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Image taken from a UAS showing the calibration pads at the Grand Junction Regional Airport
Image taken from a UAS showing the calibration pads at the Grand Junction Regional Airport
The San Juan River Valley near Mexican Hat, Utah, is the location of the second phase of the Regional Assessment of Drought Impacts on Soils (RADIS) Project, where researchers are conducting a complementary sampling and predictive soil mapping exercise for dryland ecosystems.
The San Juan River Valley near Mexican Hat, Utah, is the location of the second phase of the Regional Assessment of Drought Impacts on Soils (RADIS) Project, where researchers are conducting a complementary sampling and predictive soil mapping exercise for dryland ecosystems.
Portion of the Class-10,000 clean lab with HEPA-filtered laminar-flow hoods (left) used for chromatographic column separations and four-tier, ULPA-filtered exhausting dry-down boxes with Teflon-coated hotplates for sample digestion and evaporation.
Portion of the Class-10,000 clean lab with HEPA-filtered laminar-flow hoods (left) used for chromatographic column separations and four-tier, ULPA-filtered exhausting dry-down boxes with Teflon-coated hotplates for sample digestion and evaporation.
Shared instrument lab housing solid-source, multi-collector, thermal-ionization mass spectrometers. The shared space also houses USGS GSIL (GGG-Stable Isotope Laboratory) instruments in the background.
Shared instrument lab housing solid-source, multi-collector, thermal-ionization mass spectrometers. The shared space also houses USGS GSIL (GGG-Stable Isotope Laboratory) instruments in the background.
Geologist Rick Moscati loading a sample turret for Pb analysis on the Phoenix thermal-ionization mass spectrometer at the Denver Radiogenic Isotope Lab
Geologist Rick Moscati loading a sample turret for Pb analysis on the Phoenix thermal-ionization mass spectrometer at the Denver Radiogenic Isotope Lab
Labeled photograph of the Triton thermal-ionization mass spectrometer. Indicated parts are "sample source", "magnetic analyzer", "amplifier housing", "Faraday collectors", and "ion counter".
Labeled photograph of the Triton thermal-ionization mass spectrometer. Indicated parts are "sample source", "magnetic analyzer", "amplifier housing", "Faraday collectors", and "ion counter".
Working in the Denver Radiogenic Isotope Lab, Hannah Tompkins loading strontium samples on a turret with 21 individual filament locations.
Working in the Denver Radiogenic Isotope Lab, Hannah Tompkins loading strontium samples on a turret with 21 individual filament locations.
USGS scientists Joe Adams and Matt Burgess conduct a UAS lidar data collection flight at the Vicksburg National Military Park
NUSO scientists, along with USGS landslide researchers, in December 2022 undertook a topographic analysis of slide-prone areas of the National Park Service Vicksburg National Military Park near Vicksburg, Mississippi.
USGS scientists Joe Adams and Matt Burgess conduct a UAS lidar data collection flight at the Vicksburg National Military Park
NUSO scientists, along with USGS landslide researchers, in December 2022 undertook a topographic analysis of slide-prone areas of the National Park Service Vicksburg National Military Park near Vicksburg, Mississippi.
USGS employee Joe Adams positions a UAS over a calibration panel to capture a multispectral image with the attached MicaSense Dual multispectral sensor. This calibration image will be used to post-process the imagery in support of radiometric calibration research conducted at the Denver Federal Center in Colorado.
USGS employee Joe Adams positions a UAS over a calibration panel to capture a multispectral image with the attached MicaSense Dual multispectral sensor. This calibration image will be used to post-process the imagery in support of radiometric calibration research conducted at the Denver Federal Center in Colorado.
USGS scientist Matt Burgess checking a UAS with a mounted lidar sensor at Vicksburg National Military Park
NUSO scientists, along with USGS landslide researchers, in December 2022 undertook a topographic analysis of slide-prone areas of the National Park Service Vicksburg National Military Park near Vicksburg, Mississippi.
