methods. USGS Thesaurus

methods

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Techniques, methods, procedures, or strategies for research, management, collection, or analysis of scientific information in USGS.

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NT1 ↓ computational methods ►▼
- NT2 ↓ image analysis
- NT2 ↓ mathematical modeling ►▼
  - NT3 ↓ mathematical simulation
- NT2 ↓ relative abundance analysis
- NT2 ↓ spatial analysis ►▼
  - NT3 ↓ geospatial analysis
- NT2 ↓ statistical analysis ►▼
  - NT3 ↓ kriging
  - NT3 ↓ multivariate statistical analysis
  - NT3 ↓ regression analysis
  - NT3 ↓ time series analysis
- NT2 ↓ topological analysis
- NT2 ↓ visualization methods
NT1 ↓ field methods ►▼
- NT2 ↓ field experiments ►▼
  - NT3 ↓ tracer study
- NT2 ↓ field inventory and monitoring ►▼
  - NT3 ↓ acoustic methods ►▼
    - NT4 ↓ acoustic doppler current profiling
    - NT4 ↓ sonar methods ►
  - NT3 ↓ animal and plant census
  - NT3 ↓ borehole logging ►▼
    - NT4 ↓ borehole temperature logging
    - NT4 ↓ electrical resistivity logging
    - NT4 ↓ gamma-ray logging
  - NT3 ↓ CTD measurement
  - NT3 ↓ ecosystem monitoring ►▼
    - NT4 ↓ long-term ecological monitoring
  - NT3 ↓ electromagnetic surveying
  - NT3 ↓ gravimeter measurement
  - NT3 ↓ handheld field spectroscopy
  - NT3 ↓ magnetometer measurement
  - NT3 ↓ optical methods
  - NT3 ↓ seismic methods ►▼
    - NT4 ↓ seismic networking
    - NT4 ↓ seismic reflection method
    - NT4 ↓ seismic refraction method
  - NT3 ↓ stream-gage measurement
  - NT3 ↓ telemetry
  - NT3 ↓ tiltmeter measurement
  - NT3 ↓ tomography
  - NT3 ↓ video monitoring
  - NT3 ↓ vocalization methods
- NT2 ↓ field sampling ►▼
  - NT3 ↓ animal tracking
  - NT3 ↓ capturing (animals)
  - NT3 ↓ drilling and coring
  - NT3 ↓ plant and animal tagging
  - NT3 ↓ plot sampling
  - NT3 ↓ sexing (plants & animals)
  - NT3 ↓ specimen collecting
  - NT3 ↓ transect sampling
  - NT3 ↓ trenching
  - NT3 ↓ water sampling
- NT2 ↓ geolocation measurement ►▼
  - NT3 ↓ altimetry measurement
  - NT3 ↓ bathymetry measurement
  - NT3 ↓ GPS measurement
  - NT3 ↓ land surveying
- NT2 ↓ real-time monitoring and reporting
NT1 ↓ laboratory methods ►▼
- NT2 ↓ age estimation methods ►▼
  - NT3 ↓ fission-track dating
  - NT3 ↓ luminescence dating
  - NT3 ↓ sclerochronology
  - NT3 ↓ tephrochronology
- NT2 ↓ camera calibration
- NT2 ↓ chemical analysis ►▼
  - NT3 ↓ atomic absorption analysis
  - NT3 ↓ atomic emission spectroscopy
  - NT3 ↓ chromatography ►▼
    - NT4 ↓ gas chromatography
    - NT4 ↓ liquid chromatography
  - NT3 ↓ DNA sequencing
  - NT3 ↓ electrophoresis
  - NT3 ↓ flow cytometry
  - NT3 ↓ mass spectroscopy
  - NT3 ↓ neutron activation analysis
  - NT3 ↓ particle-beam spectroscopy
  - NT3 ↓ polymerase chain reaction
