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Robert R. Lotspeich
Robert (Russ) Lotspeich is a Hydrologist in the Hydrologic Networks Branch of the USGS Water Resources Mission Area.
Russ is a Hydrologist with interests in developing new and innovative technologies and methods to aide in data collection activities across the Water Enterprise. As the Research to Operations and Experimental Data Lead for the Observing Systems Division and the NGWOS Research and Development Sub-program Manager, Russ leads national efforts to develop and evaluate innovative water monitoring tools for transition into USGS operational networks.
Science and Products
ZenRiver game concept: accelerating creation of machine learning imagery training datasets using citizen science
We aim to develop a web-based game where players use human-assisted image segmentation to produce annotated “meditation drawing” images of surface water sites to accelerate the creation of machine learning imagery training datasets. The game will also public education and outreach opportunities.
New Crowd Sourcing Will Contribute to Study of Land Subsidence and Sea-Level Rise in the Chesapeake Bay
Issue: Chesapeake Bay region has the highest rate of relative sea-level rise on the Atlantic Coast of the United States. Scientists use the term relative sea-level rise to describe the change in ocean height relative to changes in land elevation. Data indicate that vertical land motion in the form of subsidence has been responsible for more than half the relative sea-level rise measured in the...
Hampton Roads Benchmark Monitoring Network
The southern Chesapeake Bay region is experiencing land subsidence along with rising sea levels, both of which can contribute to coastal flooding. The rates at which these two processes are occurring are not exactly known. Mapping of land elevation change requires ground-truth survey data at multiple locations that are accurate and precise. With the exception of a few CORS sites that have...
Entry of the National Ocean Service and USGS
Entry of the National Ocean Service and USGS
Science and Products
ZenRiver game concept: accelerating creation of machine learning imagery training datasets using citizen science
We aim to develop a web-based game where players use human-assisted image segmentation to produce annotated “meditation drawing” images of surface water sites to accelerate the creation of machine learning imagery training datasets. The game will also public education and outreach opportunities.
New Crowd Sourcing Will Contribute to Study of Land Subsidence and Sea-Level Rise in the Chesapeake Bay
Issue: Chesapeake Bay region has the highest rate of relative sea-level rise on the Atlantic Coast of the United States. Scientists use the term relative sea-level rise to describe the change in ocean height relative to changes in land elevation. Data indicate that vertical land motion in the form of subsidence has been responsible for more than half the relative sea-level rise measured in the...
Hampton Roads Benchmark Monitoring Network
The southern Chesapeake Bay region is experiencing land subsidence along with rising sea levels, both of which can contribute to coastal flooding. The rates at which these two processes are occurring are not exactly known. Mapping of land elevation change requires ground-truth survey data at multiple locations that are accurate and precise. With the exception of a few CORS sites that have...
Entry of the National Ocean Service and USGS
Entry of the National Ocean Service and USGS
Entry of the National Ocean Service and USGS