USGS Multimedia Gallery for tag: personnel

http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/logos/usgs_only.jpg USGS Multimedia Gallery for tag: personnel 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[USGS biologist Paul Cryan examines the carcass of a hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus) found beneath a wind turbine. By examining the casualties, biologists hope to learn more about why migratory bats are so susceptible to wind turbines. ]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/10_19_2009_s84Aq11PPk_10_19_2009_6 <![CDATA[USGS biologist Paul Cryan. Biologists hope to learn more about the scale and causes of bat fatalities at wind turbines by searching for carcasses of bats beneath turbines and carefully documenting the conditions under which they are found.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/10_19_2009_s84Aq11PPk_10_19_2009_7 <![CDATA[USGS biologist Paul Cryan releases a bat carrying a miniature radio transmitter. Researchers are increasingly turning to high-tech methods to try to learn more about the mysterious lives of bats. ]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/10_19_2009_s84Aq11PPk_10_19_2009_10 <![CDATA[USGS Hydrologic Instrumentation Facilities employee Jerry Gardner and contract employee Rodger Cook, prepare recently acquired Acoustic Doppler Profilers for distribution to USGS Water Science Centers.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/08_04_2009_a17Hxk3WWr_08_04_2009_0 <![CDATA[USGS Hydrologic Instrumentation Facilities employee Robin Dailey examines a recently received radar stage sensor purchased with ARRA funds.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/08_04_2009_a17Hxk3WWr_08_04_2009_1 <![CDATA[USGS Hydrologic Instrumentation Facilities employee Rodger Cook examines a Side-Looking Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler purchased with ARRA funds.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/08_04_2009_a17Hxk3WWr_08_04_2009_2 <![CDATA[USGS Contract employee Kevin Hadley examines a pressure tranducer unit prior to subjecting it to quality assurance testing.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/08_04_2009_a17Hxk3WWr_08_04_2009_3 <![CDATA[USGS hydrologist conducts a broadband electromagnetic survey in New Orleans, Louisiana. The survey was one of several geophysical methods used during USGS applied research on the utility of the multi-channel analysis of surface waves (MASW) seismic method for non-invasive assessment of earthen levees. The research was conducted by the USGS Office of Groundwater Branch of Geophysics in 2006.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_01_2009_v06Du22tso_05_01_2009_0 <![CDATA[USGS hydrologists conduct a seismic survey in New Orleans, Louisiana. The survey was one of several geophysical methods used during USGS applied research on the utility of the multi-channel analysis of surface waves (MASW) seismic method (no pictured here) for non-invasive assessment of earthen levees. The research was conducted by the USGS Office of Groundwater Branch of Geophysics in 2006.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_01_2009_v06Du22tso_05_01_2009_1 <![CDATA[USGS hydrologist conducts a ground-penetrating radar survey to investigate and characterize the shallow subsurface. The survey was conducted as part of an applied research effort by the USGS Office of Groundwater Branch of Geophysics in 2006.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_01_2009_v06Du22tso_05_01_2009_2 <![CDATA[USGS hydrologist conducts a two-dimensional (2D) resistivity survey to investigate and characterize the shallow subsurface. The survey was conducted as part of an applied research effort by the USGS Office of Groundwater Branch of Geophysics in 2006.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_01_2009_v06Du22tso_05_01_2009_3 <![CDATA[USGS hydrologists deploy fiber-optic distributed temperature sensing equipment in Ashumet Pond, Mashpee, Massachusetts. Fiber-optic distributed temperature sensing is an emerging technology that has promise for characterizing estuary-aquifer interaction. The technology evaluation was conducted by the USGS Office of Groundwater Branch of Geophysics in 2007. To learn more about this method, see http://water.usgs.gov/ogw/bgas/fiber-optics/]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_01_2009_v06Du22tso_05_01_2009_4 <![CDATA[USGS hydrologists prepare equipment for multi-channel analysis of surface waves (MASW) land seismic imaging survey. The geophones (in the yellow "land streamer") are pulled behind a vehicle. This relatively new system allows for inexpensive and rapid data acquisition. The survey was conducted as part of an applied research effort by the USGS Office of Groundwater Branch of Geophysics in the Bronx, New York, in 2007.