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Images below come from a wide variety of USGS science activities in the Northeast Region. Science Center staff showcase what we do, who we are, and where we work conducting science that inform decision makers and addresses societal needs.
Illustration of the NIMBBLE (New instrument for making bottom boundary layer evaluations). The NIMBBLE is a low-profile platform with two acoustic Doppler velocimeters and an upward-looking acoustic Doppler profilers.
Illustration of the NIMBBLE (New instrument for making bottom boundary layer evaluations). The NIMBBLE is a low-profile platform with two acoustic Doppler velocimeters and an upward-looking acoustic Doppler profilers.
Sandy Brosnahan transporting a weather buoy into the Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center’s operational facility in preparation for deployment. This buoy was one of 6 deployed to measure wind speed, direction, pressure, and temperature off the coast of Fire Island, NY.
Sandy Brosnahan transporting a weather buoy into the Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center’s operational facility in preparation for deployment. This buoy was one of 6 deployed to measure wind speed, direction, pressure, and temperature off the coast of Fire Island, NY.
USGS staff and the ship's crew of the R/V Sharp prepare to deploy a deep-water multibeam echosounder during a mapping program in the mid-Atlantic in 2015.
USGS staff and the ship's crew of the R/V Sharp prepare to deploy a deep-water multibeam echosounder during a mapping program in the mid-Atlantic in 2015.
Junbong Jang of the USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center measures index properties on sediment collected during the Indian Government’s National Gas Hydrates Program (NGHP-02) drilling expedition offshore from eastern India in the summer of 2015.
Junbong Jang of the USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center measures index properties on sediment collected during the Indian Government’s National Gas Hydrates Program (NGHP-02) drilling expedition offshore from eastern India in the summer of 2015.
Stop sign at the end of School House Hill Rd in Turner, Maine near USGS gaging station 01055500 on the Nezinscot River.
Stop sign at the end of School House Hill Rd in Turner, Maine near USGS gaging station 01055500 on the Nezinscot River.
Wabash River at New Harmony IN - view from bridge
Waves breaking over offshore reefs on Kwajalein Atoll, in the Marshall Islands, where reefs are protecting developed land from flooding.
Waves breaking over offshore reefs on Kwajalein Atoll, in the Marshall Islands, where reefs are protecting developed land from flooding.
Aerial image showing beach and offshore reef
Aerial image showing beach and offshore reef
Aerial image showing beach and offshore reef
Aerial image showing beach and offshore reef
Impervious Surface Effects Rockland County NY
Impervious Surface Effects Rockland County NY
USGS staffer sitting on sandy beach on Long Island collecting a water sample
USGS staffer sitting on sandy beach on Long Island collecting a water sample
Meads Creek Valley, NY
Meads Creek Valley, NY
Adirondack stream in New York
A group of 5th graders from a New York City school in the Bronx learn about how contaminants spilled on the ground travel through a sandy aquifer and can impact nearby waterways from USGS hydrologist Shawn Fisher as part of the Urban Waters Initiative community outreach at Roberto Clemente State Park during the week-long Harlem River Festival.
A group of 5th graders from a New York City school in the Bronx learn about how contaminants spilled on the ground travel through a sandy aquifer and can impact nearby waterways from USGS hydrologist Shawn Fisher as part of the Urban Waters Initiative community outreach at Roberto Clemente State Park during the week-long Harlem River Festival.
USGS scientist collecting soil samples
USGS scientist collecting soil samples
School Branch at Brownsburg IN - crawfish
School Branch at Brownsburg, IN - crawfish
The oxygen-regulated benthic flux chamber measures fluxes of water and chemical species across the sediment water interface. It is shown here deployed in the subtidal discharge zone in Indian River Bay, DE, USA
The oxygen-regulated benthic flux chamber measures fluxes of water and chemical species across the sediment water interface. It is shown here deployed in the subtidal discharge zone in Indian River Bay, DE, USA
Ohio River at Ironton, OH - gage in tower
Ohio River at Ironton, OH - equipment
Northeast Region Photo Contest Winner | November 2018 | Where We Work
R. Behrens on bridge protection pier, Rockaway Inlet station, NY
Northeast Region Photo Contest Winner | November 2018 | Where We Work
R. Behrens on bridge protection pier, Rockaway Inlet station, NY