Guidelines for a graph-theoretic implementation of structural equation modeling
James B. Grace, Donald R. Schoolmaster Jr., Glenn R. Guntenspergen, Amanda M. Little, Brian R. Mitchell, Kathryn M. Miller, E. William Schweiger
2012, Ecosphere (3)
Structural equation modeling (SEM) is increasingly being chosen by researchers as a framework for gaining scientific insights from the quantitative analyses of data. New ideas and methods emerging from the study of causality, influences from the field of graphical modeling, and advances in statistics are expanding the rigor, capability, and...
Mapping wintering waterfowl distributions using weather surveillance radar
Jeffrey J. Buler, Lori A. Randall, Joseph P. Fleskes, Wylie C. Barrow, Tianna Bogart, Daria Kluver
2012, PLoS ONE (7)
The current network of weather surveillance radars within the United States readily detects flying birds and has proven to be a useful remote-sensing tool for ornithological study. Radar reflectivity measures serve as an index to bird density and have been used to quantitatively map landbird distributions during migratory stopover by...
Trends in selected streamflow statistics at 19 long-term streamflow-gaging stations indicative of outflows from Texas to Arkansas, Louisiana, Galveston Bay, and the Gulf of Mexico, 1922-2009
Dana L. Barbie, Loren L. Wehmeyer
2012, Scientific Investigations Report 2012-5182
Trends in selected streamflow statistics during 1922-2009 were evaluated at 19 long-term streamflow-gaging stations considered indicative of outflows from Texas to Arkansas, Louisiana, Galveston Bay, and the Gulf of Mexico. The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Texas Water Development Board, evaluated streamflow data from streamflow-gaging stations with more...
Freedom of Information Act
D.J. Newman
2012, Report
The Freedom of Information Act( FOIA), 5 U.S.C.§ 552, as amended, generally provides that any person has a right to request access to Federal agency records. The USGS proactively promotes information disclosure as inherent to its mission of providing objective science to inform decisionmakers and the general public. USGS...
Landscape-level controls on dissolved carbon flux from diverse catchments of the circumboreal
Suzanne Tank, Karen E. Frey, Robert G. Striegl, Peter A. Raymond, R. Max Holmes, James W. McClelland, Bruce J. Peterson
2012, Global Biogeochemical Cycles (26)
While much of the dissolved organic carbon (DOC) within rivers is destined for mineralization to CO2, a substantial fraction of riverine bicarbonate (HCO3-) flux represents a CO2 sink, as a result of weathering processes that sequester CO2 as HCO3-. We explored landscape-level controls on DOC and HCO3- flux in subcatchments...
Abiotic & biotic responses of the Colorado River to controlled floods at Glen Canyon Dam, Arizona, USA
Josh Korman, Ted Melis, Theodore A. Kennedy
2012, River Research and Applications (28) 764-776
Closure of Glen Canyon Dam reduced sand supply to the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park by about 94% while its operation has also eroded the park's sandbar habitats. Three controlled floods released from the dam since 1995 suggest that sandbars might be rebuilt and maintained, but only if...
Freedom of Information Act-Employee responsibilities
David J. Newman
2012, General Information Product 140
The Freedom of Information Act( FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552, as amended, generally provides that any person has a right to request access to Federal agency records. The USGS proactively promotes information disclosure as inherent to its mission of providing objective science to inform decisionmakers and the general public....
Classifications for Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act site-specific projects: 2008 and 2009
William R. Jones, Adrienne Garber
2012, Data Series 701
The Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) funds over 100 wetland restoration projects across Louisiana. Integral to the success of CWPPRA is its long-term monitoring program, which enables State and Federal agencies to determine the effectiveness of each restoration effort. One component of this monitoring program is the...
Helicopter electromagnetic survey of the Model Land Area, Southeastern Miami-Dade County, Florida
David V. Fitterman, Maria Deszcz-Pan, Scott T. Prinos
2012, Open-File Report 2012-1176
This report describes a helicopter electromagnetic survey flown over the Model Land Area in southeastern Miami-Dade County, Florida, to map saltwater intrusion in the Biscayne aquifer. The survey, which is located south and east of Florida City, Florida, covers an area of 115 square kilometers with a flight-line spacing of...
