Subduction Retrieval [XKCD]
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https://xkcd.com/3218/
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“PSA: Please stay out of the Pacific Ocean today. Someone lost their wedding ring in a subduction zone and USGS is pulling the plate back up to retrieve it…
Aww, the oceanic crust and the continental crust are getting married!...”
#PSA #geology #platetectonics #subduction #margins #XKCD #fedservice #publicservice #RingOfFire #weddingring #humor #humour #PacificOcean
#USGS #XKCD

Why Does The USGS Use The Spelling "Gage" Instead Of "Gauge"?
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https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/why-does-usgs-use-spelling-gage-instead-gauge <-- shared technical post
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https://labs.waterdata.usgs.gov/visualizations/gages-through-the-ages/index.html <-- shared link, “[USGS] Gages Through the Ages - How the history of streamgaging reflects the evolving water needs of the nation”
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“[1888 graduate student Frederick Haynes] Newell is purported to be the person responsible for the adoption of the USGS spelling of “gage” instead of “gauge”. Around 1892, Newell reasoned that “gage” was the proper Saxon spelling before the Norman influence added a 'u'…”
#water #hydrography #history #stream #gage #gauge #surfacewater #streamgage #network #Nation #flow #waterresources #mapping #spatial #waterflow #watersecurity #fedscience #fedservice #publicgood #opendata #monitoring
#USGS

Aquatic Reflectance Derived From Sentinel-2 Multispectral Imager Data For Inland Waters In The Conterminous United States
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https://doi.org/10.1002/lol2.70112 <-- shared paper
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2025.124432 <-- shared ‘related’ paper
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🚨 🛰️
#GIS #spatial #mapping #fedscience #openscience #publicgood #fedservice #water #hydrography #hydrology #remotesensing #satellite #sentinel #spatialanalysis #usecase #surfacereflectance #waterquality #waterresources #spatiotemporal #change #aquatic #ecosystems #earthobservation #atmospheric #correction #inlandwater #freshwater #turbidity #opendata
#USGS | #ESA

Mapping What Matters - How the USGS delivers actionable geospatial information to address Federal priorities and support CBP Goals
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https://gis.chesapeakebay.net/gsat/priorities/ <-- shared technical article
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https://www.chesapeakebay.net/files/documents/CBWA-2025-IV-Final-Facing.pdf <-- shared Revised Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement
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https://www.baltimoremagazine.com/section/travel/chesapeake-bay-maryland-natural-treasure-inspires-how-we-eat-play-live/ <-- shared technical media article – “The Wonder Of The Bay”
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #USGS #fedscience #fedservice #publicgood #GeospatialScienceandApplicationsTeam #GSAT #ChesapeakeBay #USA #partnership #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #watershed #water #hydrology #conservation #restoration #planning #polict #management #StrategicPlan #usecase
#USGS

A ‘Waylaid' Teaching Diorama – USGS “Geology For Land Use”
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For about 3 years, this gorgeous diorama has ‘just’ been sitting in a corner of a (common) hallway.
I can’t help but wonder its history:
• What prompted its creation?
• Who was the artisan (truly!) that created it and used those components and focus?
• When was it created? (late 1960s as an educated guess????)
• Why was it seen as useful / in what setting? (as I am sure it was)
• How was it funded?
(never mind that I want to claim it for my office, space notwithstanding…)
#geology #landuse #trainingaid #education #diorama #oldschool #fedscience #fedservice #education #technical #professional #spatial #landform #geomorphology #usecase #appliedscience #geoscience #USGS
@USGS

Good To Be (Back) At #GeoWeek
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https://www.geo-week.com/
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Volunteering at the #USGS booth, meeting & re-meeting fellow spatial professionals, seeing all the sweet hardware, and more...
(moving next year, so taking advantage of it being local to me...)
#GIS #spatial #mapping #conference #Denver #professional #hardware #professional #NGTOC #3DHP #3DEP #opendata #fedscience #fedservice
@GeoWeeK

From Space To Field - Putting satellite insights into growers’ hands [OpenET]
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https://irrigationtoday.org/features/from-space-to-field/ <-- shared technical media article
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https://etdata.org/ <-- shared OpenET home page
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https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/openet-satellite-based-water-data-resource/ <-- shared NASA technical article
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https://youtu.be/Rbobf6aurLs?si=Q0kN9eiZH0gT8O5m <-- shared OpenET overview video
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#OpenET #openscience #opendata #publicgood #publicservice #nonprofit #fedscience #fedservice #evapotranspiration #ET #Landsat #OLI #OperationalLandImager #groundwater #water #hydrology #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #agriculture #USA #farming #waterresources #watermanagement #planning #watersecurity #satellite #remotesensing #earthobservation #model #modeling #irrigation #metrology #raster #cost #economics #efficiency #foodproduction #mobileapp #FARMS #view #download #usecase #reporting
#OpenET #USGS #USDA @NASA #USGS_EROS

"Who Is Government? - The Untold Story of Public Service"
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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/219551344-who-is-government-the-untold-story-of-public-service <-- shared book details
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https://www.youtube.com/live/GuA_TUxi-5k?si=WbxW5iCGbzVMZNYW <-- shared video overview from the author
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My other ½ heard about this book in her #NOAA #bookclub - and got it for me for Xmas! 😀
I am very much looking forward to this series of essays...
#fedservice #fedscience #readingforpleasure #publicservice #publicgood #government #civilservice #society #resource #workers #stories #businessofgovernment #consequences #returnoninvestment #usecase

FEMA Mobile App [free] [USA]
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https://www.ready.gov/ <-- shared Ready-iness FEMA web site
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“Download the newly updated FEMA App to get preparedness strategies and real-time weather and emergency alerts…”
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“Launched in February 2003, Ready is a National public service campaign designed to educate and empower the American people to prepare for, respond to and mitigate emergencies and disasters...
Ready… ask individuals to do four key things:
• Stay informed about the different types of emergencies that could occur and their appropriate responses
• Make a family emergency plan.
• Build an emergency supply kit.
• Get involved in your community by taking action to prepare for emergencies…”
#risk #hazard #geohazard #flood #fire #winter #extremeweather #fedscience #fedservice #publicgood #publicservive #taxpayer #safety # #preparedness #emergencies #disasters #app #phone #hazardreadiness #readiness #free #FEMA
@FEMA

Fire Event Explorer [NASA]
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https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/dashboard/tools/fire-event-explorer <-- shared NASA mapping resource
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“This tool visualizes near real-time (NRT) satellite-based fire perimeters, active portions of fire perimeters (fire lines), and active fire pixel detections for the current year.
Use the bottom panel to select different date ranges or subset fires by size, duration, or intensity. Click on an individual fire to visualize the time series of fire growth every 12 hours and create video outputs in GIF or WebM formats.
These fire tracking data are from the Fire Event Data Suite (FEDS) algorithm. Find out more:
• FEDS data source documentation
• OpenVEDA documentation
• Earthdata VEDA dashboard..."
#GIS #spatial #mapping #VEDA #nearrealtime #satellite #remotesensing #fire #wildfire #extremeweather #perimeter #download #detection #monitoring #FireEventExplorer #FEDS #NRT #OpenVEDA #earthdata #VIIRS #landform #opendata #fedscience #fedservice #risk #hazard #infrastructre #NASA
@nasa