Modeling Flood Plain Hydrology and Forest Productivity of Congaree Swamp, South Carolina
Thomas W. Doyle
2009, Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5130
An ecological field and modeling study was conducted to examine the flood relations of backswamp forests and park trails of the flood plain portion of Congaree National Park, S.C. Continuous water level gages were distributed across the length and width of the flood plain portion - referred to as 'Congaree...
Hydrology of the Johnson Creek Basin, Oregon
Karl K. Lee, Daniel T. Snyder
2009, Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5123
The Johnson Creek basin is an important resource in the Portland, Oregon, metropolitan area. Johnson Creek forms a wildlife and recreational corridor through densely populated areas of the cities of Milwaukie, Portland, and Gresham, and rural and agricultural areas of Multnomah and Clackamas Counties. The basin has changed as a...
Missouri River Emergent Sandbar Habitat Monitoring Plan - A Conceptual Framework for Adaptive Management
Mark H. Sherfy, Jennifer H. Stucker, Michael J. Anteau
2009, Open-File Report 2008-1223
Habitat conditions are one of the most important factors determining distribution and productivity of least terns (Sternula antillarum) and piping plovers (Charadrius melodus) in the upper Missouri River system (Ziewitz and others, 1992; Kruse and others, 2002). Habitat conditions are known to change within and among seasons in response to...
Development of time series stacks of Landsat images for reconstructing forest disturbance history
C. Huang, Samuel N. Goward, Jeffery G. Masek, Feng Gao, E. F. Vermote, Karen Schleeweis, Robert E. Kennedy, Zhiliang Zhu, Jeffery C. Eidenshink, J.R.G. Townshend
2009, International Journal of Digital Earth (2) 195-218
Forest dynamics is highly relevant to a broad range of earth science studies, many of which have geographic coverage ranging from regional to global scales. While the temporally dense Landsat acquisitions available in many regions provide a unique opportunity for understanding forest disturbance history dating back to 1972, large quantities...
California's Central Valley Groundwater Study: A Powerful New Tool to Assess Water Resources in California's Central Valley
Claudia C. Faunt, Randall T. Hanson, Kenneth Belitz, Laurel Rogers
2009, Fact Sheet 2009-3057
Competition for water resources is growing throughout California, particularly in the Central Valley. Since 1980, the Central Valley's population has nearly doubled to 3.8 million people. It is expected to increase to 6 million by 2020. Statewide population growth, anticipated reductions in Colorado River water deliveries, drought, and the ecological...
Investigating Seed Longevity of Big Sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata)
Upekala C. Wijayratne, David A. Pyke
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1146
The Intermountain West is dominated by big sagebrush communities (Artemisia tridentata subspecies) that provide habitat and forage for wildlife, prevent erosion, and are economically important to recreation and livestock industries. The two most prominent subspecies of big sagebrush in this region are Wyoming big sagebrush (A. t. ssp. wyomingensis) and...
Characterization of Groundwater Quality Based on Regional Geologic Setting in the Piedmont and Blue Ridge Physiographic Provinces, North Carolina
Stephen L. Harden, Melinda J. Chapman, Douglas A. Harned
2009, Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5149
A compilation of groundwater-quality data collected as part of two U.S. Geological Survey studies provides a basis for understanding the ambient geochemistry related to geologic setting in the Piedmont and Blue Ridge Physiographic Provinces (hereafter referred to as Piedmont and Mountains Provinces) of North Carolina. Although the geology is complex,...
Hydrology, Water Quality, and Aquatic Communities of Selected Springs in the St. Johns River Water Management District, Florida
Stephen J. Walsh, Leel Knowles Jr., Brian G. Katz, Douglas G. Strom
2009, Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5046
Hydrologic, physicochemical, and aquatic community data were collected and compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey for selected springs within the St. Johns River Water Management District from January 2004 to October 2007. Nine springs were included in this study: Alexander, Apopka, Bugg, De Leon, Gemini, Green, Rock, Silver Glen, and...
