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“Connecting Science and Community: Volunteer Beach Profiling to Increase Coastal Resilience”, Continental Shelf Research, vol. 242(5) 104733. 2022.
, “Analysis of Vibracores from the New Hampshire Continental Shelf from 1984 and 1988”, Department of Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Marine Minerals Division, Sterling, VA, 2021.
, “Erosion and Accretion Trends of New Hampshire Beaches from December 2016 to March 2020: Results of the Volunteer Beach Profile Monitoring Program”, New Hampshire Sea Grant and University of New Hampshire Extension, Durham, NH, 2021.
, “New Hampshire and Vicinity Continental Shelf: Sand and Gravel Resources”, Department of Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Marine Minerals Division, Sterling, VA, 2021.
, “New Hampshire Atlantic Beaches: 2017 Field Campaign Database - Field and Sample Photographs and Sediment Data”. University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, 2021.
, “New Hampshire Continental Shelf Geophysical Database: 2002-2005 Jeffreys Ledge Field Campaign – Seafloor Photographs and Sediment Data”. University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, 2021.
, “New Hampshire Continental Shelf Geophysical Database: 2012-2013 NEWBEX Field Campaign – Seafloor Photographs and Sediment Data”. University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, 2021.
, “New Hampshire Continental Shelf Geophysical Database: 2016-2017 Field Campaign – Seafloor and Sample Photographs and Sediment Data”. University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, 2021.
, “New Hampshire Continental Shelf Geophysical Database: 2016-2017 Field Campaign – Seafloor Photographs”. University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, 2021.
, “New Hampshire Continental Shelf Geophysical Database: 2016-2017 Field Campaign - Stations and Sediment Data”. University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, 2021.
, “New Hampshire Continental Shelf Geophysical Database: Vibracore Logs and Sediment Data”. University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, 2021.
, “New Hampshire Continental Shelf Historical Geophysical Database: 1971 to 2015 - Sediment Data”. University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, 2021.
, “Northeast Bathymetry and Backscatter Compilation: Western Gulf of Maine, Southern New England, and Long Island Sound”, Department of Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Marine Minerals Division, Sterling, VA, 2021.
, “Seasonal Changes in Sediment Grain Size of New Hampshire Atlantic Beaches: BOEM/New Hampshire Cooperative Agreement (Contract M14ACOOO10) Technical Report”, Department of Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Marine Minerals Division, Sterling, VA, 2021.
, “Surficial Geology of the Continental Shelf Off New Hampshire: Morphologic Features and Surficial Sediment”, Department of Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Marine Minerals Division, Sterling, VA, 2021.
, “Assessing the Stability of New Hampshire Beaches: Research Involving the University of New Hampshire, New Hampshire State Agencies, and Citizen Scientists”, The Beaches Conferences 2019: Our Maine and New Hampshire Beaches and Coast. p. Kittery, ME, 2019.
, “High Resolution Mapping of Morphologic Features and Seafloor Sediments of the New Hampshire and Vicinity Continental Shelf, Western Gulf of Maine”, Geological Society of America (GSA) Annual Meeting, Northeastern Section. p. Portland, ME, 2019.
2019_Ward_et_al_NEGSA.pdf (7.43 MB)
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“High-Resolution Surficial Geology Mapping of the New Hampshire Inner Continental Shelf and Coastline: An Important Step Towards Coastal Resiliency”, Gulf of Maine 2050 International Symposium. p. Portland, ME, 2019.
, “Bathymetric and Reflectivity-derived Data Fusion for Preliminary Seafloor Segmentation and Strategic Bottom Sampling”, GeoHab 2018. p. Santa Barbara, CA, 2018.
Masetti_et_al_GeoHab_2018_Bathymetric_and_Reflectivity_derived_Data_Fusion.pdf (112.08 KB)
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“A Bathymetry- and Reflectivity-Based Approach for Seafloor Segmentation”, Geosciences, vol. 8 (1). MDPI Publishing, Basel, Switzerland, p. 14, 2018.
geosciences-08-00014.pdf (7.16 MB)
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“Bottom Characterization by Using Airborne Lidar Bathymetry (ALB) Waveform Features Obtained from Bottom Return Residual Analysis”, Remote Sensing of Environment, vol. 206. Elsevier, pp. 260-274, 2018.
