NWDTW 2024: Full Schedule

8:00am CDT

Rise Above (Imagery and Remote Sensing Training Track)

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

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

Paul Kinzel

Hydrologist, USGS

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

1:00pm CDT

Rating Review Toolbox (RRT) Demo and Q&A

The Rating Review Toolbox (RRT) is expected to fully replace the Rating Development Toolbox within the AQUARIUS Time-Series software around the time of the workshop. Basic functionality and common tripping points will be demonstrated followed by a questions and answers session where presenter and attendees can share available knowledge.

Speakers

Wade Walker

USGS AQ-TS Product Owner, USGS

Current USGS AQUARIUS Time-Series product owner who represents the USGS stake in the software and helps enable new USGS work within it. Spent 20 years as a Hydrologic Technician in Pueblo, CO, doing just about all types of data collection we have and developing grassroots software... Read More →

Tuesday July 16, 2024 1:00pm - 2:20pm CDT
Grand Ballroom A

COMPUTER TOOLS, TIPS AND TRICKS

Presented By Hydrologic Networks Branch (HNB)
Intended Audience General Audience
Duration 80 minutes

3:00pm CDT

Superfly: Updates and Modifications to the National Version

An overview of Superfly, the nationally supported electronic field form. The Superfly team will explain the new versions of superfly and how it has been adapted to fit new systems, such as AQS+. The Superfly team will demo how to modify the output of Superfly, review and output Superfly batch files, and customize Superfly for individual projects. Users will be able to see the form in action for common workflows, ask questions and learn about the future of Superfly. A Q&A session will occur at the end for suggestions for future improvements of Superfly.”

Speakers

Erin Coenen

Tuesday July 16, 2024 3:00pm - 3:50pm CDT
Grand Ballroom A

COMPUTER TOOLS, TIPS AND TRICKS

Presented By Hydrologic Networks Branch (HNB)
Intended Audience Intermediate
Duration 50 minutes

4:00pm CDT

How would connecting AQUARIUS Samples, LIMS, and the Field App help you?

The triangle project was established to identify ways to improve the discrete water quality workflow by improving the connections between AQUARIUS Samples, the upcoming Laboratory Information Management System, and the Unified Field Application. We'd like to hear about your workflows and think about how a more interconnected system could lead to time saved, improved data quality, fewer headaches, or all of the above!

Speakers

Dave Rus

Product owner of the Batch Data Loader and Water Quality Review (AQS tools)Member of the QWILS teamWater Quality Specialist at Nebraska WSC

Laura Flight

Supervisory Hydrologist, USGS

ShortLaura began her USGS career in 1995 as a summer student and was hired full-time in 1997 as a Hydrologic Technician running surface water and groundwater field trips and computing records. Over time she started doing LDM duties, teaching courses, and testing NWIS applications... Read More →

Tuesday July 16, 2024 4:00pm - 4:50pm CDT
Grand Ballroom A

COMPUTER TOOLS, LISTENING SESSION

Presented By Laboratory and Analytical Services Division (LASD)
Intended Audience General Audience
Duration 50 minutes

8:00am CDT

Automated Time-Series Records Status and Future

What is the current status of Water Mission Area time-series record automation work and what does the future hold for available tools and research?

Speakers

Wade Walker

USGS AQ-TS Product Owner, USGS

Wednesday July 17, 2024 8:00am - 9:20am CDT
Grand Ballroom A

COMPUTER TOOLS, ANALYSIS

Presented By Hydrologic Networks Branch (HNB)
Intended Audience Introductory
Duration 80 minutes

10:00am CDT

Using Flowtracker2 for Water Temperature Cross Sections

Showing how to use flowtracker2 acoustic data to get a water temperature cross section at a site and looking at the data with the examples.

Speakers

Diana Phillips

Hydrologist, USGS NYWSC

Diana Phillips has a Bachelor of Science in both Environmental Science with a specialization in Sustainability Science and Policy and in Criminal Justice from the University at Albany, SUNY. Diana has a range of streamgaging experience including surface water, groundwater, water quality... Read More →

Wednesday July 17, 2024 10:00am - 10:20am CDT
Grand Ballroom A

WATER QUALITY, TIPS AND TRICKS

Presented By Your WSC
Intended Audience General Audience
Duration 20 minutes

10:30am CDT

Q&A on Policies, Procedures, and Methods with HNB and OQA

During the plenary talks, attendees will hear about OQA and OCOO efforts to advance policies, procedures, and methods (PPM) development to support the Water Enterprise. This joint session, offered by the Hydrologic Network Branch (HNB) and Office of Quality Assurance (OQA), will allow attendees to ask questions about the new PPM Function, the PPM development process, and current priorities for PPM development in the coming year.

