Colorado WSC Network Integration and Science Innovation (I&I) team has developed a standalone Rapid Deployment Camera (RDC) system which allows USGS staff to install cameras quickly and with no formal camera training. Camera imagery is served via USGS HIVIS. Use cases for RDC deployment include camera installation prior to flooding events; after significant landscape processes such as wildfires, landslides, avalanches; to monitor seasonal conditions which affect gage reliability such as algae, sediment deposition, leave accumulation; and rapid response to cooperator or emergency management requests.
