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WATERBUD: A SPREADSHEET-BASED MODEL OF THE WATER BUDGET AND WATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS OF THE UPPER SAN PEDRO RIVER BASIN, ARIZONA
No full textThis report describes the development and application of a spreadsheet -based model of the water budget and water management systems of the Upper San Pedro River Basin in southeastern Arizona. The model has been given the name, WATERBUD.This report is revised from a thesis of the same title by the senior author prepared
in the Department of Hydrology and Water Resources at the University of Arizona. The
thesis committee consisted of Dr. William B. Lord and Dr. Thomas Maddock III,
directors, and Dr. Randy Bassett. The research was funded in part by the Cochise
County, Arizona, Flood Control District, who supported an Upper San Pedro
Interdisciplinary Study Team during 1990 and 1991 through the University of Arizona,
Water Resources Research Center. Dr. Lord and Dr. Maddock also served as directors of
the Study Team. The contents of this report express the views of the authors and do not
necessarily reflect the views or policies, either expressed or implied, of Cochise County;
nor does the mention of trade names or commercial products constitute their endorsement
by Cochise County or the University of Arizona.
All of the students and staff on the Upper San Pedro Interdisciplinary Study Team
contributed to the work leading up to this report. The senior author especially wishes to
thank Ali Aljamal, Rick Dorrance, Dave Gillilan, Edella Schlager, Souad Sherif, Scott
Summerside, Leticia Vionnet, and Mary Wallace for their insights and assistance.See also related thesis at: http://hdl.handle.net/10150/291643This title from the Hydrology & Water Resources Technical Reports collection is made available by the Department of Hydrology & Atmospheric Sciences and the University Libraries, University of Arizona. If you have questions about titles in this collection, please contact [email protected]
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Flow model for the Bingham cienega area, San Pedro river basin, Arizona: a management and restoration tool
No full textA finite element groundwater flow model was used to support a hydrologic assessment for a study area in the Lower San Pedro River Basin which contains the Bingham Cienega. Consolidated sedimentary rocks associated with an extension of the Catalina Core Complex truncate the floodplain aquifer system in the study area. The elevated water table produced by this "hardrock" results in spring discharge at the cienega and a locally gaining reach of the San Pedro River. The steady -state model suggests that recharge (and discharge) components for the floodplain aquifer sum to 3.10 cfs. Mountain front recharge, underflow, and stream leakage are the primary recharge mechanisms, while stream leakage, evapotranspiration, spring flow, and underflow out are sources for groundwater discharge. A steady -oscillatory model was used to account for seasonal periodicity in the system's boundary conditions. Monthly variation in the evapotranspiration rate was offset primarily by storage changes in the aquifer. Due to a lack of measured hydrologic data within the study area, results from the model simulations are only preliminary. Model development and the subsequent sensitivity analyses have provided insight into what type of data needs to be collected. Head measurements are most needed in the area just downstream from Bingham Cienega. The mountain front recharge and evapotranspiration rates are shown to be highly sensitive parameters in the model; improved estimation of these values would be helpful. Spring discharge would be a valuable calibration tool if it could be accurately measured. A more extensive record of stream baseflow in the San Pedro River should be established. After more hydrologic data is collected, the model could be recalibrated so as to better represent the system. Eventually, this tool may be used in direct support of management and/or restoration decisions.Research and development for this project was funded in part by the Arizona
Chapter of The Nature Conservancy. The views and conclusions reported are those of the
author and are not necessarily shared by The Nature Conservancy.
We would like to give special thanks to Robert Mac Nish, Kate Baird and Kevin
Lansey for their thoughtful comments on this document.This title from the Hydrology & Water Resources Technical Reports collection is made available by the Department of Hydrology & Atmospheric Sciences and the University Libraries, University of Arizona. If you have questions about titles in this collection, please contact [email protected]
The florist's directory : or, A treatise on the culture of flowers ; to which is added a supplementary dissertation on soils, manures, &c. / by James Maddock.
