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Hydrologists

Tools and Technology

Tools Include:

Laboratory bailers (Bailers)
Water samplers (Biological oxygen demand water samplers)
Calipers
Open stream water level recorders (Cellular telemetry system water level monitors)
Clinometers
Conductivity meters
Soil core sampling apparatus (Core samplers)
Surface data logging sensors (Data logging pressure/temperature sensors)
Desktop computers
Heating or drying equipment or accessories (Dessicators)
Commercial fishing nets (Dip nets)
Dissolved oxygen meters
Sonars (Doppler current and depth meters)
Water samplers (Double-packer systems)
Pressure sensors (Drive-point piezometers)
Dissolution or disintegration testers (Erosion monitors)
Extensometers
Laboratory flasks (Filter flasks)
Spectrofluorimeters or fluorimeters (Flow-through field fluorometers)
Global positioning system receivers (Global positioning system GPS devices)
Logging instruments for water wells (Groundwater data logging instruments)
Peristaltic pumps (Groundwater sampling peristaltic pumps)
Personal digital assistant PDAs or organizers (Handheld data collection units)
Portable seismic apparatus (Hydraulic fracturing systems)
Open stream current meters (Hydrological current meters)
Thickness measuring devices (Ice meters)
Water samplers (In-situ pore water samplers)
Pitch measuring instruments (Inclinometers)
Water samplers (Instream sediment collectors)
Laboratory vacuum pumps
Laser printers
Levels
Lightmeters (Light density meters)
Mainframe computers
Templates (Map templates)
Micrometers
Water analyzers (Multi-port sampling systems to monitor groundwater)
Water analyzers (Multiparameter water quality instruments)
Notebook computers
Oil content monitors analyzers (Oil water interface meters)
Laboratory mechanical convection ovens (Ovens)
Personal computers
pH meters
Dropping pipettes (Pipettes)
Pressure sensors (Pore pressure piezometers)
Sampling pumps (Portable pumping and sampling systems)
Radarbased surveillance systems (Radar equipment)
Radiation detectors (Radiological monitoring equipment)
Respirators
Salinity meter (Salinity meters)
Water samplers (Sediment samplers)
Laboratory sifting equipment (Sieve shakers)
Soil core sampling apparatus (Soil samplers)
Filters or other spare parts for samplers (Sounding reels)
Hydrometers (Specific gravity hydrometers)
Pull spring balances (Spring scales)
Well logging downhole test equipment (Standpipe multi-packer systems for long-term monitoring of deep boreholes)
Open stream current meters (Stream flow gauges)
Water analyzers (Submersible pressure and level sensors)
Water analyzers (Submersible water quality sensors)
Water samplers (Subsurface grab water samplers)
Water samplers (Suction samplers)
Flowmeters (Surface water velocity measurement probes)
Water samplers (Swing water samplers)
Theodolites (Total stations)
Turbidimeters
Two way radios
Remote reading thermometers (Underwater temperature recorders)
Underwater cameras (Underwater video cameras)
Open stream water level recorders (Water level recorders)
Surface data logging units (Well/surface water dataloggers)
Logging instruments for water wells (Wireless data collection systems)

Technologies Include:

