terrain Corections and Y2K-Compatible Method to Convert from Gravity Readings with Multiple Base Stations to Tide- and Long-Term Drift-Corrected Observations
    111. 00-141 Program to Convert SUDS2ASC Files to a Single Binary SEGY File
    112. 00-163 An Aeromagnetic Survey in Yellowstone National Park: A Web Site for Distribution of Data
    113. 00-188 Aeromagnetic Survey of the Amargosa Desert, Nevada and California: A Tool for Understanding Near-Surface Geology and Hydrology
    114. 00-198 Wyoming Aeromagnetic and Gravity Maps and Data: A Web Site for Distribution of Data
    115. 00-302 ESRI ArcView Extension: Point Stat Calc
    116. 00-320 Are We Running Out of Oil?
    117. 00-415 A Microsoft Windows Version of the MARK3 Monte Carlo Resource Simulator
    118. 00-419 Deep Electrical Geophysical Measurements Across the Carlin Trend, Nevada
    119. 00-454 Program BOMCRATR for Crosswell Radar and Seismic Tomography
    120. 00-455 Program BOMTOM for Crosswell Radar and Seismic Tomography
    121. 00-456 Program 3DTOM for Crosswell Radar and Seismic Tomography
    122. 00-457 Program MIGRATOM for Crosswell Radar and Seismic Tomography
    123. 00-502 Digital Airborne Time Domain Electromagnetic Data from Surveys over Cochiti Pueblo, Rio Puerco and Rio Rancho, New Mexico
    124. 00-507 Archive Report for Most USGS Seismic Refraction Investigations Conducted Between 1978 and 1991
    125. 00-509 SMSIM-Fortran Programs for Stimulating Ground Programs from Earthquakes: Version 2.0-A Revision of OFR 96-80A
    126. 99-0007-B An Interpretation of the 1997 Airborne ElectroMagnetic (AEM) Survey, Fort Huachuca Vicinity, Cochise County, Arizona
    127. 99-0023 HYPOELLIPSE: A Computer Program for Determining Local Earthquake Hypocentral Parameters, Magnitude, and First-Motion Pattern (Y2K compliant version) (1999 version 1.0)
    128. 99-0049 Inversion of Gravity Data To Define the pre-Tertiary Surface of the Pahute Mesa-Oasis Valley Region, Nye County, Nevada
    129. 99-0174 Digital Geologic Map of Yellowstone National Park, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming and Vicinity 99-0184 Upgrade to MODFLOW-GUI; addition of MODPATH, ZONEBDGT, and additional MODFLOW packages to the U.S. Geological Survey MODFLOW-96 graphical-user interface
    130. 99-0303 Gravity and Magnetic Study of the Pahute Mesa and Oasis Valley Region, Nye County, Nevada
    131. 99-0371 Aeromagnetic Map for the State of Idaho: A Web Site for Distribution of Data
    132. 99-0398 Isostatic Gravity Map of the Las Vegas 30 x 60 Minute Quadrangle, California and Nevada
    133. 99-0418 Building a Magnetic View of Alaska
    134. 99-0420 Central West Antarctica Aeromagnetic Data: A Web Site for Distribution of Data and Maps (on-line edition)
    135. 99-0435 Principal Facts for Gravity Stations and Physical Property Measurements in the Lake Mead 30' by 60' Quadrangle, Nevada and Arizona
    136. 99-0440 Preliminary Aeromagnetic Anomaly Map of California
    137. 99-0447 A Note on Historic and Quaternary Faults in Western Taiwan
    138. 99-0450 Geologic Map Datasets of the Custer and Gallatin National Forests of South-Central Montana, in ARC/INFO Format
    139. 99-0503 Alaska Digital Aeromagnetic Database Description
    140. 99-0514 Puget Sound Aeromagnetic Maps and Data
    141. 99-0529 Magnetic Susceptibilities of Minerals
    142. 99-0534 pick_xwell: A Program for Interactive Picking of Crosswell Seismic and Radar Data
    143. 99-0554-B Digital Aeromagnetic Map of the Nevada Test Site and Vicinity, Nye, Lincoln, and Clark Counties, Nevada, and Inyo County, California [See also Maps on Demand]
    144. 99-0554-C Digital Isostatic Gravity Map of the Nevada Test Site and Vicinity, Nye, Lincoln, and Clark Counties, Nevada, and Inyo County, California [See also Maps on Demand]
    145. 99-0557 Digitized Aeromagnetic Datasets for the Conterminous United States, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico
    146. 98-0034 The Oil and Gas Resource Potential of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge 1002 Area, Alaska
    147. 98-0203 A Graphical User Interface for Interactive Ray-Tracing (rayinvr)
    148. 98-0241 Washington Aeromagnetic and Gravity Maps and Data
    149. 98-0333 Montana Aeromagnetic and Gravity Maps and Data