Speakers

Mike Rehmel

Tim Straub

Field Support and Research to Operations Supervisor, Hydrologic Networks Branch, Observing Systems Division, WMA

Molly Wood

Hydrologic Networks Branch Chief, USGS WMA

Wednesday July 17, 2024 10:30am - 11:20am CDT
Grand Ballroom A

LEADERSHIP, LISTENING SESSION

Presented By Hydrologic Networks Branch (HNB)
Intended Audience General Audience
Duration 50 minutes

3:00pm CDT

Preliminary Testing and Developments of the Next Generation Sampler: US-PD-21

Concerns over maintaining antiquated samplers and manufacturing techniques led to the determination that a new sampler design and production would be in the best interest of Federal Interagency Sedimentation Project (FISP) participating agencies (USGS, Bureau of Reclamation, Corps of Engineers, USDA). Applying current 3-D printing technology presents the possibility of producing one new generation sampler that could serve as both a depth- and point-integrating sampler. Components that would change the function of the sampler would be more economical to produce and reduce the cost of purchasing an entirely new sampler. 3-D printing materials will also allow many components of the sampler to be buoyant. This feature would improve recovery chances if the sampler head or parts were dropped in the water while working from a boat, therefore reducing replacement costs. Also, with sediment surrogate technology on the rise, a sampler designed to incorporate surrogate instrumentation would enhance sediment data-collection efforts.

Speakers

Tim Straub

Field Support and Research to Operations Supervisor, Hydrologic Networks Branch, Observing Systems Division, WMA

Michael Manning

Wednesday July 17, 2024 3:00pm - 3:20pm CDT
Grand Ballroom A

SEDIMENT, ANALYSIS

Presented By Federal Interagency Sedimentation Project (FISP)
Intended Audience General Audience
Duration 20 minutes

4:00pm CDT

GPS and GPS Compasses with ADCPs

A review of setup and best practices in the use of GPS for both velocity and heading data with ADCPs

Speakers

Chany Huddleston Adrianza

Supervisory Hydrologic Technician, USGS

Chany is a supervisor for the New York Water Science Center Observing Systems Branch in Troy. She served as a member and chair of the Hydroacoustics Workgroup (HaWG 2019-2024) and spends a good amount of time involved in hydroacoustics testing, helping with classes offered by the... Read More →

Wednesday July 17, 2024 4:00pm - 4:50pm CDT
Grand Ballroom A

HYDROACOUSTICS, TIPS AND TRICKS

Presented By HAWG
Intended Audience General Audience
Duration 50 minutes

8:00am CDT

USGS Water Use Data Management Function Part 1

The Water Use Data Management Function provides support for water-use data acquisition, review, management, and storage for Water Enterprise water-use data needs. This support includes developing or contributing to water use related policies, technical memos, training, and data review tools. This presentation will give an overview of the Water Use Data Management Function activities; provide an overview of water-use data available to USGS studies and how to access these data; and highlight several national and local water use projects.

Speakers

Cheryl Dieter

Thursday July 18, 2024 8:00am - 8:20am CDT
Grand Ballroom A

WATER USE, TIPS AND TRICKS

Presented By WMA (Headquarters)
Intended Audience Introductory
Duration 20 minutes

8:30am CDT

USGS Water Use Data System (WUDS) Part 2

The Water Use Data System (WUDS) is the replacement for the current Site-Specific Water Use Data System (SWUDS) database and is being developed under the NWIS Modernization effort. WUDS is planned for release by the end of September 2024, and will include retrieval access to the full Monitoring Location Registry contents and the modernized Permit and Other Identifier tables, as well as all water-use specific data from SWUDS. Batch input will support all water-use data, permits, and other identifiers.

This demo will go over the retrieval and batch-entry workflows and discuss a few of the changes from SWUDS to WUDS.

Speakers

Cheryl Dieter

Nancy Barber

Thursday July 18, 2024 8:30am - 8:50am CDT
Grand Ballroom A

WATER USE, TIPS AND TRICKS

Presented By WMA (Headquarters)
Intended Audience Introductory
Duration 20 minutes

9:00am CDT

Water Use Toolkit: Data Entry and Status Tools Part 3

This presentation will demonstrate the Data Entry and Status tools of the Water Use Toolkit. State agency reported water-use data are provided to USGS staff in many formats. To improve efficiency in entry of data into USGS site-specific water use databases, the Data Entry tool uses several crosswalk tables and translates the state agency provided data into USGS input template format.

