Videos

Hi, my name is Kaitlyn Bednar but everyone calls me Kati. I am currently a Student Trainee Hydrologist with the California Water Science Center (CAWSC) in Sacramento. I am also a full-time geology and geography student at California State University of Sacramento, and a part-time student at American River College within their G.I.S. certificate program.

In preparation for marine work in the cold waters off Alaska professionals from academia, industry and government must, every few years, take an offshore survival class to increase their chances of survival in the event of a seafaring mishap.

Virtual fly-through over the seafloor of Central California near San Francisco as if the water was drained from the ocean. The movie flies out of San Francisco Bay pausing over a field of large sand waves west of the Golden Gate, and then up to the Bolinas area revealing folded and fractured bedrock.

Time-lapse photos taken from the northwest side of the Platte River State Park Tower. Photos taken every hour from April 4, 2011 to April 29, 2012.

Travis explains how he began his career as a hydrologic technician with the USGS through the USGS Student Career Employment Program.

In the video, Robert Leeper stands in the field while explaining how he became associated with the USGS, what types of research projects he has worked on , and what his plans are for the future.

A series of time-lapse photographs capture rapid water-level fluctuations in the vicinity of Wildwood Islands in the Sheboygan River, 4.4 km upstream of Lake Michigan near Sheboygan, Wis. The fluctuations are caused the interaction of seiche-related oscillations from Lake Michigan with river flows. 
 

In March 2012, USGS hydrologic technician John Wirt recorded unusually high streamflow at our streamgage on Dixie Creek. This summer, a wildfire burned through the same area, destroying two of streamgages. The USGS is responding to restore its monitoring capability in case of post-fire flooding and debris flow.Note: U.S.

Kerry Caslow is a hydrologic technician with the Georgia Water Science Center. Listen to her story.

The low-head dam just downstream from the USGS White Oak Creek near Georgetown, Ohio, streamgage collapsed during high flow early on January 18, 2012. Video shows water rushing past the former low-head dam location; still photos show the dam during low- and high-flow conditions.

Current river conditions and available equipment make it a challenge to measure streamflow in the White Oak Creek. Hydrologic technicians (not shown) make field measurements of streamflow with an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP), a device that uses sound waves to determine the area and velocity of the water.

Josh Latimore, USGS hydro technician, discusses how he joined the USGS and his current day to day responsibilities. Josh was introduced to the USGS through the Hydrologic Studies Program at GateWay Community College in Phoenix, AZ. As a USGS hydro technician, Josh's primary duties involve managing real-time surface water gaging stations.

Underwater video showing horizontal and vertical views from new video camera technology. The high-definition video output will help drillers complete the wells and will help hydrologist understand the aquifer system.

Eric Evenson, coordinator of the National Water Census discuses a new set of water resource challenges brought on by the 21st century. Even in normal water years, water shortages and use conflicts have become commonplace in many areas of the United States — especially competition among crop irrigation, growing cities and communities, and energy production.

Faith Fitzpatrick (U.S. Geological Survey) and Tom Slawski (Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission) discuss how designs for stormwater runoff from roadways in narrow transportation corridors can help protect coldwater brook trout habitat in agricultural settings.

Cheryl Nenn (Milwaukee Riverkeeper) explains to Faith Fitzpatrick (U.S. Geological Survey) how a Riverkeeper coordinates programs, communication, monitoring, maintenance, and volunteer organization related to urban stream restoration and protection.

In the USGS software ModelMuse, a 3D view of the groundwater model is part of the main form. This video describes how to manipulate this 3D view.

In the USGS software ModelMuse, the user must assign spatially varying data to data sets, This video describes how to assign values to data sets in ModelMuse.
 

This video shows how to visualize spatial data in the USGS software ModelMuse by coloring cells or contouring the data.
 

In the USGS software ModelMuse, "Objects" are used to specify spatially varying data. Sometimes it is useful to be able to edit several of these objects at the same time. This video shows how.