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
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Hyperspectral image data and field measurements used for bathymetric mapping of the Deschutes River near Bend, OR
The U.S. Geological Survey acquired hyperspectral image data and various field measurements from a reach of the Deschutes River near Bend, OR, between Benham Falls and Dillon Falls July 26-29, 2016, to support research on remote sensing of river discharge. This parent data release includes links to child pages for the following data sets: 1) hyperspectral image data; 2) ground-based bathymetric s
Hyperspectral image data and field measurements used for bathymetric mapping of the Snake River in Grand Teton National Park, WY
Hyperspectral image data and various field measurements were acquired from a reach of the Snake River in Grand Teton National Park, WY, August 19-24, 2015, to support research on remote sensing of rivers. This parent data release includes links to child pages for the following data sets: 1) hyperspectral image data; 2) ground-based depth measurements obtained by wading and with with an acoustic D
Water surface elevations recorded by submerged water level loggers along the upper Deschutes River, Oregon, between Benham and Dillon Falls, Summer, 2016
Water-surface elevations were recorded by 17 submerged water level loggers between March and October, 2016 along a 3 kilometer reach of the upper Deschutes River, Oregon. 15 water level loggers were installed along the channel margins and 2 loggers were placed in off-channel wetland ponds. Submerged depths recorded at each logger were converted to water surface elevations using real-time kinematic
Below are publications that Brandon Overstreet has authored.
Filter Total Items: 14
Evaluating the potential for remote bathymetric mapping of a turbid, sand-bed river: 1. Field spectroscopy and radiative transfer modeling
Remote sensing offers an efficient means of mapping bathymetry in river systems, but this approach has been applied primarily to clear-flowing, gravel bed streams. This study used field spectroscopy and radiative transfer modeling to assess the feasibility of spectrally based depth retrieval in a sand-bed river with a higher suspended sediment concentration (SSC) and greater water turbidity. Atten
Authors
Carl J. Legleiter, Paul J. Kinzel, Brandon T. Overstreet
Evaluating the potential for remote bathymetric mapping of a turbid, sand-bed river: 2. application to hyperspectral image data from the Platte River
This study examined the possibility of mapping depth from optical image data in turbid, sediment-laden channels. Analysis of hyperspectral images from the Platte River indicated that depth retrieval in these environments is feasible, but might not be highly accurate. Four methods of calibrating image-derived depth estimates were evaluated. The first involved extracting image spectra at survey poin
Authors
Carl J. Legleiter, Paul J. Kinzel, Brandon T. Overstreet
Non-USGS Publications**
Smith, L. C., Andrews, L. C., Pitcher, L. H, Overstreet, B. T., Rennermalm, Å. K., Cooper, M. G., et al. 2021. Supraglacial river forcing of subglacial water storage and diurnal ice sheet motion. Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2020GL091418. doi: 10.1029/2020GL091418
Gleason, C. J. and Yang, K. and Feng, D. and Smith, L. C. and Liu, K. and Pitcher, L. H. and Chu, V. W. and Cooper, M. G. and Overstreet, B. T. and Rennermalm, A. K. and Ryan, J. C. 2021. Hourly surface meltwater routing for a Greenlandic supraglacial catchment across hillslopes and through a dense topological channel network. The Cryosphere, 15, 2315-2331. doi: 10.5194/tc-15-2315-2021
Smith, L.C., Yang, K., Pitcher, L.H, Overstreet, B.T., Chu, V.W., Rennermalm, Å.K., Ryan, J.C., Cooper, M.G., Gleason, C.J., Tedesco, M., Jeyaratnam, J., van As, D. van den Broeke, M.R., van de Berg, W.J., Noël, B., Langen, P.I, Cullather, R.I., Zhao, B., Willis, M.J., Hubbard, A., Box, J.E., Jenner, B.A., Behar, A.E. 2017. Direct measurements of meltwater runoff on the Greenland Ice Sheet surface, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 114 (50) E10622-E10631. doi: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1707743114
