Postdoc, coastal geologist/geomorphologist, and hiker
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I successfully herded 2 back to street (and presumably back to storm drain). One I tried to get into a bucket, but I lost it. May still be in my backyard, which is swamped.
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What I've learned from X is that walking catfish are apparently all over Florida! Literally everywhere.
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And based on the rest of the comments, I need to to be importing them to the nearest frying pan!
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This neighborhood is 70 years old and very urban. I suspect they came up through the storm drains.
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I got 2 back out to the street. The 3rd one I think slipped into my backyard. See if I can find him before things dry out.
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I PASSED! Graduating with a PhD in Environmental Sci & Mgmt next month, the first doctor made by @JorgeLT000. Shout out to my friends and collaborators @justinshawler, @coastalgeology, @DrKingotheBeach, the rest of the MSU coastal group, and my committee @EarthMontclair.
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Very excited to report that I received an offer for a Mendenhall postdoctoral research fellowship!
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Do you like barrier islands? Do you like Python 🐍? Do you want to run the Lorenzo-Trueba & Ashton cross-shore barrier model *in* Python? Then stop by my newest model development page! github.com/ciarletd/LTA-Mode… (Now with more subplots!)
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#timelapsetuesday! 25 years of #coastalchange at Three Rooker Island, FL. This #barrierisland emerged from the surf in the 1970s, & quickly vegetated before elongating/migrating. Since a breach in 2015, the island has experienced a rapid breakdown. GIF'd on personal time/machine.
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Great thing about Google Earth Engine is that all the processing happens on the back end. Submit some tasks, check in the next morning, and boom!--finished product. Video: Honeymoon Island and Three Rooker Island (Florida) from 1984 to 2018 in NIR-R-G. #GoogleEarthEngine #Landsat
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In 1885, the U.S. Coast Survey co-charted surveys at Sandy Hook, New Jersey dating back to 1685. In support of @MikeAye20366519's work, I digitized those surveys, providing a window into Sandy Hook's long-term evolution. Source info: books.google.com/books?id=jx…
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Been meaning to get back into #timelapsetuesday. Today is Saturday... consider this a late entry. Northward growth of #honeymoonisland, Florida from 1995-2019. All images are straight out of Google Earth, exported and GIF'd on personal computer/time. #barrierisland #coastalchange
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Making a contribution to #TimelapseTuesday. Wind-driven migration of coastal dunes at the extreme south end of El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve in Baja California Sur from 1992-2018. Made in #GoogleEarthEngine using false color (NIR-R-G) imagery from #Landsat. #sedimenttransport
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Our preprint is all grown up! Check out "Interaction of Sea-Level Pulses With Periodically Retreating Barrier Islands" by myself, @JorgeLT000 and, @DrKingotheBeach over at Frontiers in Earth Science. Shout out to other contributors in the research topic. frontiersin.org/article/10.3…
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What happens when a periodically retreating barrier island interacts with a meltwater pulse, or a rapid increase in sea level? @JorgeLT000, @DrKingotheBeach, and I explore the possibilities in our latest work, available now as a preprint: eartharxiv.org/z4ahp/ via @OSFramework
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Been too long since my last timelapse, so here's the active barrier part of Carabane Island, Senegal from 2006-2022. Carabane lies at the Casamance River mouth, a tidally influenced delta with lots of relict barriers/spits. Created on personal time/rig. #coast #timelapse #Senegal
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There were some excellent light shows as we prepared to land in Tampa yesterday. Bit unusual to see isolated t-storms drifting around this time of year.
#lightning #FLwx #Tampa
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Proud to be the first Doctor made by @JorgeLT000, and thankful to everyone else that helped me get here! @geomorpharye and @JesseKolodin, you're next!
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Just finished my first day as a Mendenhall postdoc at USGS St. Pete! Excited to get rolling on the work I proposed back in January.
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Only fitting that I got a free air tour of US east coast barrier islands on the way to Coastal Seds!
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(1/6) Was in Fort Myers last weekend, so going through the NOS post-storm aerials has been wild. For example, the beach at Lovers Key has been radically altered. Where there once was an enormous wooden gazebo and a tram stop, a breach reaches into the backbarrier.
