Patricia Wiberg Explained

Patricia Louise Wiberg
Workplaces:University of Virginia
Alma Mater:University of Washington
Thesis Title:Mechanics of bedload sediment transport
Thesis Url:https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/
Thesis Year:1987
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Patricia Wiberg is a professor at University of Virginia known for her research on the transport of sediments in aquatic environments.

Education and career

Wiberg has a B.A. in mathematics from Brown University (1976), and an M.S. (1983) and a Ph.D. (1987) from the University of Washington.[1] Wiberg is a fellow of the American Geophysical Union, and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science who cited her "for distinguished contributions to understanding the causes and consequences of sediment movements in aquatic systems."[2] [3]

Research

Wiberg studies coastal environments with a focus on how disturbances such as storms, sea-level rise, and temperature change coastal areas[4] Through her integration of data and models, she examines changes in salt marshes in the context of environmental changes.[5] While in graduate school, Wiberg and colleagues found evidence in the Brazos River beds in Texas for a tsunami that was at least 1000 feet high which would have occurred at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary.[6] [7] She has also examined the impact of the shape of sediments on eddy correlation flux measurements.[8] Since 2006, Wiberg has been a co-principal investigator at the National Science Foundation-funded Virginia Coast Reserve Long-Term Ecological Research[9] [10] where she has been working on water and sediment dynamics.[11] [12]

Selected publications

Awards and honors

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Patricia L. Wiberg • Faculty Directory. 2021-07-16. facultydirectory.virginia.edu.
  2. Web site: AAAS Announces Leading Scientists Elected as 2020 Fellows American Association for the Advancement of Science. 2021-07-16. www.aaas.org. en.
  3. Web site: 2020-11-30. Accolades: Prestigious Science Organization Recognizes 4 More Professors as Fellows. 2021-07-16. UVA Today. en.
  4. Wiberg. Patricia. 2000. A perfect storm:formation and potential for preservation of storm beds on the continental shelf. 13.
  5. Wiberg. Patricia L.. Fagherazzi. Sergio. Kirwan. Matthew L.. 2020-01-03. Improving Predictions of Salt Marsh Evolution Through Better Integration of Data and Models. Annual Review of Marine Science. 12. 1. 389–413. 10.1146/annurev-marine-010419-010610. 31283424 . 195845288 . 1941-1405.
  6. News: Ap. 1988-08-02. Texas Deposit Yields Signs of Big Meteorite. en-US. The New York Times. 2021-07-16. 0362-4331.
  7. Bourgeois. J.. Hansen. T. A.. Wiberg. P. L.. Kauffman. E. G.. 1988-07-29. A Tsunami Deposit at the Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary in Texas. Science. en. 241. 4865. 567–570. 10.1126/science.241.4865.567. 17774578. 7447635. 0036-8075.
  8. Berg. Peter. Røy. Hans. Wiberg. Patricia L.. 2007. Eddy correlation flux measurements: The sediment surface area that contributes to the flux. Limnology and Oceanography. en. 52. 4. 1672–1684. 10.4319/lo.2007.52.4.1672. 1939-5590. 21.11116/0000-0001-CE3A-7. 15078295 . free.
  9. Web site: Long-Term Drivers, State Change and Disturbance on the Virginia Coast Reserve: LTER V; NSF Award 0621014.
  10. Web site: NSF Award Search: Award # 1832221 - LTER: Climate drivers, dynamics, and consequences of ecosystem state change in coastal barrier systems. 2021-07-17. www.nsf.gov. en.
  11. Web site: Vaughn. Carol. Sea level rise and storms: How a Va. Shore center is helping researchers study impacts. 2021-07-17. The Daily Times. en-US.
  12. 2018-10-15. Tradeoffs among hydrodynamics, sediment fluxes and vegetation community in the Virginia Coast Reserve, USA. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. en. 210. 98–108. 10.1016/j.ecss.2018.06.009. 0272-7714. Nardin. William. Larsen. Laurel. Fagherazzi. Sergio. Wiberg. Patricia. 134759262 . free.
  13. Web site: Wiberg. 2021-07-16. Honors Program. en-US.

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