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Effects of Landfall Location and the Approach Angle of a Cyclone Vortex Encountering a Mesoscale Mountain Range
SEPTEMBER 2011 L I N A N D S A V A G E 2095 Effects of Landfall Location and the Approach Angle of a Cyclone Vortex Encountering a Mesoscale Mountain Range YUH-LANG LIN Department of Physics, and Department of Energy & Environmental Systems, and NOAA ISET Center, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, North Carolina L. CROSBY SAVAGE III Wind Analytics, WindLogics, Inc., St. Paul, Minnesota (Manuscript received 3 November 2010, in final form 30 April 2011) ABSTRACT The orographic effects of landfall location, approach angle, and their combination on track deflection during the passage of a cyclone vortex over a mesoscale mountain range are investigated using idealized model simulations. For an elongated mesoscale mountain range, the local vorticity generation, driving the cyclone vortex track deflection, is more dominated by vorticity advection upstream of the mountain range, by vorticity stretching over the lee side and its immediate downstream area, and by vorticity advection again far downstream of the mountain as it steers the vortex back to its original direction of movement. The vorticity advection upstream of the mountain range is caused by the flow splitting associated with orographic blocking. It is found that the ideally simulated cyclone vortex tracks compare reasonably well with observed tracks of typhoons over Taiwan’s Central Mountain Range (CMR). In analyzing the relative vorticity budget, the authors found that jumps in the vortex path are largely governed by stretching on the lee side of the mountain. Based on the vorticity equation, this stretching occurs where fluid columns descend the lee slope so that the rate of stretching is governed mostly by the flow speed and the terrain slope. -
Hagåtña Master Plan
HAGATNA RESTORATION & REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Hagåtña Master Plan PHASE 1 - RESEARCH REPORT JULY 15, 2005 Prepared By Hagåtña Master Plan Table of Contents Historical and Cultural Research Overview……………………………..2 Historical and Cultural Research Resource List…………………………..3 Economic Development Research Overview…………………………….4 Physical Characteristics Research Overview………………………………5 Physical Characteristics Overview and Resource List…………………….6 Maps of Hagåtña……………………………………………………………7 Infrastructure Engineering Resource List………………………………….11 Preliminary Assessment Infrastructure System Report…………………..12 Environmental Research Resource List……………………………………18 Preliminary Conditions Assessment Environmental Planning Report….19 1 Hagåtña Master Plan Historical and Cultural Research Historical and Cultural Research Overview During this research and data collection phase, historical and cultural resources have been listed together because of their natural correlation to each other. Included are graphics, written and oral histories, maps and photographs that help to illustrate the character, physical proportions, iconography, configurations and sequences of the street life in Hagåtña during the periods of; early history, pre-war and colonial times, wartime, post war and then into contemporary periods. The cultural resources gathered recount life in the city and how the Hagåtña residents and islandwide residents used and interacted in the city. Two groupings of activities became evident: the normal day-to-day activities of the city and then the importance of special events. As the seat of the Spanish colonial government, the US Military government of the island, and then into the civilian government special events included inaugurations, religious festivals like the “Santa Maria de la Camarin” procession and the village fiesta, school ceremonies and graduations, the post-war Liberation day parades and carnivals. The conventional pre-war day-to-day events again included activities related to the Catholic Church, and political events. -
2010 Guam Compact Impact Report