Profile measurements and data from the 2011 Optics, Acoustics, and Stress In Situ (OASIS) project at the Martha's Vineyard Coastal Observatory
Christopher R. Sherwood, Patrick J. Dickhudt, Marinna A. Martini, Ellyn T. Montgomery, Emmanuel S. Boss
2012, Open-File Report 2012-1178
This report documents data collected by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) for the Coastal Model Applications and Field Measurements project under the auspices of the U.S. Navy Office of Naval Research Optics, Acoustics, and Stress In Situ (OASIS) Project. The objective of the measurements was to relate optical and acoustic...
Development of a flood-warning system and flood-inundation mapping in Licking County, Ohio
Chad J. Ostheimer
2012, Scientific Investigations Report 2012-5137
Digital flood-inundation maps for selected reaches of South Fork Licking River, Raccoon Creek, North Fork Licking River, and the Licking River in Licking County, Ohio, were created by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the Ohio Department of Transportation; U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration; Muskingum Watershed...
Digital spatial data for observed, predicted, and misclassification errors for observations in the training dataset for nitrate and arsenic concentrations in basin-fill aquifers in the Southwest Principal Aquifers study area
Tim S. McKinney, David W. Anning
2012, Data Series 697
This product "Digital spatial data for observed, predicted, and misclassification errors for observations in the training dataset for nitrate and arsenic concentrations in basin-fill aquifers in the Southwest Principal Aquifers study area" is a 1:250,000-scale point spatial dataset developed as part of a regional Southwest Principal Aquifers (SWPA) study (Anning...
Predicted nitrate and arsenic concentrations in basin-fill aquifers of the Southwestern United States
David W. Anning, Angela P. Paul, Tim S. McKinney, Jena M. Huntington, Laura M. Bexfield, Susan A. Thiros
2012, Scientific Investigations Report 2012-5065
The National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is conducting a regional analysis of water quality in the principal aquifer systems across the United States. The Southwest Principal Aquifers (SWPA) study is building a better understanding of the susceptibility and vulnerability of basin-fill aquifers in the...
Digital spatial data for predicted nitrate and arsenic concentrations in basin-fill aquifers of the Southwest Principal Aquifers study area
Tim S. McKinney, David W. Anning
2012, Data Series 698
This product "Digital spatial data for predicted nitrate and arsenic concentrations in basin-fill aquifers of the Southwest Principal Aquifers study area" is a 1:250,000-scale vector spatial dataset developed as part of a regional Southwest Principal Aquifers (SWPA) study (Anning and others, 2012). The study examined the vulnerability of basin-fill aquifers...
Comparison of streamflow and water-quality data collection techniques for the Saginaw River, Michigan
C. J. Hoard, D. J. Holtschlag, J.W. Duris, D.A. James, D.J. Obenauer
2012, Scientific Investigations Report 2012-5150
In 2009, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality and the U.S. Geological Survey developed a plan to compare the effect of various streamgaging and water-quality collection techniques on streamflow and stream water-quality data for the Saginaw River, Michigan. The Saginaw River is the primary contributor of surface runoff to Saginaw...
Survival and migration route probabilities of juvenile Chinook salmon in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta during the winter of 2009-10
Russell W. Perry, Jason G. Romine, Scott J. Brewer, Peter E. LaCivita, William N. Brostoff, Eric D. Chapman
2012, Open-File Report 2012-1200
Juvenile Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) emigrating from natal tributaries of the Sacramento River may use a number of migration routes to negotiate the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta (hereafter, "the Delta"), each of which may influence their probability of surviving. We applied a mark-recapture model to data from acoustically tagged juvenile...
Landscape consequences of natural gas extraction in Bradford and Washington Counties, Pennsylvania, 2004-2010
E.T. Slonecker, L.E. Milheim, C.M. Roig-Silva, A.R. Malizia, D.A. Marr, G.B. Fisher
2012, Open-File Report 2012-1154
Increased demands for cleaner burning energy, coupled with the relatively recent technological advances in accessing unconventional hydrocarbon-rich geologic formations, led to an intense effort to find and extract natural gas from various underground sources around the country. One of these sources, the Marcellus Shale, located in the Allegheny Plateau, is...