Overstreet B.T., Riebe C.S., Wooster, J.K., Sklar, L.S., Bellugi D. 2016. Tools for gauging the capacity of salmon spawning substrates. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 41, 130– 142. doi: 10.1002/esp.3831
Legleiter C.J., Overstreet B.T., Glennie C.L., Pan Z, Fernandez-Diaz J.C., Singhania A. 2015. Evaluating the capabilities of the CASI hyperspectral imaging system and Aquarius bathymetric LiDAR for measuring channel morphology in two distinct river environments. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 41(3), 344-363. doi: 10.1002/esp.3794
Smith, L.C., Chu, V.W., Yang, K., Gleason, C.J., Pitcher, L.H., Rennermalm, A.K., Legleiter, C.J., Behar, A.E., Overstreet, B.T., Moustafa, S.E., Tedesco, M., Forster, R.R., LeWinter, A.L., Finnegan, D.C., Sheng, W., and Balog, J. 2015. Efficient meltwater drainage through supraglacial streams and rivers on the southwest Greenland Ice Sheet. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112(4): 1001-1006. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1413024112
Pan, Z., Glennie, C. L., Hartzell, P. J., Fernandez-Diaz, J. C., Legleiter, C. J., and Overstreet, B. T. 2015. Performance Assessment of High Resolution Airborne Full Waveform LiDAR for Shallow River Bathymetry. Remote Sensing, 7(5): 5133-5159. doi: 10.3390/rs70505133
Legleiter, C.J., and Overstreet, B.T. 2014. Retrieving river attributes from remotely sensed data: an experimental evaluation based on field spectroscopy at the Outdoor Stream Lab. River Research and Applications, 30(6): 671-684. doi: 10.1002/rra.2674
Riebe C.S., Sklar L.S., Overstreet B.T., and Wooster J.K. 2014. Optimal reproduction in salmon spawning substrates linked to grain size and fish length. Water Resources Research 50 : 1–21. doi: 10.1002/2013WR014231
Legleiter, C.J., Tedesco, M., Smith, L.C., Behar, A., and Overstreet, B.T. 2014. Mapping the bathymetry of supraglacial lakes and streams on the Greenland Ice Sheet using field measurements and high resolution satellite images. The Cryosphere, 8: 215-228. doi: 10.5194/tc-8-215-2014
Fernandez-Diaz, J.C., Glennie, C.L., Carter, W.E., Shrestha, R.L, Sartori, M.P., Singhania, A., Legleiter, C.J., and Overstreet, B.T. 2014. Early Results from a Simultaneous Airborne Terrain and Shallow Water Bathymetry Mapping LiDAR Sensor. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing (JSTARS), 7(2): 623-635. doi: 10.1109/JSTARS.2013.2265255
Legleiter, C.J., and Overstreet, B.T. 2012. Mapping gravel-bed river bathymetry from space. Journal of Geophysical Research - Earth Surface, 117, F04024, doi:10.1029/2012JF002539.
Non-USGS Scientific Datasets:
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
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
Filter Total Items: 15
Hyperspectral image data and field measurements used for bathymetric mapping of the Deschutes River near Bend, OR
The U.S. Geological Survey acquired hyperspectral image data and various field measurements from a reach of the Deschutes River near Bend, OR, between Benham Falls and Dillon Falls July 26-29, 2016, to support research on remote sensing of river discharge. This parent data release includes links to child pages for the following data sets: 1) hyperspectral image data; 2) ground-based bathymetric s
Hyperspectral image data and field measurements used for bathymetric mapping of the Snake River in Grand Teton National Park, WY
Hyperspectral image data and various field measurements were acquired from a reach of the Snake River in Grand Teton National Park, WY, August 19-24, 2015, to support research on remote sensing of rivers. This parent data release includes links to child pages for the following data sets: 1) hyperspectral image data; 2) ground-based depth measurements obtained by wading and with with an acoustic D
Water surface elevations recorded by submerged water level loggers along the upper Deschutes River, Oregon, between Benham and Dillon Falls, Summer, 2016
Water-surface elevations were recorded by 17 submerged water level loggers between March and October, 2016 along a 3 kilometer reach of the upper Deschutes River, Oregon. 15 water level loggers were installed along the channel margins and 2 loggers were placed in off-channel wetland ponds. Submerged depths recorded at each logger were converted to water surface elevations using real-time kinematic
Below are publications that Brandon Overstreet has authored.
