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Granite Springs Valley, Nevada Play Fairway Analysis - Well data and Temperature Survey

This data is associated with the Nevada Play Fairway project and includes excel files containing raw 2-meter temperature data and corrections. GIS shapefiles and layer files contain ing location and attribute information for the data are included. Well data includes both deep and shallow TG holes, GIS shapefiles and layer files.

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Utah FORGE: Roosevelt Hot Springs Analytical Well-Based Temperature Model Data

This submission contains a cumulative record of one-dimensional temperature modeling based off of well data in the vicinity of the Utah FORGE site. Temperature log data from wells used, and in some cases were extrapolated below the bottom of a number of wells. The data were corrected for elevation and location using the Utah FORGE earth model. These data locations correspond to well locations provided in GDR Submission 1111 (linked below). All data are georeferenced to UTM, zone 12N, NAD 83, NAVD 88.

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2D Seismic Profiles, Nevada Play Fairway - Granite Springs Valley

This data is associated with the Nevada Play Fairway project and contains 2D seismic profile data in cropped jpegs and tiffs, both interpreted and uninterpreted. Seismic data owned or controlled by Seismic Exchange, Inc.; interpretation is that of the University of Nevada, Reno.

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Fluid Geochemistry, Granite Springs Valley, Nevada Play Fairway Analysis

This data set is associated with the Nevada Play Fairway project. Excel file 5-Area Chem contains all the major chemistry for the areas sampled in the project. New analyses are in lines 2-30, while older analyses appear below that. Field Data excel file contains both field notes and data with ninety entries showing sixty areas not sampled either because they were to dry, cold, or unable to locate. Thirty sites were sampled and their sample numbers appear in this file corresponding to those in the 5-Area Chemistry file. Excel file 5-Area Geothermometer contains a summary of geothermometers calculated for the new and historical data sets. Scanned field sheets are attached as a pdf.

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Material Properties for Brady Hot Springs Nevada USA from PoroTomo Project

The PoroTomo team has completed inverse modeling of the three data sets (seismology, geodesy, and hydrology) individually, as described previously. The estimated values of the material properties are registered on a three-dimensional grid with a spacing of 25 meters between nodes. The material properties are listed an Excel file. Figures show planar slices in three sets: horizontal slices in a planes normal to the vertical Z axis (Z normal), vertical slices in planes perpendicular to the dominant strike of the fault system (X normal), and vertical slices in planes parallel to the dominant strike of the fault system (Y normal). The results agree on the following points. The material is unconsolidated and/or fractured, especially in the shallow layers. The structural trends follow the fault system in strike and dip. The geodetic measurements favor the hypothesis of thermal contraction. Temporal changes in pressure, subsidence rate, and seismic amplitude are associated with changes in pumping rates during the four stages of the deployment in 2016. The modeled hydraulic conductivity is high in fault damage zones. All the observations are consistent with the conceptual model: highly permeable conduits along faults channel fluids from shallow aquifers to the deep geothermal reservoir tapped by the production wells.

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DASH Slow Strain Rates from Brady Hot Springs Geothermal Field during PoroTomo Deployment Period

This submission contains slow strain rates summed to radians over 30 second intervals [rad/s] derived from horizontal distributed acoustic sensing measurements (DASH) of Brady geothermal field during PoroTomo deployment (2016-Mar-14 to 2016-Mar-26). There is one file corresponding to each day written in *.mat format for use with Matlab. The format for the binary Matlab .mat files are defined at: https://www.mathworks.com/help/pdf_doc/matlab/matfile_format.pdf. One such file includes the following variables: 'flist': list of raw DASH files used in the summation 'time_tag_mdt': sample time tag in datetime format with hours given in 24-hr format (yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss.SSSSSSS) 'time_tag_uts': sample time tag in Unix time 'strain_rate_summed_over30s_in_radians_per_second': slow strain rates summed over 30 second intervals in units rad/s 'sample_standard_deviation_in_radians_per_second': corresponding sample standard deviation of slow strain rates in units rad/s The PoroTomo final technical report, raw DASH data, and software repository are also available through the links below.

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Wind R&D Newsletter, Spring 2019

Biannual U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Wind Research and Development (R&D) Newsletter providing recent news about the DOE Wind Energy Technologies Office's R&D projects, accomplishments, upcoming events, and recent publications.

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Wind R&D Newsletter, Spring 2018

Biannual U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Wind Research and Development (R&D) Newsletter providing recent news about the DOE Wind Energy Technologies Office's R&D projects, accomplishments, upcoming events, and recent publications.

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Wind R&D Newsletter, Spring 2017

This biannual U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Wind Research and Development (R&D) Newsletter provides recent news about the DOE Wind Energy Technologies Office's R&D projects, accomplishments, upcoming events, and recent publications.

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Spring 2020 Wind R&D Newsletter

The biannual U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Wind Research and Development (R&D) Newsletter provides recent news about DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO) R&D projects, news, and accomplishments.

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Spring 2021 Wind R&D Newsletter

The biannual U.S. Department of Energy Wind Research and Development Newsletter provides recent news about the DOE Wind Energy Technologies Office's R&D projects, news, accomplishments, and recent publications.

