Alan H Rea, P.E. (Retired)
Alan Rea is a retired hydrologist with the U.S. Geological Survey's National Geospatial Program for the National Hydrography Dataset.
He worked as a hydrologist and geographic information systems specialist for the U.S. Geological Survey in Oklahoma City from 1989 to 1999, and in Boise, Idaho since 1999. Prior to becoming co-lead for the National Hydrography Dataset in 2014, Al was a member of the national development teams for StreamStats (http://streamstats.usgs.gov) and the National Hydrography Dataset Plus (NHDPlus). Al has specialized in developing techniques for raster data processing, and particularly for the integration of elevation and hydrographic data.
Science and Products
National Stream Summarization: Standardizing Stream-Landscape Summaries
As research and management of natural resources shift from local to regional and national scales, the need for information about aquatic systems to be summarized to multiple scales is becoming more apparent. Recently, four federally funded national stream assessment efforts (USGS Aquatic GAP, USGS National Water-Quality Assessment Program, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency [EPA]...
Science and Products
National Stream Summarization: Standardizing Stream-Landscape Summaries
As research and management of natural resources shift from local to regional and national scales, the need for information about aquatic systems to be summarized to multiple scales is becoming more apparent. Recently, four federally funded national stream assessment efforts (USGS Aquatic GAP, USGS National Water-Quality Assessment Program, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency [EPA]...