Vegetation mapping on the Hawaiian island of Lanai [2024 INV#WO0000000109501]
accurately classify plant species across the Hawaiian island of Lanai, producing detailed maps that can support conservation planning and monitoring of both native and invasive sp…
Delineating sub-surface drainage using satellite imagery [2024 INV#WO0000000109525]
Knowing subsurface drainage (tile-drain) extent is integral to understanding how landscapes respond to precipitation events and subsequent days of drying, as well as how soil char…
Mapping sagebrush from drones to satellites [2024 INV#WO0000000109568]
accurate maps of sagebrush are needed to identify seasonal habitats of sage-grouse for the Bureau of Land Management
Use of artificial intelligence tools for optimization and documentation for computer codes [2024 INV#WO0000000109681]
computer codes are needed that implement earthquake rupture forecasts and ground-motion models. This project uses ChatGPT to suggest optimizations and documentation for computer c…
National-Extent Groundwater Quality Prediction for the National Water Census and Regional Integrated Water Availability Assessments [2024 INV#WO0000000109709]
provide Nationally consistent predictions of groundwater quality (salinity and nutrients) relevant for human and ecological uses and its influence on surface-water
Data-Driven Streamflow Drought [2024 INV#WO0000000109714]
streamflow drought forecasts
FEMA mixed population flood-frequency analysis [2024 INV#WO0000000109723]
Classification of historical floods based on causal mechanisms to support improved estimation of flood reoccurrence intervals
Avian population estimates from passive acoustic monitoring [2024 INV#WO0000000109725]
Reliable estimates of avian abundance from acoustic recordings
Prioritized Constituents: Sediment [2024 INV#WO0000000109726]
Regional prediction of suspended sediment concentration in unmonitored rivers to characterize sediment transport in the Delaware, Illinois, and Colorado River Basins.
PAWSC Ecotoxicology PFAS Machine Learning [2024 INV#WO0000000112908]
assess the ecological health risk of PFAS in Pennsylvania stream surface water
Parsing large quantities of text data [2024 INV#WO0000000113692]
The goal is to assess how news sources discuss water events, how this relates to water availability and vulnerability, and how these patterns vary over time/space.
Use modern AI/ML approaches to gain insight into USGS unstructured data such as text [2024 INV#WO0000000131706]
There are a lot of unstructured data within USGS. Current efforts are to manually extract and analyze that data. We want to apply modern AI/ML approaches such as RAG (Retrieval-Au…
USGS Azure OpenAI ChatGPT [2024 INV#WO0000000154392]
Various groups within USGS need a generic ChatGPT API to call from IDEs and various applications.
Google Vertex AI Document workbench [2024 INV#WO0000000154393]
The USGS Energy Resource Program needs to use Google Vertex AI document workbench to perform data rescue on some old paper USGS publication tables with oil and gas production data…
Google Cloud Vision [2024 INV#WO0000000154445]
USGS Water Mission Area needs text extraction from publicly available topographic maps as a callable function of an application.
Harmful Algal Bloom prediction and detection system for Williams Fork Reservoir [2024 INV#WO0000000184339]
We have used remote sensing products to detect harmful algal blooms throughout the Upper Colorado Basin. However, there have been multiple algal blooms in the Williams Fork Reserv…
Machine Learning approach to predict the composition of seafloor massive sulfide deposits [2024 INV#WO0000000108420]
predict the composition of seafloor massive sulfide deposits
ChatGPT to write Python scripts for ArcGIS Pro Maps to be CVD-Friendly [2024 INV#WO0000000107402]
automate the process of changing colors of planetary geologic map units within ArcGIS pro so that they are all color-vision deficiency friendly
Automated Walrus Haulout Monitoring [2024 INV#WO0000000110052]
provide a framework for using pre-trained image classification convolutional neural network CNN models to make predictions on unlabled image datasets to provide data for further a…
VoiceAtlas no-code chatbot framework
Many business areas in USGS could benefit from AI tools, however do not have technical expertise on staff.
Remote Sensing Coastal Change - Shoreline Change
Rapid classification of satellite imagery to determine shoreline change