Elevation derivatives for national applications
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2005, Fact Sheet 2005-3049
The Elevation Derivatives for National Applications (EDNA) project is a multi-agency effort to develop standard topographically derived layers for use in hydrologic and environmental modeling. The EDNA takes advantage of the seamless and filtered characteristics for the National Elevation Dataset (NED) to create a hydrologically conditioned Digital Elevation Model (DEM)...
The AmericaView Project - Putting the Earth into Your Hands
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2005, Fact Sheet 2005-3105
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is a leader in collecting, archiving, and distributing geospatial data and information about the Earth. Providing quick, reliable access to remotely sensed images and geospatial data is the driving principle behind the AmericaView Project. A national not-for-profit organization, AmericaView, Inc. was established and is supported by...
Global Visualization (GloVis) Viewer
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2005, Fact Sheet 2005-3118
GloVis (http://glovis.usgs.gov) is a browse image-based search and order tool that can be used to quickly review the land remote sensing data inventories held at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Center for Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS). GloVis was funded by the AmericaView project to reduce the difficulty of...
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer Normalized Difference Vegetation Index Composites
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2005, Fact Sheet 2005-3114
The Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) is a broad-band scanner with four to six bands, depending on the model. The AVHRR senses in the visible, near-, middle-, and thermal- infrared portions of the electromagnetic spectrum. This sensor is carried on a series of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)...
USGS Releases Landsat Orthorectified State Mosaics
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2005, Fact Sheet 2005-3075
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Remote Sensing Data Archive, located at the USGS Center for Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, maintains the Landsat orthorectified data archive. Within the archive are Landsat Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) data that have been pansharpened and orthorectified...
Chapter A5. Section 6.4.A. Arsenic Speciation
John R. Garbarino
2005, Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations 09-A5.6.4.A
Two sample-processing methods (field speciation and laboratory speciation) used at the USGS National Water Quality Laboratory (NWQL) are specific to sample analysis by inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) for determining the concentration of inorganic and organic arsenic species in a water sample. The field-speciation method requires NWQL Schedule 1729. The...
Chapter A6. Section 6.5. Reduction-Oxidation Potential (Electrode Method)
D. Kirk Nordstrom, Franceska D. Wilde
2005, Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations 09-A6.5
Reduction-oxidation (redox) potential--also referred to as Eh--is a measure of the equilibrium potential, relative to the standard hydrogen electrode, developed at the interface between a noble metal electrode and an aqueous solution containing electroactive chemical species. Measurements of Eh are used to evaluate geochemical speciation models, and Eh data can...
Chapter A6. Section 6.7. Turbidity
Chauncey W. Anderson
2005, Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations 09-A6.7
Turbidity is one of the indicators used to assess the environmental health of water bodies. Turbidity is caused by the presence of suspended and dissolved matter, such as clay, silt, finely divided organic matter, plankton and other microscopic organisms, organic acids, and dyes. This section of the National Field Manual...
Chapter K: Progress in the Evaluation of Alkali-Aggregate Reaction in Concrete Construction in the Pacific Northwest, United States and Canada
Fred H. Shrimer
2005, Bulletin 2209-K
The supply of aggregates suitable for use in construction and maintenance of infrastructure in western North America is a continuing concern to the engineering and resources-management community. Steady population growth throughout the region has fueled demand for high-quality aggregates, in the face of rapid depletion of existing aggregate resources and...
Benthic cover on coral reefs of Isla Del Culebra (Puerto Rico) 1991-1998 and a comparison of assessment techniques
V.H. Garrison, E.A. Shinn, J. Miller, M. Carlo, R. W. Rodriguez, K. Koltes
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1398
Oceanic Pb-isotopic sources of Proterozoic and Paleozoic volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits on Prince of Wales Island and vicinity, southeastern Alaska
Robert A. Ayuso, Susan M. Karl, John F. Slack, Peter J. Haeussler, Peter E. Bittenbender, Gregory A. Wandless, Anna Colvin
2005, Professional Paper 1732-E
Volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS) deposits on Prince of Wales Island and vicinity in southeastern Alaska are associated with Late Proterozoic through Cambrian volcanosedimentary rocks of the Wales Group and with Ordovician through Early Silurian felsic volcanic rocks of the Moira Sound unit (new informal name). The massive sulfide deposits in...
Science to sustain terminal lakes: The Walker River Basin Study
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2005, Fact Sheet 2005-3124
Section 2507 of Public Law 107-171 (2002 Farm Bill) provided $200,000,000 to be used by the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation, to provide water to at-risk natural desert terminal lakes. This bill was later amended under Public Law 108-7, Section 207 to include language 'Restoration...