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Excited to share: "Reconstructing Coastal Sediment Budgets from Beach‐ and Foredune‐ Ridge Morphology: A Coupled Field and Modeling Approach". Team--> @justinshawler, @Chrisgeomorph, @coastalgeology, @JorgeLT000. Also, thanks to @NJSeaGrant & @vaseagrant! agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.…
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I missed #timelapsetuesday, but what are days anymore? Here is 25 yrs of beach #progradation at #wildwoodbeach/ #wildwoodcrest, New Jersey. At left is the Crest Fishing Pier, left high and dry; shore-perpendicular streaks (right) are ditches dug for stranded stormwater outfalls!
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Attending Coastal Seds? See my talk Thurs morning! I will discuss reconstructing barrier island sediment budget history using insights from the field. The conference paper is also a free-access sample chapter: doi.org/10.1142/978981127513… #CoastalSediments2023 #groundpenetratingradar
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My project to convert the Ridge and Swale (RS) model of beach ridge development from MATLAB to Python🐍 is nearly complete. Expect an update to GitHub sometime next week! @justinshawler @coastalgeology @JorgeLT000
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Hot off the press! (...er, internet) Mechanism for retreating barriers to autogenically form periodic deposits on continental shelves | Geology | GeoScienceWorld pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa…
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Made my first animation in Python 🐍 using the cross-shore barrier island model described in Lorenzo-Trueba and Ashton (2014). Gradually teaching myself to code in open source languages (but I still love MATLAB... for now). @JorgeLT000 @DrKingotheBeach
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Oh man... it's printed. OS11F-1458, Monday morning 8 to 1220--come on down to learn about barrier island systems dynamics! I'll also be blogging some of the AGU experience this year (thanks @Christo25212301 for the suggestion!), so expect some neat pics and write-up.
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Do research on barrier islands all day. Might as well have some R & R on them too. #SiestaKey #Sarasota #snorkeling
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Went inland to explore some of Florida's #karst landscapes up close. This is along the #brooksvilleridge, a north-south swath of ancient beaches and dunes perched atop a limestone platform. The area is riddled with caves and sinks.
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The reports are true. All the historic buildings, including the keeper's house, are literally gone. Lighthouse also sustained potentially serious damage. The southwest support leg is knocked out! #SanibelIsland #Sanibellighthouse
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Check out the rest of this guy's vids/pics. Incredible views of Hurricane Lorenzo's impacts in the Azores.
Cidade da Horta, esta manhã.
📹 Açoriano Oriental
#FMA_Lorenzo
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Been 5 years since I've gone to in-person AGU. Looking forward to catching up with colleagues and sharing the latest research. But most of all, excited to see some early career researchers presenting cutting-edge science. See you in San Francisco! #AGU23
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Just passing a local on my evening 'bike, walk, and move around' routine. #seeyoulateralligator
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Grad office mini trip to the #patersongreatfalls on the Passaic River.
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Contrary to what people are suggesting, I did not eat them. I herded two back to the street, and they took off towards the storm drain (where I assume they came from). Another one I tried to get with a bucket, but it escaped into my backyard. Plenty of water back there for now.
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It was pointed out to me that these are walking catfish. They can be out of water for almost an entire day.
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In case you're in Washington this Friday, here's the details on my AAG presentation. Come learn about recent efforts to map and model a prograding barrier-spit in New Jersey! (Bonus GPR): aag.secure-abstracts.com/AAG… #AAG2019 #NJSGC #geomorphology
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In my personal time last night, I downloaded before-and-after #landsat imagery of eastern Grand Bahama. In the first image (Aug 14), the island appears fairly green and lush. In the second (Sept 6), it's brown--completely defoliated. #remotesensing #hurricanedorian #grandbahama
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And just like that, my first in-person conference in over 3 years is at an end. Excellent presentations across a spectrum of fields, and great to catch up with old friends and colleagues. As the sign says...
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Pics of this evening's wicked storm, which tossed hail near downtown St. Pete! Encountered it while out biking but made it back to apartment in time.
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@Wind_Wave_Rose, @justinshawler, @IsamarCortes1, and @geomorpharye are my academic heroes today. These guys are showing how to adapt and grow despite an unprecedented situation. Shout out to @geosociety and @GSA_MCG for fostering an amazingly resilient community! #sciencegoeson
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You guys ready for some serious mangrove science? My academic sibling, @IsamarCortes1, is about to kick the throttles up!
