Infiltration-Excess Overland Flow Estimated by TOPMODEL for the Conterminous United States
David M. Wolock
2003, Open-File Report 2003-310
This 5-kilometer resolution raster (grid) dataset for the conterminous United States represents the average percentage of infiltration-excess overland flow in total streamflow estimated by the watershed model TOPMODEL. Infiltration-excess overland flow is simulated in TOPMODEL as precipitation that exceeds the infiltration capacity of the soil and enters the stream channel....
Users Guide for the MapImage Reprojection Software Package
Michael P. Finn, Stephan T. Posch
2003, Open-File Report 2003-433
USGS library for S-PLUS for Windows -- Release 2.1
J. R. Slack, D. L. Lorenz, and others
2003, Open-File Report 2003-357
Hurricane Mitch: mapping coastal habitats
Lawrence R. Handley, Jesse L. Thibodeaux II, Jason L. Dugas, Kelly Mouton, Bryan Haviland
2003, Open-File Report 2003-283
Digital mapping techniques '03 - Workshop proceedings
David R. Soller, editor(s)
2003, Open-File Report 2003-471
The Digital Mapping Techniques '03 (DMT'03) workshop was attended by nearly 90 technical experts from 36 agencies, universities, and private companies, including representatives from 22 state geological surveys (see Appendix A). Although the meeting was slightly smaller than DMT'02 it was, considering the budget deficits in nearly all 50 states,...
MODFLOW-2000 ground-water model-user guide to the Subsidence and Aquifer-System Compaction (SUB) Package
Jorn Hoffmann, S. A. Leake, D. L. Galloway, Alicia M. Wilson
2003, Open-File Report 2003-233
This report documents a computer program, the Subsidence and Aquifer-System Compaction (SUB) Package, to simulate aquifer-system compaction and land subsidence using the U.S. Geological Survey modular finite-difference ground-water flow model, MODFLOW-2000. The SUB Package simulates elastic (recoverable) compaction and expansion, and inelastic (permanent) compaction of compressible fine-grained beds (interbeds) within...
Hurricane Mitch: impacts of bioturbating crustaceans in shrimp ponds and adjacent estuaries of coastal Nicaragua
D.L. Felder, S.F. Nates, R.R. Robles
2003, Open-File Report 2003-179
Impacts of Hurricane Mitch on water quality and sediments of Lake Izabal, Guatemala
Thomas C. Michot, Ronald G. Boustany, Alexandro Arrivillaga, Brian Perez
2003, Open-File Report 2003-180
NOGA Online: a USGS resource for energy GIS data and services
Laura Biewick, Greg L. Gunther
2003, Open-File Report 2003-273
The PowerPoint presentation in this report was given at the BLM Resource Management Tools Conference in Phoenix, Arizona, April, 2003. Some diagrams that appeared in the original presentation have been updated in this report. It informs that the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Central Energy Resources Team (CERT) in...
Hurricane Mitch: acute impacts on mangrove forest structure and an evaluation of recovery trajectories
Philippe Hensel, C. Edward Proffitt
2003, Open-File Report 2003-182
Ground-water sampling, analytical results, and water-level measurements at sites FT03, LF13, and WP14/LF15, East Management Unit, Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, January-October 2000
Kristen C. Alexander, Jeffrey Ralph Barbaro
2003, Open-File Report 2002-164
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the U.S. Air Force, collected ground-water samples and made water-level measurements from January through October 2000 to monitor natural attenuation at four sites in the East Management Unit of Dover Air Force Base in Kent County, Delaware. The information in this report is...
1996 Water-Table Contours of the Mojave River, the Morongo, and the Fort Irwin Ground-Water Basins, San Bernardino County, California
Steven K. Predmore
2003, Open-File Report 2003-391
This data set consists of digital water-table contours for the Mojave River, the Morongo and the Fort Irwin Ground-Water Basins. The U.S. Geological Survey constructed a water-table map of the Mojave River, the Morongo and the Fort Irwin Ground-Water Basins for ground-water levels measured during the period January-September 1996....
1998 Water-Table Contours of the Mojave River and the Morongo Ground-Water Basins, San Bernardino County, California
Steven K. Predmore
2003, Open-File Report 2003-392
This data set consists of digital water-table contours for the Mojave River and the Morongo Ground-Water Basins. The U.S. Geological Survey constructed a water-table map of the Mojave River and the Morongo Ground-Water Basins for ground-water levels measured during the spring of 1998. Water-level data were collected from...
Global positioning system accuracy and precision at Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, Grafton County, New Hampshire; a guide to the limits of handheld GPS receivers
Ezequiel Genova, Christopher C. Barton
2003, Open-File Report 2003-316
Geophysical, stratigraphic, and flow-zone logs of selected test, monitor, and water-supply wells in Cayuga County, New York
J. Alton Anderson, John H. Williams, David A.V. Eckhardt, Todd S. Miller
2003, Open-File Report 2003-468
Volatile-organic compounds have been detected in water sampled from more than 50 supply wells between the City of Auburn and Village of Union Springs in Cayuga County, New York, and the area was declared a Superfund site in 2002. In 2001-04, geophysical logs were collected from 37 test, monitor, and...