Coral disease and health workshop: Coral histopathology II, July 12-14, 2005
S. B. Galloway, Cheryl M. Woodley, S. M. McLaughlin, Thierry M. Work, V. S. Bochsler, Carol U. Meteyer, Louis Sileo, E. C. Peters, E. Kramarsky-Winters, J. Frank Morado, P. G. Parnell, D. S. Rotstein, R. A. Harely, T. L. Reynolds
2005, NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS 56 and CRCP 4
The health and continued existence of coral reef ecosystems are threatened by an increasing array of environmental and anthropogenic impacts. Coral disease is one of the prominent causes of increased mortality among reefs globally, particularly in the Caribbean. Although over 40 different coral diseases and syndromes have been reported worldwide,...
Digital Mapping Techniques '05--Workshop Proceedings, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, April 24-27, 2005
David R. Soller
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1428
Introduction: The Digital Mapping Techniques '05 (DMT'05) workshop was attended by more than 100 technical experts from 47 agencies, universities, and private companies, including representatives from 25 state geological surveys (see Appendix A). This workshop was similar in nature to the previous eight meetings, held in Lawrence, Kansas (Soller, 1997),...
A Science Framework for Connecticut River Watershed Sustainability
Stephen Rideout, Craig Nicolson, Susan L. Russell-Robinson, Ellen L. Mecray
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1292
Introduction: This document outlines a research framework for water resource managers and land-use planners in the four-state Connecticut River Watershed (CRW). It specifically focuses on developing the decision-support tools and data needed by managers in the watershed. The purpose of the Science Framework is to identify critical research issues and...
Submersed Aquatic Vegetation Modeling Output Online
Yao Yin, Jim Rogala, John Sullivan, Jason J. Rohweder
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1233
Introduction The ability to predict the distribution of submersed aquatic vegetation in the Upper Mississippi River on the basis of physical or chemical variables is useful to resource managers. Wildlife managers have a keen interest in advanced estimates of food quantity such as American wildcelery (Vallisneria americana) population status to give...
Lead isotopic compositions of soil and near-surface till profiles from a watershed containing arsenic-enriched groundwater in coastal Maine
Robert Ayuso, Nora Foley, Gregory Wandless, Jeremy Dillingham, Anna Colvin
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5112
Lead isotope compositions of soils and near-surface tills from an area of coastal Maine known to have groundwater with anomalously high arsenic contents were measured in order to determine the source of the lead and, by inference, possible sources of arsenic. Five soil and till sites were selected for detailed...
Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center - 2005
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2005, Fact Sheet 2005-3108
Surface gamma-ray survey of the Barre West quadrangle, Washington and Orange Counties, Vermont
Gregory J. Walsh, Aaron M. Satkoski
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5276
This study was designed to determine the levels of naturally occurring radioactivity in bedrock from surface measurements at outcrops during the course of 1:24,000-scale geologic mapping and to determine which rock types were potential sources of radionuclides. Elevated levels of total alpha particle radiation (gross alpha) occur in a public water...
User's Manual for the National Water Information System of the U.S. Geological Survey: Ground-water site-inventory system
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1251
The Ground-Water Site-Inventory (GWSI) System is a ground-water data storage and retrieval system that is part of the National Water Information System (NWIS) developed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The NWIS is a distributed water database in which data can be processed over a network of workstations and file...
Inventory of gate-sensing equipment at 14 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dams in Texas
Glenn R. Harwell
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1439
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is a worldwide organization that provides engineering services, environmental restoration, and construction support for a wide variety of civil and military projects. The primary civil mission of the USACE is developing and managing the Nation's water resources. USACE develops projects to reduce flood...
Louisiana ground-water map no.18, potentiometric surface, 2003, Jasper Aquifer System in west-central Louisiana
Jeffrey A. Brantly, Ronald C. Seanor
2005, Scientific Investigations Map 2861
Water resources data, Alaska, water year 2004
D. F. Meyer, H.R. Best, R.H. Host, R.P. Murray, G. L. Solin
2005, Water Data Report AK-04-1
Water resources data for the 2004 water year for Alaska consist of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams; stages of lakes; and water levels and water quality of ground water. This volume contains records for water discharge at 115 gaging stations; stage or contents only at 3...
User's manual for the National Water Information System of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Water-quality System (QWDATA)
Dorinda Gellenbeck, Carolyn J. Oblinger, Donna L. Runkle, Terry L. Schertz, Jonathon C. Scott, Robert L. Taylor
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1081
This user documentation is designed to be a reference for the Water-Quality System (QWDATA) within the National Water Information System (NWIS). For the new user, the 'Introduction' and 'Getting Started' sections are the recommended places to begin. The experienced user may want to go straight to the details provided in...
Vascular Plant and Vertebrate Inventory of Tuzigoot National Monument
Brian F. Powell, E.W. Albrecht, William Lee Halvorson, Cecilia A. Schmidt, P. Anning, K. Docherty
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1347
Executive Summary From 2002 to 2004, we surveyed for plants and vertebrates (amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals) at Tuzigoot National Monument (NM) and adjacent areas in Arizona. This was the first effort of its kind in the area and was part of a larger effort to inventory vascular plants and vertebrates...
