Water Resources

USGS scientists load and check the mission path onto an Ecomapper autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV), while other crew members collect vertical profile information using a multiple-parameter water-quality meter. This technology is part of the

A 4" aluminum I-beam is used allow an ADVM to be raised and lowered on a stainless steel sled. 

Tethered Boat Mount

Examples of tethered acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) boats used for making discharge measurements.

(Left photograph by Jeff Woodward, Environment Canada and right photograph by Geoffrey D. Cartano, U.S. Geological Survey.)

Planview photograph of the OceanScience Riverboat.

USGS scientists collect data from the surfaced Ecomapper after a mission to understand stream mixing near the Benjamin Franklin Bridge on the Delaware River in Philadelphia, Penn. This technology is part of the

Protective housing prevents damage to ADVM and allows for adjustment of heading and roll.

Photograph of tethered boat deployed downstream from a bridge.

Planview photograph of the OceanScience Riverboat.

USGS employee John Fulton prepares an unmanned aerial vehicle for take off. This particular drone referred to as "Q-Cam" measures surface water stream velocity. Combined with a second drone, non-contact discharge measurements can be made. This technology is part of the

Protective housing prevents damage to ADVM and allows for adjustment of heading and roll.

Photograph of tethered boat being deployed from a manned cableway.