Methods and basic data from mass-loading studies in American Fork, October 1999, and Mary Ellen Gulch, Utah, September 2000
Briant A. Kimball, Robert L. Runkel, Linda J. Gerner
2009, Data Series 443
Land-management agencies are faced with decisions about remediation in streams affected by mine drainage. In support of the U. S. Forest Service, for the Uinta National Forest, the U.S. Geological Survey conducted mass-loading studies in American Fork and Mary Ellen Gulch, Utah. Synoptic samples were collected along a 10,000-meter study...
Quaternary Geologic Framework of the St. Clair River between Michigan and Ontario, Canada
David S. Foster, Jane F. Denny
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1137
Concern about the effect of geomorphic changes in the St. Clair River on water levels in the Upper Great Lakes resulted in the need for information on the geologic framework of the river. A geophysical survey of the Upper St. Clair River between Port Huron, MI, and Sarnia, Ontario, Canada,...
Composition of Age-0 Fish Assemblages in the Apalachicola River, River Styx, and Battle Bend, Florida
Stephen J. Walsh, Elissa N. Buttermore, O. Towns Burgess, William E. Pine III
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1145
Light traps were used to sample the age-0 year class of fish communities in the Apalachicola River and associated floodplain water bodies of River Styx and Battle Bend, Florida, in 2006-2007. A total of 629 light traps were deployed during the spring and early summer months (341 between March 15...
A Tidally Averaged Sediment-Transport Model for San Francisco Bay, California
Megan A. Lionberger, David H. Schoellhamer
2009, Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5104
A tidally averaged sediment-transport model of San Francisco Bay was incorporated into a tidally averaged salinity box model previously developed and calibrated using salinity, a conservative tracer (Uncles and Peterson, 1995; Knowles, 1996). The Bay is represented in the model by 50 segments composed of two layers: one representing the...
Evaluation of hazardous faults in the intermountain west region: Summary and recommendations of a workshop
Anthony J. Crone, Kathleen M. Haller, Joseph Z. Maharrey
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1140
The U.S. Geological Survey’s (USGS) Earthquake Hazards Program (EHP) has the responsibility to provide nationwide information and knowledge about earthquakes and earthquake hazards as a step to mitigating earthquake-related losses. As part of this mission, USGS geologists and geophysicists continue to study faults and structures that have the potential to...
Results of laboratory testing for diphacinone in seawater, fish, invertebrates, and soil following aerial application of rodenticide on Lehua Island, Kauai County, Hawaii, January 2009
Carl E. Orazio, Michael J. Tanner, Chris Swenson, Jeffrey J. Herod, Peter Dunlevy, Robert W. Gale
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1142
In January 2009, rodenticide bait (Ramik Green pellets) containing the active ingredient diphacinone was aerially applied to Lehua Island. Reported herein are the results of laboratory analyses to determine diphacinone concentrations in samples of seawater, fillet of fish, soft tissue of limpets (opihi), whole-body crabs, and soil collected from Lehua...
Quality of Shallow Groundwater and Drinking Water in the Mississippi Embayment-Texas Coastal Uplands Aquifer System and the Mississippi River Valley Alluvial Aquifer, South-Central United States, 1994-2004
Heather L. Welch, James A. Kingsbury, Roland W. Tollett, Ronald C. Seanor
2009, Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5091
The Mississippi embayment-Texas coastal uplands aquifer system is an important source of drinking water, providing about 724 million gallons per day to about 8.9 million people in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, and Alabama. The Mississippi River Valley alluvial aquifer ranks third in the Nation for total...
Preliminary spreadsheet of eruption source parameters for volcanoes of the world
Larry G. Mastin, Marianne Guffanti, John W. Ewert, Jessica Spiegel
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1133
Volcanic eruptions that spew tephra into the atmosphere pose a hazard to jet aircraft. For this reason, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has designated nine Volcanic Ash and Aviation Centers (VAACs) around the world whose purpose is to track ash clouds from eruptions and notify aircraft so that they...
