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Multimedia products are an important way to distribute information to the public. The Oregon Water Science center continues to produce a variety of outreach materials including audio broadcasts, video podcasts, and online videos. Search below to see what we have been up to.

Images

view from inside the cable car. Hydro tech reels equipment through the water column
Operating a cable car
Operating a cable car
Operating a cable car

Measuring streamflow from a human powered cable car takes a lot of skill and quick thinking. A flow meter is lowered into the water using a reel.

Measuring streamflow from a human powered cable car takes a lot of skill and quick thinking. A flow meter is lowered into the water using a reel.

A lady hydro tech in a red coat smiles from on top a mossy gage house.
Gage house maintenance
Gage house maintenance
Gage house maintenance

Sometimes climbing up on top of a gage house is necessary to check on the condition of the solar panel and satellite antenna.

Sometimes climbing up on top of a gage house is necessary to check on the condition of the solar panel and satellite antenna.

Katie sits on the edge of the bridge monitoring her incoming data from the equipment in the turbid water
Measuring Middle Fork Coquille river
Measuring Middle Fork Coquille river
Measuring Middle Fork Coquille river

Esteemed Hydrologic Technician, Katie Baker, measures streamflow with an acoustic doppler current profiler (ADCP). The ADCP tracks the velocity of particles in the water and maps the channel bottom, combine that data with channel width and you can calculate stream flow!

Esteemed Hydrologic Technician, Katie Baker, measures streamflow with an acoustic doppler current profiler (ADCP). The ADCP tracks the velocity of particles in the water and maps the channel bottom, combine that data with channel width and you can calculate stream flow!

A person is yellow safety gear is dwarfted by the large logs jammed up against the outflow gate of Fall Creek Dam
Elevation levels at Fall Creek Reservoir
Elevation levels at Fall Creek Reservoir
Elevation levels at Fall Creek Reservoir

One of our incredible hydrologic technicians is in full safety gear, including fall protection and life vest, as she surveys elevation levels. In this photo the white level marker rod has fallen onto the pile of floating logs. It was safely retrieved! 

One of our incredible hydrologic technicians is in full safety gear, including fall protection and life vest, as she surveys elevation levels. In this photo the white level marker rod has fallen onto the pile of floating logs. It was safely retrieved! 

Electronic measuring tape next to a private well cap on a snow dusted landscape with evergreens in the distance
Measuring wells in Klamath County
Measuring wells in Klamath County
Measuring wells in Klamath County

Hydrologic technicians use electronic tapes to measure groundwater in wells. The tape beeps or lights up when makes contact with water. 

Hydrologic technicians use electronic tapes to measure groundwater in wells. The tape beeps or lights up when makes contact with water. 

An measuring tape down a private well is inspected by a curious cat
Cat inspects well depth measurement equipment
Cat inspects well depth measurement equipment
Cat inspects well depth measurement equipment

An electronic measuring tape will beep when it hits the surface of the water. This well inspection caught the attention of a neighborhood cat.

An electronic measuring tape will beep when it hits the surface of the water. This well inspection caught the attention of a neighborhood cat.

Videos

Welcome to the USGS GeoLog Locator
Welcome to the USGS GeoLog Locator
Welcome to the USGS GeoLog Locator

Welcome to the USGS GeoLog Locator, an online tool for viewing and downloading digital borehole geophysical logs. These borehole logs are used to answer scientific questions about things like groundwater availability, geologic structure of the Earth, and certain characteristics of the structure of the soil and rock formations.

Welcome to the USGS GeoLog Locator, an online tool for viewing and downloading digital borehole geophysical logs. These borehole logs are used to answer scientific questions about things like groundwater availability, geologic structure of the Earth, and certain characteristics of the structure of the soil and rock formations.

DataGrapher: Introduction and Navigation Menu
DataGrapher: Introduction and Navigation Menu
DataGrapher: Introduction and Navigation Menu

The USGS Data Grapher is a set of internet-based tools that allows users to create customized graphs and tables of continuous monitoring data, including water-quality, meteorological, and streamflow data. Each tool or feature performs a particular task...
 

The USGS Data Grapher is a set of internet-based tools that allows users to create customized graphs and tables of continuous monitoring data, including water-quality, meteorological, and streamflow data. Each tool or feature performs a particular task...
 

DataGrapher: Quick Overview
DataGrapher: Quick Overview
DataGrapher: Quick Overview

The Data Grapher is a set of online tools that allow users to create customized graphs and tables of a whole variety of time-series data that are served up by the U.S. Geological Survey. When you visit the USGS Data Grapher site for the Oregon Water Science Center, this is the first page you will see.

The Data Grapher is a set of online tools that allow users to create customized graphs and tables of a whole variety of time-series data that are served up by the U.S. Geological Survey. When you visit the USGS Data Grapher site for the Oregon Water Science Center, this is the first page you will see.

DataGrapher: Setting Up Your First Graph
DataGrapher: Setting Up Your First Graph
DataGrapher: Setting Up Your First Graph

The most basic function possible with the USGS Data Grapher is the one site, one parameter plot. Starting with the Time Series, One Site feature, you can select any of the sites that have been loaded into the Data Grapher system; for the Oregon Data Grapher, data from nearly 300 monitoring sites from Oregon and southwest Washington have been loaded.

