Brandon T Overstreet
Brandon Overstreet is a hydrologist at the Oregon Water Science Center.
As a member of the Geomorphology team at the Oregon Water Science Center, Brandon incorporates remote sensing, geospatial analysis, and field surveys to characterize river attributes including water depth, streamflow, temperature, and riparian vegetation. His work focuses on linking river observations at a range of scales to physical habitats, fluvial hazards, and management.
Brandon joined the USGS as a student employee in 2016 and became a permanent employee in 2020 following completion of his doctoral degree. He has over 10 years of experience planning and conducting remote sensing missions and incorporating data into hydrologic studies. Brandon is a FAA and DOI certified UAS pilot and developed the UAS program at the USGS Oregon Water Science Center.
Education and Certifications
B.S. in Geology, University of Idaho, 2008
M.S. in Geology, University of Wyoming, 2011
Ph.D. in Hydrology, University of Wyoming, 2020
Science and Products
Remotely sensed data acquired from an Uncrewed Aerial System (UAS) and field measurements of flow depth and velocity from the North Santiam River, Oregon, collected in July 2022
Site visit cross section surveys and multispectral image data from gaging stations throughout the Willamette and Delaware River Basins from 2022 and code for Bathymetric Mapping using Gage Records and Image Databases (BaMGRID)
Airborne Thermal Infrared and High-resolution True-color Imagery and Longitudinal Profiles of Stream Temperatures, Upper Donner und Blitzen River Basin, Oregon, August 2020
2021 McKenzie River Topobathymetric Lidar Validation - USGS Field Survey Data
Digital elevation model and single beam sonar data from the McKenzie River, Oregon, 2021
Simulated streamflow and stream temperature in the Donner und Blitzen River Basin, southeastern Oregon, using the Precipitation-Runoff Modeling System (PRMS)
Below are publications that Brandon Overstreet has authored.
Sampling strategies to improve passive optical remote sensing of river bathymetry
A framework for modeling connections between hydraulics, water surface roughness, and surface reflectance in open channel flows
Using remotely sensed data to estimate river characteristics including water-surface velocity and discharge
Effects of lateral confinement in natural and leveed reaches of a gravel-bed river: Snake River, Wyoming, USA
Removing sun glint from optical remote sensing images of shallow rivers
Characterizing supraglacial meltwater channel hydraulics on the Greenland Ice Sheet from in situ observations
Non-USGS Publications**
Smith, L.C., Cooper, M.G., Andrews, L.C., Pitcher, L.H., Overstreet, B.T., Rennermalm, A.K., et al. (2021) Greenland Ice Sheet Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) measurements of supraglacial river discharge and Global Positioning System (GPS) measurements of ice surface motion, 2016. Arctic Data Center. doi: 10.18739/A22F7JS1
Smith, L.C., Cooper, M.G., Andrews, L.C., Pitcher, L.H., Overstreet, B.T., Rennermalm, A.K., Cooley, S.W., Ryan, J.C., Miege, C., Kershner, C., Simpson, C.E. (2021) Greenland ice sheet surface position near a major supraglacial river moulin 2016, The GAGE Facility operated by UNAVCO, Inc., GPS/GNSS Observations Dataset. doi: 10.7283/GT6K-B184
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.
Science and Products
Remotely sensed data acquired from an Uncrewed Aerial System (UAS) and field measurements of flow depth and velocity from the North Santiam River, Oregon, collected in July 2022
Site visit cross section surveys and multispectral image data from gaging stations throughout the Willamette and Delaware River Basins from 2022 and code for Bathymetric Mapping using Gage Records and Image Databases (BaMGRID)
Airborne Thermal Infrared and High-resolution True-color Imagery and Longitudinal Profiles of Stream Temperatures, Upper Donner und Blitzen River Basin, Oregon, August 2020
2021 McKenzie River Topobathymetric Lidar Validation - USGS Field Survey Data
Digital elevation model and single beam sonar data from the McKenzie River, Oregon, 2021
Simulated streamflow and stream temperature in the Donner und Blitzen River Basin, southeastern Oregon, using the Precipitation-Runoff Modeling System (PRMS)
Below are publications that Brandon Overstreet has authored.
Sampling strategies to improve passive optical remote sensing of river bathymetry
A framework for modeling connections between hydraulics, water surface roughness, and surface reflectance in open channel flows
Using remotely sensed data to estimate river characteristics including water-surface velocity and discharge
Effects of lateral confinement in natural and leveed reaches of a gravel-bed river: Snake River, Wyoming, USA
Removing sun glint from optical remote sensing images of shallow rivers
Characterizing supraglacial meltwater channel hydraulics on the Greenland Ice Sheet from in situ observations
Non-USGS Publications**
Smith, L.C., Cooper, M.G., Andrews, L.C., Pitcher, L.H., Overstreet, B.T., Rennermalm, A.K., et al. (2021) Greenland Ice Sheet Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) measurements of supraglacial river discharge and Global Positioning System (GPS) measurements of ice surface motion, 2016. Arctic Data Center. doi: 10.18739/A22F7JS1
Smith, L.C., Cooper, M.G., Andrews, L.C., Pitcher, L.H., Overstreet, B.T., Rennermalm, A.K., Cooley, S.W., Ryan, J.C., Miege, C., Kershner, C., Simpson, C.E. (2021) Greenland ice sheet surface position near a major supraglacial river moulin 2016, The GAGE Facility operated by UNAVCO, Inc., GPS/GNSS Observations Dataset. doi: 10.7283/GT6K-B184
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.