Office of the Governor Government of Guam P.O. Box 2950 Hagåtña, Guam 96932 IMPACT OF THE COMPACTS OF FREE ASSOCIATION ON GUAM FY 2004 through FY 2010 Office of the Governor Government of Guam January 2011 IMPACT OF THE COMPACTS OF FREE ASSOCIATION ON GUAM FY 2004 through FY 2010 Office of the Governor Government of Guam January 2011 1 IMPACT OF THE COMPACTS OF FREE ASSOCIATION ON GUAM FY 2004 through FY 2010 The Compact of Free Association Act of 1985 (P.L.99-239), implemented in 1986, establishes the relationship between the United States and the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) and Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI). The Compact of Free Association Act of 1985 (P.L.99-658), implemented in November 1994, establishes the relationship between the United States and the Republic of Palau. The Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (P.L.108-188) renewed the original Compact of Free Association (P.L. 99-239) between the United States and the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) and the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI). Compact immigration provisions authorize unrestricted immigration into the United States, its territories and possessions, enabling citizens of these nations to enter into, lawfully engage in occupations, and establish residence as non-immigrant aliens. In recognition of the possible adverse impact to Guam's economy of providing health care, education, job training and public assistance to the peoples of foreign nations not domiciled on Guam, Congress promised to appropriate sums to cover costs incurred by Guam resulting from any increased demands placed on educational and social services by immigrants from the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau (collectively known as the Freely Associated States, or FAS). -
A Climatology of Tropical Cyclone Size in the Western North Pacific Using an Alternative Metric Thomas B
Florida State University Libraries Electronic Theses, Treatises and Dissertations The Graduate School 2017 A Climatology of Tropical Cyclone Size in the Western North Pacific Using an Alternative Metric Thomas B. (Thomas Brian) McKenzie III Follow this and additional works at the DigiNole: FSU's Digital Repository. For more information, please contact [email protected] FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES A CLIMATOLOGY OF TROPICAL CYCLONE SIZE IN THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC USING AN ALTERNATIVE METRIC By THOMAS B. MCKENZIE III A Thesis submitted to the Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science 2017 Copyright © 2017 Thomas B. McKenzie III. All Rights Reserved. Thomas B. McKenzie III defended this thesis on March 23, 2017. The members of the supervisory committee were: Robert E. Hart Professor Directing Thesis Vasubandhu Misra Committee Member Jeffrey M. Chagnon Committee Member The Graduate School has verified and approved the above-named committee members, and certifies that the thesis has been approved in accordance with university requirements. ii To Mom and Dad, for all that you’ve done for me. iii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I extend my sincere appreciation to Dr. Robert E. Hart for his mentorship and guidance as my graduate advisor, as well as for initially enlisting me as his graduate student. It was a true honor working under his supervision. I would also like to thank my committee members, Dr. Vasubandhu Misra and Dr. Jeffrey L. Chagnon, for their collaboration and as representatives of the thesis process. Additionally, I thank the Civilian Institution Programs at the Air Force Institute of Technology for the opportunity to earn my Master of Science degree at Florida State University, and to the USAF’s 17th Operational Weather Squadron at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, HI for sponsoring my graduate program and providing helpful feedback on the research. -
Meeting in Progress
MEETING IN PROGRESS GMHA Board of Trustees Wednesday, May 27, 2020 | 5:00 p.m. Zoom Video Conference Guam Memorial Hospital Authority – Board of Trustees Meeting May 27, 2020 | 5:00 p.m. | Zoom Video Conference BOARD MEMBERS: Theresa Obispo, Chairperson; Melissa Waibel, Vice-chairperson; Sarah Thomas-Nededog, Secretary; Byron Evaristo, Treasurer; Sharon Davis, Trustee; Sonia Siliang, Trustee; Glynis Almonte, Trustee; Michael Um, MD, Trustee; Evangeline Allen, Trustee Time Item Owner 5:00 p.m. I. Welcoming | Call Meeting to Order and Determination of Quorum Trustee Obispo 5:01 – 5:05 II. Review and approval minutes All Trustees A. April 28, 2020 III. Old Business Mrs. Posadas 5:05 – 5:15 A. US ACOE Facilities Condition Assessment, GMHA, 18-22 November 2019 IV. New Business Mrs. Posadas 5:15 – 5:25 A. Bill No. 305-35 (COR) is an act to add Chapter 98 to Division 4 of Title 20, Guam Code Annotated, relative to a Public-Private Partnership for the management of the Guam Memorial Hospital