The most basic function possible with the USGS Data Grapher is the one site, one parameter plot. Starting with the Time Series, One Site feature, you can select any of the sites that have been loaded into the Data Grapher system; for the Oregon Data Grapher, data from nearly 300 monitoring sites from Oregon and southwest Washington have been loaded.

DataGrapher: Adjusting A Graph
DataGrapher: Adjusting A Graph
DataGrapher: Adjusting A Graph

Once you have generated your graph, you have a variety of options of where to go next. First, you can download the data that you used to create the graph by selecting here. This allows you to import the data directly into a spreadsheet or database package where you can do your own custom manipulation.

Once you have generated your graph, you have a variety of options of where to go next. First, you can download the data that you used to create the graph by selecting here. This allows you to import the data directly into a spreadsheet or database package where you can do your own custom manipulation.

Audio

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USGS Visual Identity - Black (TM)
USGS Visual Identity - Black (TM)
Groundwater 101
Groundwater 101
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USGS Visual Identity - Black (TM)
Groundwater 101

In this episode we explore how vital groundwater is as a natural resource and discuss what impact a changing climate and human consumption has on groundwater supplies. Join us, as we sit down with USGS Groundwater Specialist Marshall Gannett to get a primer on the role groundwater plays in our daily lives, today on the Oregon Science Podcast.

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USGS Visual Identity - Black (TM)
USGS Visual Identity - Black (TM)

In this episode we explore how vital groundwater is as a natural resource and discuss what impact a changing climate and human consumption has on groundwater supplies. Join us, as we sit down with USGS Groundwater Specialist Marshall Gannett to get a primer on the role groundwater plays in our daily lives, today on the Oregon Science Podcast.

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USGS Visual Identity - Black (TM)
USGS Visual Identity - Black (TM)
Oregon Songbirds: Singing for Their Supper in Evergreen Forests
Oregon Songbirds: Singing for Their Supper in Evergreen Forests
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USGS Visual Identity - Black (TM)
USGS Visual Identity - Black (TM)
Oregon Songbirds: Singing for Their Supper in Evergreen Forests

In this episode we sit down with USGS wildlife biologist Joan Hagar and discuss her recent study on songbirds in the Pacific Northwest. New research indicates a possible relationship between reductions in the abundance of some species of songbird and reductions in the amount of deciduous trees in evergreen forests.

In this episode we sit down with USGS wildlife biologist Joan Hagar and discuss her recent study on songbirds in the Pacific Northwest. New research indicates a possible relationship between reductions in the abundance of some species of songbird and reductions in the amount of deciduous trees in evergreen forests.

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USGS Visual Identity - Black (TM)
Clearing up Muddy Waters
Clearing up Muddy Waters
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USGS Visual Identity - Black (TM)
Clearing up Muddy Waters

For this month’s episode we discuss the water-quality parameter turbidity. More than just a way to measure dirty water, turbidity can serve as a useful indicator of the ecological health of a watershed.

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USGS Visual Identity - Black (TM)

For this month’s episode we discuss the water-quality parameter turbidity. More than just a way to measure dirty water, turbidity can serve as a useful indicator of the ecological health of a watershed.

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USGS Visual Identity - Black (TM)
USGS Visual Identity - Black (TM)
3-D Geologic Model of Columbia Plateau Aquifer System
3-D Geologic Model of Columbia Plateau Aquifer System
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USGS Visual Identity - Black (TM)
3-D Geologic Model of Columbia Plateau Aquifer System

In this month’s episode we discuss how 3-D modeling is used to examine groundwater in the Columbia Plateau. USGS hydrologist Erick Burns describes how his team modeled the 53,000 mi2 plateau, how this information is currently used, and what implications it has for the future.

In this month’s episode we discuss how 3-D modeling is used to examine groundwater in the Columbia Plateau. USGS hydrologist Erick Burns describes how his team modeled the 53,000 mi2 plateau, how this information is currently used, and what implications it has for the future.

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USGS Visual Identity - Black (TM)
Light Detection and Ranging, or LiDAR
Light Detection and Ranging, or LiDAR
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USGS Visual Identity - Black (TM)
Light Detection and Ranging, or LiDAR

This month's episode focuses on one of the most useful geographic tools scientists have for studying our natural world: Light Detection and Ranging, or LiDAR. LiDAR is a powerful data collection technique that can be used to map surface features, even those hidden beneath the dense canopy of Pacific Northwest forests.

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USGS Visual Identity - Black (TM)

This month's episode focuses on one of the most useful geographic tools scientists have for studying our natural world: Light Detection and Ranging, or LiDAR. LiDAR is a powerful data collection technique that can be used to map surface features, even those hidden beneath the dense canopy of Pacific Northwest forests.

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USGS Visual Identity - Black (TM)
USGS Visual Identity - Black (TM)
Unearthing the Secrets Beneath the Forest Floor
Unearthing the Secrets Beneath the Forest Floor
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USGS Visual Identity - Black (TM)
Unearthing the Secrets Beneath the Forest Floor

There is a black box hidden beneath the forests of the Pacific Northwest, guarding the secrets to why the trees grow so large! The black box is soil, which harbors immense biological diversity and controls the release of water and nutrients that support the life above ground.

There is a black box hidden beneath the forests of the Pacific Northwest, guarding the secrets to why the trees grow so large! The black box is soil, which harbors immense biological diversity and controls the release of water and nutrients that support the life above ground.