Oregon Water Science Center
Multimedia
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.
Tools of the trade
Photograph of field gear and equipment used in water quality monitoring.
A USGS streamflow gaging station is used to collect water data
A U.S. Geological Survey streamflow gaging station collects water data on the Trask River. The Trask River gage is located near Tillamook, Ore. and has been in operation for 17 years.
USGS streamgage on the Trask River
Trask River stage, discharge, and water-quality data are collected and used together to help monitor the current health of the river. Data from the river are sent to equipment in the gage house, where it is stored then transmitted to USGS servers.
Glyphosate is frequently applied to corn and soybeans
Glyphosate is frequently applied to corn and soybeans growing areas like these in Iowa.
Plankton response to low dissolved oxygen in the Tualatin River
Poster for Tualatin plankton study.
Carpenter, K.D. and Rounds, S.A., 2014, Plankton communities and summertime declines in algal abundance associated with low dissolved oxygen in the Tualatin River, Oregon.
Monitoring water in Wapato Lake WIldlife Refuge, Oregon
Poster for Wapato Lake Monitoring Project.
Rounds, S.A., 2014, Monitoring streamflow, water levels, and water quality in the Wapato Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Oregon.
Chapter 3: Mom and Mentor
USGS video series highlighting the individuals who make up the U.S. Geological Survey. We are USGS, these are our stories. This episode focuses on USGS Chief-of-Staff for Natural Hazards Martha Garcia.
Chapter 4: Fortunate Son
USGS video series highlighting the individuals who make up the U.S. Geological Survey. We are USGS, these are our stories. This episode focuses on USGS Southeast Region Director Jess Weaver.
Chapter 1: Faces of the USGS
USGS video series highlighting the individuals who make up the U.S. Geological Survey. We are USGS, these are our stories.
Chapter 2: Uranium Miner's Daughter
USGS video series highlighting the individuals who make up the U.S. Geological Survey. We are USGS, these are our stories. This episode focuses on USGS research engineer Tanya Gallegos.
Debris Flow Monitoring at Chalk Cliffs, CO (2014)
The USGS and its cooperators have installed debris-flow monitoring equipment in the largest drainage basin at Chalk Cliffs, CO. Data collection at this site supports research on the hydrologic factors that control debris-flow initiation, entrainment, and flow dynamics.
This debris flow took place August 1, 2014. The video includes two different views of an