Terrain Analysis Procedural Guide for Drainage and Water Resources (Report Number 8 in the ETL Series on Guides for Army Terrain Analysts).

Terrain Analysis Procedural Guide for Drainage and Water Resources (Report Number 8 in the ETL Series on Guides for Army Terrain Analysts).
Author: Jeffrey A. Messmore
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Total Pages: 245
Release: 1982
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This document is one in a series of terrain analysis procedural guides being developed in support of the Topographic Support System (TSS). It was written specifically for the U.S. Army's Terrain Analysts and presents the methodology for extracting, reducing, and recording information for the drainage and water resources data field. This data field is divided into 3 subfields: (1) water-courses and water bodies, (2) drainage basins, and (3) ground water. Step-by-step procedures are provided for producing a factor overlay and supporting data tables for each of the drainage and water resources data fields. (Author).

Earth Resources

Earth Resources
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Total Pages: 758
Release: 1983
Genre: Astronautics in earth sciences
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Terrain Analysis Procedural Guide for Geology (Report Number 3 in the ETL Series on Guides for Army Terrain Analysts).

Terrain Analysis Procedural Guide for Geology (Report Number 3 in the ETL Series on Guides for Army Terrain Analysts).
Author: James Tazelaar
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Total Pages: 150
Release: 1979
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This report provides the methods and procedures necessary for obtaining information on geology from the most accessible sources, which are topographic maps ans aerial photos. The report is written for the U.S. Army Terrain Analyst, and presents the detailed methodology necessary for obtaining approximately 18 Geology Data Elements useful in preparing factor overlays. (Author).

Terrain Analysis Procedural Guide for Climate

Terrain Analysis Procedural Guide for Climate
Author: Roland J. Frodigh
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Total Pages: 161
Release: 1980
Genre: Climatology
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This procedural guide provides the Army Terrain Analyst with the methods and procedures necessary to generate a thematic or factor overlay with supportive tables for portraying climate. Seven potential sources of information are considered: climatic summaries; climatic studies and climatic atlases; geographic studies and atlases; maps (climatic); technical literature; aerial photography; and maps (topographic). Procedures for extracting climatic information (data elements) from these sources are presented. Appendices provide the analysts with additional sources of information. (Author).