    150. 98-0466 Comparative Geology and Geochemistry of Sedimentary-Rock-Hosted (Carlin Type) Gold Deposits in the People's Republic of China and in Nevada, USA
    151. 98-0512 MAS/MILS Arc/Info Point Coverage for the Western U.S. (excluding Hawaii)
    152. 98-0761 Utah Aeromagnetic and Gravity Maps and Data
    153. 98-0772 Mercury in U.S. Coal
    154. 97-0052 Digital Geologic Map of New Mexico
    155. 97-0264 Satellite Imagery of South Florida, December 1989 - December 1996
    156. 97-0287 Image Processing Methods -- Procedures in Selection, Registration, Normalization and Enhancement of Satellite Imagery in Coastal Wetlands
    157. 97-0447 The COALPROD Database: Historical Production Data for the Major Coal-Producing Regions of the Conterminous United States
    158. 97-0461 Coal Fields and Federal Lands of the Conterminous United States
    159. 97-0463 Ranking of the World's Oil and Gas Provinces by Known Petroleum Volumes
    160. 97-0469 Coal Availability in the Hilight Quadrangle, Powder River Basin, Wyoming: A Prototype Study in a Western Coal Field
    161. 97-0520 Alaska Aeromagnetic Maps and Data
    162. 97-0713 GRIDVECTOR (version 1) : An ARC/INFO AML Program To Extract Linear Features from a Gray-Scale Image of a Paper Geological Map
    163. 97-0725 Potential-Field Geophysical Software for the PC, version 2.2. (Supersedes Open-File Reoprt 92-18.)
    164. 97-0851 Geologic Map of the Ennis 30 x 60 Minute Quadrangle, Madison and Gallatin Counties, Montana
    165. 96-0007 GSMCAD, A New Computer Program that Combines the Functions of the GSMAP and GSMEDIT Programs and is Compatible with Microsoft Windows and ARC/INFO
    166. 96-0092 Coal Fields of the Conterminous United States
    167. 96-0171 MUDMASTER; A Program for Calculating Crystallite Size Distributions and Strain from the Shapes of X-Ray Diffraction Peaks [FTP only]
    168. 96-0279 Coal Resource Regions of the Conterminous United States
    169. 96-0299 Digital Geologic Map of the Coeur d'Alene District, Idaho and Montana
    170. 96-0346 Trends in Precipitation Chemistry in the United States, 1983-94: An Analysis of the Effects in 1995 of Phase I of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, Title IV
    171. 96-0501 Mining Properties in Montana That Were Involved in the DMA, DMEA, OME Mineral Exploration Programs, 1950-1974
    172. 95-0075 -C Areas of Historical Oil and Gas Exploration and Production in the Conterminous United States
    173. 95-0077 A Bibliography of Some Geophysical Computer Programs, Databases, and Maps from the U.S. Geological Survey, 1971-1994
    174. 95-0229 Active-, Inactive-, and Abandoned-Mine Information and Selected Geochemical Data for the State of Montana
    175. 95-0526 Cartographic and Digital Standard for Geologic Map Information
    176. 95-0691 Digital Representation of the Montana State Geologic Map
    177. 94-0022 State maps, which show areas of oil and gas production, preparedby the National Petroleum Assessment program.
    178. 94-0070 National Water-Quality Assessment Program
    179. 94-0158 Remote Sensing and Airborne Geophysics in the Assessment of Natural Aggregate Resources
    180. 94-0425 Digital Geologic Map
    181. 94-0556 Bibliography of The World Energy Resources Program
    182. 93-0592 The U. S. Geological Survey, Digital Spectral Library: Version 1: 0.2 to 3.0 microns
    183. 93-0642 Drought
    184. 93-0647 U.S. Global Change Research Program Overview
    185. 92-557 The Geophysical Expression of Selected Mineral Deposit Models [PDF file]
    186. 90-284 Cartographic Projection Procedures for the UNIX Environment -- A User's Manual (rev. 24 Sep 1995; print: 67 p.)
    187. 89-362 An Assessment of Coal Resources Available for Development: Central Appalachian Region
    188. 89-133 Feasibility Study of the Seismic Reflection Method in Amargosa Desrt, Nye County, Nevada
    189. 85-391 Mineral Deposit Models: Theory and Practice
    190. 84-0256 Statistical Relations Among Earthquake Magnitude, Surface Rupture Length, and Surface Fault Displacement
    191. 75-041 A Review of Recently Active Faults in Taiwan
    192. Open File 1611 (1970) Interim Report on Worldwide Historic Surface Faulting
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