International Polar Year: Science at the Ends of the Earth
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2007, Fact Sheet 2007-3013
In response to unprecedented changes in the fragile polar regions of our planet, the International Polar Year (IPY) 2007-2008 will encompass many scientific studies designed to improve our understanding of polar change and its effects on Earth's ecosystems and people. For 2 years, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) researchers will don...
A 3-Dimensional Model of Water-Bearing Sequences in the Dominguez Gap Region, Long Beach, California
Daniel J. Ponti, Kenneth D. Ehman, Brian D. Edwards, John C. Tinsley III, Thomas Hildenbrand, John W. Hillhouse, Randall T. Hanson, Kristen McDougall, Charles L. Powell II, Elmira Wan, Michael Land, Shannon Mahan, Andrei M. Sarna-Wojcicki
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1013
A 3-dimensional computer model of the Quaternary sequence stratigraphy in the Dominguez gap region of Long Beach, California has been developed to provide a robust chronostratigraphic framework for hydrologic and tectonic studies. The model consists of 13 layers within a 16.5 by 16.1 km (10.25 by 10 mile) square area...
Estimates of ground-water recharge to the Yakima River Basin aquifer system, Washington, for predevelopment and current land-use and land-cover conditions
J. J. Vaccaro, T. D. Olsen
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5007
Two models were used to estimate ground-water recharge to the Yakima River Basin aquifer system, Washington for predevelopment (estimate of natural conditions) and current (a multi-year, 1995-2004, composite) land-use and land-cover conditions. The models were the Precipitation-Runoff Modeling System (PRMS) and the Deep Percolation Model (DPM) that are contained in...
Land-Cover Trends of the Sierra Nevada Ecoregion, 1973-2000
Christian G. Raumann, Christopher E. Soulard
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5011
The U.S. Geological Survey has developed and is implementing the Land Cover Trends project to estimate and describe the temporal and spatial distribution and variability of contemporary land-use and land-cover change in the United States. As part of the Land Cover Trends project, the purpose of this study was to...
Guidelines for Coding and Entering Ground-Water Data into the Ground-Water Site Inventory Database Version 4.6, U.S. Geological Survey, Washington Water Science Center
R. C. Lane
2007, Open-File Report 2006-1371
This report establishes and documents the procedures used by the U.S. Geological Survey, Washington Water Science Center, to code and enter ground-water data into the Ground-Water Site Inventory database of the U.S. Geological Survey's Ground Water Site Inventory System. These guidelines are consistent with Version 4.6 of the system, but...
Nutrient Loads and Ground-Water Residence Times in an Agricultural Basin in North-Central Connecticut
John R. Mullaney
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5278
Nutrient loads from ground-water discharge were studied in Broad Brook Basin, a 15.8-square mile basin in north-central Connecticut, dominated by agricultural activity. Loads were calculated, along with the travel times of ground water from recharge to discharge areas, to estimate the time required for the effects of Best Management Practices...
The National Streamflow Statistics Program: Estimating High and Low Streamflow Statistics for Ungaged Sites
D. Phil Turnipseed, Kernell G. Ries III
2007, Fact Sheet 2007-3010
Mapping Phyllic and Argillic-Altered Rocks in Southeastern Afghanistan using Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) Data
John L. Mars, Lawrence C. Rowan
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1006
Introduction: ASTER data and logical operators were successfully used to map phyllic and argillic-altered rocks in the southeastern part of Afghanistan. Hyperion data were used to correct ASTER band 5 and ASTER data were georegistered to orthorectified Landsat TM data. Logical operator algorithms produced argillic and phyllic byte ASTER images...
Proceedings of the First All-USGS Modeling Conference, November 14-17, 2005
Anne Frondorf, editor(s)
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5308
Preface: The First All-USGS Modeling Conference was held November 14-17, 2005, in Port Angeles, Washington. U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) participants at the conference came from USGS headquarters and all USGS regions and represented all four science disciplines-Biology, Geography, Geology, and Water. The conference centered on selected oral case study presentations...
Water and Sediment Quality in the Yukon River Basin, Alaska, During Water Year 2005
Paul F. Schuster
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1037
OVERVIEW: This report contains water-quality and sediment-quality data from samples collected in the Yukon River Basin from March through September during the 2005 water year (WY). Samples were collected throughout the year at five stations in the basin (three on the main stem Yukon River, one each on the Tanana...
Antarctica: A Keystone in a Changing World--Online Proceedings for the Tenth International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences. Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A.--August 26 to September 1, 2007
Alan Cooper, Carol Raymond, ISAES Editorial Team, editor(s)
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1047
Overview: The International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences (ISAES) is held once every four years to provide an international forum for presenting research results and new ideas and for planning future Antarctic geoscience research projects. This Tenth ISAES coincides with the International Polar Year (IPY; 50th Anniversary of the International...
Landslide hazards in the Seattle, Washington, area
Rex Baum, Ed Harp, Lynn Highland
2007, Fact Sheet 2007-3005
The Seattle, Washington, area is known for its livability and its magnificent natural setting. The city and nearby communities are surrounded by an abundance of rivers and lakes and by the bays of Puget Sound. Two majestic mountain ranges, the Olympics and the Cascades, rim the region. These dramatic natural...
Water-Level Changes in the High Plains Aquifer, Predevelopment to 2005 and 2003 to 2005
V. L. McGuire
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5324
The High Plains aquifer underlies 111.4 million acres (174,000 square miles) in parts of eight States-Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming. Water-level declines began in parts of the High Plains aquifer soon after the beginning of extensive ground-water irrigation. This report presents water-level changes in...