The Status tool was developed to allow USGS staff to easily find out what data are in the USGS site-specific water use databases. This tool provides graphs, maps, and counts of the number of water use sites and the category of water use, and the number of monthly and annual data values for the country and by state. A Tableau dashboard allows users to filter by date, category, and state, and is useful for identifying available water-use data for studies with different spatial and temporal extents.

The Water Use Toolkit is a new USGS multiple component tool that was designed to improve efficiency in entering site-specific water-use data, avoid duplication of sites, and provide graphical interfaces for reviewing water quantity data in USGS databases.

Speakers

Malia Scott

Hydrologist, USGS

Samantha Sullivan

Cheryl Dieter

Thursday July 18, 2024 9:00am - 9:20am CDT
Grand Ballroom A

WATER USE, TIPS AND TRICKS

Presented By WMA (Headquarters)
Intended Audience Introductory
Duration 20 minutes

10:00am CDT

Water Use Toolkit: Site Comparison Tool part 4

This presentation will demonstrate the Site Comparison tool of the Water Use Toolkit. Each year, USGS staff create and enter large numbers of new water use sites in order to enter site-specific water use data into USGS databases. Limited site information from the source agency can make it difficult to determine if a site already exists in USGS databases. The Site Comparison tool was developed to compare source agency information with current NWIS site information. The tool allows the user to select different data components for comparison, such as name, latitude and longitude, etc. and outputs a likely match score table for the user to evaluate. This tool also has application to any new site creation in NWIS, not just water use sites.

The Water Use Toolkit is a new USGS multiple component tool that was designed to improve efficiency in entering site-specific water-use data, avoid duplication of sites, and provide graphical interfaces for reviewing water quantity data in USGS databases.

Speakers

Malia Scott

Hydrologist, USGS

Cheryl Dieter

Thursday July 18, 2024 10:00am - 10:20am CDT
Grand Ballroom A

WATER USE, TIPS AND TRICKS

Presented By WMA (Headquarters)
Intended Audience Introductory
Duration 20 minutes

10:30am CDT

Water Use Toolkit: Data Review and Outlier Detection tool (part 5)

This presentation will demonstrate the Data Review and Outlier Detection tool of the Water Use Toolkit. State agency reported water-use data often contain erroneous data and outliers, and current USGS water use databases do not have graphical user interfaces for easily reviewing these data. The Data Review and Outlier Detection tool of the Water Use Toolkit allows USGS staff to interactively review time series plots of annual and monthly water-use data, and provides the users a .csv file of potential outliers and data anomalies. The Water Use Toolkit is a new USGS multiple component tool that was designed to improve efficiency in entering site-specific water-use data, avoid duplication of sites, and provide graphical interfaces for reviewing water quantity data in USGS databases.

Speakers

Samantha Sullivan

Thursday July 18, 2024 10:30am - 10:50am CDT
Grand Ballroom A

WATER USE, TIPS AND TRICKS

Presented By WMA (Headquarters)
Intended Audience Introductory
Duration 20 minutes

1:00pm CDT

FEMA Mission-Assigned Inland Flood Response along the Missouri and Arkansas Rivers – A 2019 Retrospective

This discussion will introduce a brief walk-through of the FEMA MA process, along with planning and execution of HWM collection and engagement within incident command centers.

Speakers

Paul Rydlund

Thursday July 18, 2024 1:00pm - 1:20pm CDT
Grand Ballroom A

SURFACE WATER, ANALYSIS

Presented By Your WSC
Intended Audience General Audience
Duration 20 minutes

1:30pm CDT

Evapotranspiration and the new Li-Cor 710

Evapotranspiration (ET) is the largest flux in the water balance after precipitation. Direct measurements of ET using micrometeorology and eddy covariance are expensive and require a lot of staff time for station maintenance and data processing making it cost-prohibitive for the USGS. Last fall, Li-Cor introduced the LI-710 as a simpler and more economical one-dimension ET sensor. Through the Next-Generation Water Observing Systems R&D program, the USGS and Desert Research Institute have been evaluating the LI-710 against traditional eddy covariance measurements. The presentation and demonstration will highlight some of our current results and provide hands-on look at the sensor.

Speakers

Todd Caldwell

Research Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey

Thursday July 18, 2024 1:30pm - 1:50pm CDT
Grand Ballroom A

WATER USE, ANALYSIS

Presented By Hydrologic Networks Branch (HNB)
Intended Audience General Audience
Duration 20 minutes