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USGS Technician wading a river with a water quality probe
Good day to sample
Good day to sample
Good day to sample

USGS Technician Kaitlin Zoida, using an EXO2 water quality probe to sample the Cedar Creek

USGS Technician Kaitlin Zoida, using an EXO2 water quality probe to sample the Cedar Creek

Looking at a person's legs as they lower a scientific probe down through a hole in the ice to the water below
Ice Flow Sampling
Ice Flow Sampling
Ice Flow Sampling

USGS Scientist lowering a current meter into an Ice Bore Hole from the USGS "Under The Ice" video linked 

USGS Scientist lowering a current meter into an Ice Bore Hole from the USGS "Under The Ice" video linked 

Weir on the Rahway River in winter
Weir on the rahway
Weir on the rahway
Weir on the rahway

Standard design broad crested weir control for streamgage on the Rahway River in NJ. 

Standard design broad crested weir control for streamgage on the Rahway River in NJ. 

Schematic cross section of TCE in rock aquifer strata
Hydrogeology controls contaminant transport in fractured rock
Hydrogeology controls contaminant transport in fractured rock
Hydrogeology controls contaminant transport in fractured rock

Cross section shows interpreted paths of contaminant transport during a field experiment to quantify transport and reaction rates of TCE and other contaminants in fractured sedimentary rock at the former Naval Air Warfare Center, West Trenton, N.J.

Cross section shows interpreted paths of contaminant transport during a field experiment to quantify transport and reaction rates of TCE and other contaminants in fractured sedimentary rock at the former Naval Air Warfare Center, West Trenton, N.J.

Weir on the Saddle River
Weir on the Saddle River
Weir on the Saddle River
Weir on the Saddle River

Close up of gradually sloping broad crested weir providing stable control for streamgage along the Saddle River in NJ. 

Close up of gradually sloping broad crested weir providing stable control for streamgage along the Saddle River in NJ. 

Barnegat Light from a boat across the Bay
Barnegat Light from across the Bay
Barnegat Light from across the Bay
Barnegat Light from across the Bay

View of Barnegat Light from the side of a USGS boat looking past the GPS on a recording mast.

View of Barnegat Light from the side of a USGS boat looking past the GPS on a recording mast.

Swabbing a Wood frog tadpole in the Pinelands
Swabbing Wood Frog Tadpoles
Swabbing Wood Frog Tadpoles
Swabbing Wood Frog Tadpoles

Scientist swabbing a wood frog tadpole for the fungal pathogen, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd)

Scientist swabbing a wood frog tadpole for the fungal pathogen, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd)

USGS Scientists installing a monitor base station
Installation of a basestation
Installation of a basestation
Installation of a basestation

USGS Geologist Francis Ashland and USGS Hydrologist Alex Fiore installing a base station at the OBB monitoring site

USGS Geologist Francis Ashland and USGS Hydrologist Alex Fiore installing a base station at the OBB monitoring site

separating sediment for sampling
Sediment Sample seperation
Sediment Sample seperation
Sediment Sample seperation

Scientist screening and seprating sediment sample for storage during a Post-Sandy sampling trip.

Scientist screening and seprating sediment sample for storage during a Post-Sandy sampling trip.

Scientist gathering sediment samples from the Ponar
Sampling Sediment
Sampling Sediment
Sampling Sediment

Scientist retrieving sedimant from a ponar during Post-Sandy sampling 

Scientist retrieving sedimant from a ponar during Post-Sandy sampling 

Looking out a ruined pier to the remains of the USGS Tide sensor
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USGS New Jersey WSC Tide Network Site 01409110, Barnegat Bay at Waretown as found following Hurricane Sandy.

USGS New Jersey WSC Tide Network Site 01409110, Barnegat Bay at Waretown as found following Hurricane Sandy.

Looking out along a damaged pier at a wooden tower barely held upright by the scientific equipment it housed before the storm
Waretown post-Sandy
Waretown post-Sandy
Waretown post-Sandy

Closer view of USGS New Jersey WSC Tide Network site 01409110, Barnegat Bay at Waretown as found following Hurricane Sandy.