Occurrence of Selected Organic Compounds in Groundwater Used for Public Supply in the Plio-Pleistocene Deposits in East-Central Nebraska and the Dawson and Denver Aquifers near Denver, Colorado, 2002-2004
Jeffrey B. Bails, Benjamin J. Dietsch, Matthew K. Landon, Suzanne S. Paschke
2009, Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5243
The National Water-Quality Assessment Program of the U.S. Geological Survey has an ongoing Source Water-Quality Assessment program designed to characterize the quality of water in aquifers used as a source of drinking-water supply for some of the largest metropolitan areas in the Nation. In addition to the sampling of the...
Table Rock Lake Water-Clarity Assessment Using Landsat Thematic Mapper Satellite Data
Gary Krizanich, Michael P. Finn
2009, Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5162
Water quality of Table Rock Lake in southwestern Missouri is assessed using Landsat Thematic Mapper satellite data. A pilot study uses multidate satellite image scenes in conjunction with physical measurements of secchi disk transparency collected by the Lakes of Missouri Volunteer Program to construct a regression model used to estimate...
Preliminary study of the effect of the proposed Long Lake Valley project operation on the transport of larval suckers in Upper Klamath Lake, Oregon
Tamara M. Wood
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1060
A hydrodynamic model of Upper Klamath and Agency Lakes, Oregon, was used to explore the effects of the operation of proposed offstream storage at Long Lake Valley on transport of larval suckers through the Upper Klamath and Agency Lakes system during May and June, when larval fish leave spawning sites...
Forest and forestry insect pests in Hawaii: past, present, and future
Patrick Contant, Robert Hauff, Lloyd Loope, Cynthia King
Michelle M. Cram, editor(s)
2009, Conference Paper, Proceedings of the 7th Meeting of IUFRO Working Party 7.03.04: Diseases and Insects in Forest Nurseries
Protecting Hawaii's forests from harm: an argument for strong measures to prevent arrival of pests of Hawaii's Myrtle family
Lloyd Loope, Anne Marie La Rosa
Michelle M. Cram, editor(s)
2009, Conference Paper, Proceedings of the 7th Meeting of IUFRO Working Party 7.03.04: Diseases and insects in forest nurseries
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Assessment of the short-term radiometric stability between Terra MODIS and Landsat 7 ETM+ sensors
Taeyoung Choi, Xiaoxiong Xiong, Gyanesh Chander, A. Angal
2009, Conference Paper, Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2009 IEEE International, IGARSS 2009
Short-term radiometric stability was evaluated using continuous ETM+ scenes within a single orbit (contact period) and the corresponding MODIS scenes for the four matching solar reflective visible and near-infrared (VNIR) band pairs between the two sensors. The near-simultaneous earth observations were limited by the smaller swath size of ETM+ (183...
The National Map - Orthoimagery
James Mauck, Kim Brown, William J. Carswell Jr.
2009, Fact Sheet 2009-3055
Orthorectified digital aerial photographs and satellite images of 1-meter (m) pixel resolution or finer make up the orthoimagery component of The National Map. The process of orthorectification removes feature displacements and scale variations caused by terrain relief and sensor geometry. The result is a combination of the image characteristics of...
Selected metals in sediments and streams in the Oklahoma Part of the Tri-State Mining District, 2000-2006
William J. Andrews, Mark F. Becker, Shana L. Mashburn, S. Jerrod Smith
2009, Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5032
The abandoned Tri-State mining district includes 1,188 square miles in northeastern Oklahoma, southeastern Kansas, and southwestern Missouri. The most productive part of the Tri-State mining district was the 40-square mile part in Oklahoma, commonly referred to as 'the Picher mining district' in north-central Ottawa County, Oklahoma. The Oklahoma part of...
Experimental Advanced Airborne Research Lidar (EAARL) Data Processing Manual
Jamie M. Bonisteel, Amar Nayegandhi, C. Wayne Wright, John Brock, David Nagle
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1078
The Experimental Advanced Airborne Research Lidar (EAARL) is an example of a Light Detection and Ranging (Lidar) system that utilizes a blue-green wavelength (532 nanometers) to determine the distance to an object. The distance is determined by recording the travel time of a transmitted pulse at the speed of light...
