NWDTW 2024: Full Schedule

8:00am CDT

Procedures for Running Station Levels & Hands-On Training

Monday July 15, 2024 8:00am - 4:00pm CDT

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.

Speakers

Seth Bishop

Monday July 15, 2024 8:00am - 4:00pm CDT
Midway 7

GNSS/SURVEYING, COURSE

Presented By Geospatial Data Collection Group
Intended Audience Introductory
Duration 8 Hours

8:00am CDT

Rise Above (Imagery and Remote Sensing Training Track)

Monday July 15, 2024 8:00am - 5:00pm CDT

Grand Ballroom A

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

Speakers

Frank Engel

Geographer, U.S. Geological Survey

Me in a Sentence: Geographer and researcher passionate about developing new tools, technology, and apps using remote sensing to solve real-world problems.A bit more about me:I joined the Illinois WSC Data Section in 2012 while pursuing my Ph.D. in Geography and Civil Engineering... Read More →

John Fulton

Research Hydrologist, USGS

John is a DOI sUAS remote pilot and Research Hydrologist for the Colorado Water Science Center. His interests include (1) remote sensing from fixed- and drone-based platforms, (2) operationalizing Doppler and pulsed radars to measure river discharge in small- and big-river systems... Read More →

Matt Gyves

Physical Scientist, U.S. Geological Survey

NGWOS Hydrologic Instrumentation Research and Development Project Manager (HI R&D), with the goal of advancing water observing technologies and capabilities within the integrated water science basins and the USGS nationally.

Matt Nicotra

Physical Scientist, USGS

Surface Water quantification.

Russ Lotspeich

Hydrologist, USGS VA-WV WSC

Robert (Russ) Lotspeich is a Hydrologist in the Hydrologic Networks Branch of the USGS Water Resources Mission Area. Russ' interests are in developing new and innovative technologies and methods to aide in data collection activities across the Water Enterprise. As the Research to... Read More →

Dave Owens

UMid WSC - Madison WI

Dave Owens represents the Upper Midwest (UMid) Water Science Center in Madison, WI where he has worked as a hydro tech, project chief, lead IT specialist, operations manager and Innovation specialist for the last 34 years. He has extensive experience with Campbell Scientific dataloggers... Read More →

Carl Legleiter

Research Hydrologist, USGS

As a member of the USGS Water Resources Mission Area Hydrologic Remote Sensing Branch, Carl conducts research on remote sensing of rivers, specifically retrieval of depth, velocity, and other channel attributes from various types of image data. Current efforts are focused on the development... Read More →

John Jones

Chelsea Vande Pol

Hydrologic Technician, USGS

Merritt Harlan

Research Hydrologist, USGS Water Mission Area

Paul Kinzel

Hydrologist, USGS

I am a hydrologist with the Hydrologic Remote Sensing Branch. My research interests involve evaluating innovative techniques for measuring velocity and bathymetry in rivers. I have expertise in fluvial geomorphology, surveying and mapping river channels, and hydrodynamic modeling... Read More →

Monday July 15, 2024 8:00am - 5:00pm CDT
Grand Ballroom A

IMAGING/REMOTE SENSING, COURSE

Presented By Hydrologic Remote Sensing Branch
Intended Audience Introductory
Duration 8 Hours