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Book 1: Collection of Water Data by Direct Measurement

Section D: Water quality

Chapter 3:  Guidelines and Standard Procedures for Continuous Water-Quality Monitors: Station Operation, Record Computation, and Data Reporting, by R.J. Wagner, R.W. Boulger, Jr., C.J. Oblinger, and B.A. Smith

Book 2: Collection of Environmental Data

Section A: Biological Science

Chapter 1:  General classification handbook for floodplain vegetation in Large River Systems, by J.J. Dieck and L.R. Robinson

Chapter 2:  Sampling protocol for monitoring abiotic and biotic characteristics of mountain ponds and lakes, by R.L. Hoffman, T.J. Tyler, G.L. Larson, M.J. Adams,Wendy Wente, and Stephanie Galvan

Chapter 3: Selection and application of microbial source tracking tools for water-quality investigations, by D.M. Stoeckel—ONLINE ONLY

Book4: Hydrologic Analysis and Interpretation

Section A: Statistical analysis

Chapter 4:  Guidelines for preparation of State water-use estimates for 2000, by J.F. Kenny

Chapter 5:  Load Estimator (LOADEST): A FORTRAN Program for estimating constituent loads in streams and rivers, by R.L. Runkel, C.G. Crawford, and T.A.Cohn—ONLINE ONLY

Chapter 7:  Kendall-Theil Robust Line (KTRLine—version 1.0)—A Visual Basic Program for Calculating and Graphing Robust Nonparametric Estimates of Linear-Regression Coefficients Between Two Continuous Variables, by Gregory E. Granato

Section B: Surface water

Chapter 4:  User's Manual for Program PeakFQ, Annual Flood-Frequency Analysis Using Bulletin 17B Guidelines, by Kathleen M. Flynn, William H. Kirby, and Paul R. Hummel

Section E: Water Use

Chapter 1:  Guidelines for preparation of State water-use estimates for 2005, compiled by Susan S. Hutson

Book5: Laboratory Analysis

Section A: Water Analysis

Chapter 7:  Methods for the preparation and analysis of solids and suspended solids for methylmercury, by J.F. DeWild, S.D. Olund, M.L. Olson, and M.T. Tate —ONLINE ONLY

Chapter 8:  Methods for the Preparation and Analysis of Solids and Suspended Solids for Total Mercury, by S.D. Olund, J.F. DeWild, M.L. Olson, M.T. Tate—ONLINE ONLY

Section B: Methods of the National Water Quality Laboratory

Chapter 1:  PHAST—A Determination of Elements in Natural-Water, Biota, Sediment, and Soil Samples Using Collision/Reaction Cell Inductively Coupled Plasma–Mass Spectrometry, by J.R. Garbarino, L.K. Kanagy, and M.E. Cree

Chapter 2:  Determination of Wastewater Compounds in Sediment and Soil by Pressurized Solvent Extraction, Solid-Phase Extraction, and Capillary-Column Gas Chromatography/ Mass Spectrometry, by Mark R. Burkhardt, Steven D. Zaugg, Steven G. Smith, and Rhiannon C. ReVello

Chapter 3:  Determination of Semivolatile Organic Compounds and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Solids by Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry, by Steven D. Zaugg, Mark R. Burkhardt, Teresa L. Burbank, Mary C. Olson, Jana L. Iverson, and Michael P. Schroeder

Book6: Modeling Techniques

Section A: Ground water

Chapter 8:  PHAST—A Program for Simulating Ground-Water Flow, Solute Transport, and Multicomponent Geochemical Reactions, by D.L. Parkhurst, K.L. Kipp, Peter Engesgaard, and S.R. Charlton—ONLINE ONLY

Chapter 10:  User Guide to the UNC Process and Three Utility Programs for Computation of Nonlinear Confidence and Prediction Intervals Using Modflow-2000, by Steen Christensen and Richard L. Cooley

Chapter 11:  UCODE_2005 and Six Other Computer Codes for Universal Sensitivity Analysis, Calibration, and Uncertainty Evaluation, by Eileen E. Poeter, Mary C. Hill, Edward R. Banta, Steffen Mehl, and Steen Christensen

Chapter 12:  Modflow-2005, The U.S. Geological Survey Modular Ground-Water Model - Documentation of Shared Node Local Grid Refinement (LGR) and The Boundary Flow and Head (BFH) Package , by Steffen W. Mehl and Mary C. Hill

Chapter 13:  Documentation of the Streamflow-Routing (SFR2) package to include unsaturated Flow Beneath Streams-A Modification to SFR1 Techniques, by Richard G. Niswonger and David E. Prudic

Chapter 16:  MODFLOW-2005, The U.S. Geological Survey Modular Ground-Water Model—the Ground-Water Flow Process, by Arlen W. Harbaugh

Chapter 17:  User Guide for the Farm Process (FMP1) for the U.S. Geological Survey's Modular Three-Dimensional Finite-Difference Ground-Water Flow Model, MODFLOW-2000, by Wolfgang Schmid, R.T. Hanson, Thomas Maddock III, and S.A. Leake

Chapter 18:  User's Guide to the Variably Saturated Flow (VSF) Process for MODFLOW, by R. Brad Thoms, Richard L. Johnson, and Richard W. Healy

Chapter 19:  Documentation of the Unsaturated-Zone Flow (UZF1) Package for Modeling Unsaturated Flow Between the Land Surface and the Water Table with MODFLOW-2005, by Richard G. Niswonger, David E. Prudic, and R. Steven Regan

