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USGS StreamStats: Hydrologic and Geospatial Data Integrated to Support Water Science and Management

Video camera atop a hotel in Madeira Beach, Florida.

Gerry Hatcher (left) and Shawn Harrison work on their video-camera station atop a hotel in Santa Cruz, California.

Views of Cowells Beach in Santa Cruz, California, from a 10-minute video shot on May 6, 2017. Snapshot (first frame in video) on left; time-averaged image on right.

Virginia Multi Parameter Sonde Relay Station

A special guest made an appearance at the 20th annual Louisiana Environmental Education Symposium where staff from the USGS Wetland and Aquatic Research Center's Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) outreach office shared materials and information with teachers.

Photo of a passive acoustic monitor or "song meter." Scientists use these tools to study the distribution of seabirds without causing damage to sensitive habitat or disturbing the animals.

Wolf Creek site map modified from Figure 1 of 'Organic geochemistry and toxicology of a stream impacted by unconventional oil and gas wastewater disposal operations, Orem and Others, 2017'.  

Michael Casso, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center physical scientist,  seeks volunteers from Children’s School of Science students to have their breath measured for carbon dioxide and methane, greenhouse gases USGS scientists measure in the oceans

“Variance” images derived from the same videos used in the studies. Left, Madeira Beach; right, Cowells Beach. In a variance image, the more variation in light intensity at a given pixel, the brighter the value assigned to that pixel. Bright areas indicate many changes in light intensity, caused by a lot of movement.

Black River at Elyria, OH - bridge view

Black River at Elyria, OH - adcp measurement on snow covered river

Black River at Elyria, OH - wading measurement

Black River at Elyria, OH - wading measurement

Scenic view from Vermilion River, near Vermilion, OH

Vermillion River near Vermillion OH - frozen waterfall

Vermillion River near Vermillion OH - left bank view

Vermillion River near Vermillion OH - right bank view

Measuring streamflow in Goose Creek, near Acme, station 06305700

Measuring streamflow under ice, Pass Creek, near Parkman, WY, station 06289600

A trap designed for collecting airborne particulates deployed on the Hāmākua Coast of the island of Hawai‘i. The traps appear to be an effective method for monitoring airborne fungal spores as hundreds of fungal taxa were identified from a handful of samples screened by second generation sequencing.