Bathymetry and capacity of Blackfoot Reservoir, Caribou County, Idaho, 2011
Molly S. Wood, Kenneth D. Skinner, Ryan L. Fosness
2012, Scientific Investigations Map 3229
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, surveyed the bathymetry and selected above-water sections of Blackfoot Reservoir, Caribou County, Idaho, in 2011. Reservoir operators manage releases from Government Dam on Blackfoot Reservoir based on a stage-capacity relation developed about the time of dam construction in the...
Groundwater flow and water budget in the surficial and Floridan aquifer systems in east-central Florida
Nicasio Sepulveda, Claire R. Tiedeman, Andrew M. O’Reilly, Jeffrey B. Davis, Patrick Burger
2012, Scientific Investigations Report 2012-5161
A numerical transient model of the surficial and Floridan aquifer systems in east-central Florida was developed to (1) increase the understanding of water exchanges between the surficial and the Floridan aquifer systems, (2) assess the recharge rates to the surficial aquifer system from infiltration through the unsaturated zone and (3)...
Local-area-enhanced, 2.5-meter resolution natural-color and color-infrared satellite-image mosaics of the Balkhab mineral district in Afghanistan: Chapter B in Local-area-enhanced, high-resolution natural-color and color-infrared satellite-image mosaics of mineral districts in Afghanistan
Philip A. Davis, Laura E. Cagney
2012, Data Series 709-B
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Defense Task Force for Business and Stability Operations, prepared databases for mineral-resource target areas in Afghanistan. The purpose of the databases is to (1) provide useful data to ground-survey crews for use in performing detailed assessments of the...
Earthquakes and faults in southern California (1970-2010)
Benjamin M. Sleeter, James P. Calzia, Stephen R. Walter
2012, Scientific Investigations Map 3222
The map depicts both active and inactive faults and earthquakes magnitude 1.5 to 7.3 in southern California (1970–2010). The bathymetry was generated from digital files from the California Department of Fish And Game, Marine Region, Coastal Bathymetry Project. Elevation data are from the U.S. Geological Survey National Elevation Database. Landsat...
Potential pollutant sources in a Choptank River (USA) subwatershed and the influence of land use and watershed characteristics
Gabriela T. Nino de Guzman, Cathleen J. Hapeman, Kusuma Prabhakara, Eton E. Codling, Daniel R. Shelton, Clifford P. Rice, W. Dean Hively, Gregory W. McCarty, Megan W. Lang, Alba Torrents
2012, Science of the Total Environment (430) 270-279
Row-crop and poultry production have been implicated as sources of water pollution along the Choptank River, an estuary and tributary of the Chesapeake Bay. This study examined the effects of land use, subwatershed characteristics, and climatic conditions on the water quality parameters of a subwatershed in the Choptank River watershed....
Groundwater, surface-water, and water-chemistry data, Black Mesa area, northeastern Arizona - 2010-2011
Jamie P. Macy, Christopher R. Brown, Jessica R. Anderson
2012, Open-File Report 2012-1102
The Navajo (N) aquifer is an extensive aquifer and the primary source of groundwater in the 5,400-square-mile Black Mesa area in northeastern Arizona. Availability of water is an important issue in northeastern Arizona because of continued water requirements for industrial and municipal use by a growing population and because of...
Dissolved methane in New York groundwater, 1999-2011
William M. Kappel, Elizabeth A. Nystrom
2012, Open-File Report 2012-1162
New York State is underlain by numerous bedrock formations of Cambrian to Devonian age that produce natural gas and to a lesser extent oil. The first commercial gas well in the United States was dug in the early 1820s in Fredonia, south of Buffalo, New York, and produced methane from...
Flood-inundation maps for Suwanee Creek from the confluence of Ivy Creek to the Noblin Ridge Drive bridge, Gwinnett County, Georgia
Jonathan W. Musser
2012, Scientific Investigations Map 3226
Digital flood-inundation maps for a 6.9-mile reach of Suwanee Creek, from the confluence of Ivy Creek to the Noblin Ridge Drive bridge, were developed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with Gwinnett County, Georgia. The inundation maps, which can be accessed through the USGS Flood Inundation Mapping Science...
