Survey of School Library Media Centers in Iowa, July 2001-May 2002

Survey of School Library Media Centers in Iowa.

Report on Impacts and Costs of the Iowa Low-Income Weatherization Program, 2001

This report summarizes state and utility low-income weatherization program activity for households weatherized to completion during calendar year 2001. The report includes state, utility, and agency summaries of calendar year 2001 spending and impacts by measure, end-use, and fuel.

Long-range transport of Saharan dust to northern Europe: The 11-16 October 2001 outbreak observed with EARLINET

The spread of mineral particles over southwestern, western, and central Europeresulting from a strong Saharan dust outbreak in October 2001 was observed at10 stations of the European Aerosol Research Lidar Network (EARLINET). For the firsttime, an optically dense desert dust plume over Europe was characterized coherentlywith high vertical resolution on a continental scale. The main layer was located abovethe boundary layer (above 1-km height above sea level (asl)) up to 3–5-km height, andtraces of dust particles reached heights of 7–8 km. The particle optical depth typicallyranged from 0.1 to 0.5 above 1-km height asl at the wavelength of 532 nm, andmaximum values close to 0.8 were found over northern Germany. The lidar observationsare in qualitative agreement with values of optical depth derived from Total OzoneMapping Spectrometer (TOMS) data. Ten-day backward trajectories clearly indicated theSahara as the source region of the particles and revealed that the dust layer observed,e.g., over Belsk, Poland, crossed the EARLINET site Aberystwyth, UK, and southernScandinavia 24–48 hours before. Lidar-derived particle depolarization ratios,backscatter- and extinction-related A ° ngstro¨m exponents, and extinction-to-backscatterratios mainly ranged from 15 to 25%, 0.5 to 0.5, and 40–80 sr, respectively, within thelofted dust plumes. A few atmospheric model calculations are presented showing the dustconcentration over Europe. The simulations were found to be consistent with thenetwork observations.

Report on Impacts and Costs of the Iowa Low-Income Weatherization Program: Executive Summary 2001

This report summarizes state and utility low-income weatherization program activity for households weatherized to completion during calendar year 2001. The report includes state, utility, and agency summaries of calendar year 2001 spending and impacts by measure, end-use, and fuel.

Report on Impacts and Costs of the Iowa Low-Income Weatherization Program: Executive Summary 2001

This report summarizes state and utility low-income weatherization program activity for households weatherized to completion during calendar year 2001. The report includes state, utility, and agency summaries of calendar year 2001 spending and impacts by measure, end-use, and fuel.

Special investigation of Iowa Association of Skills USA-VICA, for the period September 1, 2001 through September 30, 2008

Special investigation of Iowa Association of Skills USA-VICA, for the period September 1, 2001 through September 30, 2008

Potencial de culturas de cobertura em acumular carbono e nitrogênio no solo no plantio direto e a melhoria da qualidade ambiental

O solo é um importante componente do ecossistema, influenciando a qualidade do ar e da água. Atualmente, é crescente o interesse pelo potencial que o solo apresenta em seqüestrar carbono e, conseqüentemente, contribuir para mitigar o efeito estufa. Este estudo teve por objetivos avaliar: (a) o potencial da inclusão de plantas de cobertura em sistemas de produção de milho (aveia + ervilhaca, tremoço (posteriormente azevém + ervilhaca), mucuna e feijão-de-porco) em acumular C orgânico e N total num Argissolo Vermelho distrófico arênico, comparativamente ao sistema tradicional pousio/milho e a uma área preservada de campo natural; (b) a contribuição dos sistemas de cultura em plantio direto no seqüestro de CO2 atmosférico pelo solo. Para instalação do experimento, realizaram-se uma lavração e duas gradagens, que acarretaram uma queda acentuada nos estoques de C orgânico e N total nos primeiros quatro anos, em comparação ao campo natural. Do quarto ao oitavo ano, os sistemas de cultura promoveram uma recuperação dos estoques de C e N total, sendo esta maior no sistema milho + mucuna. No oitavo ano, o solo no sistema milho + mucuna apresentou 5,42 Mg ha-1 de C e 1,27 Mg ha-1 de N a mais que o solo no sistema pousio/milho, na camada de 0-20 cm. Estimou-se que o sistema tradicional pousio/milho apresentou uma liberação líquida de 4,32 Mg ha-1 CO2 em relação ao campo natural, enquanto, no sistema milho + mucuna, ocorreu um seqüestro de 15,5 Mg ha-1 CO2. A utilização de sistemas conservacionistas de produção de milho é uma eficiente alternativa ao sistema tradicional (pousio/milho) em acumular matéria orgânica no solo e contribuir para o seqüestro do CO2 atmosférico em solos agrícolas e, portanto, para a melhoria da qualidade ambiental.

Iowa Motor Fuel Tax Monthly Reports, December 2001

The monthly fuel tax report from Iowa Department of Transportation to the Iowa Department of Revenue and Finance.

Iowa Motor Fuel Tax Monthly Reports, November 2001

The monthly fuel tax report from Iowa Department of Transportation to the Iowa Department of Revenue and Finance.

Iowa Motor Fuel Tax Monthly Reports, October 2001

The monthly fuel tax report from Iowa Department of Transportation to the Iowa Department of Revenue and Finance.