Filter Total Items: 14
Evaluating the potential for remote bathymetric mapping of a turbid, sand-bed river: 1. Field spectroscopy and radiative transfer modeling
Remote sensing offers an efficient means of mapping bathymetry in river systems, but this approach has been applied primarily to clear-flowing, gravel bed streams. This study used field spectroscopy and radiative transfer modeling to assess the feasibility of spectrally based depth retrieval in a sand-bed river with a higher suspended sediment concentration (SSC) and greater water turbidity. Atten
Authors
Carl J. Legleiter, Paul J. Kinzel, Brandon T. Overstreet
Evaluating the potential for remote bathymetric mapping of a turbid, sand-bed river: 2. application to hyperspectral image data from the Platte River
This study examined the possibility of mapping depth from optical image data in turbid, sediment-laden channels. Analysis of hyperspectral images from the Platte River indicated that depth retrieval in these environments is feasible, but might not be highly accurate. Four methods of calibrating image-derived depth estimates were evaluated. The first involved extracting image spectra at survey poin
Authors
Carl J. Legleiter, Paul J. Kinzel, Brandon T. Overstreet
Non-USGS Publications**
Smith, L. C., Andrews, L. C., Pitcher, L. H, Overstreet, B. T., Rennermalm, Å. K., Cooper, M. G., et al. 2021. Supraglacial river forcing of subglacial water storage and diurnal ice sheet motion. Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2020GL091418. doi: 10.1029/2020GL091418
Gleason, C. J. and Yang, K. and Feng, D. and Smith, L. C. and Liu, K. and Pitcher, L. H. and Chu, V. W. and Cooper, M. G. and Overstreet, B. T. and Rennermalm, A. K. and Ryan, J. C. 2021. Hourly surface meltwater routing for a Greenlandic supraglacial catchment across hillslopes and through a dense topological channel network. The Cryosphere, 15, 2315-2331. doi: 10.5194/tc-15-2315-2021
Smith, L.C., Yang, K., Pitcher, L.H, Overstreet, B.T., Chu, V.W., Rennermalm, Å.K., Ryan, J.C., Cooper, M.G., Gleason, C.J., Tedesco, M., Jeyaratnam, J., van As, D. van den Broeke, M.R., van de Berg, W.J., Noël, B., Langen, P.I, Cullather, R.I., Zhao, B., Willis, M.J., Hubbard, A., Box, J.E., Jenner, B.A., Behar, A.E. 2017. Direct measurements of meltwater runoff on the Greenland Ice Sheet surface, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 114 (50) E10622-E10631. doi: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1707743114
Overstreet B.T., Riebe C.S., Wooster, J.K., Sklar, L.S., Bellugi D. 2016. Tools for gauging the capacity of salmon spawning substrates. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 41, 130– 142. doi: 10.1002/esp.3831
Legleiter C.J., Overstreet B.T., Glennie C.L., Pan Z, Fernandez-Diaz J.C., Singhania A. 2015. Evaluating the capabilities of the CASI hyperspectral imaging system and Aquarius bathymetric LiDAR for measuring channel morphology in two distinct river environments. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 41(3), 344-363. doi: 10.1002/esp.3794
Smith, L.C., Chu, V.W., Yang, K., Gleason, C.J., Pitcher, L.H., Rennermalm, A.K., Legleiter, C.J., Behar, A.E., Overstreet, B.T., Moustafa, S.E., Tedesco, M., Forster, R.R., LeWinter, A.L., Finnegan, D.C., Sheng, W., and Balog, J. 2015. Efficient meltwater drainage through supraglacial streams and rivers on the southwest Greenland Ice Sheet. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112(4): 1001-1006. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1413024112
Pan, Z., Glennie, C. L., Hartzell, P. J., Fernandez-Diaz, J. C., Legleiter, C. J., and Overstreet, B. T. 2015. Performance Assessment of High Resolution Airborne Full Waveform LiDAR for Shallow River Bathymetry. Remote Sensing, 7(5): 5133-5159. doi: 10.3390/rs70505133
Legleiter, C.J., and Overstreet, B.T. 2014. Retrieving river attributes from remotely sensed data: an experimental evaluation based on field spectroscopy at the Outdoor Stream Lab. River Research and Applications, 30(6): 671-684. doi: 10.1002/rra.2674
Riebe C.S., Sklar L.S., Overstreet B.T., and Wooster J.K. 2014. Optimal reproduction in salmon spawning substrates linked to grain size and fish length. Water Resources Research 50 : 1–21. doi: 10.1002/2013WR014231
Legleiter, C.J., Tedesco, M., Smith, L.C., Behar, A., and Overstreet, B.T. 2014. Mapping the bathymetry of supraglacial lakes and streams on the Greenland Ice Sheet using field measurements and high resolution satellite images. The Cryosphere, 8: 215-228. doi: 10.5194/tc-8-215-2014
Fernandez-Diaz, J.C., Glennie, C.L., Carter, W.E., Shrestha, R.L, Sartori, M.P., Singhania, A., Legleiter, C.J., and Overstreet, B.T. 2014. Early Results from a Simultaneous Airborne Terrain and Shallow Water Bathymetry Mapping LiDAR Sensor. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing (JSTARS), 7(2): 623-635. doi: 10.1109/JSTARS.2013.2265255
Legleiter, C.J., and Overstreet, B.T. 2012. Mapping gravel-bed river bathymetry from space. Journal of Geophysical Research - Earth Surface, 117, F04024, doi:10.1029/2012JF002539.
Non-USGS Scientific Datasets:
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
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.