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Richard R McDonald

Hydrologist
Office of the Chief Operating Officer

Email: rmcd@usgs.gov
Office Phone: 303-236-4985
Fax: 303-279-4165
ORCID: 0000-0002-0703-0638

Location
DFC Bldg 53
Box 25046
Denver Federal Center
Denver , CO 80225-0046
US

Supervisor: Roland Viger
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The Geospatial Fabric is a dataset of spatial modeling units for use within the National Hydrologic Model that covers the conterminous United States (CONUS), Alaska, and most major river basins that flow in from Canada. This U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) data release consists of the geospatial fabric features and other related datasets created to expand the National Hydrologic Model to Hawaii. This page contains data and information related to the GIS features of the Geospaital Fabric for National Hydrologic Model, Hawaii domain. An Open Geospatial Consortium geopackage (GF_20.gpkg) contains 4 feature layers (names in parentheses): points of interest (poi), a stream network (nsegment), aggregated catchments (catchment),...
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Computational models are important tools that aid process understanding, hypothesis testing, and data interpretation. The ability to easily couple models from various domains such as, surface-water and groundwater, to form integrated models will aid studies in water resources. This project investigates the use of the Community Surface Dynamics Modeling System (CSDMS) Modeling Framework (CMF) to couple existing USGS hydrologic models into integrated models. The CMF provides a Basic Model Interface (BMI), in a range of common computer languages, that enables model coupling. In addition, the CMF also provides a Python wrapper for any model that adopts the BMI. In this project the Precipitation-Runoff Modeling...
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Geospatial Fabric for National Hydrologic Modeling, Hawaii Domain
The Geospatial Fabric is a dataset of spatial modeling units for use within the National Hydrologic Model that covers the conterminous United States (CONUS), Alaska, and most major river basins that flow in from Canada. This U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) data release consists of the geospatial fabric features and other related datasets created to expand the National Hydrologic Model to Hawaii. These datasets are found as child items to this landing page: 1) Data Layers for the Geospatial Fabric for National Hydrologic Modeling, Hawaii Domain, 2) GIS (Geographic Information Systems) Features of the Geospatial Fabric for National Hydrologic Modeling, Hawaii Domain, 3) Parameter Database for the National Hydrologic...
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A topographic and bathymetric survey was collected along a reach of the Green River downstream of Dinosaur National Monument. The surveyed reach extends approximately 16 kilometers upstream and 6 kilometers downstream of the U.S. Route 40 bridge near Jensen, Utah. The topographic and bathymetric data include survey point data for 382 cross sections over 22 kilometers and are provided as a text file of easting, northing and elevation, in meters. The cross-section location data were collected using real-time kinematic Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) by USGS personnel from March 26, 2018, through March 29, 2018 using a combination of Sound Navigation and Ranging (SONAR) and wading techniques.
Hyperspectral image data and field measurements of Rhodamine WT dye concentration were obtained during a tracer study conducted at the Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology's River Experiment Center May 17-20, 2017, to support research on dispersion in river channels. The image data included in this data release were acquired using a Nano-Hyperspec (Headwall Photonics, Inc.) mounted on an Aerotestra ATNK09, a small multirotor unmanned aircraft system (UAS). The in situ concentration data were collected using electronic fluorometers (YSI 600-OMS sonde with 6130 Rhodamine WT sensor). Image time stamps were used to link concentration time series recorded by the sondes to specific pixels. The...
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