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Surface Water

Mission Statement

Data
   WaterWatch
   Real-time Streamflow
   Historical Streamflow
   Suspended Sediment
   Benchmark Glaciers
   Instantaneous Data Archive - IDA
 
Programs
   Streamflow Info (NSIP)
   Flood Frequency (NFF)
   National Streamflow Statistics (NSS)
   StreamStats
   Global Change Hydrology
   Watershed Modeling
   Storm-Tide Monitoring
   Hydroacoustics
 
Facilities
   Instrumentation (HIF)

   Hydraulics Laboratory
   Sedimentation (FISP)
   Delaware River Master
 
Publications
   Fact Sheets
   Technical Memoranda
   Reports
   Bulletin 17B
   WR Glossaries
 
Techniques
   Hydrology
   Hydraulics
   Fluvial Sediment
   Bridge Scour
   Instrumentation
   Applications Software
   Hydro 21
 
Additional SW Info
   Photo Gallery
   Special Topics
   Other Sources
 
More Water Info
   Ground Water
   Water Quality
   Water Use
   Cooperative Program
   Water Resources Mission
 

Need more information about surface water? Contact the USGS Office of Surface Water at (703)648-5301.

Fluvial Sediment
Please contact John R. Gray with questions.

 

Announcements
Introduction to suspended-sediment sampling: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5077 (also available CD-ROM).

Sediment Conferences, Workshops and Events
Future, compiled by the Subcommittee on Sedimentation

Past USGS-led Workshops:

Sediment Monitoring Instrument Research and Analysis Research Workshop, September 9-11, 2003, Flagstaff, Arizona
Turbidity and Other Sediment Surrogates Workshop, April 30-May 2, 2002
Sediment Technology for the 21st Century, February 17-19, 1998, St. Petersburg, FL
USGS Sediment Workshop Proceedings, February 4-7, 1997, Reston, VA and Harpers Ferry, WV

General Fluvial Sediment Information and Publications
Annotated Definitions of Selected Geomorphic Terms and Related Terms of Hydrology, Sedimentology, Soil Science and Ecology (OFR 2008-1217)
Selected Fluvial Sediment-Related Publications
National Sediment Laboratory Quality Assurance Program
Bridge Scour
USGS Sediment Memorandum

Training
Sediment Data Collection Training Course SW1091TC - 5 days

Lectures on PowerPoint from the USGS Training Course, "Sediment Data Collection Techniques,"
  April 26-March 2, 2001, Castle Rock and Vancouver, WA
QW1169TC - Geomorphic Analysis of Fluvial Systems
ID2020TC - Modeling Flow and Transport in a Riverine Environment, 5 days
SW1091TC - Sediment Data-Collection Techniques, 5 days
SW2096TC - Sediment Records Computation & Interpretation, 5 days
SW2008TC - Watershed System Modeling I, 5 days
SW3018TC - Watershed System Modeling II, 5 days

Software
SLEDS - Cascades Volcano Observatory SedLab - SLEDS Program
MODEIN - Computation of total sediment discharge by the modified Einstein procedure
SEDDISCH - Computation of fluvial sediment discharge
SEDSIZE - Particle-size statistics of fluvial sediments

Instrumentation & Technology
Federal Interagency Sedimentation Project: Broderick E. Davis, Acting Chief
Sediment Technology for 21st Century: John Gray

Monitoring & Databases
Summary of U.S. Geological Survey On-Line Instantaneous Fluvial Sediment and Ancillary Data
OSW Technical Memorandum No. 99.02, Description of USGS Historical Daily Value Sediment Data Base
USGS Historical Sediment Data Base

Research & Modeling
USGS, Water Resources Division, National Research Project, Geomorophology and Sediment Transport Projects
USGS, Geologic Division, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Toxics Program

USGS Water Discipline Sediment Laboratories
Coordination of Federal Sedimentation Activities
Federal Interagency Subcommittee on Sedimentation

Current and Proposed International Sedimentation Activities
World Association for Sedimentation and Erosion Research (WASER)
Bedload Research International Cooperative (BRIC)
Proposed International Watershed Research Network

Selected References and Information Sources


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