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Field inventory and monitoring
Repeated observation or sampling at a site, on a scheduled or event basis, for study and analysis. In general, this category excludes sampling programs in which materials are obtained in the field and brought back to a laboratory for study and analysis.
Subtopics:
Acoustic methods (30 items)
Borehole logging (5 items)
CTD measurement (1 items)
Ecosystem monitoring (71 items)
Electromagnetic surveying (10 items)
Handheld field spectroscopy (1 items)
Seismic methods (41 items)
Stream-gage measurement (110 items)
Telemetry (10 items)
Tiltmeter measurement (5 items)
Video monitoring (6 items)
Vocalization methods (1 items)
Animal and plant census (3 items)
Optical methods (3 items)
Gravimeter measurement (3 items)
Magnetometer measurement (1 items)
Tomography (1 items)

Ocean current measurement (1 items)
Ocean monitoring (29 items)
Volcano monitoring (11 items)
Weather monitoring (40 items)
Precipitation measurement (10 items)
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Article from Wildlife Monographs no. 100 (1988) on the relationships of wetland habitat dynamics and life history to the breeding distributions of the various species of ducks with information on research methods and references.
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Discovery for Recovery: an International Pintail Recovery Initiative (Pinsat) [New Window]
Using satellite telemetry and field studies to track pintail ducks during spring migration north from California's Central Valley plus pintails in New Mexico and Texas. Includes links to migration maps, journal, duck calls, and field methods.
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Drought water homepage with links to maps showing streamflow conditions, drought definitions, resources, publications, and answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs).
Earthquake Hazards Program [New Window]
Information on earthquake activity, earthquake science, and earthquake hazard reduction with links to news reports, products and services, educational resources for teachers, glossary, and current U.S. earthquake activity map.
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Information on earthquakes in central and eastern United States with links to earthquake monitoring, published products, recent earthquake information, discussion group, and current projects.
Earthquake Hazards Program - Northern California [New Window]
Home page for Northern California Earthquake Hazards Program with links to earthquake news, real-time earthquake and shaking maps, earthquake probabilities, latest earthquake information, hazards and preparedness, research and special features.
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Collects a series of short articles on earthquake science and related topics for students, teachers, and parents originally published as weekly features in The San Francisco Chronicle.
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