  - NT3 ↓ x-ray diffraction
- NT2 ↓ core analysis
- NT2 ↓ culturing (specimens)
- NT2 ↓ faunal and floral census (microscopic)
- NT2 ↓ grain-size analysis ►▼
  - NT3 ↓ sieve-size analysis
- NT2 ↓ isotopic analysis ►▼
  - NT3 ↓ light stable isotope analysis ►▼
    - NT4 ↓ beryllium isotope analysis
    - NT4 ↓ carbon isotope analysis
    - NT4 ↓ oxygen isotope analysis
    - NT4 ↓ tritium analysis
  - NT3 ↓ radiometric dating ►▼
    - NT4 ↓ carbon-14 analysis
    - NT4 ↓ potassium-argon analysis
    - NT4 ↓ rubidium-strontium analysis
    - NT4 ↓ uranium-lead analysis
    - NT4 ↓ uranium-thorium analysis
- NT2 ↓ meristics
- NT2 ↓ microscopy ►▼
  - NT3 ↓ electron microscopy ►▼
    - NT4 ↓ scanning electron microscopy
  - NT3 ↓ optical microscopy ►▼
    - NT4 ↓ microtomy
- NT2 ↓ paleomagnetic analysis ►▼
  - NT3 ↓ Curie temperature analysis
  - NT3 ↓ laboratory-induced magnetization analysis
  - NT3 ↓ magnetic hysteresis analysis
  - NT3 ↓ magnetic susceptibility analysis
  - NT3 ↓ natural remanent magnetization analysis
- NT2 ↓ petrography
- NT2 ↓ plant and animal testing
- NT2 ↓ therapeutic methods
- NT2 ↓ tree ring analysis
NT1 ↓ management methods ►▼
- NT2 ↓ decision support methods
- NT2 ↓ environmental assessment ►▼
  - NT3 ↓ TMDL
- NT2 ↓ hazard preparedness ►▼
  - NT3 ↓ aviation safety
  - NT3 ↓ earthquake preparedness
- NT2 ↓ information management methods
- NT2 ↓ natural resource management ►▼
  - NT3 ↓ biological population management ►▼
    - NT4 ↓ fishery management
    - NT4 ↓ pest control
    - NT4 ↓ wildlife population management ►
  - NT3 ↓ controlled flooding
  - NT3 ↓ ecosystem management ►▼
    - NT4 ↓ reintroduction (organisms)
  - NT3 ↓ fire control ►▼
    - NT4 ↓ controlled fires
  - NT3 ↓ natural resource assessment
  - NT3 ↓ remediation ►▼
    - NT4 ↓ bioremediation
  - NT3 ↓ water resource management
  - NT3 ↓ watershed management
- NT2 ↓ risk assessment ►▼
  - NT3 ↓ earthquake probabilities
  - NT3 ↓ landslide susceptibility assessment
  - NT3 ↓ volcanic eruption prediction
NT1 ↓ photography ►▼
- NT2 ↓ aerial photography
- NT2 ↓ underwater photography
NT1 ↓ remote sensing ►▼
- NT2 ↓ aeromagnetic surveying
- NT2 ↓ aeroradiometric surveying
- NT2 ↓ hyperspectral imaging
- NT2 ↓ IFSAR
- NT2 ↓ infrared imaging ►▼
  - NT3 ↓ AVHRR
  - NT3 ↓ AVIRIS
- NT2 ↓ LIDAR
- NT2 ↓ microwave imaging ►▼
  - NT3 ↓ SMMR
  - NT3 ↓ SSM/I
- NT2 ↓ multispectral imaging
- NT2 ↓ panchromatic imaging
- NT2 ↓ radar imaging ►▼
  - NT3 ↓ doppler radar imaging
  - NT3 ↓ SLAR
- NT2 ↓ thermal imaging
- NT2 ↓ visible light imaging
NT1 ↓ videography

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20-Nov-2007

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20-Nov-2007

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