U.S. Geological Survey
Office of Surface Water
National Surface Water Conference and Hydroacoustics Workshop
April 2 – 6, 2007
St. Louis, Missouri

Second Photographic Competition


Category: 4. Hydroacoustics

(29 images)


Other Categories: 1. Disasters || 2. Gage || 3. SW Field Work || 5. Public Service || 6. Historical
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010_02

ADV at 54 feet

May 10, 2005

ADV for velocity indexing of 08170990 Jacobs Well Spring near Wimberley, Texas. View is looking straight up from about 57 feet, and diver William Asquith shown for scale.
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010_06

San Marcos Springs (west)

May 15, 2006

Diver William Asquith installing mounting plate for side-looking ADVM in west spring run of San Marcos Springs, San Marcos, Texas
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ADCP Flow Measurement

May 16, 2006

Nick Stasulis, on emergency detail from ME, records ADCP flow data at the Saugus River at Saugus, MA

(Note: also listed under SW field work category)
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015_06

ADCP ice measurements

February 17, 2004

Comparison ice discharge measurements made with two acoustic Doppler current profilers and a Price AA current meter, Sangamaon River at Monticello, IL
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017_01

Surveying the CSWSC

March 10, 2007

Hydrographic survey of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal near Chicago, IL from IL WSC work boat equipped with echo sounder, ADCP, 2 differential GPS and multiple laptops

(Note: also listed under SW Field Work category)
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003_4

Sampling and measurement at Yount Creek

January 26, 2004

Storm event sampling and measurement efforts at Yount Creek near Martindale, Arkansas. An ADV was used for measurement.

(Note: also listed under SW field work category)
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005_2

Tigris River Discharge

April 20, 2006

ADCP measurement of Tigris River at Feish Khabour, Iraq

(Note: also listed as hardest to get to / farthest from office gage)
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ADCP

March 29, 2006

Transcribing the discharge data that the laptop is receiving from an ADCP, at Humboldt River near Imlay, NV, measured flow: 867 ft3/s, pictured: John-Erik Schroeder.
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008_3

Argonaut at culvert 77

November 12, 2005

SonTek/YSI Argonaut-ADV deployed at culvert 77, Main Park Road, Everglades National Park, Florida
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008_4

High flow at culvert 77

September 21, 2005

Photo of high flow recorded by SonTek/YSI Argonaut-ADV at culvert 77, Main Park Road, Everglades National Park, Florida
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008_8

ADV in sawgrass

September 9, 2005

SonTek/YSI ADV deployed in dense sawgrass, site 3A-5, Florida Everglades Water Conservation Area 3A
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010_05

Jacobs Well

May 10, 2005

Diver Marcus Gary inspecting tubes housing hundreds of feet of communication line in 08170990 Jacobs Well near Wimberley, Texas.
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010_07

San Marcos Springs (west)

May 15, 2006

Diver William Asquith inspecting Robin Gary's bolt tightening technique on communication cable for side-looking ADVM in west spring run of San Marcos Springs, San Marcos, Texas
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011_03

Streamflow Measurement

April 2005

Joe Zanca of the MA/RI WSC measures streamflow with an adcp at the Charles River at Waltham, MA USGS Gaging station.

(Note: also listed under SW field work category)
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Streamflow Measurement

April 3, 2005

Joe Zanca of the MA/RI WSC measures streamflow at the Green River at Williamstown, MA USGS gaging station.

(Note: also listed under SW field work category)
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011_14

USGS WRD on Duty Measuring Critical Flows

October 18, 2005

Britt Stock of the MA/RI WSC performs a discharge measurement on closed roadway guarded by the MA state police on Mill River in Taunton, MA

(Note: also listed under Disasters and Public Service categories)
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011_18

USGS on site during an emergency

October 18, 2005

Jerry Girouard and Britt Stock of the USGS get assistance from the Taunton, MA Fire Dept. rigging a ADCP trolley for a q measurement.

(Note: also listed under Disasters, SW field work, and Public Service categories)
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Flow measurements during flooding crisis

October 18, 2005

Joe Zanca of the MA/RI WSC collects flow data from an ADCP to assist Local, State and Federal officials during an immanent Dam failure from a 175 year old wooden dam

(Note: also listed under Disasters, SW field work, and Public Service categories)
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011_20

Flow measurements during flooding crisis

October 18, 2005

Taunton Fire Dept. Ladder Co. assists Britt Stock, USGS MA/RI WSC in rigging lines for ADCP flow measurements during a state of emergency

(Note: also listed under Disasters, SW field work, and Public Service categories)
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011_26

Preparing for high water boat Q

May 16, 2006

Jerry Girouard, MA/RI WSC, and Nick Stasulis, ME WSC, prepare to launch a motorboat on a flooded road on the Ipswich River near Ipswich,MA

(Note: also listed under SW field work category)
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011_42

ADCP Crashed

May 15, 2006

Jerry Girouard, MA/RI WSC, looks at the damage to the ADCP caused by flooding on the Merrimack River in Lowell, MA

(Note: also listed under Gage and SW field work categories)
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013_06

S Br Raritan low-flow control

June 2005

Looking downstream at low-flow control and a New Jersey few know exist at S Br Raritan River, near High Bridge, NJ
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015_05

ADCP testing

July 10, 2001

Field testing of Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers, at USGS streamflow gaging station, Illinois River at Marseilles, IL
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015_07

StreamPro

July 7, 2004

StreamPro ADCP during field tests at Fox River at Montgomery, IL
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015_08

Tethered boat

July 7, 2004

Tethered boat ADCP during field tests at Fox River at Montgomery, IL
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016_01

Hydrographic Surveying

December 15, 2006

Echo sounder, GPS, and laptop being used for hydrographic survey of Bubbly Cree area near downtown Chicago, IL

(Note: also listed under SW Field Work category)
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017_02

Uplooker ADCPs

March 10, 2007

Six acoustic Doppler current profilers and their bottom mounts being made rady for deployment as uplookers in the Chicago River and Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.
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020_01

ADCP Measurement on Moose Creek, Idaho

June, 2004

Using a tagline and OceanScience Riverboat to make an ADCP measurement at Moose Creek near Moose Creek Ranger Sation, Idaho
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020_02

ADCP Measurement on Moose Creek, Idaho

June, 2004

Using a tagline and OceanScience Riverboat to make an ADCP measurement at Moose Creek near Moose Creek Ranger Sation, Idaho (note wooden frame for walk-bridge located downstream from measurement site; this site is only accessible by airplane using a remote mountain grass airstrip.)
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021_1

Streamgaging with Flowtracker at West Brook

February 2, 2005

Streamgaging with Flowtracker at West Brook near Wanaque, NJ (station id 01386000)

(Note: also listed under SW Field Work category)


(Note: Submitted too late for contest.)
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021_2

Comparing Flowtracker to Pygmy measurement

December 19, 2001

Comparing Flowtracker measurement to Pygmy measurement at Wanaque River at Wanaue

(Note: also listed under SW Field Work category)


(Note: Submitted too late for contest.)
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021_4

Q Boat Demonstration

November 2003

Q Boat Demonstration in San Antonio, Texas, National Surface-Water Convention


(Note: Submitted too late for contest.)

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