National Innovation Center Seminar Series
UAS Research Center
Next Generation Stream Gaging
eDNA Sampling
Next Generation Volcano Monitoring
Next Generation Wildlife Tracking
National Innovation Center
The USGS National Innovation Center (NIC) works with public, private, and non-profit partners in Silicon Valley and elsewhere to design, test, and bring into operation the next generation of technology and engineering tools to help solve the Nation's pressing earth science challenges.
UAS Research Center
UAS Research Center
We support a broad range of UAS research applications and are home to the UAS Research Center where our engineers work to design, build, and field test UAS flight systems for science support.
6th Federal UxS Users Workshop
6th Federal UxS Users Workshop
The tradition continues with our 6th Federal UxS Workshop, when our community will return to explore new opportunities, continued challenges, and training opportunities together.
USGS National Innovation Center Seminar Series
USGS National Innovation Center Seminar Series
This bi-weekly seminar series is an opportunity to present innovation successes and prospects across USGS Mission Areas.
Publications
Mapping river flow from thermal images in approximately real time: Proof of concept on the Sacramento River, California, USA Mapping river flow from thermal images in approximately real time: Proof of concept on the Sacramento River, California, USA
Image velocimetry has become an effective method of mapping flow conditions in rivers, but this analysis is typically performed in a post-processing mode after data collection is complete. In this study, we evaluated the potential to infer flow velocities in approximately real time as thermal images are being acquired from an uncrewed aircraft system (UAS). The sensitivity of thermal...
A framework to facilitate development and testing of image-based river velocimetry algorithms A framework to facilitate development and testing of image-based river velocimetry algorithms
Image-based methods have compelling, demonstrated potential for characterizing flow fields in rivers, but algorithms like particle image velocimetry (PIV) must be further tested and improved to enable more effective use of these techniques. This paper presents a framework designed for this exact purpose: Simulating Hydraulics and Images for Velocimetry Evaluation and Refinement (SHIVER)...
Capturing patterns of evolutionary relatedness with reflectance spectra to model and monitor biodiversity Capturing patterns of evolutionary relatedness with reflectance spectra to model and monitor biodiversity
Biogeographic history can set initial conditions for vegetation community assemblages that determine their climate responses at broad extents that land surface models attempt to forecast. Numerous studies have indicated that evolutionarily conserved biochemical, structural, and other functional attributes of plant species are captured in visible-to-short wavelength infrared, 400 to 2,500...
Science
BisonCore Project
The BisonCore is a system from the UAS Research Center that adds new and cutting-edge technology to commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) uncrewed systems (UxS). The BisonCore is a “Multi‐Role Autonomous Vehicle Augmentation System” specifically designed to accommodate Science Payloads & Missions. The system adds a multitude of capabilities that are not available on either Department of Interior (DOI)...
Saucer Shark Project
The Saucer Shark is a Magnetometer Payload suspended below an uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) to reduce platform induced magnetic noise while maintaining high sensitivity. This payload is an evolution in the geomagnetic sensing realm; boasting a high and adjustable sampling rate, low noise, ease of portability (additionally used as a walking ground survey), real-time data downlink, user interface...
6th Federal UxS Workshop
6th Federal UxS Workshop September 10-12, 2024 Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute, Albuquerque, NM