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Selected USGS Surface-Water Programs & ActivitiesFlood Inundation Mapping ScienceA powerful new tool for flood response and mitigation are digital geospatial flood-inundation maps that show flood water extent and depth on the land surface. National Streamflow Information Program (NSIP)The USGS operates and maintains approximately 7,500 streamgages which provide long-term, accurate, and unbiased information on streamflow to meet the needs of many diverse users. National Streamflow Statistics (NSS) ProgramThe NSS Program is a computer program that replaces the National Flood Frequency Program (NFF) to provide simple methods of estimating flood-peak discharges and low flow frequency/duration discharges.
StreamstatsStreamStats is a Web-based Geographic Information System (GIS) that provides users with access to an assortment of analytical tools that are useful for water-resources planning and management, and for engineering design applications, such as the design of bridges. HydroacousticsThe USGS has been involved in developing and using acoustic flow measurement technology since the late 1960s to improve the accuracy of an efficiency of streamflow measurements. USGS Office of Global Change: WelcomeWhat is Climate Change? The USGS strives to understand how the earth works and to anticipate changes in how the earth functions. To accomplish this, USGS science aims to understand the interrelationships among earth surface processes, ecological systems, and human activities. This includes understanding current changes in the context of pre-historic and recent earth processes, distinguishing between natural and human-influenced changes, and recognizing ecological and physical responses to changes in climate. Storm-Tide MonitoringThe USGS developed a mobile storm-surge network to capture information of the timing, extent, and magnitude of storm tide. Watershed ModelingModeling of watershed response to normal and extreme climatic conditions or to changes in the physical conditions of a watershed requires the simulation of a variety of complex hydrologic processes and process interactions. |