Closer view of USGS New Jersey WSC Tide Network site 01409110, Barnegat Bay at Waretown as found following Hurricane Sandy.

Beach house leaning in a pool of flood waters in Mantoloking, New Jersey
Flooded House in Mantoloking
Flooded House in Mantoloking
Flooded House in Mantoloking

Flooded house in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in Mantoloking, New Jersey

Flooded house in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in Mantoloking, New Jersey

Flood damage to houses, cars and a street in Seaside Heights, NJ
Hurricane Sandy flood effects 2012, Seaside Heights NJ
Hurricane Sandy flood effects 2012, Seaside Heights NJ
Hurricane Sandy flood effects 2012, Seaside Heights NJ

Hurricane Sandy struck the New Jersey shore Oct. 29-31, 2012. Houses, cars and a street in Seaside Heights, NJ were covered in beach sand after Hurricane Sandy's storm tide receded.

Hurricane Sandy struck the New Jersey shore Oct. 29-31, 2012. Houses, cars and a street in Seaside Heights, NJ were covered in beach sand after Hurricane Sandy's storm tide receded.

House partly collapsed after flooding in Mantoloking, NJ.
Hurricane Sandy flood effects 2012, Mantoloking, NJ
Hurricane Sandy flood effects 2012, Mantoloking, NJ
Hurricane Sandy flood effects 2012, Mantoloking, NJ

Hurricane Sandy struck the New Jersey shore Oct. 29-31, 2012. This house in Mantoloking, NJ was partly collapsed after Hurricane Sandy's storm tide receded.

Porch hangs in mid-air after flooding, Seaside Heights, NJ
Hurricane Sandy flood effects 2012, Seaside Heights, NJ
Hurricane Sandy flood effects 2012, Seaside Heights, NJ
Hurricane Sandy flood effects 2012, Seaside Heights, NJ

Hurricane Sandy struck the New Jersey shore Oct. 29-31, 2012. This house in Seaside Heights, NJ lost part of its foundation, leaving a front porch suspended in mid-air.

Hurricane Sandy struck the New Jersey shore Oct. 29-31, 2012. This house in Seaside Heights, NJ lost part of its foundation, leaving a front porch suspended in mid-air.

New Jersey boat docking at a tidal sensor in the bay
Checking Tide Sensors
Checking Tide Sensors
Checking Tide Sensors

New Jersey Ambar docked at tide sensor on a bridge footer at East Thorofare at Ship Bottom, NJ (01409146).

New Jersey Ambar docked at tide sensor on a bridge footer at East Thorofare at Ship Bottom, NJ (01409146).

Blossoming cherry at back entrence of the New Jersey Water Science Center
Blossoming Cherry in New Jersey
Blossoming Cherry in New Jersey
Blossoming Cherry in New Jersey

The back walk-up to the New Jersey Water Science Center with a bright pink chery tree in blossom.

The back walk-up to the New Jersey Water Science Center with a bright pink chery tree in blossom.

Flooded gage house
Flooded Gage
Flooded Gage
Flooded Gage

Flooding at the streamgaging station on the Saddle River at Lodi, NJ  (U.S.Geological Survey station 01391500), after the peak on August 28, 2011. 

Flooding at the streamgaging station on the Saddle River at Lodi, NJ  (U.S.Geological Survey station 01391500), after the peak on August 28, 2011. 

Looking along a wooden pier into the bay at USGS tide sensor station
Waretown pre-Sandy
Waretown pre-Sandy
Waretown pre-Sandy

The USGS 01409110 Barnegat Bay near Waretown, New Jersey tide station before Hurricane Sandy destroyed it.

The USGS 01409110 Barnegat Bay near Waretown, New Jersey tide station before Hurricane Sandy destroyed it.

Atsion lake from the  spillway
Atsion Lake
Atsion Lake
Atsion Lake

Mist on surface of Atsion Lake as seen from the spillway in Atsion, New Jersey

Mist on surface of Atsion Lake as seen from the spillway in Atsion, New Jersey

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