Item talk:Q159846

USGS Staff Profile:

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   abstract: Hydrologist with the Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center
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   abstract: Senior application developer with the Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center
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 email: jvrabel@usgs.gov
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   name: Bachelor of Science, Mathematics with Physics minor (2000) Virginia Polytechnic
     Institute & State University
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     name: Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center
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   startDate: '2024-05-12T15:29:27.813376'
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   name: Performed computer modeling and data analysis using industry-standard software
     in the areas of surface- and groundwater flow, watershed simulation, contaminant/sediment
     transport, and surface geophysical data acquisition.
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   name: Developed mathematical methods and wrote custom software when commercially
     available tools were inadequate or nonexistent.
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   additionalType: self-claimed professional experience
   name: Collected pertinent field data to evaluate developed software and obtain
     critical results. Authored and published technical papers detailing the methods,
     results, and findings.
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   additionalType: self-claimed professional experience
   name: Prepared user manuals for the software and maintained a web-based central
     repository for distribution within the USGS scientific community. Actively maintained
     and enhanced the software based on feedback from the user community.
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   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: geospatial analysis
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   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: spatial analysis
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   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
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   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
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   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
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   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
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   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
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   member:
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     name: U.S. Geological Survey
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   startDate: '2024-05-12T15:29:27.810821'
 name: Joseph Vrabel
 url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/joseph-vrabel