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Overview

Jeffrey A. Coe is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their work spans Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science, with a strong focus on Atmospheric Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Global and Planetary Change, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Ecology as subfields of study.

The primary research themes addressed by Coe include landslides and related hazards, cryospheric studies and observations, climate change and permafrost, winter sports injuries and performance, fire effects on ecosystems, geology and paleoclimatology research, and hydrology and sediment transport processes.

Coe has contributed to various publications, including the following recent papers:

  • Bellwether sites for evaluating changes in landslide frequency and magnitude in cryospheric mountainous terrain: a call for systematic, long-term observations to decipher the impact of climate change, 2020, Landslides
  • A 36-Year Record of Rock Avalanches in the Saint Elias Mountains of Alaska, With Implications for Future Hazards, 2020, Frontiers in Earth Science
  • The Influence of Frost Weathering on Debris Flow Sediment Supply in an Alpine Basin, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface
  • Mobility characteristics of debris slides and flows triggered by Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, 2020, Landslides
  • Spaceborne InSAR mapping of landslides and subsidence in rapidly deglaciating terrain, Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve and vicinity, Alaska and British Columbia, 2022, Remote Sensing of Environment

Frequent coauthors in their collaborations include Nikita Avdievitch, Dennis M. Staley, Erin K. Jensen, Francis K. Rengers, and Brian D. Collins.

The scientist's work is regularly published in venues such as Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America, Landslides, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface, and Frontiers in Earth Science.

Best Publications

  • Landslide mobility and hazards: implications of the 2014 Oso disaster

    R.M. Iverson;D.L. George;K. Allstadt;M.E. Reid

  • Initiation conditions for debris flows generated by runoff at Chalk Cliffs, central Colorado

    Jeffrey A. Coe;David A. Kinner;Jonathan W. Godt

  • Runoff-generated debris flows: Observations and modeling of surge initiation, magnitude, and frequency

    Jason W. Kean;Scott W. McCoy;Gregory E. Tucker;Dennis M. Staley

  • Seasonal movement of the Slumgullion landslide determined from Global Positioning System surveys and field instrumentation, July 1998–March 2002

    J.A Coe;W.L Ellis;J.W Godt;W.Z Savage

  • Inundation, flow dynamics, and damage in the 9 January 2018 Montecito debris-flow event, California, USA: Opportunities and challenges for post-wildfire risk assessment

    Jason W. Kean;Dennis M. Staley;Jeremy T. Lancaster;Francis K. Rengers

  • Alpine debris flows triggered by a 28 July 1999 thunderstorm in the central Front Range, Colorado

    Jonathan W. Godt;Jeffrey A. Coe

  • Sediment entrainment by debris flows: In situ measurements from the headwaters of a steep catchment

    S.W. McCoy;Jason W. Kean;Jeffrey A. Coe;G.E. Tucker

  • Evolution of a natural debris flow: In situ measurements of flow dynamics, video imagery, and terrestrial laser scanning

    Scott W. McCoy;Jason W. Kean;Jeffrey A. Coe;Dennis M. Staley

  • Probabilistic Assessment of Precipitation-Triggered Landslides Using Historical Records of Landslide Occurrence, Seattle, Washington

    Jeffrey A. Coe;John A. Michael;Robert A. Crovelli;William Z. Savage

  • Increasing rock-avalanche size and mobility in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska detected from 1984 to 2016 Landsat imagery

    Jeffrey A. Coe;Erin K. Bessette-Kirton;Erin K. Bessette-Kirton;Marten Geertsema

  • Landslides triggered by Hurricane Mitch in Guatemala -- inventory and discussion

    Robert C. Bucknam;Jeffrey A. Coe;Manuel Mota Chavarria;Jonathan W. Godt

  • Field measurement of basal forces generated by erosive debris flows

    S. W. McCoy;S. W. McCoy;G. E. Tucker;J. W. Kean;J. A. Coe

  • New insights into debris-flow hazards from an extraordinary event in the Colorado Front Range

    Jeffrey A. Coe;Jason W. Kean;Jonathan W. Godt;Rex L. Baum

  • Estimating rates of debris flow entrainment from ground vibrations

    Jason W. Kean;Jeffrey A. Coe;V. Coviello;Joel B. Smith

  • Landslide susceptibility from topography in Guatemala

    J.A. Coe;J.W. Godt;R.L. Baum;R.C. Bucknam

  • Volumetric analysis and hydrologic characterization of a modern debris flow near Yucca Mountain, Nevada

    Jeffrey A. Coe;Patrick A. Glancy;John W. Whitney

  • Preliminary map showing landslide densities, mean recurrence intervals, and exceedance probabilities as determined from historic records, Seattle, Washington

    J.A. Coe;J.A. Michael;R.A. Crovelli;W.Z. Savage

  • Elucidating the role of vegetation in the initiation of rainfall-induced shallow landslides: Insights from an extreme rainfall event in the Colorado Front Range

    Luke A. McGuire;Luke A. McGuire;Francis K. Rengers;Jason W. Kean;Jeffrey A. Coe

  • Landslides triggered by Hurricane Maria: Assessment of an extreme event in Puerto Rico

    Erin Bessette-Kirton;Corina Cerovski-Darriau;William Schulz;Jeffrey A. Coe

  • Rock-avalanche dynamics revealed by large-scale field mapping and seismic signals at a highly mobile avalanche in the West Salt Creek valley, western Colorado

    Jeffrey A. Coe;Rex L. Baum;Kate E. Allstadt;Bernard F. Kochevar

Frequent Co-Authors

Jason W. Kean
Jason W. Kean United States Geological Survey
Jonathan W. Godt
Jonathan W. Godt United States Geological Survey
Rex L. Baum
Rex L. Baum United States Geological Survey
Dennis M. Staley
Dennis M. Staley United States Geological Survey
Francis K. Rengers
Francis K. Rengers United States Geological Survey
Gregory E. Tucker
Gregory E. Tucker University of Colorado Boulder
Brian D. Collins
Brian D. Collins United States Geological Survey
Marten Geertsema
Marten Geertsema University of Northern British Columbia
Edwin L. Harp
Edwin L. Harp United States Geological Survey
Richard M. Iverson
Richard M. Iverson United States Geological Survey

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