Analytical or scientific software

Argus ONE Open Numerical Environments
Biodegration flow and transport modeling BIO F&T software
Clover Technology GALENA
Earthvision modeling software
Electric Rain Swift 3D software
Environmental Software and Services SUTRA
Fitts Geosolutions TWODAN
Formlink HydroGEN
gINT software
Golden Software Strater
Groundwater modeling system GMS software
Groundwater Software QuickCross/Fence
Groundwater Software QuickLog
Groundwater Vistas software
HEC RAS
HEC-1
HEC-2
Hydrologic simulation program fortan HSPF software
HydroSOLVE AQTESOLV software
Laboratory information management system LIMS software
Logger data manager LDM software
Logplot software
MLPU software
Parameter Estimation PEST
PRINCE software
Revised universal soil loss equation RUSLE software
RockWare ChemFlux
RockWare Geochemist's Workbench GWB
RockWare MODFLOW
RockWare RockWorks
Scientific Software Group AQUA3D
Scientific Software Group AquaDyn
Scientific Software Group AQUASEA
Scientific Software Group Aquifer win32
Scientific Software Group AQUIPACK
Scientific Software Group AT123D
Scientific Software Group BIO1D
Scientific Software Group BIOF&T
Scientific Software Group BIOSLURP
Scientific Software Group BioTrends
Scientific Software Group CHASM
Scientific Software Group EnviroScape
Scientific Software Group FEFLOW
Scientific Software Group Filter Drain FD
Scientific Software Group GFLOW
Scientific Software Group HydroGeo Analyst
Scientific Software Group HYDROGEOCHEM
Scientific Software Group Infinite Extent
Scientific Software Group MARS 2-D/3-D
Scientific Software Group MIDUSS
Scientific Software Group MIGRATE
Scientific Software Group MINTEQA2
Scientific Software Group MOCDENSE
Scientific Software Group MODFLOWT
Scientific Software Group MODPUMP
Scientific Software Group MODRET
Scientific Software Group MOFAT
Scientific Software Group MohrView
Scientific Software Group MOVER
Scientific Software Group MS-VMS
Scientific Software Group MT3D99
Scientific Software Group OILVOL
Scientific Software Group POLLUTE
Scientific Software Group QHM
Scientific Software Group QuickSoil
Scientific Software Group RISC WorkBench
Scientific Software Group SEQUENCE
Scientific Software Group SESOIL
Scientific Software Group SLAEM/MLAEM
Scientific Software Group Soil Vapor Extraction BioSVE
Scientific Software Group SOILPARA
Scientific Software Group SOLUTRANS
Scientific Software Group StepMaster
Scientific Software Group SVFlux
Scientific Software Group SVHeat
Scientific Software Group TUFLOW
Scientific Software Group VAM2D
Scientific Software Group WinFlow
Scientific Software Group WinTran
Scientific Software GroupWinFence
SoilVision Systems SVGrainsize
Starpint Software Super Slug
Surface water modeling system SMS software
Vieux & Associates Vflow
Visual MODFLOW Pro
Waterloo Hydrogeologic AquaChem
Waterloo Hydrogeologic AquiferTest Pro
Waterloo Hydrogeologic RBC Tier 2 Analyzer
Watershed modeling system WMS software

Categorization or classification software

GAEA Technologies WinSieve

Compliance software

National pollutant discharge elimination system NPDES compliance software

Computer aided design CAD software

Advanced Logic Technology WellCAD
Autodesk AutoCAD MAP3D
Autodesk AutoCAD software
Autodesk Land Desktop
Bentley MicroStation
BOSS International Visual Groundwater
Carlson SurvCADD
Integrated Environmental Services 3D Master
Scientific Software Group 3DFATMIC
Scientific Software Group 3DFEMFAT
Scientific Software Group EVS
SEDCAD software

Data base user interface and query software

EarthSoft EQuIS Geology
EnviroData Solutions software
eSense software
GIS/Key software
Groundwater Software Visual Site Manager
River Lake Altimetry Product
Satellite database software
Scientific Software Group ChemGraph
Scientific Software Group ChemPoint/ChemStat
Scientific Software Group Enviro-Base Pro
Scientific Software Group RiverMorph
Scientific Software GroupWHI UnSAT Suite
SoilVision Systems SoilVision software
Trimble TerraSync
Waters eLab Notebook

Development environment software

Formula translation/translator FORTRAN
Microsoft Visual Basic

Electronic mail software

Email software

Graphics or photo imaging software

Amtec Engineering Tecplot
Graphics software
RockWare SieveGraph
StatPoint StatGraphics Plus

Internet browser software

Web browser software

Map creation software

ESRI ArcGIS software
ESRI ArcView
Geomechanical design analysis GDA software
Golden Software Surfer
Scientific Software Group DTM
Scientific Software Group RMT
Scientific Software Group SURF
Softree Technical Systems Terrain Tools
Trimble Pathfinder Office

Object or component oriented development software

Office suite software

Microsoft Office software

Presentation software

Environmental Insite software
Microsoft PowerPoint

Spreadsheet software

Microsoft Excel
Spreadsheet software

Word processing software

GAEA Technologies Packet ESA
GAEA Technologies WinLog
Microsoft Word
Word processing software

The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™ 16.0.