USGS Multimedia Gallery for tag: Hydrology

http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/logos/usgs_only.jpg USGS Multimedia Gallery for tag: Hydrology http://gallery.usgs.gov/ en-us OC_Web@usgs.gov (Office of Communications Web Group) http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/USGS.gif USGS http://gallery.usgs.gov/ <![CDATA[Collecting Sediment Samples]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/11_13_2012_g3Bn165ed8_11_13_2012_0 USGS employee Anthony Lopez views the Atlantic City skyline while collecting sediment samples in the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge in Galloway Township, NJ.

]]> <![CDATA[Tubes at Glen Canyon Dam]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/11_05_2012_nri7LYx33F_11_05_2012_0 The river outlet tubes at Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River in Arizona. At noon Monday, Nov. 19, U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar will open the dam's river outlet tubes, releasing controlled flows larger than the usual 8,000-25,000 cubic feet per second that flows through the turbines of the Glen Canyon Powerplant to generate hydroelectric power.

]]> <![CDATA[2008 High Flow Monitoring]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/11_05_2012_nri7LYx33F_11_05_2012_1 Members of the USGS Glen Canyon Adaptive Management Working Group in Flagstaff, Ariz., monitor the Colorado River downstream of Glen Canyon Dam during the high-flow experiment of May 2008.

]]> <![CDATA[Monitoring the Colorado River]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/11_05_2012_nri7LYx33F_11_05_2012_2 A member of the USGS Glen Canyon Adaptive Management Working Group in Flagstaff, Ariz., monitors the Colorado River downstream of Glen Canyon Dam.

]]> <![CDATA[Glen Canyon Dam]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/11_05_2012_nri7LYx33F_11_05_2012_6

The USGS Glen Canyon Adaptive Management Working Group took a trip in August from Glen Canyon Dam to Lees Ferry on Friday, August 31, 2012. This spot at Four Mile (four miles downstream from the dam) is where a lot of people fish: There were fishermen that day that claimed to have caught about 25 fish!

]]> <![CDATA[Colorado River]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/11_05_2012_nri7LYx33F_11_05_2012_7 The Colorado River downstream from Glen Canyon Dam as seen Friday, August 31, 2012.

]]> <![CDATA[Scuba Diver ]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/11_05_2012_nri7LYx33F_11_05_2012_9 USGS hydrologist Tom Sabol enters the Colorado River in scuba diving gear in 2012 to sample sediment preparatory to the November high-flow experiment at Glen Canyon Dam.

]]> <![CDATA[Puerto Rico Watersheds]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/08_10_2012_g40Nf65edy_08_10_2012_3 Snapshots of the four rivers in eastern Puerto Rico whose watersheds were extensively monitored during the 15-year study.

]]> <![CDATA[Luna Leopold]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_24_2012_kp2Rjv7IHc_07_24_2012_0 Former USGS Chief Hydrologist Luna Leopold writes down his reflections during a research expedition in Idaho.

]]> <![CDATA[Luna Leopold and Ralph Bagnold]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_24_2012_kp2Rjv7IHc_07_24_2012_1 In the midst of a research expedition in Cataract Canyon, Utah, former USGS Chief Hydrologist Luna Leopold and eminent physicist Ralph Bagnold take a moment to rest.

]]> <![CDATA[Water Quality Instrument Cleaning]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_29_2012_gkb4FRq11X_02_29_2012_2 Kerry Caslow cleaning a water quality sonde that is outfitted with probes for continuous monitoring of water temperature, specific conductance, and turbidity. It is imperative that the sondes be regularly maintained so that the data, which is published online in realtime, is always accurate.

]]> <![CDATA[Measuring Flow in a Flooded Forest]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/06_16_2011_gLCn16Qed8_06_16_2011_11 Employee uses a Flowtracker to measure cross-sectional profile of a rivulet draining a mangrove forest.

]]> <![CDATA[Colorado River Dry Delta]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/10_15_2010_rvm8Pdc55J_10_15_2010_0 The now-dry Colorado River delta branches into the Baja/Sonoran Desert just 5 miles north of the Sea of Cortez, Mexico.

]]> <![CDATA[Colorado River Runs Dry]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/10_15_2010_rvm8Pdc55J_10_15_2010_1 The Colorado River runs dry on the U.S./Mexico border 2 miles below the Morelos Dam.

]]> <![CDATA[USGS Technician Constructing Monitoring Station]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/06_01_2010_u85Cs21Rrm_06_01_2010_4 <![CDATA[1906 USGS River Height Observation Book]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/09_22_2009_w06Ev32UTo_09_22_2009_0 <![CDATA[Measuring Streamflow on Flooded Road]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/09_22_2009_w06Ev32UTo_09_22_2009_2 <![CDATA[White Springs Streamgage 1932]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/09_22_2009_w06Ev32UTo_09_22_2009_3 <![CDATA[White Springs Streamgage 1964]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/09_22_2009_w06Ev32UTo_09_22_2009_4 <![CDATA[Grove Karl Gilbert]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_22 <![CDATA[Electromagnetic Survey]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_01_2009_v06Du22tso_05_01_2009_0 <![CDATA[Seismic Survey]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_01_2009_v06Du22tso_05_01_2009_1 <![CDATA[Ground-penetrating Radar Survey (GPR)]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_01_2009_v06Du22tso_05_01_2009_2 <![CDATA[Near-Surface Geophysics: Two-Dimensional Resistivity]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_01_2009_v06Du22tso_05_01_2009_3 <![CDATA[Fiber Optic Temperature Sensing in Hydrology]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_01_2009_v06Du22tso_05_01_2009_4