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According to Truer in “Return the National Parks to the Tribes”, virtually all of the signature national parks in the western U.S., such Glacier NP and Grand Canyon NP

Which of the following best describes the type epidemiological study that involves comparing groups of matched subjects (eg. age/occupation matched smokers vs. non-smokers) to conclude that cigarette-smoking causes lung cancer?

Which of the following refers to an agent’s ability to cause disease?

The                     states that a microbe/agent can invade an organism and cause disease.

a.  What is a reservoir? (0.5 points) b.  What are the three types of reservoir?  (1.5 points)  Note:  this is not asking about examples of reservoirs. 

Write an expression for the VNIR/SWIR Diffuse at sensor (i.e., pupil) radiance Lp(lambda) for nadir viewing.  You do not have to expand transmission in terms of absorption or path radiance in terms of the integro-differential expansion.  You do have to consider and write out a directional (i.e., not Lambertian E_d = L_d \pi) sky, however. 

What are the 2 dominant sources of atmospheric gases in the atmosphere that have a substantial influence on all remote sensing applications?

Why are power plants usually built near rivers?

Groundwater usage as a percentage of total water use in the greater Metro Area is increasing.  Why?

You’re concerned about water availability in the next 50 years.  Would you be better off living in a suburb dependent on groundwater or an urban area that also accesses river water for municipal use?