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Map of locations of the 16 Ecosystems Science Centers and 40 Cooperative Research Units across the U.S.

Attachment H:  BLM Multi-Year 3DEP Priority Areas for Data Acquisition

Note: These areas represent BLM FY20 -FY22 priority areas for data acquisition.  BAA funding partners welcome proposal submissions through the BAA that overlap these priority areas. Actual acquisition areas will be defined based on submitted and accepted proposals, as well as analysis of existing

Attachment H: USGS Multi-Year 3DEP Priority Areas for Data Acquisition

Note: These areas represent USGS FY20 -FY22 priority areas for data acquisition.  BAA funding partners welcome proposal submissions through the BAA that overlap these priority areas. Actual acquisition areas will be defined based on submitted and accepted proposals, as well as analysis of

Attachment H: USFS Multi-Year 3DEP Priority Areas for Data Acquisition

Note: These areas represent USFS FY20 -FY22 priority areas for data acquisition.  BAA funding partners welcome proposal submissions through the BAA that overlap these priority areas. Actual acquisition areas will be defined based on submitted and accepted proposals, as well as analysis of

Attachment H: NRCS Multi-Year 3DEP Priority Areas for Data Acquisition

Note: These areas represent NRCS FY20 -FY22 priority areas for data acquisition.  BAA funding partners welcome proposal submissions through the BAA that overlap these priority areas. Actual acquisition areas will be defined based on submitted and accepted proposals, as well as analysis of

Attachment H: NPS Multi-Year 3DEP Priority Areas for Data Acquisition

Note: These areas represent NPS FY20 -FY22 priority areas for data acquisition.  BAA funding partners welcome proposal submissions through the BAA that overlap these priority areas. Actual acquisition areas will be defined based on submitted and accepted proposals, as well as analysis of existing

Attachment H: NOAA Multi-Year 3DEP Priority Areas for Data Acquisition

Note: These areas represent NOAA FY20 -FY22 priority areas for data acquisition.  BAA funding partners welcome proposal submissions through the BAA that overlap these priority areas. Actual acquisition areas will be defined based on submitted and accepted proposals, as well as analysis of

Attachment H: FWS Multi-Year 3DEP Priority Areas for Data Acquisition

Note: These areas represent FWS FY20 -FY22 priority areas for data acquisition.  BAA funding partners welcome proposal submissions through the BAA that overlap these priority areas. Actual acquisition areas will be defined based on submitted and accepted proposals, as well as analysis of existing

Attachment H: FEMA Multi-Year 3DEP Priority Areas for Data Acquisition

Note: These areas represent FEMA FY20 -FY22 priority areas for data acquisition.  BAA funding partners welcome proposal submissions through the BAA that overlap these priority areas. Actual acquisition areas will be defined based on submitted and accepted proposals, as well as analysis of

Attachment H: USDA-ARS Multi-Year 3DEP Priority Areas for Data Acquisition

Note: These areas represent USDA-ARS FY20 -FY22 priority areas for data acquisition.  BAA funding partners welcome proposal submissions through the BAA that overlap these priority areas. Actual acquisition areas will be defined based on submitted and accepted proposals, as well as analysis of

Attachment G: 3DEP FY20 Consolidated High Priority Federal Areas of Interest

Note: These areas represent Federal FY20 high priority areas for data acquisition. BAA funding partners welcome proposal submissions through the BAA that overlap these priority areas.  Actual acquisition areas will be defined based on submitted and accepted proposals, as well as analysis of

Attachment F: 3DEP FY20-22 Federal Areas of Interest

This map reflects current near term federal agency areas of interest for lidar data acquisition. Overlap with these near term federal agency areas of interest is encouraged and is one of several evaluation criteria defined within the BAA, however 3DEP welcomes proposal submissions over the entire United States in

Title: 3D Elevation Program: FY19 Status of 3DEP Quality Data

Map showing the areal extent and quality level of planned, in progress, and existing publicly available lidar (IfSAR in Alaska) data identified by the U.S. Interagency Elevation Inventory (USIEI) that meet 3DEP base level specification planned to be under award by September 30, 2019. 3DEP base level 

This map shows the geographic extent of existing and in progress 3DEP data acquisition projects as of August, 2019.  FY19 projects are the result of partnership projects awarded through the FY19 3D Elevation Program (3DEP) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) and though ongoing Federal coordination via the 3DEP Working Group.

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The new and revised "USGS Water Science School" site is ready for you to visit and learn all about water ... no matter what your age.

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This map shows the geographic extent of existing and in progress 3DEP data acquisition projects as of August, 2019.  FY19 projects are the result of partnership projects awarded through the FY19 3D Elevation Program (3DEP) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) and though ongoing Federal coordination via the 3DEP Working Group.

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Custom-designed, automated, large-volume virus water sample filtration and collection system schematic.