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Effects of simulated spring thaw of permafrost from mineral cryosol on CO 2 emissions and atmospheric CH 4 uptake

Abstract Previous studies investigating organic‐rich tundra have reported that increasing biodegradation of Arctic tundra soil organic carbon (SOC) under warming climate regimes will cause increasing CO 2 and CH 4 emissions. Organic‐poor, mineral cryosols, which comprise 87% of Arctic tundra, are not as well characterized. This study examined biogeochemical processes of 1 m long intact mineral cryosol cores (1–6% SOC) collected in the Canadian high Arctic. Vertical profiles of gaseous and aqueous chemistry and microbial composition were related to surface CO 2 and CH 4 fluxes during a simulated spring/summer thaw under light versus dark and in situ versus water saturated treatments. CO 2 fluxes attained 0.8 ± 0.4 mmol CO 2 m −2 h −1 for in situ treatments, of which 85 ± 11% was produced by aerobic SOC oxidation, consistent with field observations and metagenomic analyses indicating aerobic heterotrophs were the dominant phylotypes. The Q 10 values of CO 2 emissions ranged from 2 to 4 over the course of thawing. CH 4 degassing occurred during initial thaw; however, all cores were CH 4 sinks at atmospheric concentration CH 4 . Atmospheric CH 4 uptake rates ranged from −126 ± 77 to −207 ± 7 nmol CH 4 m −2 h −1 with CH 4 consumed between 0 and 35 cm depth. Metagenomic and gas chemistry analyses revealed that high‐affinity Type II methanotrophic sequence abundance and activity were highest between 0 and 35 cm depth. Microbial sulfate reduction dominated the anaerobic processes, outcompeting methanogenesis for H 2 and acetate. Fluxes, microbial community composition, and biogeochemical rates indicate that mineral cryosols of Axel Heiberg Island act as net CO 2 sources and atmospheric CH 4 sinks during summertime thaw under both in situ and water saturated states.

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Spatial and Temporal Variability of Aerosol Particles in Arctic Spring

The objective of this work is to investigate the variability in the particle number concentration that may affect climate change assessment for Arctic regions. The Indirect and Semi-Direct Aerosol Campaign (ISDAC) was conducted in April 2008, in the vicinities of Fairbanks and Barrow, Alaska. Measurements of particle number concentrations and size distributions were conducted using a Passive Cavity Aerosol Spectrometer Probe (PCASP-100X) mounted under the Convair-580 aircraft wing. Total number concentration of particles (Na) with diameters in the range 0.12-3 μm was determined for polluted and clean air masses during times when the air was free of clouds and/or precipitation. Variability in Na was considered for both vertical profiles and constant altitude (horizontal) flight legs. This variability can have important implications for estimates of particle properties used in global climate model (GCM) simulations. When aerosol particle layers were encountered, Na rapidly increased from 25 cm-3 up to 550 cm-3 within relatively clean air masses, and reached up to 2200 cm-3 within polluted air masses, dominated by biomass burning pollution. When averaging Na over different distance scales, it was found that Na=140 cm-3 represent an average value for the majority of the encountered clean cases; while Na=720 cm-3 is a mean for polluted cases dominated by biomass burning plumes. These estimates, however, would not capture the details of particle layers encountered during most of the flights. Average aerosol particle characteristics can be difficult to interpret, especially during polluted cases, due to small-scale spatial and temporal variability.

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Identification and mapping of quantitative trait loci for Fusarium head blight resistance in a synthetic hexaploid × hard red spring wheat population

Abstract Fusarium head blight (FHB), caused byFusarium graminearumSchwabe, is one of the most devastating diseases in wheat (Triticum aestivumL.). The synthetic hexaploid wheat line Largo was developed from a cross between the durum wheat [T. turgidumssp.durum(Desf.) Husn.] variety Langdon and theAegilops tauschiiCosson accession PI 268210, and it was previously found to have a moderate level of FHB resistance. This study was conducted to identify quantitative trait loci (QTL) associated with FHB resistance using a population of 188 recombinant inbred lines (RILs) from a cross between Largo and the susceptible wheat line ND495. The RILs were evaluated for Type II resistance in two greenhouse and two field environments. The disease severity and 90K single‐nucleotide polymorphism marker data were used for QTL analysis, which revealed six QTL on chromosomes 1D, 2D, 5B, and 7D. Four QTL (QFhb.rwg‐1D,QFhb.rwg‐5B,QFhb.rwg‐7D.1, andQFhb.rwg‐7D.3) from Largo had minor effects, whereas two QTL (QFhb.rwg‐2DandQFhb.rwg‐7D.2) from ND495 showed large effects on FHB resistance. The result suggested that ND495 may possess suppressor or susceptibility gene(s) suppressing or masking FHB resistance controlled by the resistance QTL. Among these QTL, four coincided with previously reported QTL, includingFhb9, and two (QFhb.rwg‐1DandQFhb.rwg‐7D.1) are likely novel QTL. From the six QTL regions, 10 Kompetitive allele‐specific PCR markers were developed and validated for marker‐assisted selection. The QTL detected from the resistant and susceptible parents enhance our understanding of FHB resistance expression and provide new resources for improving FHB resistance in wheat.

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