Landsat: A Global Land-Observing Program
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2003, Fact Sheet 023-03
Landsat represents the world's longest continuously acquired collection of space-based land remote sensing data. The Landsat Project is a joint initiative of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) designed to gather Earth resource data from space. NASA developed and launched the spacecrafts, while...
Morgan Creek Watershed selected for a national water-quality study
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2003, Fact Sheet 080-03
USGS National Assessment of Oil and Gas Online (NOGA Online)
L. H. Biewick
2003, Fact Sheet 098-03
The Central Energy Resources Team (CERT) of the U.S. Geological Survey is providing results of the USGS National Assessment of Oil and Gas online (NOGA Online). In addition to providing resource estimates and geologic reports, NOGA Online includes an internet map application that allows interactive viewing and analysis of assessment...
Evaluation of OTT PLUVIO Precipitation Gage versus Belfort Universal Precipitation Gage 5-780 -- supplemental data, January 15 through July 16, 2002
Mary L. Tumbusch
2003, Fact Sheet 077-03
Lower Merced River and Mustang Creek watersheds selected for a national water-quality study
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2003, Fact Sheet 081-03
Granger Drain subbasin selected for a national water-quality study
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2003, Fact Sheet 082-03
Maple Creek Watershed selected for a national water-quality study
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2003, Fact Sheet 083-03
Sugar Creek Watershed selected for a national water-quality study
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2003, Fact Sheet 084-03
A chronicle of organochlorine contamination in Clear Creek, Galveston and Harris Counties, Texas, 1960-2002, as recorded in sediment cores
Barbara Mahler, Peter Van Metre
2003, Fact Sheet 088-03
Clear Creek flows through the Texas Coastal Plain from its headwaters southeast of Houston, Texas, to Clear Lake, which empties into Galveston Bay. Segments of Clear Creek were on the State of Texas 303(d) list for 1998, 1999, and 2000 as a result of a fish consumption advisory issued by...
The Flood of June 2003 in Southwest Central Florida
Richard L. Kane
2003, Fact Sheet 113-03
A series of severe thunderstorms brought heavy rainfall and flooding to southwest-central Florida during June 21-24, 2003. The storms and resultant precipitation were caused by a late-season stationary cool front (Canadian high pressure ridge) that combined with tropical moisture from the Gulf of Mexico to produce above-normal rainfall over already...
Ecological indicators of water quality in the Spokane River, Idaho and Washington, 1998 and 1999
Dorene E. MacCoy, Terry R. Maret
2003, Fact Sheet 067-03
A water-quality investigation of the Spokane River was completed during summer low-flow conditions in 1998 and 1999 as part of the USGS NAWQA Program, in cooperation with the WDOE. (Abbreviations used in this report are defined on the last page.) Samples for analyses of water chemistry; bed sediment; aquatic communities...
Selected applications of hydrologic science and research in Maryland, Delaware, and Washington, D.C., 2001-2003
Lisa D. Olsen
2003, Fact Sheet 126-03
One of the roles of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is to provide reliable water data and unbiased water science needed to describe and understand the Nation?s water resources. This fact sheet describes selected techniques that were used by the USGS to collect, transmit, evaluate, or interpret data, in support...
Ground-water depletion across the nation
J. R. Bartolino, W. L. Cunningham
2003, Fact Sheet 103-03
Effects of Urban Development on Floods
Christopher P. Konrad
2003, Fact Sheet 076-03
New cation-exchange method for field speciation of hexavalent chromium
James W. Ball
2003, Fact Sheet 006-03
No abstract available....
The Norman Landfill environmental research site: What happens to the waste in landfills?
Scott C. Christenson, Isabelle M. Cozzarelli
2003, Fact Sheet 040-03
No abstract available....
LakeVOC; A Computer Model to Estimate the Concentration of Volatile Organic Compounds in Lakes and Reservoirs
David A. Bender, William E. Asher, John S. Zogorski
2003, Fact Sheet 104-03
Occurrence of pesticides in ground water of the North Platte Natural Resources District, Nebraska, 2002
Gregory V. Steele, James C. Cannia
2003, Fact Sheet 114-03
Why study lakes? An overview of USGS lake studies in Wisconsin
Herbert S. Garn, J. F. Elder, Dale M. Robertson
2003, Fact Sheet 063-03
Wisconsin’s 15,000 lakes are prominent features in its landscape and an important public resource. In the northern part of the State, the recent glaciation (ending about 10,000 years ago) created one of the densest clusters of lakes found anywhere in the world, containing lakes that occupy depressions in the...
The influence of ground water on nitrogen delivery to the Chesapeake Bay
Scott Phillips, Bruce D. Lindsey
2003, Fact Sheet 091-03
Water quality of the Boulder Creek watershed, Colorado
Philip L. Verplanck, Sheila F. Murphy, Larry Billingsley Barber
2003, Fact Sheet 043-03
No abstract available....
Real-time surface-water monitoring in New Jersey, 2003
Robert D. Schopp, David A. Stedfast, Anthony S. Navoy
2003, Fact Sheet 048-03
A network of 93 gaging stations that provide surface-water stage, flow (discharge), and tide-level data on a “realtime” basis through satellite, radio, and telephone telemetry is operating (May 2003) in New Jersey through a cooperative effort of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and other agencies. The stream data from these...
Tracking polychlorinated biphenyls in the Millers River basin, Massachusetts
Bruce E. Taggart, John A. Colman, Matthew G. Cooke
2003, Fact Sheet 093-03
Highlights of the USGS Cooperative Water Program in Massachusetts
Peter K. Weiskel
2003, Fact Sheet 079-03
Quality of sediment discharging from the Barton Springs system, Austin, Texas, 2000-2002
Barbara Mahler
2003, Fact Sheet 089-03
Four spring outlets of the Barton Springs system provide the only known habitat for the Barton Springs salamander (Eurycea sosorum), a federally listed endangered species. After heavy rainfall, sediment is flushed through the Barton Springs segment of the Edwards aquifer and springflow often becomes turbid (cloudy). Sediment in urban areas...
