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Collage of images of an earthquake, scientists in flood with instruments, a volcano erupting, and seismic illustration.

Fiber-optic distributed temperature sensing, seepage meter, vertical temperature profiler, water level, water quality, and streambed thermal property data collected to better understand groundwater and surface water connectivity at two sites in the Illino

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Long-term distributed temperature sensing monitoring for near-wellbore gas migration and gas hydrate formation

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Three scientists look at laptop in valley surrounded by rugged mountain terrain

Scientists review fiber-optic distributed temperature sensing (FO-DTS) data in the field

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Instrumentation set up in a valley near a mountain.

A fiber-optic distributed temperature sensing monitoring array installed along Cement Creek near Silverton, Colorado.

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Sign of The Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve is located in Massachusetts.

Fiber-Optic Distributed Temperature Sensing in Waquoit Bay

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This fiber-optic distributed temperature sensing (FO-DTS) technology demonstration and evaluation project was conducted at Fish

Fiber-Optic Distributed Temperature Sensing at Fish Creek, Wyoming

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Fiber Optic Temperature Sensing in Hydrology

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Charles Harvey (MIT) and Fred Day-Lewis (USGS) prepare fiber-optic distributed temperature system

Fiber-Optic Distributed Temperature Sensing Technology for Surface-Water and Groundwater Studies

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Hannan Karam (MIT) connects the distributed temperature sensor to a laptop computer. This allows temp data to be monitored

Fiber-Optic Distributed Temperature Sensing in Waquoit Bay, Massachusetts

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Fiber‐optic distributed temperature sensing: A new tool for assessment and monitoring of hydrologic processes

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DTSGUI: A python program to process and visualize fiber‐optic distributed temperature sensing data

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Fiber-optic distributed temperature sensing data collected for improved mapping and monitoring of contaminated groundwater discharges along the upper Quashnet River, Mashpee and Falmouth, Massachusetts, USA 2020

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Statistical mapping of zones of focused groundwater/surface-water exchange using fiber-optic distributed temperature sensing

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Characterizing submarine ground‐water discharge using fiber‐optic distributed temperature sensing and marine electrical resistivity

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Using fiber-optic distributed temperature sensing in fisheries applications: An example from the Ozark Highlands

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Data from a flume investigation using Fiber Optic Distributed Temperature Sensing (FO-DTS), U.S. Geological Survey Geomorphology and Sediment Transport Laboratory, Golden, Colorado, fall 2019

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Longitudinal profiles of water temperature in Mill Creek, Mason County, Washington, measured using fiber-optic distributed temperature sensing (FO-DTS)

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Collage of images of an earthquake, scientists in flood with instruments, a volcano erupting, and seismic illustration.

Data from a flume investigation using Fiber Optic Distributed Temperature Sensing (FO-DTS), U.S. Geological Survey Geomorphology and Sediment Transport Laboratory, Golden, Colorado, spring 2018

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Hydrologist standing in stream unrolling cable from a large reel floating on water.

USGS intern deploys fiber-optic cable for groundwater/surface-water study

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Fiber-optic distributed temperature sensing and near-surface geophysical data collected along the Santuit River, Mashpee, MA.

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A comparison of thermal infrared to fiber-optic distributed temperature sensing for evaluation of groundwater discharge to surface water

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Fiber-optic distributed temperature data collected along the streambed of the East River, Crested Butte, CO, USA

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Actively heated high-resolution fiber-optic-distributed temperature sensing to quantify streambed flow dynamics in zones of strong groundwater upwelling

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Investigation of aquifer-estuary interaction using wavelet analysis of fiber-optic temperature data

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Spatially variable stage-driven groundwater-surface water interaction inferred from time-frequency analysis of distributed temperature sensing data

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Influence of groundwater on distribution of dwarf wedgemussels (Alasmidonta heterodon) in the upper reaches of the Delaware River, northeastern USA

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Near-surface geophysical data collected in the Sunflower Drain study area near Delta, Colorado, March 2018

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Combined use of thermal methods and seepage meters to efficiently locate, quantify, and monitor focused groundwater discharge to a sand-bed stream

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Near-surface geophysical data collected along streams near Silverton, Colorado, USA (ver. 2.0, May 2022)

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Quantity and quality of groundwater discharge in a hypersaline lake environment

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