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People sitting at a table with cable wire in hand

Splicing fiber optic cable
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Fiber-optic distributed temperature sensing of hydrologic processes—Diverse deployments and new applications by the U.S. Geological Survey
Data Visualization
Collage of vessel, glacier, mineral, and scientist testing substances in pipets.

Fiber Optic Seismology Experiment Interactive Map
slideshow
Sign of The Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve is located in Massachusetts.

Fiber-Optic Distributed Temperature Sensing in Waquoit Bay
slideshow
This fiber-optic distributed temperature sensing (FO-DTS) technology demonstration and evaluation project was conducted at Fish

Fiber-Optic Distributed Temperature Sensing at Fish Creek, Wyoming
Photography
Three scientists look at laptop in valley surrounded by rugged mountain terrain

Scientists review fiber-optic distributed temperature sensing (FO-DTS) data in the field
Photography
Instrumentation set up in a valley near a mountain.

A fiber-optic distributed temperature sensing monitoring array installed along Cement Creek near Silverton, Colorado.
Photography
Hydrologist standing in stream unrolling cable from a large reel floating on water.

USGS intern deploys fiber-optic cable for groundwater/surface-water study
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Image: Fiber Optic Temperature Sensing in Hydrology

Fiber Optic Temperature Sensing in Hydrology
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Photo river study area, Shenandoah River, Lockes Mill area, Clarke County, Virginia.

Fiber-Optic Distributed Temp Sensing in the Shenandoah River, VA
Research
Hannan Karam (MIT) connects the distributed temperature sensor to a laptop computer. This allows temp data to be monitored

Fiber-Optic Distributed Temperature Sensing in Waquoit Bay, Massachusetts
Data Release
Collage of images of an earthquake, scientists in flood with instruments, a volcano erupting, and seismic illustration.

Specific conductance and fiber-optic distributed temperature sensing data collected at Operable Unit 2, North Chevalier Field Disposal Area (Site 11), Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida, 2018-2022
Photography
USGS researchers deploying a prototype DTS fiber optic cable

USGS researchers deploying a prototype DTS fiber optic cable
Project
Chart on fiber optic seismology

Fiber Optic Seismology for Earthquake Hazards Research, Monitoring and Early Warning
Project
Charles Harvey (MIT) and Fred Day-Lewis (USGS) prepare fiber-optic distributed temperature system

Fiber-Optic Distributed Temperature Sensing Technology for Surface-Water and Groundwater Studies
Data Release
Collage of images of an earthquake, scientists in flood with instruments, a volcano erupting, and seismic illustration.

Fiber-optic distributed temperature sensing data collected for improved mapping and monitoring of contaminated groundwater discharges along the upper Quashnet River, Mashpee and Falmouth, Massachusetts, USA 2020
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Investigation of aquifer-estuary interaction using wavelet analysis of fiber-optic temperature data
Data Release
Collage of images of an earthquake, scientists in flood with instruments, a volcano erupting, and seismic illustration.

Longitudinal profiles of water temperature in Mill Creek, Mason County, Washington, measured using fiber-optic distributed temperature sensing (FO-DTS)
Data Release
Collage of images of an earthquake, scientists in flood with instruments, a volcano erupting, and seismic illustration.

Fiber-optic distributed temperature sensing, seepage meter, vertical temperature profiler, water level, water quality, and streambed thermal property data collected to better understand groundwater and surface water connectivity at two sites in the Illino
Data Release
Collage of images of an earthquake, scientists in flood with instruments, a volcano erupting, and seismic illustration.

Fiber-optic distributed temperature data collected along the streambed of the East River, Crested Butte, CO, USA
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Statistical mapping of zones of focused groundwater/surface-water exchange using fiber-optic distributed temperature sensing
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The potential of using fiber optic distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) in earthquake early warning applications
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Using fiber-optic distributed temperature sensing in fisheries applications: An example from the Ozark Highlands
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DTSGUI: A python program to process and visualize fiber‐optic distributed temperature sensing data
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Fiber‐optic distributed temperature sensing: A new tool for assessment and monitoring of hydrologic processes
Podcasts
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Eyes on Earth Episode 136 – The EROS Test Site
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A comparison of thermal infrared to fiber-optic distributed temperature sensing for evaluation of groundwater discharge to surface water
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Characterizing submarine ground‐water discharge using fiber‐optic distributed temperature sensing and marine electrical resistivity
Data Release
Collage of images of an earthquake, scientists in flood with instruments, a volcano erupting, and seismic illustration.

Fiber-optic distributed temperature sensing and near-surface geophysical data collected along the Santuit River, Mashpee, MA.
Data Release
Collage of images of an earthquake, scientists in flood with instruments, a volcano erupting, and seismic illustration.

Data from a flume investigation using Fiber Optic Distributed Temperature Sensing (FO-DTS), U.S. Geological Survey Geomorphology and Sediment Transport Laboratory, Golden, Colorado, fall 2019
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