GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA - 2016

Session No. 101
Monday, 26 September 2016: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 502 (Colorado Convention Center)

T113. Remote Sensing Applications in Hydrology and Geology

GSA Hydrogeology Division; GSA Geoinformatics Division; GSA Geology and Society Division
R.H. Becker and Mohamed Ahmed, Advocates
8:00 AM
AN IMPROVED WATER INDEX FOR MAPPING SUBPIXEL WETLAND INUNDATION AND ITS UTILITY IN UNDERSTANDING THE GEOLOGY OF LAND AREA CHANGE
AMER, Reda1, KOLKER, Alexander2 and MUSCIETTA, Annelise1, (1)Earth and Environmental Sciences, Tulane University, 6823 St. Charles Ave., Blessey Hall, New Orleans, LA 70118, (2)Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, 8124 Highway 56, Chauvin, LA 70344, ramer1@tulane.edu
8:15 AM
NEAR REAL TIME RIVER DISCHARGE OBSERVATION AND FLOOD INUNDATION MAPPING USING SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING PRODUCTS
COHEN, Sagy, Geography, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, BRAKENRIDGE, G. Robert, Csdms Instaar, University of Colorado, Campus Box 450, Boulder, CO 80309-0450 and KETTNER, Albert, institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80305, sagy.cohen@ua.edu
8:30 AM
APPLICATION OF REMOTELY-SENSED SURFACE-WATER INUNDATION DATA TO CALIBRATE A COUPLED GROUNDWATER SURFACE-WATER MODEL OF THE GREAT DISMAL SWAMP IN VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA, USA
EGGLESTON, Jack1, DECKER, Jeremy D.2, JONES, John W.3, KIM, Jin Woo4, LU, Zhong4 and ZHU, Zhiliang5, (1)US Geological Survey, New England Water Science Center, 79 Greenough St, Brookline, MA 02445, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, 3110 SW 9th Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33315, (3)USGS, Eastern Geographic Science Center, Reston, VA 20192, (4)SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY, Dallas, TX 75275, (5)USGS, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192, jegglest@usgs.gov
8:45 AM
ASSESSING WATER BUDGET IN THE SUDD MARSHES USING GRACE AND MODIS, 2003-2016
BECKER, R.H., Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Toledo, 2801 Bancroft St, Toledo, OH 43606 and CLINE, Michael, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Toledo, 2801 Bancroft Ave, Toledo, OH 43606, richard.becker@utoledo.edu
9:00 AM
PROJECTING GRACE-DERIVED TERRESTRIAL WATER STORAGE (TWS) DATA OVER THE AFRICAN WATERSHEDS
AHMED, Mohamed, Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, 41522, Egypt, SULTAN, Mohamed, Geosciences, Western Michigan University, 1903 W. Michigan Ave, Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5241 and ELBAYOUMI, Tamer M., Statistics, Oklahoma State University, 301 MSCS Bldg, Stillwater, OK 74078, mohamed.ahmed@wmich.edu
9:15 AM
A REMOTE SENSING MASS BALANCE APPROACH TO ESTIMATING SPATIAL RECHARGE IN CALIFORNIA'S CENTRAL VALLEY AQUIFERS
GOTTSCHALK, Ian Paul, Geophysics Department, Stanford University, 371 Panama Mall, Stanford, CA 94305 and LAKSHMI, Venkat, Geological Sciences, Univ of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, ianpg@stanford.edu
 
