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ModelMuse screen capture showing a mesh created in ModelMuse.
Generating a Mesh in ModelMuse
Generating a Mesh in ModelMuse
Generating a Mesh in ModelMuse

ModelMuse screen capture to be used as a thumbnail for a video about creating meshes.

Screen capture of ModelMuse with a mesh
Nodes and Elements in SUTRA
Nodes and Elements in SUTRA
Nodes and Elements in SUTRA

Screen capture of ModelMuse with a mesh and the words "In SUTRA, some data are specified at nodes and some data are specified at elements."

Screen capture of ModelMuse with a mesh and the words "In SUTRA, some data are specified at nodes and some data are specified at elements."

ModelMuse screen capture with text "This is the first of several videos that give an introduction to working with SUTRA...
Starting a new SUTRA model
Starting a new SUTRA model
Starting a new SUTRA model

ModelMuse screen capture with the text "This is the first of several videos that give an introduction to working with SUTRA in ModelMuse."

ModelMuse screen capture with the text "This is the first of several videos that give an introduction to working with SUTRA in ModelMuse."

ModelMuse screen capture showing some of the changes to the ModelMuse main window with SUTRA models.
Main changes to the ModelMuse main window with SUTRA
Main changes to the ModelMuse main window with SUTRA
Main changes to the ModelMuse main window with SUTRA

This video describes some of the most obvious changes to ModelMuse when working with SUTRA models.

ModelMuse screen capture showing a 3D SUTRA mesh with pinched-out layers.
Working with 3D SUTRA meshes
Working with 3D SUTRA meshes
Working with 3D SUTRA meshes

This image shows a 3D SUTRA mesh that has layers that pinch out. The image is intended to be used as the thumbnail for a video.

This image shows a 3D SUTRA mesh that has layers that pinch out. The image is intended to be used as the thumbnail for a video.

ModelMuse screen capture with the words "This video will show how to run SUTRA and view the model results."
Running SUTRA and Displaying Model Results
Running SUTRA and Displaying Model Results
Running SUTRA and Displaying Model Results

ModelMuse screen capture with the words "This video will show how to run SUTRA and view the model results."

Screen capture of ModelMuse with an "object" that will be used to define a boundary condition.
SUTRA Boundary Conditions and Observations
SUTRA Boundary Conditions and Observations
SUTRA Boundary Conditions and Observations

Screen capture of ModelMuse with the words "Objects are used to specify boundary conditions and observations."

Hydrologists ready a 287 lb D-99 bag sampler to deploy in the Mississippi River
Hydrologists deploy sampler in Mississippi River
Hydrologists deploy sampler in Mississippi River
Hydrologists deploy sampler in Mississippi River

USGS hydrologists ready a 287-lb D-99 bag sampler to deploy in the Mississippi River.  The USGS regularly collects samples for water-quality analysis from the large rivers of the Nation; data are available at https://cida.usgs.gov/quality/rivers/home.

USGS hydrologists ready a 287-lb D-99 bag sampler to deploy in the Mississippi River.  The USGS regularly collects samples for water-quality analysis from the large rivers of the Nation; data are available at https://cida.usgs.gov/quality/rivers/home.

USGS scientists collect time-domain electromagnetic sounding in the Texas southern highplains
USGS scientists collect time-domain electromagnetic sounding
USGS scientists collect time-domain electromagnetic sounding
USGS scientists collect time-domain electromagnetic sounding

USGS scientists collect time-domain electromagnetic sounding in the Texas southern highplains to measure hydrogeologic properties below the land surface.

Rio Grande near Radium Springs, New Mexico
Rio Grande near Radium Springs, New Mexico
Rio Grande near Radium Springs, New Mexico
Rio Grande near Radium Springs, New Mexico

South-oriented view of the Rio Grande near Radium Springs, New Mexico, February 4, 2014 (photograph by Andrew J. Robertson).

SIR 2016–5010

South-oriented view of the Rio Grande near Radium Springs, New Mexico, February 4, 2014 (photograph by Andrew J. Robertson).

SIR 2016–5010

Image: Hydrographer on the Ice
Hydrographer on the Ice
Hydrographer on the Ice
Hydrographer on the Ice

Scott Bendtson, a hydrologic technician with the Maine Office of the New England Water Science Center, is seen here making a discharge measurement through the ice on the St. John River at Ninemile Bridge, USGS station number 01010000.

Scott Bendtson, a hydrologic technician with the Maine Office of the New England Water Science Center, is seen here making a discharge measurement through the ice on the St. John River at Ninemile Bridge, USGS station number 01010000.

Image: Layered Ice
Layered Ice
Layered Ice
Layered Ice

An ice jam on the East Branch Wesserunsett Stream in Athens, Maine in January 2014 left 3-5 ft ice walls on the riverbanks. On a January 21, 2014 site visit Nick Stasulis and Charlie Culbertson chisled away some of the ice wall so a discharge measurement could be made.

An ice jam on the East Branch Wesserunsett Stream in Athens, Maine in January 2014 left 3-5 ft ice walls on the riverbanks. On a January 21, 2014 site visit Nick Stasulis and Charlie Culbertson chisled away some of the ice wall so a discharge measurement could be made.

Image: Winter Wading Measurement
Winter Wading Measurement
Winter Wading Measurement
Winter Wading Measurement

Nick Stasulis, a hydrologic technician with the Maine Office of the New England Water Science Center, is seen here making a wading discharge measurement on the East Branch Wesserunsett Stream near Athens, USGS station number 01048220.

Nick Stasulis, a hydrologic technician with the Maine Office of the New England Water Science Center, is seen here making a wading discharge measurement on the East Branch Wesserunsett Stream near Athens, USGS station number 01048220.

Image: Measuring Stream Discharge in Grand Teton National Park
Measuring Stream Discharge in Grand Teton National Park
Measuring Stream Discharge in Grand Teton National Park
Measuring Stream Discharge in Grand Teton National Park

USGS hydrologic technician Bob Reaves collects streamflow measurements from the cableway at the USGS streamgage on the Snake River near Moran, WY. Jackson Lake Dam is shown in the background. Location: USGS streamgage station 13011000, Snake River near Moran, WY, Grand Teton National Park.

 

USGS hydrologic technician Bob Reaves collects streamflow measurements from the cableway at the USGS streamgage on the Snake River near Moran, WY. Jackson Lake Dam is shown in the background. Location: USGS streamgage station 13011000, Snake River near Moran, WY, Grand Teton National Park.

 

U.S. Geological Survey employee sampling water from a Principal Aquifer. Photo by James Kingbury, 2013.
U.S. Geological Survey employee sampling water from a Principal Aquifer.
U.S. Geological Survey employee sampling water from a Principal Aquifer.
Collecting water samples
Collecting water samples
Collecting water samples
Collecting water samples

A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service scientist collects water samples on Little Lake Butte des Morts, Wisconsin, for contaminants testing.

A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service scientist collects water samples on Little Lake Butte des Morts, Wisconsin, for contaminants testing.

A water-quality-sampling truck is parked next to a well for sample collection
Collecting a sample of groundwater
Collecting a sample of groundwater
Equipment and materials for collection of a water-quality sample are set up next to a groundwater well
Set up to sample groundwater quality
Set up to sample groundwater quality
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