11-003_08
First Place
Ready, set, go
November 16, 2007
USGS Hydrologic Technician, Nate Stevens, prepares to make a discharge measurement using acoustics and a remote control boat on the Missouri River near Vermillion, SD.
M.J. Andersen (Robert Swanson)
11-016_01
Second Place
Iguaçu Falls 1
February 10, 2011
Flow measurement in Iguaçu Falls with a ADP
Sydnei Ribeiro (Luiz Moldanado)
11-008_09
Third Place
High Flow
January 2011
12510500 Yakima River at Kiona, Launching boat for high flow measurement.
Kevin Wright
11-013_01
Stream Pro Measurement
March 21, 2008
Wes Heaton, and Robert Hemauer make a Stream Pro measurement at 09510000 Verde River BLW Bartlett Dam, AZ. Tagline is strung across river with a kayak, and stream pro is operated with a cableway ROV.
Bert Duet
11-021_02
Retrieving sediment sample
October 16, 2007
Retrieving sediment sample from P-61 sampler to be used to calibrate ADCP backscatter for estimating suspended sediment concentrations; near St. Louis, MO, October 2007
(Note: Also listed in SW Field Work category)
Kevin Oberg
11-001_03
Install of fixed-mount 600 kHz ADCP
November 2, 2010
Installation of a fixed-mount 600 kHz ADCP on a Missouri River bridge pier at Jefferson City, Missouri.
Kelly Brady (Paul Rydlund)
11-005_03
ADCP comparison
September 2008
Comparing ADCP, ADVM and conventional meters.
Dave Grey
11-007_05
COLVILLE RIVER
June 8, 2009
Jeremiah Drewel at Colville River at Umiat, AK
Ryan Hollins
11-007_06
IKPIKPUK
June 12, 2009
Jeremiah Drewel at Ikpikpuk River below Fry Creek near Alaktak, AK
Ryan Hollins
11-013_02
Setting up for stream pro measurement
March 21, 2008
Wes Heaton and Robert Hemauer prepare to do a Stream pro measurement at 09510000 Verde River BLW Bartlett Dam, AZ.
Bert Duet
11-014_03
ADCP at Clark Fork
Dec. 15, 2010
StreamPro measurement on the Clark Fork River in Montana December 2010
D.A. Bischoff
11-014_05
ADCP MMT at MG
September 2010
Kim Schierenbeck, USGS, at Many Glacier with StreamPro ADCP unit
D.A.Bischoff
11-014_07
A. Whiteman at Marias River
March 1, 2010
Aroscott Whiteman making a Flowtracker measurement at the Marias River near Shelby, Montana, March 2010
D.A. Bishoff
11-016_02
Iguaçu Falls2
February 10, 2011
Flow measurement in Iguaçu Falls with a ADP
Sergio Tulio (Luiz Moldanado)
11-016_03
Iguaçu Falls3
February 10, 2011
Flow measurement in Iguaçu Falls with a ADP
Sydnei Ribeiro (Luiz Moldanado)
11-018_09
ADCP flood measuremet
September 22, 2009
03443000 French Broad River at Blantyre, NC. Rio Grande deployed by tethered riverboat from the downstream side of the bridge during late summer flood.
John A. Mazurek
11-019_01
Discharge measurement in Hells Canyon, ID
October 14, 2008
USGS, BOR, and Idaho Power employees made comparison discharge measurements, using the Ott QLiner (shown) and other ADCPs, on the Snake River in Hells Canyon, on the border of ID and OR
(Note: Also listed in SW Field Work category)
Molly Wood
11-019_04
ADCP measurement on the Lesser Zab River, Iraq
February 26, 2010
USGS and Iraqi scientists measured discharge with a TRDI Rio Grande ADCP and developed a mock index-velocity rating downstream of Dokan Dam on the Lesser Zab River in Iraq
(Note: Also listed in SW Field Work category)
Molly Wood
11-019_05
ADVMs on the Kootenai River, ID
August 30, 2010
Pete Elliott, ID WSC, installing ADVMs on the Kootenai River as part of an acoustic-sediment surrogate gage
Molly Wood
11-019_06
Chile discharge measurements
January 30, 2011
USGS and Chilean scientists making comparison measurements with various ADCPs on the glacier-fed Rio Murta in Chilean Patagonia
(Note: Also listed in SW Field Work category)
Molly Wood
11-019_07
Chile ADCP comparisons
January 30, 2011
Andy Tranmer, ID WSC, making comparison ADCP measurements on the glacier-fed Rio Murta in Chilean Patagonia
(Note: Also listed in SW Field Work category)
Molly Wood
11-019_08
Patagonia streamgage
February 2, 2011
USGS and Chilean scientists making comparison ADCP measurements (via cableway and kayak) at a streamgage on the Rio Murta in Chilean Patagonia
(Note: Also listed in SW Field Work category)
Molly Wood
11-019_09
Patagonia ADCP measurements
January 30, 2011
Molly Wood, ID WSC, making comparison ADCP measurements with Chilean and University of Idaho scientists on the Rio Murta in Chilean Patagonia
(Note: Also listed in SW Field Work category)
Greg Clark (Molly Wood)
11-019_10
Diver installing ADVM
September 18, 2008
Molly Wood, ID WSC, installs an uplooking ADVM in the Spokane River, ID
(Note: Also listed in SW Field Work category)
Greg Clark (Molly Wood)
11-021_01
Preparing for Testing
July 27, 2004
Hydrographer preparing tethered boat and ADCP for ADCP test and evaluation, Missouri, July 2004
Kevin Johnson (Kevin Oberg)
11-021_03
Setting up GPS base station
October 18, 2007
Setting up GPS base station prior to ADCP surveys on the Missouri River near Columbia Bottoms, October 2007
(Note: Also listed in SW Field Work category)
Kevin Oberg
11-021_04
Preparing for multi-beam and ADCP survey
October 18, 2007
Rigging boat for multi-beam echo sounder and ADCP surveys, Missouri River, October 2007
Kevin Oberg
11-021_05
ADCP Validation Measurement
July 8, 2004
Comparison measurements being made for the purpose of testing a StreamPro ADCP on the Fox River near Algonquin, IL, July 2004
Kevin Oberg
11-021_06
Preparing for Flowtracker measurement
September 27, 2006
Wading Gunnison River below Gunnison Tunnel, CO prior to a Flowtracker discharge measurement, September 2006
Kevin Oberg
11-021_07
Preparing for ADCP comparison measurements
October 30, 2008
Preparing boat for ADCP comparison measurements on the Ohio River near Evansville, IN, October 2008
Kevin Oberg
11-021_09
ADCP Comparison Measurement
September 26, 2006
Cableway Price AA and ADCP comparison measurements, Gunnison River near Grand Junction, CO, September 2006
Kevin Oberg