Videos

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. Now, if you've never been here before, it probably would be helpful to check out the Help system. Under the Help menu, there are a number of tutorials and example graphs.

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.

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.

Employees of the Arizona Water Science Center describe their experiences working for the USGS revealing that it is far more than just a workplace.

In this video, we will discuss the specifics of accounting for under ice flow angles in the TRDI SxS Pro software. Note: Use of trade names is for descriptive purposes only, and does not imply endorsement by the USGS.

In this video, we will briefly review the midsection method and some considerations when using this method with an ADCP. Note: Use of trade names is for descriptive purposes only, and does not imply endorsement by the USGS.

This video provides some background information and presents the general procedures associated with the Maine Cooperative Snow Survey.

In this video, we will review the procedures for documenting an ADCP midsection measurement in SVMobile. Note: Use of trade names is for descriptive purposes only, and does not imply endorsement by the USGS.

In this video, we will briefly review how you register an ADCP in the TRDI SxS Pro software, enabling it for use. Note: Use of trade names is for descriptive purposes only, and does not imply endorsement by the USGS.

In this video, we will highlight the necessary pre-measurement tests as part of a midsection ADCP measurement in TRDI SxS Pro. Note: Use of trade names is for descriptive purposes only, and does not imply endorsement by the USGS.

In this video, we will demonstrate how to collect a starting edge as part of a midsection ADCP measurement in TRDI SxS Pro. Note: Use of trade names is for descriptive purposes only, and does not imply endorsement by the USGS.

In this video, we will review the process for setting up a connection between an ADCP and the TRDI SxS Pro software. Note: Use of trade names is for descriptive purposes only, and does not imply endorsement by the USGS.

In this video, we will highlight the advantages of using an ADCP with the midsection method as a check measurement. Note: Use of trade names is for descriptive purposes only, and does not imply endorsement by the USGS.

Presents descriptions of the USGS Precipitation Runoff Modeling System (PRMS) Soilzone module.
 

Presents descriptions of the USGS Precipitation Runoff Modeling System (PRMS) Summary modules.
 

Presents descriptions of the USGS Precipitation Runoff Modeling System (PRMS) cascading-flow computation option, which allows for reinfiltration across the land surface, shallow subsurface, and saturated zone
 

Presents descriptions of the USGS Precipitation Runoff Modeling System (PRMS) streamflow routing modules.
 

USGS uses ground base LiDAR equipment that utilizes GPS to increase the efficiency of data collection and flood response.

Measuring Water Quality at Vicksburg (2016 floods). Videographer: Alex Demas, USGS.

On December 9, 2015, heavy rain and resulting snowmelt swelled many Pacific Northwest rivers to flood stage. One of these streams was Lightning Creek at Clark Fork, Idaho. In a 24-hour period, Lightning Creek rose from about 200 cubic feet per second (cfs) to more than 10,000 cfs as recorded at USGS strreamgage 12392155.
 

This is a timelapse video of a dye tracer study at Brandon Road Lock, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) facility in Joliet, IL, on the Des Plaines River on October 20, 2015.