This image shows blue spheres representing relative amounts of Earth's water in comparison to the size of the Earth. Are you surprised that these water spheres look so small? They are only small in relation to the size of the Earth. These images attempt to show three dimensions, so each sphere represents "volume." They show that in comparison to the volume of the globe,

Schematic model showing a cross section of Old Faithful's plumbing system as determined from seismic studies. The red circles (t0-t3) show the location of the tremor source over time, and how the tremor source migrates upward prior to an Old Faithful eruption. Times between red circles are based on a 93-minute eruption interval. Taken from an article by Wu et al., 2019, in

The cover image for the Summer 2019 DOI Newswave issue.

Qu'est-ce que le cycle de l'eau?

Qu'est-ce que le cycle de l'eau? Je peux facilement vous répondre - c'est "moi" partout! Le cycle de l'eau décrit l'existence et le mouvement de l'eau sur, dans et au-dessus de la Terre. L'eau de la Terre est toujours en mouvement et change toujours d'états, du liquide à la vapeur à la glace et vice versa. Le cycle

Chemicals can take a long time to appear in groundwater

The effects of past and present land-use practices may take decades to become apparent in groundwater. When weighing management decisions for protection of groundwater quality, it is important to consider the time lag between application of pesticides and fertilizers to the land and arrival of

Sample visualization of pollution sources in Chesapeake Bay watershed.

Sample graphic of data visualization of Chesapeake Data Dashboard

Chart displaying nontidal monitoring network and upstream drainage from monitoring locations.

Geographic extent of 3D Elevation Program Earth MRI Priority Areas as of June 2019

Map shows geographic extent of existing and on-going data acquisition projects that meet current 3DEP specifications.  FY19 projects are the result of partnership projects awarded through the FY19 3D Elevation Program Broad Agency Announcement and through on-going Federal coordination

Location of the study area for the San Diego Hydrogeology project, and location of the major coastal river basins in San Diego County (San Dieguito River, San Diego River, Sweetwater River, Otay River, and Tijuana River).

Coastal drainage basins and locations of realtime sites in San Diego County, California.  Local features include the San Dieguito River Basin, San Diego River Basin, Sweetwater River Basin, and Otay River Basin.

The USGS Pacific and Coastal Marine Science Center collected data to investigate sediment dynamics in the shallows of San Pablo Bay in two deployments: February to March 2011 (ITX11) and May to June 2012 (ITX12). This data release includes time-series data and grain-size distributions from sediment grabs collected during the deployments. During each deployment, time series

Map of Integrated Water Availability Assessments (IWAAs) project areas scaled for a carousel image, including the Mississippi Alluvial Plan (MAP) pilot and projects utilizing Cooperative Matching Funds (CMF).

Project area map for the Integrated Water Availability Assessments (IWAAs), including the Mississippi Alluvial Plain pilot and projects using Cooperative Matching Funds.

USGS Earth MRI FY19 3DEP Priority Areas for Data Acquisition

Learn About Water!

Earth's water is always in movement, and the natural water cycle, also known as the hydrologic cycle, describes the continuous movement of water on, above, and below the surface of the Earth. Water is always changing states between liquid, vapor, and ice, with these processes happening in the blink of an eye and over

Learn About Water!

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have teamed up to create a water-cycle diagram for schools and kids. It is available in over 30 languages and also in an interactive version made for online

Landsat 8 image of Kandahar, Afghanistan on March 3, 2019, rendered with bands 7, 5, and 1 of the satellite's Operational Land Imager.

USGS Diagram of How Streamgage Data is Transferred To The Internet.

Streamflow Data on the Internet All USGS stage and streamflow information is available in near real time through the National Water Information System Web Interface (NWISWeb) for Texas (fig. 5) at: http://waterdata.usgs.gov/tx/nwis/rt). In addition

Diagram of Channel Cross Section With Subsections.

The most common method used by the USGS for measuring velocity is with a current meter. However, a variety of advanced equipment can also be used to sense stage and measure streamflow. In the simplest method, a current meter turns with the flow of the river or stream. The current meter is used to measure water

NWISMapper screenshot of Wyoming-Montana Stream Water-Quality Network Sites

Figure 1 from USGS Fact Sheet 2019-3007 The Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (Earth MRI): Mapping the Nation’s Critical Mineral Resources.

Figure 1. Planned applications for data acquired during the Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (Earth MRI). Images are from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Sources for images in left column, from top to bottom: Topography:

Location (A, B) of Pend Oreille River and tributaries assessed in this study as a spatial network of habitat patches and barriers (C) for which reintroduction of bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus) (D) was simulated. Bull trout illustration by Joseph R. Tomelleri.

Location of proposed study area (includes Flaxville aquifer and Lustre oil fields) and sampling sites from previous USGS studies

Location map of the Fire Island study area with labels

Components of a simple water budget for part of a watershed, from Healy, R.W., Winter, T.C., LaBaugh, J.W., and Franke, O.L., 2007, Water budgets: Foundations for effective water-resources and environmental management: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1308.

PROSPER in StreamStats screenshot

StreamStats application screenshot

Thermoelectric power water withdrawals for 2015

Livestock water withdrawals in 2015