Authority 5:25 – 5:35 B. 2020 Strategic Plan Implementation Report Update 5:35 – 6:05 V. Management’s Report Executive Management VI. Board Subcommittee Reports 6:05 – 6:15 A. Governance, Bylaws, and Strategic Planning Trustees Thomas- 1. Board of Trustees Self-Evaluation Preliminary Review Nededog, Siliang 6:15 – 6:20 VII. Public Comment 6:20 VIII. Adjournment Trustee Obispo ATTENDANCE Board Members Leadership Present: Theresa Obispo, Melissa Waibel, Sarah Present: Lillian Perez-Posadas, William Kando, Regular Meeting of the Thomas-Nededog, Sharon Davis, Sonia Siliang, Don Rabanal, Jemmabeth Simbillo, Christine Glynis Almonte, Evangeline Allen Tuquero, Yukari Hechanova, Rodalyn Gerardo, Guam Memorial Hospital Authority Dr. -
Expanded Fitness Program Wins School Space by Cmnm PC ISASI "Students Are Deficient in Upper and School Athletic Programs
* r wesTRf.n CHAMPIONS! Doll Dining out Winning Pet Devils girls soccer wins Meet the reader's pet that 12th straight UCT title Collecting Our big new guide details SSe t thiis best eating spots in region won in our yearly balloting Vote results on A-11 See Sports, page B-l WeekendPlus Inside this issue Vol. 3, ./ The^festfield Record Thursday, November 12, 1992 A Forbes Newspaper 25 cents Expanded fitness program wins school space By cmnm PC ISASI "Students are deficient in upper and school athletic programs. In addition, mats to college through scholarships. many have signed up, but they're able to," THE RECORD lower body strength and cardiovascular fit- would have to be rolled up for storage Board member Melba Nixon hailed the he said. ness. In order to remediate that, we need instead of being left out program as a success, noting that more Physical education teacher Kathy Luck- School board members approved expan- more than 4 Vi weeks," said Mr. Zimmer. Wrestling program volunteers' ob- than 5 percent of its participants are Afri- ey thinks girls would be less intimidated sion of the high school's fitness program The expansion would double the cen- jections cite that added inconvenience can-American. About 5 percent of the dis- and more likely to use the fitness center if at Tuesday evening's meeting, despite ob- ter's capacity to 40 students per class, giv- would discourage participation and dimin- trict's population is African-American. it were larger and less crowded. jections from community wrestling pro- ing each class more time to work on im- ish the quality of the program. -
JIC Release No. 246 August 3, 2020, 1:20 Pm (Chst)
Joint Information Center - JIC Release No. 246 August 3, 2020, 1:20 p.m. (ChST) Cumulative Results: Nine Test Positive for COVID-19; Profiles of Confirmed Cases; Expanded COVID-19 Testing Continues; 2020 Census of Guam Update COVID-19 test results are reported from multiple labs at varying times of the day. The Joint Information Center will report cumulative COVID-19 test results once a day, unless unavailable. For updated information on COVID-19 cases on Guam, visit the COVID-19 Dashboard and Situation Report at http://dphss.guam.gov/covid-19/. Cumulative Results The following breakdown provides cumulative COVID-19 test results for Monday, August 3, 2020: Laboratory New Cases Samples Total Total Confirmed Reported on Tested Negative Cases (March 12 Monday, (July Cases (March - August 3, 2020) August 3 31-August 12 - August 3) 1) Department of Public Health & Social 1 198 12,049 223 Services (DPHSS) Guam Public Health Laboratory (GPHL) Naval Health Research Center 0 255 3,196 68 1 (NHRC) / U.S. Naval Hospital (USNH) Guam2 Diagnostic Laboratory Services 3 95 3,309 51 (DLS)2 Guam Memorial Hospital Authority 3 109 2,880 15 (GMHA) Laboratory3 Guam National Guard (GUNG) 0 0 17 0 Laboratory4 Guam Regional Medical City 1 35 754 1 (GRMC) Laboratory5 Other Laboratories 1 N/A N/A 2 Probable cases 0 N/A N/A 8 Total Total Negative Total COVID-19 Total Samples Cases (March Cases (March 12 - AS OF 1:20 PM, MONDAY, Confirmed: Tested: 12 - August 3): August 3): AUGUST 3, 2020 9 692 22,205 368 1 3 5 Beginning March 26, 2020 Beginning April 15, 2020 Beginning April 30, 2020 2 4 Beginning March 31, 2020 Beginning April 23, 2020 1 Out of the nine newly confirmed cases, one tested positive at the Department of Public Health and Social Services (DPHSS). -
Tropical Cyclones: Meteorological Aspects Mark A
