USGS Activities in Nevada -- Amargosa Desert Research Site

Note: Schedule is tentative and subject to change.

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December 1999

	USGS-NRP & NV (12/6-9): service air-pressure instruments; Amargosa River infiltration tests. Contact: Dave Stonestrom, Amy Stewart
	USGS (12/7-17): drill, sample, and instrument borehole (UZB-3) to collect data on contaminant-transport processes in an arid environment. Contact: Dave Prudic, Brian Andraski
	USGS-NV (12/7-17): measure ground-water level and soil moisture; service weather and water-potential instruments; service evapotranspiration instruments and soil-CO2 flux chambers. Contact: Brian Andraski
	USGS-GD and University of Kansas (12/16-20): collect soil profile samples for geologic characterization of alluvial fans in the Amargosa Desert. Contact: John Whitney

November 1999

	USGS-NV (10/9-10): measure ground-water level; service weather, water-potential, and air-pressure instruments; service evapotranspiration instruments and soil-CO2 flux chambers. Contact: Brian Andraski
	USGS-GD (10/9-19): test noninvasive geophysical methods for characterizing geologic structure of the ADRS. Contact: Jeff Lucius
	USGS-NRP (11/16-17): service precipitation sampler and air-pressure instruments. Contact: Dave Stonestrom

October 1999

	USGS-NRP (10/7): service ADRS air-pressure instruments and Amargosa River instruments. Contact: Dave Stonestrom
	USGS-NRP (10/20-22): service evapotranspiration instruments and soil-CO2 flux chambers. Contact: Alan Riggs

September 1999

USGS-NV (9/22-24): measure soil moisture and ground-water level; service weather, water-potential, and air-pressure instruments; construct instrument shelter; service evapotranspiration instruments and soil-CO2 flux chambers.
Contact: Brian Andraski

August 1999

	USGS-NRP (8/6-7): service evapotranspiration instruments and soil-CO2 flux chambers. Contact: Dave Stannard
	USGS-NRP (8/11): service ADRS air-pressure instruments and Amargosa River instruments. Contact: Dave Stonestrom

July 1999

	USGS-NV (7/14-16): measure soil moisture and ground-water level; service weather, water-potential, and air-pressure instruments; GPS measurements; service evapotranspiration instruments and soil-CO2 flux chambers. Contact: Brian Andraski
	USGS-NV and -NRP (7/20-22): service temperature sensors in ungaged arroyos, Upper Amargosa Basin. Contact: Dave Stonestrom

June 1999

USGS (6/28-30): service evapotranspiration instruments and soil-CO2 flux chambers.
Contact: Alan Riggs

May 1999

	USGS (5/6-10): field mapping of geology. Contact: John Whitney
	USGS-NV (5/11-15): measure soil moisture and ground-water level; service weather and water-potential instruments; service evapotranspiration instruments and soil-CO2 flux chambers. Contact: Brian Andraski
	USGS in cooperation with Univ. of Texas-Austin, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison (5/11-24): service bulk precipitation sampler; soil-gas sampling; plant sampling; Amargosa River infiltration tests; retrieve water-potential instruments; geophysical surveys; groundwater sampling; install air-pressure measurement equipment; bulk soil sampling. Contact: Brian Andraski, Dave Stonestrom

April 1999

	USGS (4/7-9): service evapotranspiration instruments and soil-CO2 flux chambers. Contact: Alan Riggs
	USGS-NV (4/20-22): measure soil moisture and ground-water level; service weather and water-potential instruments. Contact: Brian Andraski

March 1999

USGS-NV (3/22/-26): topographic survey; measure soil moisture, erosion/subsidence pins, and ground-water level; service weather and water-potential instruments.
Contact: Brian Andraski

February 1999

USGS-NV (2/22-25): service evapotranspiration instruments and soil CO2 flux chambers; measure soil moisture and ground-water level; service weather and water-potential instruments.
Contact: Brian Andraski

January 1999

	USGS (1/18-20): service evapotranspiration instruments and soil CO2 flux chambers. Contact: Dave Stannard
	USGS Toxic Substances Hydrology Program--Technical Review of the ADRS (1/20-22). Contact: Brian Andraski or Dave Stonestrom

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