Simulation of contributing areas and surface-water leakage to potential replacement wells near the community of New Post, Sawyer County, Wisconsin, by means of a two-dimensional ground-water flow model
Paul F. Juckem, Randall J. Hunt
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1133
A two-dimensional, steady-state ground-water-flow model of the shallow ground-water-flow system near the community of New Post, Sawyer County, Wis., was refined from an existing model of the area. Hydraulic-conductivity and recharge values were not changed from the existing model for the scenario simulations described in this report. Rather, the model...
Digital elevation models of the Pre-Eruption 2000 Crater and 2004-07 Dome-Building Eruption at Mount St. Helens, Washington, USA
James A. Messerich, Steve P. Schilling, Ren A. Thompson
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1169
Presented in this report are 27 digital elevation model (DEM) datasets for the crater area of Mount St. Helens. These datasets include pre-eruption baseline data collected in 2000, incremental model subsets collected during the 2004–07 dome building eruption, and associated shaded-relief image datasets. Each dataset was collected photogrammetrically with digital...
Sea-floor character and sedimentary processes in the vicinity of Woods Hole, Massachusetts
Lawrence J. Poppe, Katherine Y. McMullen, David S. Foster, Dann S. Blackwood, S. Jeffress Williams, Seth D. Ackerman, Steven R. Barnum, Rick T. Brennan
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1004
Continuous-coverage multibeam bathymetric models and sidescan-sonar imagery have been verified with high-resolution seismic-reflection profiles, sediment sampling, and bottom photography. Together these data layers provide detailed base maps that yield topographic, compositional, and environmental perspectives of the sea floor in the vicinity of Woods Hole, an important harbor and major passage...
An enhanced global elevation model generalized from multiple higher resolution source datasets
Jeffrey J. Danielson, Dean B. Gesch
2008, Conference Paper
Global digital elevation models are routinely used in a variety of earth science applications. GTOPO30, a widely used global elevation model produced by the U.S. Geological Survey, was produced in the mid-1990s from several regional sources of elevation information. Since the time GTOPO30 was developed, new and improved sources of...
Landsat 5 Thematic Mapper (TM) recalibration procedure for data processed using the National Landsat Archive Production System (NLAPS)
Gyanesh Chander, Obaidul Haque, Esad Micijevic, Julia A. Barsi
2008, Conference Paper
The multispectral data from the Landsat 5 (L5) Thematic Mapper (TM) sensor provides the backbone of an extensive archive of moderate resolution Earth imagery. Even after more than 24 years of service, the L5 TM is still operational. Given the longevity of the instrument, the detectors have aged, and the...
Standards and specifications for the calibration and stability of amateur digital cameras for close-range mapping applications
A. Habib, A. Jarvis, Denise Akob, Gregory L. Stensaas, Donald Moe, Jon Christopherson
2008, Conference Paper
Photogrammetry is concerned with the accurate derivation of spatial and descriptive information from imagery that can be used in several applications such as mapping, DEM generation, orthophoto production, construction planning, environmental monitoring, structural analysis, 3D visualization, and change detection. The type of cameras traditionally used for high accuracy projects were...
Quality of water and sediment in streams affected by historical mining, and quality of Mine Tailings, in the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo Basin, Big Bend Area of the United States and Mexico, August 2002
Rebecca B. Lambert, Christine M. Kolbe, Wayne Belzer
2008, Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5032
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the International Boundary and Water Commission - U.S. and Mexican Sections, the National Park Service, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, the Secretaria de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales in Mexico, the Area de Proteccion de Flora y Fauna Canon de Santa Elena...
A Vegetation Database for the Colorado River Ecosystem from Glen Canyon Dam to the Western Boundary of Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
Barbara E. Ralston, Philip A. Davis, Robert M. Weber, Jill M. Rundall
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1216
A vegetation database of the riparian vegetation located within the Colorado River ecosystem (CRE), a subsection of the Colorado River between Glen Canyon Dam and the western boundary of Grand Canyon National Park, was constructed using four-band image mosaics acquired in May 2002. A digital line scanner was flown over...
