Cian Dawson (he/him) is a hydrologist with the Hydrologic Remote Sensing Branch of the USGS Water Resources Mission Area Observing Systems Division.
Abstracts and Presentations
Dawson, C.B., Lane, J.W., and White, E.A., 2021, Testing of sUAS ground-penetrating radar for non-contact measurement of river bathymetry [abs.], in Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems (SAGEEP) 2021 Proceedings: Denver, Colorado, Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society (EEGS).
Dawson, C.B. and Lane, J.W., 2020, Non-contact ground-penetrating radar: results, applications, and limitations from testing in the United States [abs.], in American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, 7-11 December 2020: Washington, D.C., American Geophysical Union.
Dawson, C.B., Lane, J.W., and White, E.A., 2020, Testing sUAS Ground-Penetrating Radar for Hydrologic Studies: Results, Lessons Learned, and Future Directions, in Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) 2020 Drone Summit, November 4-6, 2020, Houston, Texas.
Dawson, C.B., Lane, J.W., and Briggs, M.A., 2019, Low-altitude airborne surveys for hydrologic studies: lessons learned and a path forward, in 2019 American Geophysical Union – Society of Exploration Geophysicists Airborne Geophysics Workshop, June 11-13, 2019, Davie, Florida.
Dawson, C.B., Lane, J.W., White, E.A., and Fulton, J.W., 2019, sUAS Ground-Penetrating Radar for Non-Contact Bathymetry, in Third Federal UAS Workshop, May 14-16, 2019, Mountain View, California.
Dawson, C.B., Phelps, G., White, E.A., and Lane, J.W., 2019, Drone Geophysics: Lessons learned for testing and development to expand traditional geophysical methods for sUAS surveys [abs.], in American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, 9-13 December 2019: Washington, D.C., American Geophysical Union.
Lane, J.W., Dawson, C.B., and Briggs, M.A., Unoccupied Airborne Systems and Near-Surface Geophysics: What Does the Future Hold? (Invited) [abs.], in American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, 9-13 December 2019: Washington, D.C., American Geophysical Union.
Lane, J.W., Dawson, C.B., White, E.A., and Fulton, J.W., 2019, Non-contact measurement of river bathymetry using sUAS Radar: Recent developments and examples from the Northeastern United States, in Fifth International Conference on Engineering Geophysics, October 21-24, 2019, United Arab Emirates Proceedings: Society of Exploration Geophysicists, doi:10.1190/iceg2019-031.1
Lane, J.W., Fulton, J.W., Onufer, A., and Dawson, C.B., 2019, Development of a drone-deployed ground-penetrating radar system for non-contact bathymetry of freshwater systems, in 2019 American Geophysical Union – Society of Exploration Geophysicists Airborne Geophysics Workshop, June 11-13, 2019, Davie, Florida.
Dawson, C.B., 2018, sUAS - Hydrogeological Applications in the USGS: in Society of Exploration Geophysicists 2018, 19 October 2018, Anaheim, California.
Science and Products
Integration of sUAS into Hydrogeophysical Studies
Integration of sUAS into Hydrogeophysical Studies: Technology Demonstration and Evaluation
Handheld Thermal Imaging Cameras for Groundwater/Surface-Water Interaction Studies
Science and Products
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Integration of sUAS into Hydrogeophysical Studies
The USGS is evaluating the integration of small unoccupied aircraft systems – sUAS or "drones" – into USGS hydrogeophysical studies.Integration of sUAS into Hydrogeophysical Studies: Technology Demonstration and Evaluation
The USGS is evaluating the integration of small unoccupied aircraft systems – sUAS or "drones" – into USGS hydrogeophysical studies. The following projects are part of a Water Resources Mission Area demonstration and evaluation effort in collaboration with USGS Water Science Centers (WSCs) starting in June 2018.Handheld Thermal Imaging Cameras for Groundwater/Surface-Water Interaction Studies
USGS scientists are using high-resolution handheld thermal imaging cameras in groundwater/surface-water interaction studies and other investigations. These cameras are used to quickly locate and characterize thermal anomalies in streams, lakes, and adjacent structures. Variations in temperature can be used to track the heat carried by flowing water, such groundwater discharge into a stream. - Data
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