USGS scientist Matt Burgess checking a UAS with a mounted lidar sensor at Vicksburg National Military Park
NUSO scientists, along with USGS landslide researchers, in December 2022 undertook a topographic analysis of slide-prone areas of the National Park Service Vicksburg National Military Park near Vicksburg, Mississippi.
USGS employees from the USGS National Uncrewed Systems Office (NUSO) and the USGS EROS CalVal Center of Excellence (ECCOE) during a UAS test in a Denver Federal Center parking lot.
USGS employees from the USGS National Uncrewed Systems Office (NUSO) and the USGS EROS CalVal Center of Excellence (ECCOE) during a UAS test in a Denver Federal Center parking lot.
USGS NUSO scientists act as a visual observer (Joe Adams left) and a UAS remote pilot (Matt Burgess right) during a UAS flight at the Denver Federal Center
USGS NUSO scientists act as a visual observer (Joe Adams left) and a UAS remote pilot (Matt Burgess right) during a UAS flight at the Denver Federal Center
Dendrochronologist Becky Brice using laboratory chain saw to sample remnant wood in southern Colorado.
Dendrochronologist Becky Brice using laboratory chain saw to sample remnant wood in southern Colorado.
Research Geologist Natalie Kehrwald cuts a “cookie” from a fire-scarred tree in the southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains, New Mexico. Cookies are cross-sections of trees that provide information on the interactions between past droughts and fires.
Research Geologist Natalie Kehrwald cuts a “cookie” from a fire-scarred tree in the southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains, New Mexico. Cookies are cross-sections of trees that provide information on the interactions between past droughts and fires.
Red circles on the map are midden-sample sites locations included in the midden database.
Red circles on the map are midden-sample sites locations included in the midden database.
USGS researcher Victoria Scholl (NUSO) checks the image quality of photos captured using the Mavic Pro UAS over a bog in Alaska. These photos will be used to generate a Structure from Motion photogrammetry orthomosaic.
USGS researcher Victoria Scholl (NUSO) checks the image quality of photos captured using the Mavic Pro UAS over a bog in Alaska. These photos will be used to generate a Structure from Motion photogrammetry orthomosaic.
UAS carrying the methane sensor (left) and a smaller UAS used to collect videos and photos (right) in Alaska. Both UAS are resting on wooden pallets that the team set onto the bog for a dry and flat takeoff/landing location.
UAS carrying the methane sensor (left) and a smaller UAS used to collect videos and photos (right) in Alaska. Both UAS are resting on wooden pallets that the team set onto the bog for a dry and flat takeoff/landing location.
Victoria Scholl (NUSO), Kristen Manies (GMEG Science Center), and Joe Adams (NUSO) hiked the UAS gear through the woods and across a network of boardwalks to access the bog site at the BNZ LTER.
Victoria Scholl (NUSO), Kristen Manies (GMEG Science Center), and Joe Adams (NUSO) hiked the UAS gear through the woods and across a network of boardwalks to access the bog site at the BNZ LTER.
Plane light optical microscope image of a monazite grain with a 5 µm laser crater
Plane light optical microscope image of a monazite grain with a 5 µm laser crater
Image from a UAS acquired natural color video showing the UAS-mounted Kolibri sensor being flown through the smoke plume during one of the in-situ oil burns at a Poker Flat Research Range retention pond in Alaska.
Image from a UAS acquired natural color video showing the UAS-mounted Kolibri sensor being flown through the smoke plume during one of the in-situ oil burns at a Poker Flat Research Range retention pond in Alaska.
Researchers flying UAS at in-situ burns at the Poker Flat Research Range near Fairbanks, Alaska (Left: Joe Adams USGS NUSO)
Researchers flying UAS at in-situ burns at the Poker Flat Research Range near Fairbanks, Alaska (Left: Joe Adams USGS NUSO)