I am excited to announce that I was awarded a @NASA fellowship for my Ph.D. work! Many thanks to my advisor @JorgeLT000, the MSU coastal group, the faculty @MSUCSAM and @GeoLatinas for the continued support! Stoked to work on mangrove research for the next few years!
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Check out my poster at AGU next week! OS11F-1458, 8 am to 12:20 pm.
agu.confex.com/agu/fm18/meet…
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I spend a lot of time studying the Earth's surface, but occasionally I look up. Tried mounting my Nikon on a tripod for once. #lunarphotography
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The view kinda makes up for crawling out of bed at 3:50 am. #sunrise #unitedairlines #needcoffee #abovetheclouds
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Interested in geoscience volunteer work, grad internships, postdoc fellowships, and other early career networking/experience opportunities? Stop by the GSA Early Career Professional Coffee event Sunday morning at 9 in room 201/203. ☕️😀 #gsaconnects2022
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Eating lunch and scrolling through partly built dissertation, reminiscing about about field work. Image relevant: Disco @justinshawler at Snead Beach in the marshes behind Cedar Island, Virginia.
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Spotted a sequence of probable regressive beach/dune ridges along the #brooksvilleridge between Crystal River and Dunnellon, Florida. Similar 'rollers' occur throughout Citrus County and points south, visible wherever roads cut perpendicular to the strike of the Gulf shoreline.
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Jumping on the congratulatory train: @IsamarCortes1 killed it today. Exciting to watch a passionate scientist break it down! (Now I want to model mangroves... 😅)
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I don't think I've ever seen cloud waves quite this three-dimensional looking before. Anyone have an explanation? North Jersey, along the Watchung Mountains. #montclairstateuniversity
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Colleague @geomorpharye is presenting his geo-economic model on coastal defense strategies right now. Come on down to board 1333!
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Briefly went back to a field site on Sandy Hook today to grab some photos. Here's looking out across the ridges and swales of the 'North Beach', with New York City rising up on the other side of Lower New York Bay. Stay tuned to hear more about this locale.
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Very impressive view tonight from the grad office, up on First Watchung Mountain. #montclairstateuniversity #nycskyline
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(4/6) The beach on Sanibel is cut by huge washout channels, probably formed as the surge reversed direction and drove seaward with the arrival of the rear eye wall.
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Cranberry Inlet (Seaside Heights/Ortley Beach, NJ) closed in 1821, but evidence of its existence is preserved in aerial photos from 1920. Ortley Beach was hard hit during Hurricane Sandy--its position within the former inlet may have contributed. #geomorphology #Jerseyshore
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Looked smooth from a distance, but up close this ice coating has a hexagonal texture! Like a basalt outcrop except weirdly transparent.
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Snapped some pics of the #SuperBloodWolfMoon tonight. Totality was way darker than I remember from previous eclipses. #LunarEclipse
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Gulf is getting a bit too warm to enjoy snorkeling, but I endured it long enough to get decent pics/video from Sand Key, Clearwater. Lots of bait fish out, along with the usual contingent of sheepshead, pinfish, mojarra, & grey snapper. #Clearwater #Florida #gulfofmexico #itshot
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(5/6) At Big Hickory Island, south of Lovers Key, there's another breach. Erosion is severe. At least the vegetation here has not been completely defoliated.
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Animation of beach evolution using the time-series of sediment fluxes we derived from the field at Sandy Hook, New Jersey.
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Achievement unlocked: 10 gigs of data created, transferred, or downloaded to hard disk since start of postdoc (mid-August).
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This was my last hike of the year yesterday, and it was certainly one to remember. Here's to new adventures in 2019!
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Snuck a hike in this morning out to the #ramapomountains. Visibility out to New York City from Fox Mtn.
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Pretty cool poster is an understatement. There's some really cool remote sensing analysis coupled with a numerical framework to quantify Mangrove die off and zonation. Go have a look!
Check out my pretty cool poster at AGU on Tuesday, December 11 from 1:40- 6pm!! (EP23C-2312) agu.confex.com/agu/fm18/meet…
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I had great mentors/co-authors for this. Also, some very helpful reviews @geowskim and @liz_hajek
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