Article by Buscombe, Grams and Smith highlighting work in the Penobscot River selected as 2017 Best Technical Note by the editor of the Journal of Hydraulic Engineering. The research focused on the use of low cost side-scan sonor to detect bottom surface textures in rivers. The work was led by Dan Buscombe at the USGS read more Channel bottom detection article with SECS co-author receives 2017 Best Technical Note award.