James Smith’s Portfolio

My name is James Emerson Smith IV, and I am an experienced Hydrologist/ Geologist fascinated with the processes that govern the earth and drive surficial landscape evolution. In December 2018, I graduated with a Master of Science degree from Louisiana State University within the Geology and Geophysics Department. For the past 3 years, I have worked as a hydrologist with the USDA at the National Sedimentation Laboratoty (NSL) in Oxford, MS. My work at the NSL is focused on fluvial hydraulics and sediment transport dynamics. Currently, I am investigating the use of accelerometer impact plates to study bedload sediment transport in gravel bedded rivers.

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Projects:

• Temperature over time – New Orleans, Louisiana
• Discharge Data for the Past 130 Years, Rio Grnde River near Espanola, NM
• NDVI Analysis and Vegetation “recovery” folowing the 2012 Waldo Canyon Fire, Colorado Springs, CO
• Wildfire Trends Across the US over the past 29 Years Could Provide insight for Watersheds Impacted