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The florist's directory; or, A treatise on the culture of flowers; to which is added a supplementary dissertation on soils, manures, &c.
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Real-Time Rendering of Fur i
No full textAll sentences or passages quoted in this report from other people's work have been specifically acknowledged by clear cross-referencing to author, work and page(s). Any illustrations which are not the work of the author of this report have been used with the explicit permission of the originator and are specifically acknowledged. I understand that failure to do this amounts to plagiarism and will be considered grounds for failure in this project and the degree examination as a whole
HYDROLOGIC ASSESSMENT AND SIMULATIONS OF GROUNDWATER CONDITIONS IN ARIVACA BASIN, PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA
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Managing the Development of Partnerships in the Health Action Zones
No full textWithin Britain the Blair Government has committed itself to a modernisation process within the public sector. This process involves rethinking how to organise services internally and how to integrate services across government. Policy makers are talking about “joined‐up” government, innovation and partnerships. In the UK there are now a plethora of partnerships and initiatives. The Health Action Zones (HAZ) were one of the first of such initiatives and as such present fertile ground for analysis of the modernisation process. This paper draws on the experience of those engaged in the HAZ partnerships and also on research conducted by the author on “conditions for partnership”. It appears that the conditions in the UK are not conducive for partnerships when national frameworks are focused on monitoring rather than on development, and when the measurement of partnership success is short term. Although the partnership and modernisation policy encourages innovation, the development of partnerships is hampered by internal blame cultures, poor change management and a development gap in thinking among policy makers.</jats:p
Reframing cinematography
No full textCurrent discussions around the practice of cinematography are focusing on the extension, or disruption, of the art-form as it is increasingly practiced in the realm of the virtual. The process of performing cinematography in a virtual environment is discussed initially by reflecting on the work of early cinematographers compared and contrasted with the work of modern cinematographers. Following this, comparisons are made between current leading examples of virtual cinematography in the discipline. Traditional and ‘new’ virtual practices of cinematography are unpacked through the prism of concepts proposed by theorists Jean Baudrillard (Simulacra and Simulation 1995) and Charles Pierce (Triadic Model of Indexical, Iconic and Symbolic Signs). Conceptually, this paper argues the practice of the contemporary cinematographer is, in style and substance, much the same as the very earliest cinematographic practice. In conclusion, a summation of the application of the leading methodological virtual cinematographic processes to the independent, low-budget, feature film Space/Time (Michael O'Halloran, 2017a (in-production)) is discussed by the author who is also the director of photography for this film
Cinematography in Progress: Reaching Out (2021)
No full textCurrent discussions of cinematographic practice focus on the dis- ruption of the art form as it is increasingly practiced in the realm of the virtual. Since Avatar (Cameron 2009) won the Oscar for Best Cinematography, a significant number of nominated and winning live-action feature films have been characterised by a heavy compo- nent of virtual images rather than images produced by a physical camera. This research investigates how the definition of cinematog- raphy must change to reflect the current practice of the art form. The author reflects on his own cinematographic practice as well as investigating the practice of Oscar award-winning cinematogra- phers working within the Hollywood paradigm. Emerging from this research is a new and holistic understanding of the practice of cinematography and a contemporary definition of the art form
Uncomposed: unconventional cinematographic composition in cinema and television
No full textThe rules of composition for cinematography are an entrenched system of mathematical frame division that have remained unquestioned since the advent of the cinema medium. The rules have become convention to a point that, when broken, the result appears radical and stark to both critics and viewers. This article explores several of the leading examples of unconventional composition in the contemporary cinema and television drama genre, including Tom Hooper's 'The King's Speech' (2010) and 'The Danish Girl' (2015), and, briefly, the television series Mr. Robot (Esmail, 2015). The author compares the use of composition in these media to the use of it by the painters Edward Hopper and Vilhelm Hammershoi to suggest that the industrialisation of cinema has restricted the ability of filmmakers to experiment with the form
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