A Spatial Analysis and Modeling System (SAMS) for environment management

This is a proposal to develop a uniform global environmental data gathering and distribution system to support the calibration and validation of remotely sensed data. SAMS is based on an enhanced version of FE MA's Integrated Emergency Management Information Systems and the Department of Defense's Air Land Battlefield Environment Software Systems. This system consists of state-of-the-art graphics and visualization techniques, simulation models, database management and expert systems for conducting environmental and disaster preparedness studies. This software package will be integrated into various Landsat and UNEP-GRID stations which are planned to become direct readout stations during the EOS timeframe. This system would be implemented as a pilot program to support the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM). This will be a joint NASA-FEMA-University-Industry project

BEHAVIOR OF SANDHILL CRANES HARNESSED WITH DIFFERENT SATELLITE TRANSMITTERS

The effectiveness of various attachment methods and designs of platform transmitting terminals (PIT\u27s) was tested on captive sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, Maryland, during 1989-91. Combinations of attachment and transmitter designs included neoprene cord harness with batteries separate from the transmitter (2 harness designs), Teflon ribbon harness with batteries incorporated into the transmitter package (4 transmitter models), and a package attached directly to the bird with epoxy glue only. Physical effects seen on cranes wearing PTT\u27s ranged from skin lacerations (caused by rubbing of harness material) to no observed effects (other than feather wear). The most successful harness material and design utilized a Teflon ribbon harness with the 4 ribbon ends from the transmitter forming a neck loop and a body loop joined at the sternum. Time spent by sandhill cranes performing most activities did not change after transmitter attachment using this harness method

The Vehicle, Spring 1976

Table of Contents PhotoJim Painterpage 1 The City is the Black Man\u27s LandCharles (Omar) Davispage 2 NIGGER!Sibyl Burrellpage 2 EssayEl-Edrisi Assibaipage 3 PhotoTom Tieffenbacherpage 3 The Gypsy GhostBill Vermillionpage 4 PhotoTom Tieffenbacherpage 5 PhotoTom Tieffenbacherpage 6 e.e.,H.M. (Wendy) Smithpage 7 Fair LovingGary Thomaspage 7 PhotoTom Tieffenbacherpage 7 Night and Summer in Two WorldsBarry Smithpage 8https://thekeep.eiu.edu/vehicle/1034/thumbnail.jp

SATELLITE TELEMETRY REVEALS WINTER HOME OF EURASIAN CRANE FROM NORTHWESTERN SIBERIA

Satellite telemetry is a developing technology for the study of crane migration. A greater sandhill crane (Grus canadensis tabida) was tracked by satellite from Florida to Michigan in March 1989 (Nagendran 1992). This note reports the second attempt to use satellite telemetry to follow crane migration. In 1989 -90, tests of various harness and backpack designs for satellite telemetry transmitters (PTT\u27s) with free-flying and confined sandhill cranes led to a 4-strap design (see Olsen et al. 1992) that was accepted for field testing. Through a cooperative effort between the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center (USFWS) , International Crane Foundation, Soviet Nature Conservation and Reserves (USSR), aka State Reserve (Russia), and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (USA), 3 battery-powered PTT\u27s (weight 161-163 g plus 15 g for harness) manufactured by Telonics (mention does not constitute U.S. Government endorsement) were placed on 1 adult female and 2 adult male Eurasian cranes (G. grus) in the Kunovat Basin in northwestern Siberia in June 1990. The 2 males were captured by using alpha-chloralose-laced sandpiper (Tringa sp.) eggs; the female, then in full wing molt, was captured on foot after helicopter pursuit (see Ellis and Markin 1991 for capture details). Data from System Argos revealed that all 3 birds remained on their territories through the summer. In mid- to late-August. all 3 moved west or southwest to the marshes immediately adjacent to the Ob River. They remained there about 1 month, then proc~eded south parallel to the Ob. One of the 2 males was still mobile when his transmitter went off the air in the Tyumen region 1,038 km from his summer home. The second male traveled 778 lan, but after 20 September his PTT remained stationary (backpack removed or crane dead) until 25 December when the last signal was received. During the last half of October, the female continued south-southwest through Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan. Between 11 and 14 November, she arrived at her wintering area along the Hari River on the Afghan-Iranian border, 3,370 km from her summer home. She and her PTT remained active until the last reception on 23 February 1991. Because the PIT\u27s were programmed to transmit intermittently (to extend battery life), rates of travel are normally known only over periods of days or weeks. However, 1 male, monitored in flight over a 5-hour period, traveled 164 kID (33 kmlhr). The other male traveled 748 kID over a 4-d.ay period. Over a very long stage (1,900 km in 16 days) across Central Asia, the female averaged 116 km/day

PROGRESS IN SATELLITE TRACKING CRANES

We review the history of tracking cranes with satellite telemetry and identify some of the difficulties in designing satellite transmitters and harnesses for cranes. Miniaturization of these transmitters and a plethora of harnessing experiments since 1989 allow us to recommend limited application of this technology to all species of cranes. We are still uncertain, however, if cranes harnessed with satellite telemetry devices are able to reproduce after migration. Because of this uncertainty, we urge caution in the use of this technology, especially with breeding adults in severely endangered popUlations. This manuscript also describes continuing research needs

The Vehicle, Spring 1976

Table of Contents PhotoJim Painterpage 1 The City is the Black Man\u27s LandCharles (Omar) Davispage 2 NIGGER!Sibyl Burrellpage 2 EssayEl-Edrisi Assibaipage 3 PhotoTom Tieffenbacherpage 3 The Gypsy GhostBill Vermillionpage 4 PhotoTom Tieffenbacherpage 5 PhotoTom Tieffenbacherpage 6 e.e.,H.M. (Wendy) Smithpage 7 Fair LovingGary Thomaspage 7 PhotoTom Tieffenbacherpage 7 Night and Summer in Two WorldsBarry Smithpage 8https://thekeep.eiu.edu/vehicle/1034/thumbnail.jp