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_01_2009_v06Du22tso_05_01_2009_5 <![CDATA[USGS hydrologists prepare equipment for a multi-channel analysis of surface waves (MASW) land seismic imaging survey. In this picture, the accelerated weight-drop energy source (blue box) is attached to the back of a vehicle. This relatively new system allows for inexpensive and rapid data acquisition. The survey was conducted as part of an applied research effort by the USGS Office of Groundwater Branch of Geophysics in the Bronx, New York, in 2007.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_01_2009_v06Du22tso_05_01_2009_6 <![CDATA[USGS hydrologists conduct a multi-channel analysis of surface waves (MASW) land seismic imaging survey. The yellow land streamer contains the geophones and is towed behind a vehicle. This relatively new system allows for inexpensive and rapid data acquisition. The survey was conducted as part of an applied research effort by the USGS Office of Groundwater Branch of Geophysics in the Bronx, New York, in 2007.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_01_2009_v06Du22tso_05_01_2009_7 <![CDATA[USGS hydrologists monitor data collection during a geophysical survey using the horizontal-to-vertical ambient-noise seismic method. This method can be used to estimate unconsolidated sediment thickness and map the bedrock surface as part of groundwater investigations. The survey was conducted as part of technology evaluation by the USGS Office of Groundwater Branch of Geophysics in 2007.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_01_2009_v06Du22tso_05_01_2009_8 <![CDATA[USGS hydrologist collects location data using GPS during a near-surface geophysics survey. The survey was conducted as part of an applied research effort by the USGS Office of Groundwater Branch of Geophysics in 2007.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_01_2009_v06Du22tso_05_01_2009_9 <![CDATA[A USGS hydrologist prepares equipment to conduct a gravity survey to evaluate small variations in the earth's gravity field. The USGS Office of Groundwater Branch of Geophysics develops and tests new tools and field methods to support USGS analysis of groundwater flow systems.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_01_2009_v06Du22tso_05_01_2009_10 <![CDATA[The USGS collaborated with cooperator U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service to conduct continuous seismic-reflection profiling in the Havasu National Wildlife Refuge. The survey was conducted as part of an applied research and technology transfer effort by the USGS Office of Groundwater Branch of Geophysics in 2007.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_01_2009_v06Du22tso_05_01_2009_14 <![CDATA[A USGS hydrologist holds an electromagnetic induction borehole logging tool while the tool is calibrated. The hydrologist was participating in a USGS class on how to use electromagnetic induction geophysical methods for groundwater investigations, conducted by the USGS Office of Groundwater Branch of Geophysics in 2008.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_01_2009_v06Du22tso_05_01_2009_15 <![CDATA[A USGS hydrologist conducts a near-surface electromagnetic induction survey to characterize the shallow earth. The survey was conducted as part of an applied research effort by the USGS Office of Groundwater Branch of Geophysics at Camp Rell, Connecticut, in 2008.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_01_2009_v06Du22tso_05_01_2009_16 <![CDATA[USGS scientists on USGS Research Vessel Musky II, deploying nets for fishing on Lake Erie.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/04_10_2009_lq26KwvJId_04_10_2009_0 <![CDATA[USGS scientists processing fish samples on the USGS Research Vessel Kaho.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/04_10_2009_lq26KwvJId_04_10_2009_1 <![CDATA[Tantalus Creek in Yellowstone National Park: The gage is near Geyser Basin and the buffalo like to stand in the warm water. At the time of the measurement the air temperature was near 10 F.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/04_10_2009_lq26KwvJId_04_10_2009_5 <![CDATA[Solar powered streamgage to transmit real-time data at Grinnell Creek at Grinnell Glacier, Glacier National Park. ]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/04_10_2009_lq26KwvJId_04_10_2009_6