Tropical Cyclones: Meteorological Aspects Mark A. Lander1 Water and Environmental Research Institute of the Western Pacific, University of Guam, UOG Station, Mangilao, Guam (USA) 96923 Sailors have long recognized the existence of deadly storms in Every year, TCs claim many lives—occasionally exceeding tropical latitudes where the weather was usually a mix of bright sun and 100,000. Some of the world’s greatest natural disasters have been gentle breezes with quickly passing showers. These terrifying storms associated with TCs. For example, Tropical Cyclone 02B was the were known to have a core of screaming winds accompanied by deadliest and most destructive natural disaster on earth in 1991. The blinding rain, spume and sea spray, and sharply lowered barometric associated extreme storm surge along the coast of Bangladesh was the pressure. When the sailors were lucky enough to survive penetration primary reason for the loss of 138,000 lives (Joint Typhoon Warning to the core of such violent weather, they found a region of calm. This Center, 1991). It occurred 19 years after the loss of ≈300,000 lives in region is the signature characteristic and best-known feature of these Bangladesh by a similar TC striking the low-lying Ganges River storms—the eye (Fig. 1). region in April 1970. In a more recent example, flooding caused by These violent storms of the tropical latitudes were known to be Hurricane Mitch killed 10,000+ people in Central America in Fall seasonal, hence their designation by Atlantic sailors as “line” storms, 1998. Nearly all tropical islands—the islands of the Caribbean, Ha- in reference to the sun’s crossing of the line (equator) in September (the waii, French Polynesia, Micronesia, Fiji, Samoa, Mauritius, La Re- month of peak hurricane activity in the North Atlantic). -
Facility 1 (Naval Hospital Guam) HABS GU-3
FACILITY 1 HABSGU-3 (Naval Hospital Guam) HABS GU-3 Fahrenholt Avenue Agana Heights Guam Guam PHOTOGRAPHS WRITTEN HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE DATA HISTORIC AMERICAN BUILDINGS SURVEY National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior 1849 C Street NW Washington, DC 20240-0001 HISTORIC AMERICAN BUILDINGS SURVEY FACILITY 1 (NAVAL HOSPITAL GUAM) HABS NO. GU-3 Location: Facility 1 is located in the western block of the 47-acre Naval Hospital Guam complex. The building faces south to Fahrenholt Avenue, which is the main road that traverses the hospital complex. Naval Hospital Guam is situated on a ridge at Agana Heights, an area located approximately 500 m from the shoreline in the middle of the island of Guam. Present Owner and Occupant: Department of the Navy Present Use: Facility 1 contains the primary medical service facilities offered to military members and their dependents. These include family practice, OB-GYN, pediatrics, general surgery, anesthesia, internal medicine, psychiatry, psychology, occupational health and preventive medicine, emergency medicine, dental surgery, urology, otolaryngology, ophthalmology, optometry, acute care, physical therapy, dietician, health promotions and social work services. Significance: Facility 1 played a major support role to other medical facilities in Asia during the Cold War. Injured military personnel from Vietnam were airlifted to Facility 1 for medical treatment. Its final role in the Vietnam War effort consisted of the interim care of about 100,000 refugees from South Vietnam on their way to US under Operation New Life. FACILITY 1 2 (Naval Hospital Guam) HABS No. GU-3 Facility 1 is also significant for its design and engineering which successfully withstood Typhoon Karen in November 1962. -
Bayesian Inference of Drag Parameters Using AXBT Data from Typhoon Fanapi
JULY 2013 S R A J E T A L . 2347 Bayesian Inference of Drag Parameters Using AXBT Data from Typhoon Fanapi 1 1 # IHAB SRAJ,* MOHAMED ISKANDARANI, ASHWANTH SRINIVASAN, W. CARLISLE THACKER, @ 1 JUSTIN WINOKUR,* ALEN ALEXANDERIAN, CHIA-YING LEE, 1 SHUYI S. CHEN, AND OMAR M. KNIO* * Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 1 University of Miami, Miami, Florida # University of Miami, and Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, Miami, Florida @ University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas (Manuscript received 8 August 2012, in final form 9 January 2013) ABSTRACT The authors introduce a three-parameter characterization of the wind speed dependence of the drag co- efficient and apply a Bayesian formalism to infer values for these parameters from airborne expendable bathythermograph (AXBT) temperature data obtained during Typhoon Fanapi. One parameter is a multi- plicative factor that amplifies or attenuates