Christopher Sherwood, PhD
Chris (he/him/his), is a coastal oceanographer with expertise in measuring and modeling sediment transport and coastal morphology changes.
Professional Experience
Research Oceanographer, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA and Woods Hole, MA, 1999 – present.
Affiliate Faculty, Ocean Engineering, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, 2009 – present
Guest Investigator, Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, 2011 – present
Senior Research Scientist, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Division of Marine Research, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 1996 - 1999
Education and Certifications
Ph.D. Geological Oceanography, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 1995
M.S. Geological Oceanography, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 1982
A.B., Economics and Environmental Studies, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, 1976
Science and Products
Mapping Land-Use, Hazard Vulnerability and Habitat Suitability Using Deep Neural Networks
Exploring the USGS Science Data Life Cycle in the Cloud
Community Model for Coastal Sediment Transport
DUNEX topographic, bathymetric, and supporting GPS data collected in Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge, North Carolina 2020-2021 (ver. 1.1, May 2024)
Aerial Imagery of the North Carolina Coast: 2020-05-08 to 2020-05-09
Aerial Imagery of the North Carolina Coast: 2020-02-08 to 2020-02-09
U.S. Geological Survey simulations of hydrodynamics and morphodynamics at Matanzas, FL during Hurricane Matthew (2016) and at Fire Island, NY during Hurricane Sandy (2012)
Aerial Imagery of the North Carolina Coast: 2019-11-26
Topographic and bathymetric data, structure from motion imagery, and ground control data collected at Head of the Meadow, Truro in February 2021, U.S Geological Survey Field Activity 2021-014-FA
Aerial Imagery of the North Carolina Coast: 2019-10-11
Aerial Imagery of the North Carolina Coast: 2019-09-08 to 2019-09-13, Post-Hurricane Dorian
Topographic and bathymetric data, sediment samples, structure from motion imagery, and reference mark data collected at Marconi Beach, Wellfleet in winter 2021, U.S Geological Survey Field Activity 2021-022-FA (ver. 2, December 2023)
Aerial Imagery of the North Carolina Coast: 2019-08-30 and 2019-09-02, Pre-Hurricane Dorian
Structure from motion products associated with UAS flights in Sandwich, Massachusetts between January 2016 - September 2017
Aerial Photogrammetry Data and Products of the North Carolina coast: 2018-10-06 to 2018-10-08, post-Hurricane Florence
Processing coastal imagery with Agisoft Metashape Professional Edition, version 1.6—Structure from motion workflow documentation
IntroductionStructure from motion (SFM) has become an integral technique in coastal change assessment; the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) used Agisoft Metashape Professional Edition photogrammetry software to develop a workflow that processes coastline aerial imagery collected in response to storms since Hurricane Florence in 2018. This report details step-by-step instructions to create three-dimen
Impacts of sediment removal from and placement in coastal barrier island systems
Executive SummaryOn June 24, 2019, Congressman Raul Grijalva of Arizona, Chair of the House Committee on Natural Resources, sent a letter to the directors of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S. Geological Survey to request their assistance in answering questions regarding coastal sediment resource management within the Coastal Barrier Resources System as defined by the Coastal Barrier
A survey of storm-induced seaward-transport features observed during the 2019 and 2020 hurricane seasons
Erosion and recovery: Sound-side inundation of Cape Lookout National Seashore during Hurricane Dorian
Using the Lomb-Scargle method for wave statistics from gappy time series
Wave-current interaction between Hurricane Matthew wave fields and the Gulf Stream
Morphodynamic modeling of the response of two barrier islands to Atlantic hurricane forcing
Tidal variation in cohesive sediment distribution in an idealized, partially-mixed estuary
Modeling the morphological response of a barrier island to Hurricane Matthew
Investigating bedload transport under asymmetrical waves using a coupled ocean-wave model
Sediment transport model including short-lived radioisotopes: Model description and idealized test cases
Unmanned aerial systems capabilities of the U.S. Geological Survey Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Science and Products
Mapping Land-Use, Hazard Vulnerability and Habitat Suitability Using Deep Neural Networks
Exploring the USGS Science Data Life Cycle in the Cloud
Community Model for Coastal Sediment Transport
DUNEX topographic, bathymetric, and supporting GPS data collected in Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge, North Carolina 2020-2021 (ver. 1.1, May 2024)
Aerial Imagery of the North Carolina Coast: 2020-05-08 to 2020-05-09
Aerial Imagery of the North Carolina Coast: 2020-02-08 to 2020-02-09
U.S. Geological Survey simulations of hydrodynamics and morphodynamics at Matanzas, FL during Hurricane Matthew (2016) and at Fire Island, NY during Hurricane Sandy (2012)
Aerial Imagery of the North Carolina Coast: 2019-11-26
Topographic and bathymetric data, structure from motion imagery, and ground control data collected at Head of the Meadow, Truro in February 2021, U.S Geological Survey Field Activity 2021-014-FA
Aerial Imagery of the North Carolina Coast: 2019-10-11
Aerial Imagery of the North Carolina Coast: 2019-09-08 to 2019-09-13, Post-Hurricane Dorian
Topographic and bathymetric data, sediment samples, structure from motion imagery, and reference mark data collected at Marconi Beach, Wellfleet in winter 2021, U.S Geological Survey Field Activity 2021-022-FA (ver. 2, December 2023)
Aerial Imagery of the North Carolina Coast: 2019-08-30 and 2019-09-02, Pre-Hurricane Dorian
Structure from motion products associated with UAS flights in Sandwich, Massachusetts between January 2016 - September 2017
Aerial Photogrammetry Data and Products of the North Carolina coast: 2018-10-06 to 2018-10-08, post-Hurricane Florence
Processing coastal imagery with Agisoft Metashape Professional Edition, version 1.6—Structure from motion workflow documentation
IntroductionStructure from motion (SFM) has become an integral technique in coastal change assessment; the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) used Agisoft Metashape Professional Edition photogrammetry software to develop a workflow that processes coastline aerial imagery collected in response to storms since Hurricane Florence in 2018. This report details step-by-step instructions to create three-dimen
Impacts of sediment removal from and placement in coastal barrier island systems
Executive SummaryOn June 24, 2019, Congressman Raul Grijalva of Arizona, Chair of the House Committee on Natural Resources, sent a letter to the directors of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S. Geological Survey to request their assistance in answering questions regarding coastal sediment resource management within the Coastal Barrier Resources System as defined by the Coastal Barrier