Hydraulic Channel Geometry of Selected Tidal Rivers in Coastal Massachusetts - Northeast Aquatic Biologists Annual Conference, 2025
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Andrew Massey is a Physical Scientist in the New England Water Science Center.
Andy is the field coordinator for the Surveying/GNSS Team who collect geographic information for FEMA Flood Mapping projects throughout New England. He coordinates the activities of over a dozen Hydrologic Technicians and student employees engaged in data collection using survey-grade GNSS equipment to measure and record precise geographic and topographic data for use in mapping of riverine flood inundation. He is also an ACA certified canoe instructor who provides non-motorized watercraft training for USGS employees who perform field operations via paddlecraft.
Prior to directing the flow of surveying work, Andy conducted GNSS and total station surveying campaigns throughout New England for flood mapping, documentation of high-water marks after flood, and for installation of the SWaTH network along the New England coastline. Andy served as the lead for the SWaTH network installation and deployment coordinator during tropical storms and Nor’easter events impacting the New England coastline.
Andy previously worked with USGS, as a University of Wyoming Graduate Student in the Wyoming Water Science Center, on the Yellowstone River Basin NAWQA study, EMAP Rocky Mountain Pilot study conducted by USGS-WY-WSC, and other water quality and GIS projects. He moved back to New England in 2001 to work with the Cape Cod Toxic Substances Hydrology team, and has been involved with a variety of projects that involve a complex field-data collection component.
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Non-motorized watercraft training practical exercises (canoe rescues) in Buffumville Lake, Oxford, MA
Summer 2022 Photo Contest: Andrew Massey, Honorable Mention category
Non-motorized watercraft training practical exercises (canoe rescues) in Buffumville Lake, Oxford, MA
Summer 2022 Photo Contest: Andrew Massey, Honorable Mention category
River ice remains suspended along the bank-full margin, Black River, Weathersfield, Vermont. Note the rip-rap bank stabilization measures installed since Tropical Storm Irene.
River ice remains suspended along the bank-full margin, Black River, Weathersfield, Vermont. Note the rip-rap bank stabilization measures installed since Tropical Storm Irene.
Hydrologic technician operates Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) via canoe on Connecticut River.
Hydrologic technician operates Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) via canoe on Connecticut River.
Hydrologic technician controls the remote data collection from the bow, while the other one paddles the canoe-ADCP rig down the Connecticut river to the next cross-section. Stratford, New Hampshire/Maistone, Vermont.
Hydrologic technician controls the remote data collection from the bow, while the other one paddles the canoe-ADCP rig down the Connecticut river to the next cross-section. Stratford, New Hampshire/Maistone, Vermont.
Hydrologic technicians prepare for Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) measurements on Connecticut River, Maidstone, Vermont.
Hydrologic technicians prepare for Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) measurements on Connecticut River, Maidstone, Vermont.
Hydrologic technicians prepare for an early morning down-river Global Navigational Satellite Systems-Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (GNSS-ADCP) survey campaign to collect cross-section measurements, Connecticut River, Maidstone, Vermont.
Hydrologic technicians prepare for an early morning down-river Global Navigational Satellite Systems-Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (GNSS-ADCP) survey campaign to collect cross-section measurements, Connecticut River, Maidstone, Vermont.
USGS Hydrologic technicians perform Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) cross-section surveying on the Connecticut River, above Janice Peaslee Bridge, near Maidstone, Vermont.
USGS Hydrologic technicians perform Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) cross-section surveying on the Connecticut River, above Janice Peaslee Bridge, near Maidstone, Vermont.
Circa 1928 railroad bridge spans the White River, Royalton, Vermont. This bridge is one of dozens the applied hydrology surveying unit surveyed for modelers for new flood inundation models. The model data are then used to produce flood insurance rate maps for Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
Circa 1928 railroad bridge spans the White River, Royalton, Vermont. This bridge is one of dozens the applied hydrology surveying unit surveyed for modelers for new flood inundation models. The model data are then used to produce flood insurance rate maps for Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
Hydrologic technician using a GPS receiver to collect cross-section data for flood surveying on Otter Creek in Rutland, Vermont. A covered bridge is in the background.
