U.S. Domestic Resources
Welcome to the H2infO U.S. Domestic Resources Page. On this page you will find U.S. Water Partnership member resources aimed at helping domestic stakeholders address the unique water challenges of the United States.
U.S. Domestic Resources
USGS WaterWatch
Published:
November 2, 2016U.S. Geological Survey
Display National and State maps, graphs, and tables describing real-time, recent, and past streamflow conditions for the United States including locations where floods and droughts are occurring. (Real-time data, in most cases, are transmitted once every 1 to 4 hours.) Also, you can select USGS...Read more
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North AmericaUnited StatesUSGS Flood History
Published:
October 5, 2016U.S. Geological Survey
This website allows users to click on an event name to access news, data, and resources for regional flood events that involved a national coordinated USGS response.Read more
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North AmericaUnited StatesUSGS National Water Information System (NWIS)
Published:
November 2, 2016U.S. Geological Survey
Provides access to water-resources data collected at over 1.5 million sites in the 50 States and selected other areas. Data are organized by: o Current conditions—sites with real-time or recent surface-water, groundwater, or water-quality data.
o Site information—descriptive site information for...Read more
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North AmericaUnited StatesUSGS Water Science School - Questions and Answers
U.S. Geological Survey
A part of the USGS Water Science School, this page provides a series of questions and answers surrounding water. Topics include Water at Home, Water Use, Measuring Water, Water Chemistry and Quality, and the Water Around Us.Read more
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United StatesNorth AmericaLandsat and Water- Case Studies of the Uses and Benefits of Landsat Imagery in Water Resources
Published:
January 1, 1970U.S. Geological Survey
The majority of the case studies in this report focus on the use of Landsat data in the area of water resource management, including both U.S. and international uses and benefits. The report begins with a broad examination of laws and policies supporting the Landsat program and best available...Read more
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United StatesNorth AmericaDownscaled CMIP3 and CMIP5 Climate and Hydrology Projections
U.S. Geological Survey
The archive provides climate and hydrologic projections at spatial and temporal scales relevant to some of the watershed and basin-scale decisions facing water and natural resource managers and planners dealing with climate change. Such access permits several types of analyses, including: (1)...Read more
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United StatesNorth AmericaVegetation Drought Response Index (VEGDRI)
Published:
June 30, 2014U.S. Geological SurveyRobert B. Daugherty Water for Food Institute at the University of Nebraska
The National Drought Mitigation Center (NDMC) produces VegDRI in collaboration with the US Geological Survey's (USGS) Center for Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS), and the High Plains Regional Climate Center (HPRCC). Main researchers working on VegDRI are Dr. Brian Wardlow, with...Read more
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United StatesNorth AmericaTechniques for Assessing Hydrological Potentials in Developing Countries, State-Of-The-Art Research Priorities
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January 1, 1973U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentU.S. Geological Survey
This report is based in large part on a preliminary analysis prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey for USAID. This preliminary report was modified and supplemented as the result of comments solicited from numerous reviewers in U.S. Government agencies.Read more
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United StatesNorth America