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The 1999 Flood of the Century: Extraordinary Hydrometeorological Event or Human-Induced Catastrophe?
(2009-09-18)In 1999 the effects of Floyd, Dennis, and Irene caused unprecedented flooding, but was this a natural event or a human disaster? The researchers examined photographs of the effects of Hurricane Floyd and some other floods ... -
The 1st Annual NCEM-ECU Hurricane Workshop Presentations (Part 1 & 2)
(2010-05-26)During the week that coastal communities turned their attention to hurricane preparedness, the North Carolina Division of Emergency Management in partnership with the East Carolina University's Center for Natural Hazards ... -
The 1st Annual NCEM-ECU Hurricane Workshop Presentations (Part 3 & 4)
(2010-05-26)During the week that coastal communities turned their attention to hurricane preparedness, the North Carolina Division of Emergency Management in partnership with the East Carolina University's Center for Natural Hazards ... -
2011 North Carolina Hurricane Workshop Summary
(2011-05-18)The North Carolina Division of Emergency Management (NCEM) in partnership with the East Carolina University's Center (ECU) for Natural Hazards Research and the Renaissance Computing Institute Engagement Center at ECU (RENCI ... -
2012 North Carolina Hurricane Workshop Summary
(2012-05-23)North Carolina Emergency Management in partnership with East Carolina University's Center for Natural Hazards Research and the Renaissance Computing Institute's Engagement Center at ECU held a Hurricane Workshop on May 23, ... -
2013 Hurricane Season Forecast
(2013-05-22)Mr. Szatkowski described the 2012 hurricane season. In 2012 there were 19 named storms, 10 reached hurricane strength and 2 were major hurricanes. This exceeded the average number. This year is likely to exceed ... -
2013 North Carolina Hurricane Workshop Summary
(2013-05-22)The North Carolina Division of Emergency Management in collaboration with East Carolina University's Center for Natural Hazards Research held a Hurricane Workshop on May 22, 2013 at the Murphy Center in Greenville, NC. ... -
African Easterly Waves and Rainfall Variability in Niger during the 2006 AMMA Field Campaign
(2009-09-18)Dr. Ferreira showed that when Africa gets more rain, North Carolina gets more hurricanes. More than half of hurricanes, including Hurricanes Dennis and Floyd, form as African Easterly Waves (AEWs). The African Easterly Jet ... -
Allen Oldfather Whipple:The Father of Modern Pancreatic Surgery.
(2008-04-14)Laupus Library History Collections & the Department of Bioethics & Interdisciplinary Studies sponsor the History of Medicine Presentations as an educational service for the East Carolina University community. The Library ... -
April 15, 2013 – Five-Year Achievement Seminar
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April 16, 2013 – Five-Year Achievement Seminar
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Assessing Return on Investment for E-Resources: A Cross-Institutional Analysis of Cost-Per-Use Data
(East Carolina University, 2011-01-09)Libraries often rely on cost-per-use (CPU) data to measure the return on investment for their e-resource subscriptions. By comparing CPU data supplied by several libraries, this presentation will provide added context to ... -
Author Rights and Copyright Management
(2010)Presentation and slides delivered during Open Access Week 2010 by Peggy Hoon, copyright education specialist for the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. View the video of Hoon's talk, or view the slides. -
Back to the Future: Satellite Precipitation as a Tool to Reanalyze Hurricane Floyd and Forecast Probabilities of Extreme Rainfall in Eastern North Carolina
(2009-09-18)In order to answer questions about how much rain fell during Hurricane Floyd and its input into rivers, researchers looked at satellite, river gauge, and radar data. They took a radar map and put it into a GIS with watershed ... -
Bringing the Hospital to the Patient: A Tangled History of Prehospital Medicine
(2010-02-22)Laupus Library History Collections & the Department of Bioethics & Interdisciplinary Studies sponsor the History of Medicine Presentations as an educational service for the East Carolina University community. The Library ...