In 1974, large numbers of Dungeness crabs migrated into tide pools near the South Jetty of Yaquina Bay and went through their annual molt. The public discovered the abundance of crabs, and found that they were easy prey during low tides. The situation prompted an emergency closure of the area...
One-minute rainrates were measured during two winter rainy
seasons in western Oregon to gain insights into the time-structure of
Oregon rainstorms. The averages of three non-dimensional relative
variance statistics were greater on the coast than inland. Rainrate
distributions showed that a greater portion of the total rain fell, at
higher...