Owen's Topolobampo Colony, Mexico

Conflicts of Interest: Owens’ Response

In the November 2003 issue of EHP, Liu et al. (2003) concluded that " relatively low concentrations of gaseous air pollutants are associated with adverse effects on birth outcomes. " Although this may be true from a purely statistical sense, there appear to be limitations of this research that suggest cautious interpretation of the findings. Liu et al. (2003) evaluated individual-level birth ce...

Andrew Owens and Simon Kendall Vassilios

Climatology of High Wind Events in the Owens Valley, California

The climatology of high wind events in the Owens Valley, California, a deep valley located just east of the southern Sierra Nevada, is described using data from six automated weather stations distributed along the valley axis in combination with the North American Regional Reanalysis dataset. Potential mechanisms for the development of strong winds in the valley are examined. Contrary to the co...

Dynamics of plague in a Gunnison's prairie dog colony complex from New Mexico.

A plague (Yersinia pestis) epizootic spread through Gunnison's prairie dogs (Cynomys gunnisoni), and possibly other rodent species, in the Moreno Valley in north-central New Mexico between winter 1984-1985 and autumn 1987. We observed the progress of the epizootic and subsequent population recovery at four prairie dog towns within the valley during this period. At two towns (Midlake and Val Ver...

A Study of CO Emission in High-Redshift QSOs Using the Owens Valley Millimeter Array

A Study of CO Emission in High Redshift QSOs Using the Owens Valley Millimeter Array Laura J. Hainline and N. Z. Scoville Dept. of Astronomy, California Institute of Technology, Mail Code 105-24, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA [email protected], [email protected] Min S. Yun Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA [email protected] D. W. Hawkins Ow...