the drag coefficient for all wind speeds, the second is the maximum wind speed at which drag coefficient saturation occurs, and the third is the drag coefficient’s rate of change with increasing wind speed after saturation. Bayesian inference provides optimal estimates of the parameters as well as a non-Gaussian probability distribution characterizing the uncertainty of these estimates. The efficiency of this approach stems from the use of adaptive polynomial expansions to build an inexpensive surrogate for the high-resolution numerical model that couples simulated winds to the oceanic temperature data, dramatically reducing the computational burden of the Markov chain Monte Carlo sampling. These results indicate that the most likely values for the drag coefficient saturation and the corresponding wind 2 2 speed are about 2.3 3 10 3 and 34 m s 1, respectively; the data were not informative regarding the drag coefficient behavior at higher wind speeds. -
Guam Power Authority Revenue Refunding Bonds 2017 Series A
PRELIMINARY OFFICIAL STATEMENT DATED DECEMBER 7, 2017 NEW ISSUE – BOOK-ENTRY-ONLY RATINGS: (See “RATINGS” herein) In the opinion of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Bond Counsel to the Authority (“Bond Counsel”), based upon an analysis of existing laws, regulations, rulings and court decisions, and assuming, among other matters, the accuracy of certain representations and compliance with certain covenants, interest on the 2017A Senior Bonds is excluded from gross income for federal income tax purposes under Section 103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”). In the further opinion of Bond Counsel, interest on the 2017A Senior Bonds is not a specific preference item for purposes of the federal individual or corporate alternative minimum taxes, nor is it included in adjusted current earnings when calculating corporate alternative minimum taxable income. Bond Counsel is also of the opinion that, under 48 U.S.C. Section 1423a, interest on the 2017A Senior Bonds is exempt from taxation by the government of Guam, or by any state or territory or any political subdivision thereof, or by the District of Columbia. Bond Counsel expresses no opinion regarding any other tax consequences related to the ownership or disposition of, or the amount, accrual or receipt of interest on, the 2017A Senior Bonds. See “TAX MATTERS” herein. $146,450,000* GUAM POWER AUTHORITY Revenue Refunding Bonds, 2017 Series A Dated: Date of Delivery Due: October 1, as shown on the inside front cover This cover page contains certain information for general reference only. It is not a summary of the security for or terms of the 2017A Senior Bonds. -
Proceedings of the 26Th Annual PIALA Conference Page 1
Proceedings of the 26th Annual PIALA Conference Page 1 We Navigate Together Into the Future; Selected Materials from the 26th Annual PIALA Conference, November 21-26, 2016, Colonia, Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia Edited by Paul B. Drake, Pacific Islands University, Mangilao Guam ISBN 978-1-892485-21-2 Pacific Islands Association of Libraries, Archives, and Museums ©2017 Proceedings of the 26th Annual PIALA Conference Page 2 Table of Contents 3…..Table of Contents 4…..Official Group Photograph 5…..Yap State Library Association Host delegation Photograph 6..…PIALA Officers and Board 2015/2016 7……Conference schedule (from Conference brochure) 11….Conference Papers Abstracts 16….Yap Catholic High School Literacy Program by Michael Wiencek 20…..Blue Shield Pasifika by Atarino Helieisar 22…..The UOG RFK and MARC Digital Repository by Jefrey L. Libao 33….Looking Back, Moving Forward: the Father Duenas Memorial School Library, Archives and Museum by Dante O. Perez 44….Impact of Information Technology Inventions of Library Development by Lola Schutz 47….Issues and Challenges in Establishing a Digital Repository for Solomon Islands National University by Lucas Dosung 56….PIALA: Strategic Plan by Roland A. San Nicolas and Jennifer Helieisar 64….Professional Paddling Collaborations: the Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association by Paul B. Drake 71….State of Reference & Information Literacy: RFK Library, University of Guam by Roland A. San Nicolas 77….Resource Sharing in Micronesia by Roland A. San Nicolas 82….Entity Report: Republic of Palau by Omar Faustino 89….Entity Report: Kosrae State by Aaron Sigrah 91….Entity Report: Pohnpei State by Jenny Helieisar 96…..Entity Report: Territory of Guam by Dante O.