Scott Hamshaw

One of the toughest losses of 2024 that still doesn't make sense was losing Jarlath a year ago today. Our research projects, UVM, the geospatial community, and Vermont as a whole just aren't the same without him. Appreciated reading this in memoriam piece by 7D www.sevendaysvt.com/arts-culture...

Reproducible Data Science in R: Flexible functions using tidy evaluation. Improve your functions with helpful dataframe evaluation patterns! waterdata.usgs.gov/blog/rds-fun... #rstats

Enjoyed the talk!

Thanks everyone for a lovely discussion yesterday at the orals #Hydrometeorological #extremes 🌊💧☀️🔥 today we continue with the posters ALL DAY ⭐️ Come chat with our amazing presenters in Hall B-C #AGU24 @gabrielevillarini.bsky.social, Laurie Hunning and I are also around 😊

Alright, got the siphon setup to keep the 🎄tree watered so think I’m now finally ready to head to DC for #AGU24! Looking forward to first AGU in person in 6 years! Presenting on USGS work on ML for streamflow drought prediction tomorrow morning — come say hi!

A tile map of the U.S. showing streamgages by flow levels through the month of November 2024. For each state, an area chart shows the proportion of streamgages in wet, normal, or dry conditions. Streamflow conditions are quantified using percentiles comparing the past month’s flow levels to the historic record for each streamgage. During the month of November, much of the Eastern U.S. saw dry conditions for states such as Delaware, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New Jersey. Concurrently, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Kansas saw wet conditions.

November #streamflow conditions across the U.S. 💧

Dry conditions persisted for much of the Eastern U.S. while parts of the Central U.S. saw wet conditions.

#DataViz made with #rstats #dataRetrieval 

github.com/DOI-USGS/flo...

Streamflow drought can have multiple meanings which makes communication challenging — this simple website is a great reference and explainer for understanding how we define streamflow drought

Five droughts that changed U.S. history The U.S. has experienced thousands of droughts—periods of drier-than-normal conditions that cause water-related problems for humans and ecosystems. But in the last 100 years, five major drought events...

The U.S. has a long history of drought but five periods in the last 100 years stand out in their effects on agriculture, wildfires, and streamflow. Explore major drought events in this #dataViz labs.waterdata.usgs.gov/visualizatio... #WaterData #USGSvizlab

GitHub - DOI-USGS/dataretrieval-python: Python package for retrieving water data from USGS or the multi-agency Water Quality Portal Python package for retrieving water data from USGS or the multi-agency Water Quality Portal - DOI-USGS/dataretrieval-python

hyswap can be applied to different data sources but integrates particularly easily with USGS streamflow data by leveraging the python "dataretrieval" package that provides simple functions to retrieve USGS streamflow data. github.com/DOI-USGS/dat...

A map of Vermont with streamgage locations color coded by their current streamflow category (how current conditions compare to historical conditions)

hyswap can also be used to calculate streamflow conditions data that can easily be viewed in interactive maps. Check out our sample notebooks: doi-usgs.github.io/hyswap/examp...

Example graphic showing streamflow magnitudes from 2024 compared to historical percentile values.

We have lots of examples including jupyter notebooks for calculating streamflow percentiles and generating figures such as streamflow duration hydrographs doi-usgs.github.io/hyswap/examp...

If you analyze streamflow conditions, calculate flow duration curves, generate raster hydrographs, or perform other hydrological analyses -- check out our new USGS python package "hyswap" that is publicly available! waterdata.usgs.gov/blog/introdu...

hyswsp hex with a line chart design

Introducing hyswap: A python package for understanding local- to national-scale stream flow data with historic context waterdata.usgs.gov/blog/introdu... #python #WaterData

Always enjoy having you play Burlington, VT!

Maybe now it‘s a good time to tell you agIn that I am searching for Phds (2 positions, fully funded, 4 years, Austria)

I have an opening for a 2-year postdoc fellowship at #VTCEE on large-sample hydrology, water quality, and eXplainable AI to start next year. The position is in NoVA, close to DC with many opportunities for work and play. Please share broadly! Listing here careers.pageuppeople.com/968/cw/en-us...

Become a Fellow | Robert & Patricia Switzer Foundation

MS or PhD students doing applied environmental research in any discipline and studying at a Univ. in California or New England — consider applying for a Switzer Fellowship! It’s a great network to be part of — Applications open now & due 1/6/2025 www.switzernetwork.org/fellowship/b...

Would be happy to be added to this list too! Thanks for putting it together!

Take a look at USGS Vizlab’s latest work and explore some of our interactive #DataViz as it relates to #WaterInsecurity, #SocialVulnerability and #EJ

#OpenSource code here: github.com/DOI-USGS/vul...