Census counts and apportionment : the politics of representation in the UnitedStates... continued
Policy ; Population census ; State ; UnitedStates of America
Census counts are used in the UnitedStates as the basis for a derived apportionment count, which is employed by the president to allocate seats in the House of Representatives across the 50 States. This practice has been challenged in the courts
, most recently by the State of Utah, which claimed that it was denied a fourth seat in the House for the period 2002-12 as a consequence.
The distributions of coccidioidomycosis and histoplasmosis in the UnitedStates: implications and recommendations
Disease ; Endemic disease ; Health ; Medical geography ; Morbidity ; Spatial distribution ; UnitedStates of America
Coccidioidomycosis is endemic in the US Southwest; histoplasmosis occurs in the East and Central states. Suggests environmental relationships with these diseases both caused by soil fungi. - (DWG)
Examining the relationship between snowfall and wildfire patterns in the western UnitedStates
Applied climatology ; Correlation ; Forest fire ; Snow ; Snow cover ; UnitedStates of America ; Western UnitedStates
The AA. conducted an examination of the spatial and temporal relationships and correlations between snow cover and wildfire from 1986 through 1996 in the 11 western states of the UnitedStates. Snow-cover and wildfire data were aggregated
and normalized for each state, as well as for the entire western region. No strong correlation was found for the entire western UnitedStates, nor did state aggregations show signs of consistent yearly correlation between measures of snow cover and wildfire
. Nevertheless, a few states experienced above-average acreage burned totals following winters with above-average snow cover.
Regional precipitation variability in the southern UnitedStates
Atmospheric circulation ; Cyclone ; Global change ; Precipitation ; Seasonal variation ; Southern UnitedStates ; Spatial variation ; Teleconnection ; UnitedStates of America
This paper analyzes relationships between large-scale circulation variations and regional precipitation within the southern UnitedStates. Results provide a better understanding of the causes of both short-term and long-term precipitation
[b1] Louisiana State University, Dept. of Geography and Anthropology, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, Etats-Unis