{"thcode":2,"term":{"code":734,"name":"methods","parent":1,"scope":"Techniques, methods, procedures, or strategies for research, management, collection, or analysis of scientific information in USGS."},"uf":[],"bt":[{"code":1,"name":"Categories","parent":null,"scope":"Thematic terms for categorizing information resources.  This thesaurus is intended to support finding and understanding scientific information."}],"nt":[{"code":189,"name":"computational methods","parent":734,"scope":"Mathematical techniques used to analyze numerical data."},{"code":2278,"name":"environmental proxies","parent":734,"scope":"Biological, chemical, or physical features whose presence, characteristics, or behavior reflect environmental parameters of interest that cannot be readily or efficiently observed or measured directly."},{"code":376,"name":"field methods","parent":734,"scope":"Research procedures and instrumental means to measure, collect data and samples, and observe in the natural areas where the materials, phenomena, structures, or species being studied occur."},{"code":619,"name":"laboratory methods","parent":734,"scope":"Techniques to analyze and test samples in a place equipped and designed for the work."},{"code":689,"name":"management methods","parent":734,"scope":"Techniques of judiciously controlling or directing resources for a predetermined goal."},{"code":2285,"name":"modeling","parent":734,"scope":"Human-constructed representation of processes, phenomena, or objects so that the behaviors, characteristics and relationships among things that are being studied can be understood without exhaustive data collection and analysis."},{"code":889,"name":"photography","parent":734,"scope":"Process of using digital or film cameras to collect images of objects."},{"code":981,"name":"remote sensing","parent":734,"scope":"Acquiring information about a natural feature or phenomenon, such as the Earth's surface, without actually being in contact with it. USGS remote sensing is usually carried out with airborne or spaceborne sensors or cameras."},{"code":2079,"name":"scientific interpretation","parent":734,"scope":"Application of scientific judgment as to the meaning of observations or models. Use for interpretations that are provided in formats similar to data, such as geospatial data."},{"code":1276,"name":"videography","parent":734,"scope":"The process of recording and editing analog or digital video."}],"rt":[]}