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View looking out past the sensor equipment and across the reservoir to the far shore.
Spruce Run Webcam
Spruce Run Webcam
Spruce Run Webcam

Wecam image for the 403859074555201 Spruce Run Reservoir, New Jersey observation gage

Wecam image for the 403859074555201 Spruce Run Reservoir, New Jersey observation gage

Looking down a staircase along a concrete bridge wall at the Raritan River
Manville Webcam
Manville Webcam
Manville Webcam

Looking at the Raritan River from the gage at the top of the bridge at 01400500 Raritan River at Manville, New Jersey

Looking at the Raritan River from the gage at the top of the bridge at 01400500 Raritan River at Manville, New Jersey

Cloudy morning looking down on a marina full of boats
Belmar Webcam
Belmar Webcam
Belmar Webcam

Looking out on a Shark River marina from high above at the 01407770 Shark River at Belmar, New Jersey

Looking out on a Shark River marina from high above at the 01407770 Shark River at Belmar, New Jersey

Poster of text with Charts and graphs depicting the Sandy Hook Project findings
Sandy Hook Poster page 2
Sandy Hook Poster page 2
Sandy Hook Poster page 2

Summary of Study design and data collected at Sandy Hook Gateway National Recreation Area, New jersey, Page 2

Summary of Study design and data collected at Sandy Hook Gateway National Recreation Area, New jersey, Page 2

Page of charts and graphs along with text describing the Sandy Hook Project
Sandy Hook Poster page 1
Sandy Hook Poster page 1
Sandy Hook Poster page 1

Summary of Study design and data collected at Sandy Hook Gateway National Recreation Area, New Jersey, Page 1

Summary of Study design and data collected at Sandy Hook Gateway National Recreation Area, New Jersey, Page 1

Map of New Jersey, Maryland, and Delaware outlined by a box showing the study area
CP_RASA
CP_RASA
CP_RASA

Map showing the New Jersey Coastal Plain model grid area for the 1980 to 2013 model. 

Map showing the New Jersey Coastal Plain model grid area for the 1980 to 2013 model. 

Looking at a thermal image of a stream bank in a camera viewer with the bank visible beyond the camera
Musconetcong Imaging1
Musconetcong Imaging1
Musconetcong Imaging1

Infrared imaging camera pointed at stream bank looking for temperature differences in ground and surface water temperatures along the Musconetcong River in New Jersey 

Infrared imaging camera pointed at stream bank looking for temperature differences in ground and surface water temperatures along the Musconetcong River in New Jersey 

USGS Scientist in orange pinny inserting a temperature probe into the stream bank
Hacketstown Temp Sample 1
Hacketstown Temp Sample 1
Hacketstown Temp Sample 1

USGS Scientist Martin Briggs taking ground temperature reading for reference use with the Infrared Camera imaging on Bower’s Brook in Hackettstown, New Jersey. This location was chosen for further investigation due to the orange-yellow deposits on the lower edge of the bank.  

USGS Scientist Martin Briggs taking ground temperature reading for reference use with the Infrared Camera imaging on Bower’s Brook in Hackettstown, New Jersey. This location was chosen for further investigation due to the orange-yellow deposits on the lower edge of the bank.  

Looking at an Infrared view-screen showing the temperature of the river and bank in background
Hances Brook IR1
Hances Brook IR1
Hances Brook IR1

Infrared imaging camera looking at the differences in ground and water temperatures along Hances Brook near Hackettstown, a small tributary to the Musconetcong River in New Jersey. In the image on the camera, the blue color indicates colder water being discharged into the stream coming from an undercut in the bank.  

Infrared imaging camera looking at the differences in ground and water temperatures along Hances Brook near Hackettstown, a small tributary to the Musconetcong River in New Jersey. In the image on the camera, the blue color indicates colder water being discharged into the stream coming from an undercut in the bank.  

Two scientists in orange vests taking reading from a sampling probe in the edge of a river.
Bowers Brook Probe 1
Bowers Brook Probe 1
Bowers Brook Probe 1

USGS Scientists Pam Reilly and Liam Kineffic recording several water parameters including temperature with a high accuracy probe at a suspected groundwater input along Bower’s Brook in Hackettstown, a tributary to the Musconetcong River.  

