| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations (some color) |
| Series |
U.S. Geological Survey open-file report ; 2007-1361.
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| Contents |
RADAR TECHNOLOGY APPLIEDTO MIGRATORY CONSERVATIONAND MANAGEMENT; CONTENTS; PREFACE*; WORKSHOP ATTENDEES; WORKSHOP PLANNING COMMITTEE; WORKSHOP AGENDA; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY; INTRODUCTORY PRESENTATIONS:HISTORY OF THE USGS-USFWS"RADAR COLLABORATIVE" AND GOALS ANDFOCUS OF THE WORKSHOP; THE USGS-USFWS "RADAR COLLABORATIVE"; Goals and Focus of the Workshop; RADAR AS A TOOL TO FULFILL INFORMATIONNEEDS-PARTNERING WITH STAKEHOLDERS; RADAR USE AND ITS APPLICATIONS TO OUR CLIENTS; QUESTIONS BEING ASKED ABOUT RADAR; FULFILLING MANAGEMENT NEEDS; THE COLLABORATIVE EFFORT; SUMMARY; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |
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ABSTRACTS OF WORKSHOPRESEARCH PRESENTATIONSDisclaimer; PRIMER ON RADAR BIOLOGY ANDAPPLICATIONS TO CONSERVATION ISSUES; TERMINOLOGY; WAVELENGTH; ASPECT; THE SIZE OF THE EARTH; BIOLOGICAL DETAILS; BROAD-SCALE HABITATRELATIONS FOR BIRDS; THE NEED FOR BROAD-SCALE RESEARCH; OUR APPROACH; Gulf Coast Joint Venture; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; U.S. Department of Agriculture; USE OF RADAR DATA TO SUPPORT MIGRATORYBIRD CONSERVATION; NOCTURNAL MIGRATION THROUGH THECENTRAL APPALACHIANS, WITH STOPOVERSON LOWER DELMARVA; REGIONAL STRUCTUREIN MIGRATORY PATTERNSACROSS THE SOUTHWEST |
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COMMENT ON A NEW APPROACH TOMODELING MIGRATORY BEHAVIORCAN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BE USEDTO DETECT BIRDS IN NEXRAD DATA?; INCORPORATING NEXRAD WEATHER RADARINTO MIGRATION STUDIES IN THE UPPERMISSISSIPPI RIVER SYSTEM; THE USE OF THERMAL IMAGING ANDVERTICALLY-POINTING FIXED-BEAMRADAR TO QUANTIFY BIRD MOVEMENTSDISPLAYED ON RADAR; APPLICATIONS OF PENCIL-BEAM ANDTRACKING RADAR TO UNDERSTANDINGFLYING BIOTA; ADAPTING A MILITARY TRACKING RADARFOR ORNITHOLOGICAL RESEARCH-THECASE OF THE "SUPERFLEDERMAUS"; THE "SUPERFLEDERMAUS" AND ITS USE IN ORNITHOLOGY; MAJOR STEPS OF METHODOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT |
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1968-19701971 -- 1980; 1981 -- 1990; 1991 -- 2000; 2001 -- 2006; QUANTIFICATION OF BIRD MIGRATIONBY FIXED PENCIL-BEAM RADAR; POSSIBLE APPLICATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; APPLICATION OF WSR-88D (NEXRAD)TO QUANTIFY BIRD DISTRIBUTIONS DURINGMIGRATORY STOPOVER; CHARACTERIZING BIRD AND BATMOVEMENT PATTERNS BY USINGPORTABLE X-BAND RADAR; WILDLIFE RADAR RESEARCHAND DEVELOPMENT; THE AHAS SYSTEM; SMALL MOBILE AVIAN RADAR SYSTEMS; CONCLUSIONS; PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE USESOF RADAR FOR STUDYING BATS; NEXRAD PROGRAM UPDATE; INTRODUCTION; PLANNED CHANGES; ADDITIONAL INFORMATION |
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DETECTION OF BIRDS AND INSECTS WITH APOLARIMETRIC WSR-88D RADARRADAR ORNITHOLOGY-THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE: A PERSONAL VIEWPOINT; THE BEGINNING OF RADAR ORNITHOLOGY; THE WSR-57 YEARS (1957-1993); THE ASR-4, 5, AND 7 YEARS (1971-1998); MOBILE RADAR LABORATORY DAYS (1980-1 991); THE DECLINE OF NEOTROPICAL MIGRANTS; WSR-88D YEARS (1992-PRESENT); HIGH-RESOLUTION MARINE RADAR (1998-PRESENT); THERMAL IMAGING AND VERTICALLY POINTINGFIXED-BEAM RADAR (1996-PRESENT); THE FUTURE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AND CREDITS; RADAR WORKSHOP-KEY ISSUES, THEMES, AND QUESTIONS; AGENCY NEEDS AND CHALLENGES |
| Notes |
"This is an edited, reformatted and augmented edition of a U.S. Geological Survey Open-file report 2007-1361, entitled 'Applying radar technology to migratory [bird] conservation and management: strengthening and expanding a collaborative.'"--Preface |
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Workshop held 24 - 26 October 2006, The Nativo Lodge, Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-140) and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (Site, viewed 01/15/2021) |
| Subject |
Radar in ornithology -- Congresses
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Birds -- Migration -- Congresses
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Birds -- Conservation -- Congresses
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- Ornithology.
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NATURE -- Birdwatching Guides.
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NATURE -- Animals -- Birds.
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Birds -- Conservation
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Birds -- Migration
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Radar in ornithology
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kempthorne, Dirk, 1951-
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Myers, Mark D.
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Geological Survey (U.S.)
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| LC no. |
2020685370 |
| ISBN |
9781617285738 |
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1617285730 |
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