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A 36" sled and 1.5" pipe is mounted to a 4" aluminum i-beam to allow for retrieval and servicing of an uplooking ADVM from land.

A 36" sled and 1.5" pipe is mounted to a 4" aluminum i-beam to allow for retrieval and servicing of an uplooking ADVM from land.  The mounting plate allows for adjustment of pitch, roll, and heading.

A 4" aluminum I-beam is used allow an ADVM to be raised and lowered on a stainless steel sled.  The sled is adjustable for pitch, roll, and heading.

Closeup of a stainless steel sled meant to mount on a 4" aluminum I-beam.  The sled is adjustable for pitch, roll, and heading.

A 36" sled and 1.5" pipe is mounted to a 4" aluminum i-beam to allow for retrieval and servicing of an uplooking ADVM from land.  The mounting plate allows for adjustment of pitch, roll, and heading.

USGS employees John Fulton - collecting live discharge data,  Josip Adams - operating drone, and Sandy Brosnahan co-piloting and spotting, on a River in Maine.

Chris Bird is making an ADCP measurement with an inflatable kayak at streamgage 12211200 Nooksack River at Everson, WA.

The first USGS groundwater level measurement recorded in this well is from 1874! The well was originally a flowing artesian well that was used as an active water supply. Routine monitoring began in 1946.

USGS Research Hydrologists Neil Terry and Marty Briggs review fiber-optic distributed temperature sensing (FO-DTS) data with Dale Werkema of the U.S.

Hydrographer Keith Lambert installing a rapid deployment gage at New Mill Creek at Chesapeake, VA in advance of Hurricane Dorian. Photo: Blake Dudding, USGS September 5, 2019

A USGS Hydrologic Technician collects eDNA samples alongside a stream in the Nevada wilderness

A storm-tide sensor deployed on Florida's Indian River Lagoon, at Indian River Drive in St. Lucie County, on Aug. 30, 2019 in preparation for Hurricane Dorian. NOTE: Though the story is about the Carolinas, the photo is from Florida. No photos of the Carolinas deployment were available at the time this story was published.

USGS scientists never stop learning!

USGS scientists never stop learning! In this photo USGS Hydrologic Technician Charles Hart (USGS Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Water Science Center) teaches USGS groundwater field personnel about measuring groundwater levels following USGS groundwater field procedures.

Live video from USGS 01426500 West Branch Delaware River at Hale Eddy, New York. 

Still frame from a webcam set up at USGS Streamgage 01463500 Delaware River at Trenton NJ. This image was taken on August 19, 2019 at 4:00 pm local time.

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A team of 4 USGS scientists drive a hole for installation of a shallow groundwater well. These wells help scientists understand the exchange of groundwater and surface water in the Delaware River Basin. 

Did you know that there are sometimes volunteer opportunities for hydrogeology students to work with USGS?

Photo of water flowing into Voyageurs National Park (by Victoria G. Christensen, August 2019).

The USGS is advancing the use of large-scale particle-image velocimetry (LSPIV) - a method that uses innovative video analyzation techniques - to measure streamflow.

USGS scientists installed a thermal imaging camera on a current USGS streamgage on the Neversink River near Claryville, New York. This equipment will help monitor surface water temperatures and can help understand the amount of groundwater contributing to surface runoff.