Chapter 20:  GoPhast: A Graphical User Interface for PHAST, by Richard B. Winston

Section B: Surface water

Chapter 1:  Simulation of surface-water integrated flow and transport in two dimensions: SWIFT2D User.s Manual

Chapter 3:  The SPARROW Surface Water-Quality Model: Theory, Application and User Documentation , by G.E. Schwarz, A.B. Hoos, R.B. Alexander, and R.A. Smith—ONLINE ONLY

Chapter 5:  Procedures for Developing Models To Predict Exceedances of Recreational Water-Quality Standards at Coastal Beaches, by Donna S. Francy and Robert A. Darner—ONLINE ONLY

Section C: Decision Support Systems

Chapter 1:  Middle Mississippi River Decision Support System: User's Manual

Section D: Ground-Water/Surface-Water

Chapter 1:  GSFLOW—Coupled Ground-Water and Surface-Water Flow Model Based on the Integration of the Precipitation-Runoff Modeling System (PRMS) and the Modular Ground-Water Flow Model (MODFLOW-2005)

Section E. Model analysis

Chapter 1:  JUPITER: Joint Universal Parameter IdenTification and Evaluation of Reliability — An Application Programming Interface (API) for Model Analysis

Book 10: Methods of the Reston Stable Isotope Laboratory

Section A: Safety in Laboratory Activities

Section B: Terminology and Reporting of Differences in Amount Ratios of Stable Isotopes (Delta Values)

Section C: Stable Isotope-Ratio Methods

Chapter 1:   Determination of the Symbol(2H/1H) of Water: RSIL Lab Code 1574, by Kinga Révész and Tyler Coplen, 20xx.

Chapter 2:   Determination of the Symbol(18O/16O) of Water: RSIL Lab Code 489, by Kinga Révész and Tyler Coplen, 20xx.

Chapter 3:   Determination of the Symbol(18O/16O) and Symbol13C/12C) of Calcium Carbonate: RSIL Lab Code 1135, by Tyler Coplen and Kinga Révész, 20xx.

Chapter 4:   Determination of the Symbol(34S/32S) of Total Sulfur in Solids: RSIL Lab Code 1800, by Kinga Révész and Haiping Qi

Chapter 5:   Determination of the Symbol(15S/14S) (13C/12C) of Total N and C in Solids: RSIL Lab Code 1832, by Kinga Révész and Haiping Qi

Chapter 6:   Determination of the Symbol(34S/32S) of Sulfide in Rock: RSIL Lab Code 1947, by Kinga Révész and Haiping Qi, 20xx.

Chapter 7:   Determination of the Symbol(34S/32S) in Silver Sulfide: RSIL Lab Code 1948, by Kinga Révész and Haiping Qi, 20xx.

Chapter 8: Determination of the Symbol(34S/32S) of Low Concentration Sulfate in Water: RSIL Lab Code 1949, by Kinga Révész and Haiping Qi, 2005.

Chapter 9: Determination of the Symbol(34S/32S) of Sulfate in Rock: RSIL Lab Code 1950, by Kinga Révész and Haiping Qi, 2005.

Chapter 10:  Determination of the Symbol(34S/32S) of Sulfate in Water: RSIL Lab Code 1951, by Kinga Révész and Haiping Qi, 20xx.

Chapter 11:  Determination of the Symbol(15N/14N) of Total Nitrogen in Solids: RSIL Lab Code 2893, by Kinga Révész and Haiping Qi

Chapter 12:  Determination of the Symbol(15N/14N) of Nitrate in Solids: RSIL Lab Code 2894, by Kinga Révész and Karen Casciotti

Chapter 13: Determination of the Symbol(15N/14N) of Ammonium in Solids: RSIL Lab Code 2895, by Kinga Révész and Haiping Qi, 20xx.

Chapter 14:  Determination of the Symbol(15N/14N) and Symbol(18O/16O) Nitrate in Solids: RSIL Lab Code 2897, by Kinga Révész and Karen Casciotti

Chapter 15: Determination of the Symbol(15N/14N) of Ammonium in Water: RSIL Lab Code 2898.

Chapter 16:  Determination of the Symbol(15N/14N) of Nitrate in Water: RSIL Lab Code 2899, by Kinga Révész and Karen Casciotti

Chapter 17:  Determination of the Symbol(15N/14N) and Symbol(18O/16O) Nitrate in Water: RSIL Lab Code 2900, by Kinga Révész and Karen Casciotti

Chapter 18:  Determination of the Symbol(13C/12C) of Inorganic Carbon in Water: RSIL Lab Code 1710, by Tyler Coplen and Haiping Oi, 20xx.

Section D: Preparation of Isotopic Reference Materials

Section E: Calibration and Maintenance of Isotope-Ratio

Book 11: GIS Software to Remodel Population Data Using Dasymetric Mapping Methods

Section B

Chapter 1: Selection of Colors and Patterns for Geologic Maps of the U.S. Geological Survey

Section C

Chapter 1: Geographic Information System Software to Enhance Field-Data Collection and Management of Land Cover Trends Information

Chapter 2:Geographic Information System Software to Remodel Population Data Using Dasymetric Mapping Methods

Book 12: ShakeMap Manual

Section A:

Chapter 1: Technical Manual, User's Guide, and Software Guide




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