NWDTW 2024

This training is in two parts: a morning classroom session and an afternoon hands-on session. The classroom portion will cover policy and procedures for running station levels found within the Techniques and Methods 3-A19 Levels at Gaging Stations as well as proper documentation within SVMobileAQ and SLAP. The hands-on session will include students using the digital instrument, reading the rod optically, running a short circuit to completion, and the proper way to level in reference and auxiliary gages; this portion will be outdoors or indoors depending upon weather conditions so plan accordingly. Students will need to bring their computers and have SVMobileAQ loaded onto them.

 In this full-day training track, students will gain knowledge and basic concepts about the available tools and techniques leveraging imagery and remote sensing for hydrometry applications. Students will be exposed to image and Doppler radar velocimetry techniques, camera hardware, and software configuration concepts. Additionally, students will learn where to find satellite data that can help them plan field work and improve their ground-based measurements.  

• 8:00am-9:45am: Introduction to Image Velocimetry Methods 
• 9:45am-11:15am: USGS introduction to the Toolbox for River Velocimetry Using Images from Aircraft (TRiVIA)
• 11:30am-1:00pm: Doppler Velocity Radars, Drones, and the Probability Concept Method
• 1:00pm-2:00pm: Lunch Break
• 2:00pm-3:30pm: Camera-Based Monitoring Hardware and Software Basics
• 3:30pm-5:00pm: No-Cost, open-source satellite data viewing and access