, “Improving Salt Marsh Digital Elevation Model Accuracy with Full-Waveform Lldar and Nonparametric Predictive Modeling”, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, vol. 202. Elsevier, pp. 193-211, 2018.
, “Shallow Water Multibeam Data Analysis of Complex Bedrock Geology in Penobscot Bay, Maine”, 8th Annual International Conference on High Resolution Surveys in Shallow Water. p. St. John's, NL, Canada, 2018.
, “Temporal and Spatial Variability in Sediment Texture on Northern, Paraglacial Beaches: New Hampshire”, Geological Society of America (GSA) Annual Meeting, Northeastern Section. p. Burlington, VT, 2018.
, “Mapping of the Major Morphologic Features and Seafloor Sediments of the New Hampshire Continental Shelf Using the Coastal and Marine Ecologic Classification Standard (CMECS)”, 2017 GeoHab Conference. p. Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, 2017.
2017_Ward_GeoHab2017.pdf (5.66 MB)
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“Assessment of Elevation Uncertainty in Salt Marsh Environments Using Discrete-Return and Full-Waveform Lidar”, Journal of Coastal Research, vol. SI 76. Coastal Education & Research Foundation [CERF], Coconut Creek, FL, pp. 107-122, 2016.
, “High-Frequency Seafloor Scattering in a Dynamic Harbor Environment: Observations of Change Over Time Scales of Seconds to Seasons”, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, vol. 140(4). Acoustical Society of America, pp. 3348-3349, 2016.
, “Integrated Studies of the New Hampshire Shoreline and Continental Shelf: An Important Step Towards Coastal Resiliency”, American Shore and Beach Protection Association Annual Meeting. p. Long Branch, NJ, 2016.
, “New Hampshire and Vicinity Continental Shelf: Morphologic Features and Surficial Sediments”, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Marine Minerals Branch, Herndon, VA, 2016.
, “New Hampshire and Vicinity Continental Shelf: Sand and Gravel Resources”, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Marine Minerals Branch, Herndon, VA, 2016.
, “New Hampshire Beaches: Sediment Characterization”, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Marine Minerals Branch, Herndon, VA, 2016.
, “Observations of Seasonal Changes and Storm Effects on a Bedrock-Influenced, Paraglacial Coastal System: New Hampshire”, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Northeastern Section. p. Albany, NY, 2016.
, “Western Gulf of Maine Bathymetry and Backscatter Synthesis”, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Marine Minerals Branch, Herndon, VA, 2016.
, “Depositional Systems on the Northern Massachusetts and New Hampshire Inner Continental Shelf: Use of High Resolution Seafloor Mapping to Understand Impacts of Glaciation, Marine Processes and Sea-Level Fluctuations”, Geological Society of America (GSA) Annual Meeting. Baltimore, MD, 2015.
, “Development of Late Quaternary Depositional History of Portsmouth Harbor, NH”, Geological Society of America (GSA) Annual Meeting. Baltimore, MD, 2015.
, “Evaluation of Field-Measured Vertical Obscuration and Full Waveform Lidar to Assess Salt Marsh Vegetation Biophysical Parameters”, Remote Sensing of Environment, vol. 156. pp. 264-275, 2015.
, “Observations of Backscatter from Sand and Gravel Seafloors Between 170 and 250 kHz”, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, vol. 138. Acoustical Society of America, pp. 2169–2180, 2015.
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“Use of high resolution bathymetry and backscatter for mapping depositional environments on the New Hampshire continental shelf”, Geological Society of America (GSA) Annual Meeting, Northeastern Section. Bretton Woods, NH, 2015.
