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Example water budget visualization for Buck Creek-Delaware River showing the difference between inflow and outflow components. Full visualization application is located at https://cida.usgs.gov/nwc-static/waterbudget-viz/
Example water budget visualization for Buck Creek-Delaware River showing the difference between inflow and outflow components. Full visualization application is located at https://cida.usgs.gov/nwc-static/waterbudget-viz/
A reef in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary with little living coral and extensive bioerosion. Photo taken under research permit number FKNMS-2016-085-A1. Credit: USGS, Ilsa Kuffner.
A reef in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary with little living coral and extensive bioerosion. Photo taken under research permit number FKNMS-2016-085-A1. Credit: USGS, Ilsa Kuffner.
Two views from the Rainbow Falls overlook, downstream of the Wailuku River streamgage near Hilo, Hawaii. The image on the left shows a typical base flow of about 35 cubic feet per second (cfs). The image on the right shows the early impact of Hurricane Lane with a flow of about 26,000 cfs taken at 8:35 a.m. HST, August 23, 2018. This U.S.
Two views from the Rainbow Falls overlook, downstream of the Wailuku River streamgage near Hilo, Hawaii. The image on the left shows a typical base flow of about 35 cubic feet per second (cfs). The image on the right shows the early impact of Hurricane Lane with a flow of about 26,000 cfs taken at 8:35 a.m. HST, August 23, 2018. This U.S.
Research Oceanographer Lauren Toth and student volunteer Liz Whitcher drill a coral-reef core from a reef off Key West, Florida, in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Photo taken under research permit FKNMS-2015-058. Credit: Anastasios Stathakopoulos, USGS.
Research Oceanographer Lauren Toth and student volunteer Liz Whitcher drill a coral-reef core from a reef off Key West, Florida, in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Photo taken under research permit FKNMS-2015-058. Credit: Anastasios Stathakopoulos, USGS.
Todd Preston, USGS contract scientist, collecting a surface-water sample from a Prairie Pothole wetland.
Todd Preston, USGS contract scientist, collecting a surface-water sample from a Prairie Pothole wetland.
Landsat 5 captured this image of the Tampa Bay, Florida area on March 22, 1991.
Bands 7,2,1
Image processed at Center for Coastal Geology, St. Petersburg, Florida.
Landsat 5 captured this image of the Tampa Bay, Florida area on March 22, 1991.
Bands 7,2,1
Image processed at Center for Coastal Geology, St. Petersburg, Florida.
Did you know that plants can help us understand what is happening underground? Studying plants in an area can sometimes provide information about soil conditions, water availability, and water quality.
Did you know that plants can help us understand what is happening underground? Studying plants in an area can sometimes provide information about soil conditions, water availability, and water quality.
Comparing 2009 vs 2014 Bank surface after erosion, Grand Canyon AZ.
Comparing 2009 vs 2014 Bank surface after erosion, Grand Canyon AZ.
A valley in the Grand Canyon, AZ
A valley in the Grand Canyon, AZ
USGS scientists on the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon, AZ
USGS scientists on the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon, AZ
Sediment Deposit in the Grand Canyon, AZ
Sediment Deposit in the Grand Canyon, AZ
Cross section of deposited sediment in the Grand Canyon, AZ
Cross section of deposited sediment in the Grand Canyon, AZ
Rainbow over a canyon in the Grand Canyon, AZ
Rainbow over a canyon in the Grand Canyon, AZ
Did you know that plants can sometimes help us understand what is happening underground? Studying plants in an area can provide information about soil conditions, water availability, and water quality.
Did you know that plants can sometimes help us understand what is happening underground? Studying plants in an area can provide information about soil conditions, water availability, and water quality.
Installing dissolved oxygen sensors at the Salmon River near East Hampton, Connecticut
Installing dissolved oxygen sensors at the Salmon River near East Hampton, Connecticut
Hydrologic technician making a streamflow measurement using a FlowTracker ADV in a river.
Hydrologic technician making a streamflow measurement using a FlowTracker ADV in a river.
Aerial image of stream and wetlands collected using a small unoccupied aicraft (sUAS) or drone at Ashville Bridge Creek, Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge (NWR), Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Aerial image of stream and wetlands collected using a small unoccupied aicraft (sUAS) or drone at Ashville Bridge Creek, Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge (NWR), Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Water Sampling on the Floodplain of the Missouri River
Water Sampling on the Floodplain of the Missouri River
Aerial Image of the effects of the 2011 Missouri River Flood
Aerial Image of the effects of the 2011 Missouri River Flood
Arial Image of the 2011 Missouri River Flood
Arial Image of the 2011 Missouri River Flood
A modern coral reef in Dry Tortugas National Park. There is little living coral and high rates of bioerosion. Photo taken under research permit number DRTO-2018-SCI-0005. Credit: Lauren Toth, USGS
A modern coral reef in Dry Tortugas National Park. There is little living coral and high rates of bioerosion. Photo taken under research permit number DRTO-2018-SCI-0005. Credit: Lauren Toth, USGS