Using Logistic Regression To Predict the Probability of Debris Flows Occurring in Areas Recently Burned By Wildland Fires
Michael G. Rupert, Susan H. Cannon, Joseph E. Gartner
2003, Open-File Report 2003-500
Logistic regression was used to predict the probability of debris flows occurring in areas recently burned by wildland fires. Multiple logistic regression is conceptually similar to multiple linear regression because statistical relations between one dependent variable and several independent variables are evaluated. In logistic regression, however, the dependent variable is...
Mineral Commodity Profiles -- Rubidium
W. C. Butterman, R.G. Reese Jr.
2003, Open-File Report 2003-45
Overview -- Rubidium is a soft, ductile, silvery-white metal that melts at 39.3 ?C. One of the alkali metals, it is positioned in group 1 (or IA) of the periodic table between potassium and cesium. Naturally occurring rubidium is slightly radioactive. Rubidium is an extremely reactive metal--it ignites spontaneously in...
Flow Velocity, Water Temperature, and Conductivity in Shark River Slough, Everglades National Park, Florida: August 2001-June 2002
Ami L. Riscassi, Raymond W. Schaffranek
2003, Open-File Report 2003-348
The data-collection effort described in this report is in support of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Place-Based Studies project investigating 'Forcing Effects on Flow Structure in Vegetated Wetlands of the Everglades.' Data collected at four locations in Shark River Slough, Everglades National Park, during the 2001-2002 wet season are documented...
Base-Flow Index Grid for the Conterminous United States
David M. Wolock
2003, Open-File Report 2003-263
This 1-kilometer raster (grid) dataset for the conterminous United States was created by interpolating base-flow index (BFI) values estimated at U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) streamgages. Base flow is the component of streamflow that can be attributed to ground-water discharge into streams....
Geowall: Investigations into low-cost stereo display technologies
Daniel R. Steinwand, Brian Davis, Nathan Weeks
2003, Open-File Report 2003-198
Recently, the combination of new projection technology, fast, low-cost graphics cards, and Linux-powered personal computers has made it possible to provide a stereoprojection and stereoviewing system that is much more affordable than previous commercial solutions. These Geowall systems are low-cost visualization systems built with commodity off-the-shelf components, run on open-source...
Soil organic carbon on lands of the Department of the Interior
Norman B. Bliss
2003, Open-File Report 2003-304
The stocks of soil organic carbon (SOC) on the landscape are an important element in the global carbon cycle. Changes in soil carbon can change the concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. If carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, captured through photosynthesis, is ultimately stored in the soil to an...
MODFLOW-2000, the U.S. Geological Survey modular ground-water model -- Three additions to the Hydrogeologic-Unit Flow (HUF) Package: Alternative storage for the uppermost active cells, Flows in hydrogeologic units, and the Hydraulic-conductivity depth-dependence (KDEP) capability
Evan R. Anderman, Mary C. Hill
2003, Open-File Report 2003-347
The Hydrogeologic-Unit Flow (HUF) Package is an internal flow package for MODFLOW-2000 that allows the vertical geometry of the system hydrogeology to be defined differently than the definition of model layers. Effective hydraulic properties for the model layers are calculated using the hydraulic properties of the hydrogeologic units. The HUF...
MODFLOW-2000, the U.S. Geological Survey modular ground-water model -- Documentation of MOD-PREDICT for predictions, prediction sensitivity analysis, and evaluation of uncertainty
M.J. Tonkin, Mary C. Hill, John Doherty
2003, Open-File Report 2003-385
This document describes the MOD-PREDICT program, which helps evaluate userdefined sets of observations, prior information, and predictions, using the ground-water model MODFLOW-2000. MOD-PREDICT takes advantage of the existing Observation and Sensitivity Processes (Hill and others, 2000) by initiating runs of MODFLOW-2000 and using the output files produced. The names and...
Sequence-Stratigraphic Analysis of the Regional Observation Monitoring Program (ROMP) 29A Test Corehole and Its Relation to Carbonate Porosity and Regional Transmissivity in the Floridan Aquifer System, Highlands County, Florida
W. C. Ward, K.J. Cunningham, R.A. Renken, M.A. Wacker, J.I. Carlson
2003, Open-File Report 2003-201
An analysis was made to describe and interpret the lithology of a part of the Upper Floridan aquifer penetrated by the Regional Observation Monitoring Program (ROMP) 29A test corehole in Highlands County, Florida. This information was integrated into a one-dimensional hydrostratigraphic model that delineates candidate flow zones and confining units...
1992 Water-Table Contours of the Mojave River Ground-Water Basin, San Bernardino County, California
Steven K. Predmore
2003, Open-File Report 2003-389
This data set consists of digital water-table contours for the Mojave River Basin. The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Mojave Water Agency, constructed a water-table map of the Mojave River ground-water basin for ground-water levels measured in November 1992. Water-level data were collected from approximately 300...