Thanks Alan!
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Subject: Re: SILS Bulletin 07-02 Bathymetric of Great Salt Lake (south part)
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 12:27:18 -0700
From: Alan O. Allwardt <[log in to unmask]>
To: Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>
There's some punctuation problems with the URLs given below. Try these:
http://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/2005/2894/
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1327/
At 1:50 PM -0500 3/12/07, Maps-L wrote:
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>Subject: SILS Bulletin 07-02 Bathymetric of Great Salt Lake
>(south part)
>Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 10:50:35 -0600
>From: Sheryle J Jackson <[log in to unmask]>
>To: maps-l
>
>*SILS Information Bulletin *
>
>*Number: 07-02 Bathymetric Map of the _South Part_ of the Great Salt Lake*
>* (SIM 2894) By: Robert L. Baskin & David V.
>Allen*
>* & Calculation of Area and Volume for the
>_South_*
>* _Part _of the Great Salt Lake, Utah (OFR
>2005-1327) *
>*Date: March 12, 2007 *
>
>
>*New USGS Maps Change Thinking about the Great Salt Lake*
>
>The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the Utah
>Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife Resources,
>released the first of two new maps defining the bottom surface of the
> Great Salt Lake, Utah. This map provides the first detailed,
>systematic survey of the southern portion of the lake. The data was
>collected to better define the physical characteristics of the lake,
>provide data for improved calculations of area and volume, and provide
>lake bottom contour information that could be used in future efforts to
>develop a general circulation model of the lake.
>
>Prior to the 1980's detailed information about many aspects of the Great
>Salt Lake, including bathymetric data was scarce. Flooding in the early
>1980's increased concern for the lake's ecosystem. Avian resources and
>the emergence of the brine shrimp industry created both public interest
>and management concern. To fill the need for a better understanding of
>the physical and chemical characteristics of the lake, how the lake
>functions, and how man is affecting these characteristics and functions,
>bathymetric data was collected for the south part of the Great Salt Lake
>during 2002-04 using a single-beam, high-definition fathometer and
>real-time differential global positioning system were used.
>
>Efforts are underway to use this new data for lake circulation modeling,
>chemical transport, and to better define the relationship between lake
>bathymetry and its biological and ecological components. The
>bathymetric map and accompanying information sheets can be found on the
>Internet: /Bathymetric Map of the South Part of Great Salt Lake, Utah,
>2005.//_ http://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/2005/2894_/_/. _/Calculation of Area
>and Volume for the South Part of Great Salt Lake, Utah.//_
> http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1327/._/_ _This map is available online
>for viewing and downloading.
>
>For information on other USGS products and services, call the SILS
>offices at:
>1-888-ASK-USGS, or go online through the USGS store at:
>/_http://store.usgs.gov_/
>
>Sheryle Girk-Jackson 303 202 4176, FAX 303 202 4633, email:
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>
>
>Sheryle J. Girk-Jackson
>Technical Information Specialist/Business Acquisitions
>USGS/ESIC
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