USGS Scientists Pam Reilly and Liam Kineffic recording several water parameters including temperature with a high accuracy probe at a suspected groundwater input along Bower’s Brook in Hackettstown, a tributary to the Musconetcong River.  

Series of maps showing models of flood waters encroaching on a coastal town
CPFIM output Map
CPFIM output Map
CPFIM output Map

Four side-by-side images showing the progression of a coastal flooding model in New Jersey.

Four side-by-side images showing the progression of a coastal flooding model in New Jersey.

Maps showing USGS tide sites alongside a flood model map
CPFIM comparison map
CPFIM comparison map
CPFIM comparison map

Side-by-side comparisons of USGS tide gages in Cape May area with a flood inundation map output

Side-by-side comparisons of USGS tide gages in Cape May area with a flood inundation map output

A map showing locations across Pennsylvania where PFAS was detected in water samples.
Pennsylvania state-wide surface water PFAS study
Pennsylvania state-wide surface water PFAS study
Pennsylvania state-wide surface water PFAS study

This map shows 161 sites across Pennsylvania that were sampled for PFAS concentrations. The color coding indicates PFAS concentration levels at each site. USGS image.

This map shows 161 sites across Pennsylvania that were sampled for PFAS concentrations. The color coding indicates PFAS concentration levels at each site. USGS image.

An orange traffic cone sits on top of a floating wooden platform supporting the sampler in the middle of the river
Sampler Platform
Sampler Platform
Sampler Platform

Floating sampling platform deployment for the automatic bacteria analyzer,facing upstream, at Passaic River below Pompton River at Two Bridges, New Jersey.

Floating sampling platform deployment for the automatic bacteria analyzer,facing upstream, at Passaic River below Pompton River at Two Bridges, New Jersey.

Bacteria Sampler unit is suspended in the water to the side of a floating wooden platform
Sampler_Platform_2
Sampler_Platform_2
Sampler_Platform_2

Floating platform deployment for the automatic bacteria analyzer, facing downstream, at Passaic River below Pompton River at Two Bridges, New Jersey.

Floating platform deployment for the automatic bacteria analyzer, facing downstream, at Passaic River below Pompton River at Two Bridges, New Jersey.

Looking down into the core of the sampler
Sampler Power
Sampler Power
Sampler Power

Hydrographer Dan Skulski replaces the battery of the automatic bacteria analyzer.

Hydrographer Dan Skulski replaces the battery of the automatic bacteria analyzer.

A close up of the Bacterial probes being cleaned before deployment
Cleaning the Sampler
Cleaning the Sampler
Cleaning the Sampler

Hydrographer Dan Skulski cleans the device of fouling prior to changing out the sample cartriges.

Hydrographer Dan Skulski cleans the device of fouling prior to changing out the sample cartriges.

Orange traffic cone, sample storage box, and a notebook sit on a wooden platform in the river with the Bacteria sampler.
Sampler_Platform 3
Sampler_Platform 3
Sampler_Platform 3

Field readings are being collected using a water-quality multimeter prior to initiating a sample from the bacteria analyzer.

Field readings are being collected using a water-quality multimeter prior to initiating a sample from the bacteria analyzer.

The hands of a technician adjusting the location of the sampler in its mount in the river
Setting the sampler
Setting the sampler
Setting the sampler

Hydrographer Jake Gray removes the automatic bacteria analyzer to perform regular servicing.

Hydrographer Jake Gray removes the automatic bacteria analyzer to perform regular servicing.

Looking at a metal pipe, Crest Stage Gage, attached to a tree next to a roiling river.
Lodi n-value
Lodi n-value
Lodi n-value

Crest Stage Gage attached to tree near the bridge near 01391500 Saddle River at Lodi, New Jersey for part of the n-value Study.

Crest Stage Gage attached to tree near the bridge near 01391500 Saddle River at Lodi, New Jersey for part of the n-value Study.

Two scientists in a lab examining different sized mussel shells.
Blue_Mussels
Blue_Mussels
Blue_Mussels

Scientists Kathryn Cahalane and Lucas Sirotniak sort blue mussels (Mytilus edulis) from the Atlantic Ocean for the analysis of cyanotoxins in mussel tissue.

Scientists Kathryn Cahalane and Lucas Sirotniak sort blue mussels (Mytilus edulis) from the Atlantic Ocean for the analysis of cyanotoxins in mussel tissue.