, “Depositional Environments of Jeffreys Ledge, Western Gulf of Maine: Impacts of Glaciation, Sea-level Fluctuations and Marine Processes Assessed Using High Resolution Multibeam Bathymetry, Subbottom Seismics, Videography, and Direct Sampling”, 2014 Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union (AGU). San Francisco, CA, 2014.
, “Enhanced coastal mapping using lidar waveform features”, 15th Annual JALBTCX Airborne Coastal Mapping and Charting Workshop. Mobile, AL, 2014.
, “Long-term Seafloor Monitoring at an Open Ocean Aquaculture Site in the Western Gulf of Maine, USA: Development of an Adaptive Protocol”, Marine Pollution Bulleten, vol. 88. pp. 129-137, 2014.
, “Morphologic Changes of a Heavily Developed and Modified Back-Barrier System: Hampton-Seabrook Harbor, New Hampshire”, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 2014.
, “Physical processes and morphologic changes in Hampton-Seabrook Harbor, New Hampshire: Natural and anthropogenic alterations”, Northeast Section, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting. Bretton Woods, NH, 2012.
, “The Seafloor: A Key Factor in Lidar Bottom Detection”, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 49. IEEE, Washington DC, Washington DC, USA, pp. 1150-1157, 2011.
Peeri_2010_IEEE_The_Seafloor-A_key_factor_in_Lidar_bottom_detection.pdf (801.32 KB)
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“Development and Analysis of a Bathymetric Database for Great Bay Estuary, New Hampshire”, New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (DES), New Hampshire Coastal Program (NHCP), 2009.
, “Effects of a Large Fishing Closure on Benthic Communitites in the Western Gulf of Maine: Recovery from the Effects of Gillnets and Otter Trawls”, Fisheries Bulletin, vol. 107. National Marine Fisheries Service Scientific Publications Office, pp. 308-317, 2009.
, “High-resolution Seafloor Mapping and an Assessment of the Effectiveness of the Western Gulf of Maine Closure Area (WGOMCA)”, Workshop on Integrating Seafloor Mapping and an Assessment of the Effectiveness of the Western Gulf of Maine. Portland, ME, USA, 2009.
, “Validating coastal flooding models using ALB-derived shorelines”, Canadian Hydrographic Conference (CHC). Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, 2008.
, “Detecting bedform migration in Portsmouth Harbor on relatively short time-scales from high-resolution multibeam bathymetry”, Shallow Water Survey Conference (SWS). Durham, NH, USA, 2008.
, “Detecting bedform migration in Portsmouth Harbor, New Hampshire, USA, on relatively short spatial and temporal scales”, American Geophysical Union (AGU). San Francisco, CA, USA, 2008.
, “Analysis of Coastal Morphology for Crescent and Sea Point Beaches, Maine Ground-truth Airborne LIDAR Bathymetry Digital Elevation Models”, Shallow Water Survey Conference (SWS). Durham, NH, USA, 2008.
, “Approaches and Requirements of Quantitative Comparison of the Multibeam Sonar Benthic Acoustic Backscatter”, Shallow Water Survey Conference (SWS). Durham, NH, USA, 2008.
, “Ground-truth Results of Comparison or Airborne LIDAR Bathymetry in Subtidal Coastal Environments”, American Geophysical Union (AGU), vol. 89. San Francisco, CA, USA, 2008.
, “Stratigraphy, Pollen History and Geochronology of Tidal Marshes in a Gulf of Maine Estuarine System: Climatic and Relative Sea Level Impacts”, Marine Geology, vol. 256. Elsevier, New York, NY, USA, pp. 1-17, 2008.
Ward_2008_MG_Stratigraphy_pollen_history_and_geochronology_of_tidal_marshes_Gulf_of_Maine.pdf (2.94 MB)
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“Validating coastal flooding models using ALB-derived shorelines”, Canadian Hydrographic Conference. 2008.
, “Identifying subtidal coastal environments using airborne lidar bathymetry (ALB)”, American Geophysical Union (AGU). San Francisco, CA, USA, 2007.
