187 matching use cases
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OMB-IND-DOI-0182OMB Individually Reported

Wave runup and total water level observations from time series imagery at several sites with varying nearshore morphologies [2024 INV#WO0000000108262]

separation (segmentation) of land and water in images

OMB Individually ReportedScienceLow risk
OMB-IND-DOI-0183OMB Individually Reported

Cell Phone Application for Oil Spill Detection [2024 INV#WO0000000108285]

develop a model that can be used to interpret cell phone images to predict oil in environmental samples

OMB Individually ReportedScienceLow risk
OMB-IND-DOI-0185OMB Individually Reported

Shoreline modeling [2024 INV#WO0000000108297; 2024 INV#WO0000000109312]

predict shoreline evolution and compare their accuracy to traditional physics-based models

OMB Individually ReportedScienceLow risk
OMB-IND-DOI-0186OMB Individually Reported

Everglades-Flux, Digital Surveys [2024 INV#WO0000000108630]

automatically process Normalized Difference Vegetation Index images and come up with a true value of live vegetation and fill in missing data

OMB Individually ReportedScienceLow risk
OMB-IND-DOI-0187OMB Individually Reported

Tracking wetlands and water movement across watersheds [2024 INV#WO0000000108734]

Accurate prediction of flood and drought impacts requires understanding upstream surface water storage dynamics and storage capacity

OMB Individually ReportedScienceLow risk
OMB-IND-DOI-0188OMB Individually Reported

Inventorying landforms with convolutional neural networks [2024 INV#WO0000000108738; WO0000000109117]

efficiently identify and inventory these features landform features from LiDAR derived topographic data images

OMB Individually ReportedScienceLow risk
OMB-IND-DOI-0189OMB Individually Reported

Zero shot segmentation to expedite Quaternary geologic mapping [2024 INV#WO0000000108739; 2024 INV#WO0000000109150]

The construction of detailed geologic maps requires a lot of manual GIS data input to outline the extent of interpreted geologic features.

OMB Individually ReportedScienceLow risk
OMB-IND-DOI-0190OMB Individually Reported

Machine Learning Image Classification of Wetlands and Soil moisture [2024 INV#WO0000000108779]

inform land managers, planners, and researchers about historical and current changes to human and natural environments, focused on floods, droughts, and fires

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OMB-IND-DOI-0191OMB Individually Reported

Predicting PFAS occurrence in groundwater using machine learning [2024 INV#WO0000000108780]

predict PFAS occurrence in groundwater at the depths of drinking water supplies across the conterminous U.S.

OMB Individually ReportedScienceLow risk
OMB-IND-DOI-0192OMB Individually Reported

Machine learning-based landscape feature classification using satellite and airborne imagery [2024 INV#WO0000000108791; 2024 INV#WO0000000108794]

need to increase the accuracy of habitat and land cover classifications

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OMB-IND-DOI-0193OMB Individually Reported

Improving accuracy and precision of sonar-based estimates of fish abundance [2024 INV#WO0000000108800]

Sonar-based estimates of fish abundance are prone to inaccuracies that can limit their utility

OMB Individually ReportedScienceLow risk
OMB-IND-DOI-0194OMB Individually Reported

Predicting PFAS in shallow soils in northern New England [2024 INV#WO0000000108973]

predict PFAS in soils across Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont

OMB Individually ReportedScienceLow risk
OMB-IND-DOI-0195OMB Individually Reported

Whole-lake indexing of round goby abundances with photographic catch data [2024 INV#WO0000000109010]

quantify abundances of one of the most abundant prey fishes in the Great Lakes, an invasive species called Round Goby

OMB Individually ReportedScienceLow risk
OMB-IND-DOI-0196OMB Individually Reported

Classifying GPS data to understand flight behavior of birds [2024 INV#WO0000000109015]

understand under what circumstances eagles are more likely to collide with wind turbines

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OMB-IND-DOI-0197OMB Individually Reported

Extracting robust, searchable data from narrative geologic descriptions [2024 INV#WO0000000109022]

Extracting robust, searchable data from narrative geologic descriptions

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OMB-IND-DOI-0198OMB Individually Reported

Environmental streamflows in the United States: historical patterns and predictions [2024 INV#WO0000000109075]

It is important that environmental streamflow assessments by water managers consider changes in climate, land use, and water management; this cannot be done effectively without un…

OMB Individually ReportedScienceLow risk
OMB-IND-DOI-0199OMB Individually Reported

Machine-learning model to delineate sub-surface agricultural drainage from satellite imagery [2024 INV#WO0000000109078]

delineate sub-surface agricultural drainage

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OMB-IND-DOI-0200OMB Individually Reported

Predicting inundation dynamics of small forested wetlands [2024 INV#WO0000000109089]

better understand the wetting/drying dynamics of small wetlands relevant to amphibians

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OMB-IND-DOI-0201OMB Individually Reported

Climate Futures for Lizards and Snakes in Western North America [2024 INV#WO0000000109092]

Identifying new management challenges to reptiles based on shifting environmental conditions

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OMB-IND-DOI-0202OMB Individually Reported

InSAR and other geodetic studies at Volcanoes [2024 INV#WO0000000109093]

recognize transient signals in combined InSAR and GPS data that may be indications of impending hazardous volcanic activity

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OMB-IND-DOI-0203OMB Individually Reported

Advancing image-based surveys to support sea duck conservation along the Pacific Flyway [2024 INV#WO0000000109096]

Safety, expense, observer bias and lack of methodological consistency are rising concerns associated with observer-based surveys, making it imperative to transition to more sustai…

OMB Individually ReportedScienceLow risk
OMB-IND-DOI-0204OMB Individually Reported

Lava lake thermal pattern classification using self organizing maps and relationships to eruption processes at Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii [2024 INV#WO0000000109098]

classify lava lake thermal patterns

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OMB-IND-DOI-0205OMB Individually Reported

Mapping wildfire fuels in previously burned landscapes [2024 INV#WO0000000109121]

understand how land management treatments affect the probability of reburning

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OMB-IND-DOI-0206OMB Individually Reported

SAMPLE Toolbox [2024 INV#WO0000000109123]

monitoring vegetation

OMB Individually ReportedScienceLow risk