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Overview

Christopher R. Sherwood is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their research principally spans Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science, with a focus on several subfields. Key subfields include Earth-Surface Processes, Ecology, Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

The scientist's main research topics cover a range of areas related to coastal and marine environments. These include:

  • Coastal and Marine Dynamics
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
  • Remote Sensing in Agriculture
  • Aeolian processes and effects
  • Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing
  • Coastal and Marine Management

Christopher R. Sherwood has contributed publications in several prominent venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World
  • Annual Review of Marine Science
  • Nature Communications

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Christopher R. Sherwood include:

  • "Processing coastal imagery with Agisoft Metashape Professional Edition, version 1.6-Structure from motion workflow documentation," 2021, Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World
  • "Modeling the Morphodynamics of Coastal Responses to Extreme Events: What Shape Are We In?", 2021, Annual Review of Marine Science
  • "Human-in-the-Loop Segmentation of Earth Surface Imagery," 2022, Earth and Space Science
  • "Sound-Side Inundation and Seaward Erosion of a Barrier Island During Hurricane Landfall," 2023, Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface
  • "Modeling of Barrier Breaching During Hurricanes Sandy and Matthew," 2022, Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface

Frequent collaborators in Christopher R. Sherwood's research include:

  • Jonathan A. Warrick
  • Jin-Si R. Over
  • Christie A. Hegermiller
  • Daniel Buscombe
  • Andrew C. Ritchie

Best Publications

  • Ocean forecasting in terrain-following coordinates: Formulation and skill assessment of the Regional Ocean Modeling System

    D. B. Haidvogel;H. Arango;W. P. Budgell;B. D. Cornuelle

  • Development of a three-dimensional, regional, coupled wave, current, and sediment-transport model

    John C. Warner;Christopher R. Sherwood;Richard P. Signell;Courtney K. Harris

  • Performance of four turbulence closure models implemented using a generic length scale method

    John C. Warner;Christopher R. Sherwood;Hernan G. Arango;Richard P. Signell

  • Calculating wave-generated bottom orbital velocities from surface-wave parameters

    Patricia L. Wiberg;Christopher R. Sherwood

  • Historical changes in the Columbia River Estuary

    Christopher R Sherwood;Christopher R Sherwood;David A Jay;R Bradford Harvey;Peter Hamilton

  • Formation dynamics of subsurface hydrocarbon intrusions following the Deepwater Horizon blowout

    Scott A. Socolofsky;E. Eric Adams;Christopher R. Sherwood

  • Determining suspended sediment particle size information from acoustical and optical backscatter measurements

    James F. Lynch;James D. Irish;Christopher R. Sherwood;Yogesh C. Agrawal

  • Alexandrium fundyense cysts in the Gulf of Maine: long-term time series of abundance and distribution, and linkages to past and future blooms.

    Donald M. Anderson;Bruce A. Keafer;Judith L. Kleindinst;Dennis J. McGillicuddy

  • Sediment-transport events on the northern California continental shelf during the 1990–1991 STRESS experiment

    C.R. Sherwood;C.R. Sherwood;B. Butman;D.A. Cacchione;D.E. Drake

  • Sediment dispersal in the northwestern Adriatic Sea

    Courtney K. Harris;Christopher R. Sherwood;Richard P. Signell;Aaron J. Bever

  • Simulating Oil Droplet Dispersal From the Deepwater Horizon Spill With a Lagrangian Approach

    Elizabeth W. E. W. North;E. Eric E. E. Adams;Zachary Z. Schlag;Christopher R. C. R. Sherwood

  • Northern Adriatic response to a wintertime bora wind event

    Craig M. Lee;Farid Askari;Jeff Book;Sandro Carniel

  • Modeling the Morphodynamics of Coastal Responses to Extreme Events: What Shape Are We In?

    Christopher R. Sherwood;Ap van Dongeren;James Doyle;Christie A. Hegermiller

  • Columbia River Estuary studies: An introduction to the estuary, a brief history, and prior studies

    Charles A. Simenstad;Lawrence F. Small;C. David McIntire;David A. Jay

  • Underwater Microscope for Measuring Spatial and Temporal Changes in Bed-Sediment Grain Size

    David M. Rubin;Henry Chezar;Jodi N. Harney;David J. Topping

  • Impacts of Watershed Management on Land-Margin Ecosystems: The Columbia River Estuary

    Charles A. Simenstad;David A. Jay;Christopher R. Sherwood

  • Inundation of a barrier island (Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana, USA) during a hurricane: Observed water‐level gradients and modeled seaward sand transport

    Christopher R. Sherwood;Joseph W. Long;Patrick J. Dickhudt;P. Soupy Dalyander

  • Shear velocity estimates on the inner shelf off Grays Harbor, Washington, USA

    Christopher R. Sherwood;Jessica R. Lacy;George Voulgaris

  • Sedimentary geology of the Columbia River Estuary

    Christopher R Sherwood;Christopher R Sherwood;Joe S Creager

  • FIELD MEASUREMENTS OF FAIRWEATHER BOTTOM BOUNDARY LAYER PROCESSES AND SEDIMENT SUSPENSION ON THE LOUISIANA INNER CONTINENTAL SHELF

    L.D Wright;C.R Sherwood;R.W Sternberg

  • Energetics and sedimentary processes in the Columbia River Estuary

    David A. Jay;Benjamin S. Giese;Christopher R. Sherwood;Christopher R. Sherwood

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard P. Signell
Richard P. Signell United States Geological Survey
John C. Warner
John C. Warner United States Geological Survey
Guy Gelfenbaum
Guy Gelfenbaum United States Geological Survey
David M. Rubin
David M. Rubin University of California, Santa Cruz
David A. Jay
David A. Jay Portland State University
Jonathan A. Warrick
Jonathan A. Warrick United States Geological Survey
Patricia L. Wiberg
Patricia L. Wiberg University of Virginia
John H. Trowbridge
John H. Trowbridge Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Emmanuel Boss
Emmanuel Boss University of Maine
Peter Ruggiero
Peter Ruggiero Oregon State University

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