Simulation of Flow Regimes to Reduce Habitat for T. tubifex
Robert T. Milhous
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1107
Whirling disease has had a significant impact on trout fisheries of the American west by reducing the numbers and quality of rainbow trout in infected streams. A critical factor in the life cycle of the whirling disease parasite is the fine sediment that provides the optimum habitat for Tubifex tubifex,...
Determination of human-health pharmaceuticals in filtered water by chemically modified styrene-divinylbenzene resin-based solid-phase extraction and high-performance liquid chromatography/Mass Spectrometry
Edward T. Furlong, Stephen L. Werner, Bruce D. Anderson, Jeffery D. Cahill
2008, Techniques and Methods 5-B5
In 1999, the Methods Research and Development Program of the U.S. Geological Survey National Water Quality Laboratory began the process of developing a method designed to identify and quantify human-health pharmaceuticals in four filtered water-sample types: reagent water, ground water, surface water minimally affected by human contributions, and surface...
Simplified Surface Energy Balance (SSEB) approach for estimating actual ET: An evaluation with lysimeter data
Prasanna H. Gowda, Gabriel B. Senay, Paul D. Colaizzi, Terry A. Howell
2008, Conference Paper
Evapotranspiration (ET) is an essential component of the water balance and a major consumptive use of irrigation water and precipitation on cropland. Numerous energy balance (EB) algorithms have been developed to make use of remote sensing data to estimate ET regionally. However, a review of different ET mapping algorithms shows...
Update to the Ground-Water Withdrawals Database for the Death Valley Regional Ground-Water Flow System, Nevada and California, 1913-2003
Michael T. Moreo, Leigh Justet
2008, Data Series 340
Ground-water withdrawal estimates from 1913 through 2003 for the Death Valley regional ground-water flow system are compiled in an electronic database to support a regional, three-dimensional, transient ground-water flow model. This database updates a previously published database that compiled estimates of ground-water withdrawals for 1913-1998. The same methodology is used...
Derivation of ground surface and vegetation in a coastal Florida wetland with airborne laser technology
Ellen A. Raabe, Melanie S. Harris, Ramesh L. Shrestha, William E. Carter
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1125
The geomorphology and vegetation of marsh-dominated coastal lowlands were mapped from airborne laser data points collected on the Gulf Coast of Florida near Cedar Key. Surface models were developed using low- and high-point filters to separate ground-surface and vegetation-canopy intercepts. In a non-automated process, the landscape was partitioned into functional...
Holocene debris flows on the Colorado Plateau: The influence of clay mineralogy and chemistry
R. H. Webb, Peter G. Griffiths, L. P. Rudd
2008, Geological Society of America Bulletin (120) 1010-1020
Holocene debris flows do not occur uniformly on the Colorado Plateau province of North America. Debris flows occur in specific areas of the plateau, resulting in general from the combination of steep topography, intense convective precipitation, abundant poorly sorted material not stabilized by vegetation, and the exposure of certain fine-grained...
Creating a Global Building Inventory for Earthquake Loss Assessment and Risk Management
Kishor Jaiswal, David J. Wald
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1160
Earthquakes have claimed approximately 8 million lives over the last 2,000 years (Dunbar, Lockridge and others, 1992) and fatality rates are likely to continue to rise with increased population and urbanizations of global settlements especially in developing countries. More than 75% of earthquake-related human casualties are caused by the collapse...
Location of the Green Canyon (Offshore Southern Louisiana) Seismic Event of February 10, 2006
James W. Dewey, Joseph A. Dellinger
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1184
We calculated an epicenter for the Offshore Southern Louisiana seismic event of February 10, 2006 (the 'Green Canyon event') that was adopted as the preferred epicenter for the event by the USGS/NEIC. The event is held at a focal depth of 5 km; the focal depth could not be reliably...