9:30 AM
Break
9:45 AM
SPATIOTEMPORAL VARIABILITY OF SNOW DEPLETION CURVES DERIVED FROM SNODAS FOR THE CONTERMINOUS UNITED STATES, 2004-2013
DRISCOLL, Jessica M.1, HAY, Lauren E.1, MCCABE, Gregory J.1 and BOCK, Andrew R.2, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, National Research Program, Denver Federal Center, MS 418, Box 25046, Denver, CO 80225, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, Colorado Water Science Center, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225; U.S. Geological Survey, National Research Program, Denver Federal Center, MS 418, Box 25046, Denver, CO 80225, jdriscoll@usgs.gov
10:00 AM
A FULLY AUTOMATED, MULTI-SENSOR ASSESSMENT  OF TERMINUS POSITION AND ICEBERG DENSITY OF HELHEIM OUTLET GLACIER, GREENLAND
ROBSON, Benjamin Aubrey1, PULWICKI, Alexandra2, STEARNS, Leigh3, HÖLBLING, Daniel4, KOLLER, Max1 and NIELSEN, Pål Ringkjøb1, (1)Department of Geography, University of Bergen, Fosswinckelsgate 6, Bergen, 5007, Norway, (2)Department of Earth Sciences, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada, (3)Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd., Lawrence, KS 66045, (4)Department of Geoinfomatics -Z_GIS, University of Salzburg, Schillerstrasse 30, Salzburg, 5020, Austria, benjamin.robson@uib.no
10:15 AM
A GEOCHEMICAL, GEOPHYSICAL, AND REMOTE SENSING-BASED APPROACH FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF THE AGE, ORIGIN, AND SUSTAINABLE UTILIZATION OF FOSSIL AQUIFERS IN SAHARAN AFRICA AND ARABIA
SULTAN, Mohamed1, AHMED, Mohamed2, STURCHIO, Neil3, AL SEFRY, Saleh4, EMIL, Mustafa5, ABUABDULLAH, Mazen M.4 and OTHMAN, Abdullah Ghurmu1, (1)Geosciences, Western Michigan University, 1903 W. Michigan Ave, Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5241, (2)Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, 41522, Egypt, (3)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Daleware, 101 Penny Hall, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, (4)Saudi Geological Survey, Saudi Geological Survey, Jeddah, 21514, Saudi Arabia, (5)Geosciences, Western Michigan University, 1903 W. Michigan Avenue, Kalamazoo, MI 49008, mohamed.sultan@wmich.edu
10:30 AM
SATELLITE AND HYDROGEOLOGIC OBSERVATIONS REVEAL IMMINENT DESTRUCTION, WORLD HERITAGE EGYPTIAN MUDBRICK "FORT", HIERAKONPOLIS: UPPER EGYPT
PARIZEK, Richard R.1, PARIZEK, Katarin A.2, EL-GOHARY, AMR3, WALTERS, Elizabeth J.4, ALEXANDER, Shelton5 and GOLD, David P.1, (1)Department of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, (2)Richard R. Parizek and Associates, 751 McKee Street, State College, PA 16803, (3)GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICAL SCIENCES DEPARTMENT, NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE, CAIRO, Egypt, (4)Art History, The Pennsylvania State University, 209 Borland Building, University Park, PA 16802, (5)GEOSCIENCES, PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY PARK, PA 16802, parizek@ems.psu.edu
10:45 AM
INSAR MEASUREMENTS OF SUBSIDENCE AND EARTHQUAKE SWARMS IN THE WESTERN PAKISTAN
HUANG, Jingqiu, University of Houston, 3507 Cullen Blvd, Houston, TX 77204; Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, KHAN, Shuhab, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77004, ABIR, Ismail Ahmad, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204 and GHULAM, Abduwasit, Center for Sustainability, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO 63108, sdkhan@uh.edu
11:00 AM
IDENTIFYING SPECIES HABITATS IN ARID SETTINGS USING REMOTE SENSING AND GEOMORPHIC ATTRIBUTES
YOUNG, Michael H.1, CALDWELL, Todd G.1, ANDREWS, John R.1, MERKLER, Douglas J.2 and SAYLAM, Kutalmis1, (1)Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, University Station, Box X, Austin, TX 78713, (2)USDA, NRCS, 7080 La Cienega Street, Suite 100, Las Vegas, NV 89119, michael.young@beg.utexas.edu
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