Hydrologic technician using a GPS receiver to collect cross-section data for flood surveying on Otter Creek in Rutland, Vermont. A covered bridge is in the background.
Mystic River at Medford, MA in the vicinity of the streamgage station 01103040.
Mystic River at Medford, MA in the vicinity of the streamgage station 01103040.
Gatehouse for the raw drinking water-intake at Flints (Sandy) Pond in Lincoln, Massachusetts. Flints pond is Lincoln's primary public water supply.
Gatehouse for the raw drinking water-intake at Flints (Sandy) Pond in Lincoln, Massachusetts. Flints pond is Lincoln's primary public water supply.
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Non-motorized watercraft training practical exercises (canoe rescues) in Buffumville Lake, Oxford, MA
Summer 2022 Photo Contest: Andrew Massey, Honorable Mention category
Non-motorized watercraft training practical exercises (canoe rescues) in Buffumville Lake, Oxford, MA
Summer 2022 Photo Contest: Andrew Massey, Honorable Mention category
River ice remains suspended along the bank-full margin, Black River, Weathersfield, Vermont. Note the rip-rap bank stabilization measures installed since Tropical Storm Irene.
River ice remains suspended along the bank-full margin, Black River, Weathersfield, Vermont. Note the rip-rap bank stabilization measures installed since Tropical Storm Irene.
Hydrologic technician operates Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) via canoe on Connecticut River.
Hydrologic technician operates Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) via canoe on Connecticut River.
Hydrologic technician controls the remote data collection from the bow, while the other one paddles the canoe-ADCP rig down the Connecticut river to the next cross-section. Stratford, New Hampshire/Maistone, Vermont.
Hydrologic technician controls the remote data collection from the bow, while the other one paddles the canoe-ADCP rig down the Connecticut river to the next cross-section. Stratford, New Hampshire/Maistone, Vermont.
Hydrologic technicians prepare for Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) measurements on Connecticut River, Maidstone, Vermont.
Hydrologic technicians prepare for Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) measurements on Connecticut River, Maidstone, Vermont.
Hydrologic technicians prepare for an early morning down-river Global Navigational Satellite Systems-Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (GNSS-ADCP) survey campaign to collect cross-section measurements, Connecticut River, Maidstone, Vermont.
Hydrologic technicians prepare for an early morning down-river Global Navigational Satellite Systems-Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (GNSS-ADCP) survey campaign to collect cross-section measurements, Connecticut River, Maidstone, Vermont.
USGS Hydrologic technicians perform Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) cross-section surveying on the Connecticut River, above Janice Peaslee Bridge, near Maidstone, Vermont.
USGS Hydrologic technicians perform Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) cross-section surveying on the Connecticut River, above Janice Peaslee Bridge, near Maidstone, Vermont.
Circa 1928 railroad bridge spans the White River, Royalton, Vermont. This bridge is one of dozens the applied hydrology surveying unit surveyed for modelers for new flood inundation models. The model data are then used to produce flood insurance rate maps for Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
Circa 1928 railroad bridge spans the White River, Royalton, Vermont. This bridge is one of dozens the applied hydrology surveying unit surveyed for modelers for new flood inundation models. The model data are then used to produce flood insurance rate maps for Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
Hydrologic technician using a GPS receiver to collect cross-section data for flood surveying on Otter Creek in Rutland, Vermont. A covered bridge is in the background.
Hydrologic technician using a GPS receiver to collect cross-section data for flood surveying on Otter Creek in Rutland, Vermont. A covered bridge is in the background.
Mystic River at Medford, MA in the vicinity of the streamgage station 01103040.
Mystic River at Medford, MA in the vicinity of the streamgage station 01103040.
Gatehouse for the raw drinking water-intake at Flints (Sandy) Pond in Lincoln, Massachusetts. Flints pond is Lincoln's primary public water supply.
Gatehouse for the raw drinking water-intake at Flints (Sandy) Pond in Lincoln, Massachusetts. Flints pond is Lincoln's primary public water supply.