, “The seafloor as key component for the success of lidar in bottom detection”, Joint Airborne LIDAR Bathymetry Technical Center of Expertise Coastal Mapping and Charting Workshop (JALBTCX). Seattle, WA, USA, 2007.
, “Future impacts of fresh water resource management: sensitivity of coastal deltas”, International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS), vol. 314. Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, pp. 231-238, 2007.
, “Depositional systems on the New Hampshire continental shelf: formation and controlling processes”, Geological Society of America. 2007.
, “High Resolution Benthic Mapping Using Multibeam Sonar, Videography, and Sediment Sampling in the Gulf of Maine: Application to Geologic and Fisheries Research.”, Annual Meeting Geological Society of America (GSA), vol. 38. Boston, MA, USA, pp. 0-377, 2006.
, “Effects of the Western Gulf of Maine Closure Area on Bottom Habitats: A Preliminary GIS-based Assessment”, GIS Conference. Cambridge, MA, USA, 2006.
, “Effective sea-level rise in deltas: Causes of change and human dimension implications”, Global and Planetary Change, vol. 50. Elsevier, New York, NY, USA, pp. 63-82, 2006.
Ericson_2005_GPC_Effective_sea-level_rise_and_deltas.pdf (839.07 KB)
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“Temporal variability in salinity, temperature and suspended sediments in a Gulf of Maine Estuary (Great Bay Estuary, New Hampshire)”, in High Resolution Morphodynamics and Sedimentary Evolution of Estuaries, vol. 8, no. D.M FitzGerald, J. Knight, New York, NY, USA: Springer Publisher, 2005, pp. 115-142.
, “On the use of historical bathymetric data to determine changes in bathymetry”, International Hydrographic Review, vol. 6. Geomatics Information & Trading Center - GITC, Lemmers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, pp. 25-41, 2005.
, “Mapping and Characterizing Oyster Reefs using Acoustic Techniques, Underwater Videography and Quadrat Sampling”, Benthic Habitats and the Effects of Fishing, no. P.W. Barnes & J.P. Thomas. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, MD, USA, pp. 153-159, 2005.
, “Variations in physical properties and water quality in the Webhannet River Estuary (Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve, Maine)”, Journal of Coastal Research, vol. 45. Coastal Education & Research Foundation, Inc. [CERF], West Palm Beach, FL, USA, pp. 39-58, 2004.
, “The seafloor a key factor in lidar bottom detection”, IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering. IEEE, Washington DC, Washington DC, USA, 2003.
, “Preliminary Studies of the Impact of Sea Level Rise on Coastal Environments (New Hampshire, USA)”, International Conference on Coastal Sediments (ICCS). Clearwater Beach, FL, USA, pp. 0-13, 2003.
, “Suspended Sediment Dynamics in the Great Bay Estuary, NH: Patterns and Controlling Processes”, Geological Society of America (GSA), vol. 33. Boston, MA, USA, 2001.
, “Comparison of Acoustic Techniques, Videography, and Quadrant Sampling for Characterizing Subtidal Oyster Reefs”, National Shellfisheries Association (NSA). Mystic, CT, USA, 2001.
, “A Preliminary Assessment of Tidal Flooding Along the New Hampshire Coast: Past, Present and Future”, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, 2001.
Ward_and_Adams_2001_APreliminaryAssessmentOfTidalFloodingAlongTheNHCoast-PastPresentFuture.pdf (1.99 MB)
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“Sedimentology of the New Hampshire Inner Continental Shelf Based on Subbottom Seismics, Side Scan Sonar, Bathymetry and Bottom Samples”, Marine Georesources and Geotechnology, vol. 17. Taylor & Francis, pp. 165-172, 1999.
, “Variations in sedimentary environments and accretionary processes in estuarine marshes undergoing rapid sea level rise, Chesapeake Bay”, Marine Geology, vol. 151. Elsevier, New York, NY, USA, pp. 111-134, 1998.
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