Interannual covariability between actual evapotranspiration and PAL and GIMMS NDVIs of northern Asia
Rikie Suzuki, Kooiti Masuda, Dennis G. Dye
2007, Remote Sensing of Environment (106) 387-398
This study examined the covariability between interannual changes in the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) and actual evapotranspiration (ET). To reduce possible uncertainty in the NDVI time series, two NDVI datasets derived from Pathfinder AVHRR Land (PAL) data and the Global Inventory Monitoring and Modeling Studies (GIMMS) group were used....
Ecological Investigations of the Federally Endangered Shivwits Milk-Vetch (Astragalus ampullarioides)--2006 Annual Report
Mark E. Miller, Rebecca K. Mann, Harland L. Goldstein, James D. Yount
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1050
Astragalus ampullarioides (Welsh) Welsh, the Shivwits milk-vetch, is an herbaceous perennial legume that was listed as federally endangered in September 2001. Known populations of this edaphic endemic species are restricted to Washington County, Utah, with the majority of occurrences found on gently sloping outcrops of the Triassic Petrified Forest Member...
Peak stages from backwater conditions at streamflow-gaging stations in and near South Dakota through water year 2001
Ryan F. Thompson
2007, Open-File Report 2006-1395
Stream stages associated with the annual peak discharge are presented for 182 streamflow-gaging stations in and near South Dakota. The peak stage at a station can occur as the result of the annual maximum discharge, but also as the result of backwater conditions. Backwater, often caused by ice, can produce...
Compositional Data for Bengal Delta Sediment Collected from a Borehole at Rajoir, Bangladesh
George N. Breit, James C. Yount, Nehal Uddin, Ad. Atual Muneem, Heather Lowers, Cyrus J. Berry, John W. Whitney
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1022
Processes active within sediment of the Bengal basin have attracted world concern because of the locally high content of arsenic dissolved in ground water drawn from that sediment. Sediment samples were collected from a borehole in the town of Rajoir, Rajoir upazila, Madaripur district, Bangladesh, to investigate the processes contributing...
Natural Hazards - A National Threat
U.S. Geological Survey
2007, Fact Sheet 2007-3009
The USGS Role in Reducing Disaster Losses -- In the United States each year, natural hazards cause hundreds of deaths and cost billions of dollars in disaster aid, disruption of commerce, and destruction of homes and critical infrastructure. Although the number of lives lost to natural hazards each year generally has...
Guidelines for preparation of State water-use estimates for 2005
Susan S. Hutson
2007, Techniques and Methods 4-E1
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has estimated the use of water in the United States at 5-year intervals since 1950. This report describes the water-use categories and data elements required for the 2005 national water-use compilation conducted as part of the USGS National Water Use Information Program. The report identifies...
Surficial sediment character of the New York-New Jersey offshore continental shelf region: A GIS compilation
S. Jeffress Williams, Matthew A. Arsenault, Lawrence J. Poppe, Jane A. Reid, Jamey M. Reid, Chris J. Jenkins
2007, Open-File Report 2006-1046
Broad continental shelf regions such as the New York Bight are the product of a complex geologic history and dynamic oceanographic processes, dominated by the Holocene marine transgression (>100 m sea-level rise) following the end of the last Pleistocene ice advance ~ 20,000 years ago. The area of the U.S....
Archive of digital chirp seismic reflection data collected during USGS cruise 05SCC01 offshore of Port Fourchon and Timbalier Bay, Louisiana, August 2005
Arnell S. Harrison, Shawn V. Dadisman, James G. Flocks, Dana S. Wiese, Karynna Calderon
2007, Data Series 242
In August of 2005, the U.S. Geological Survey conducted geophysical surveys offshore of Port Fourchon and Timbalier Bay, Louisiana, and in nearby waterbodies. This report serves as an archive of unprocessed digital chirp seismic reflection data, trackline maps, navigation files, GIS information, Field Activity Collection System (FACS) logs, observer's logbook,...
Landsat ETM+ False-Color Image Mosaics of Afghanistan
Philip A. Davis
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1029
In 2005, the U.S. Agency for International Development and the U.S. Trade and Development Agency contracted with the U.S. Geological Survey to perform assessments of the natural resources within Afghanistan. The assessments concentrate on the resources that are related to the economic development of that country. Therefore, assessments were initiated...
Global spatial deconvolution of Lunar Prospector Th abundances
D. J. Lawrence, R.C. Puetter, R.C. Elphic, W. C. Feldman, Justin Hagerty, Thomas H. Prettyman, P. D. Spudis
2007, Geophysical Research Letters (34)
We have completed the first global spatial deconvolution analysis of planetary gamma‐ray data for lunar Th abundances as measured by the Lunar Prospector Gamma‐ray Spectrometer. We tested two different spatial deconvolution techniques – Jansson's method and the Pixon method – and determined that the Pixon method provides superior performance. The...
A Deep Percolation Model for Estimating Ground-Water Recharge: Documentation of Modules for the Modular Modeling System of the U.S. Geological Survey
J. J. Vaccaro
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5318
A daily water-budget model for estimating ground-water recharge, the Deep Percolation Model, was modularized for inclusion into the U.S. Geological Survey's Modular Modeling System. The model was modularized in order to facilitate estimation of ground-water recharge under a large range in climatic, landscape, and land-use and land-cover conditions. The model...
Circulation and physical processes within the San Gabriel River Estuary during summer 2005
Kurt J. Rosenberger, Jingping Xu, Eric D. Stein, Marlene A. Noble, Anne L. Gartner
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1011
The Southern California Coastal Water Research Project (SCCWRP) is developing a hydrodynamic model of the SGR estuary, which is part of the comprehensive water-quality model of the SGR estuary and watershed investigated by SCCWRP and other local agencies. The hydrodynamic model will help understanding of 1) the exchange processes between...