TSPP - A collection of FORTRAN programs for processing and manipulating time series
David M. Boore
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1111
This report lists a number of FORTRAN programs that I have developed over the years for processing and manipulating strong-motion accelerograms. The collection is titled TSPP, which stands for Time Series Processing Programs. I have excluded 'strong-motion accelerograms' from the title, however, as the boundary between 'strong' and 'weak' motion...
Initial sediment transport model of the mining-affected Aries River Basin, Romania
Michael J. Friedel, Joshua I. Linard
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1171
The Romanian government is interested in understanding the effects of existing and future mining activities on long-term dispersal, storage, and remobilization of sediment-associated metals. An initial Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model was prepared using available data to evaluate hypothetical failure of the Valea Sesei tailings dam at the...
Land-cover observations as part of a Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS): Progress, activities, and prospects
M. Herold, C. E. Woodcock, Thomas R. Loveland, J. Townshend, M. Brady, C. Steenmans, C. C. Schmullius
2008, IEEE Systems Journal (2) 414-423
The international land-cover community has been working with GEO since 2005 to build the foundations for land-cover observations as an integral part of a Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS). The Group on Earth Observation (GEO) has provided the platform to elevate the societal relevance of land cover monitoring...
Integrated monitoring and information systems for managing aquatic invasive species in a changing climate
Henry Lee II, Deborah A. Reusser, Julian D. Olden, Scott S. Smith, Jim Graham, Virginia Burkett, Jeffrey S. Dukes, Robert J. Piorkowski, John Mcphedran
2008, Conservation Biology (22) 575-584
Changes in temperature, precipitation, and other climatic drivers and sea-level rise will affect populations of existing native and non-native aquatic species and the vulnerability of aquatic environments to new invasions. Monitoring surveys provide the foundation for assessing the combined effects of climate change and invasions by providing baseline biotic and...
Predevelopment Water-Level Contours for Aquifers in the Rainier Mesa and Shoshone Mountain area of the Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada
Joseph M. Fenelon, Randell J. Laczniak, Keith J. Halford
2008, Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5044
Contaminants introduced into the subsurface of the Nevada Test Site at Rainier Mesa and Shoshone Mountain by underground nuclear testing are of concern to the U.S. Department of Energy and regulators responsible for protecting human health and safety. Although contaminants were introduced into low-permeability rocks above the regional flow system,...
Porphyry copper deposits of the world: Database and grade and tonnage models, 2008
Donald A. Singer, Vladimir I. Berger, Barry C. Moring
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1155
This report is an update of earlier publications about porphyry copper deposits (Singer, Berger, and Moring, 2002; Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C., 2005). The update was necessary because of new information about substantial increases in resources in some deposits and because we revised locations of some deposits so...
STRMDEPL08 - An extended version of STRMDEPL with additional analytical solutions to calculate streamflow depletion by nearby pumping wells
Howard W. Reeves
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1166
STRMDEPL, a one-dimensional model using two analytical solutions to calculate streamflow depletion by a nearby pumping well, was extended to account for two additional analytical solutions. The extended program is named STRMDEPL08. The original program incorporated solutions for a stream that fully penetrates the aquifer with and without streambed resistance...
Estimated Flood-Inundation Mapping for the Upper Blue River, Indian Creek, and Dyke Branch in Kansas City, Missouri, 2006-08
Brian P. Kelly, Richard J. Huizinga
2008, Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5068
In the interest of improved public safety during flooding, the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the city of Kansas City, Missouri, completed a flood-inundation study of the Blue River in Kansas City, Missouri, from the U.S. Geological Survey streamflow gage at Kenneth Road to 63rd Street, of Indian Creek...
Simulation of Flow, Sediment Transport, and Sediment Mobility of the Lower Coeur d'Alene River, Idaho
Charles Berenbrock, Andrew W. Tranmer
2008, Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5093
A one-dimensional sediment-transport model and a multi-dimensional hydraulic and bed shear stress model were developed to investigate the hydraulic, sediment transport, and sediment mobility characteristics of the lower Coeur d?Alene River in northern Idaho. This report documents the development and calibration of those models, as well as the results of...
