Patricia Wiberg

Patricia Louise Wiberg
Alma mater	University of Washington
Scientific career
Institutions	University of Virginia
Thesis	Mechanics of bedload sediment transport  (1987)

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] [2]} 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." ^{[3] [4]}

Research

Wiberg studies coastal environments with a focus on how disturbances such as storms, sea-level rise, and temperature change coastal areas ^{[4] [5]} Through her integration of data and models, she examines changes in salt marshes in the context of environmental changes. ^[6] 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. ^{[7] [8]} She has also examined the impact of the shape of sediments on eddy correlation flux measurements. ^[9] Since 2006, Wiberg has been a co-principal investigator at the National Science Foundation-funded Virginia Coast Reserve Long-Term Ecological Research ^{[10] [11]} where she has been working on water and sediment dynamics. ^{[12] [13]}

Selected publications

• Hornberger, George M.; Wiberg, Patricia L.; Raffensperger, Jeff P.; D'Odorico, Paolo (2014). Elements of Physical Hydrology. The Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN   9781421413730.
• 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. 241 (4865): 567–570. Bibcode:1988Sci...241..567B. doi:10.1126/science.241.4865.567. ISSN   0036-8075. PMID   17774578. S2CID   7447635.
• Wiberg, Patricia L.; Harris, Courtney K. (1994). "Ripple geometry in wave-dominated environments" . Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. 99 (C1): 775–789. Bibcode:1994JGR....99..775W. doi:10.1029/93JC02726. ISSN   2156-2202.
• Wiberg, Patricia L.; Smith, J. Dungan (1987). "Calculations of the critical shear stress for motion of uniform and heterogeneous sediments" . Water Resources Research. 23 (8): 1471–1480. Bibcode:1987WRR....23.1471W. doi:10.1029/WR023i008p01471. ISSN   1944-7973.
• Wiberg, Patricia L.; Fagherazzi, Sergio; Kirwan, Matthew L. (3 January 2020). "Improving Predictions of Salt Marsh Evolution Through Better Integration of Data and Models" . Annual Review of Marine Science. 12 (1): 389–413. Bibcode:2020ARMS...12..389W. doi:10.1146/annurev-marine-010419-010610. ISSN   1941-1405. PMID   31283424. S2CID   195845288.

Awards and honors

• Fellow, American Geophysical Union (2017) ^[14]
• Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (2020) ^[3]

References

1. "Patricia L. Wiberg • Faculty Directory". facultydirectory.virginia.edu. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
2. "Front Matter" , Numerical Methods in the Hydrological Sciences, Special Publications, vol. 57, American Geophysical Union (AGU), pp. i–ix, 2005, doi:10.1002/9781118709528.fmatter, ISBN   978-1-118-70952-8 , retrieved 2021-07-16
3. "AAAS Announces Leading Scientists Elected as 2020 Fellows | American Association for the Advancement of Science". www.aaas.org. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
4. "Accolades: Prestigious Science Organization Recognizes 4 More Professors as Fellows". UVA Today. 2020-11-30. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
5. Wiberg, Patricia (2000). "A perfect storm:formation and potential for preservation of storm beds on the continental shelf" (PDF). 13.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
6. 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. Bibcode:2020ARMS...12..389W. doi:10.1146/annurev-marine-010419-010610. ISSN   1941-1405. PMID   31283424. S2CID   195845288.
7. Ap (1988-08-02). "Texas Deposit Yields Signs of Big Meteorite". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2021-07-16.
8. 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. 241 (4865): 567–570. Bibcode:1988Sci...241..567B. doi:10.1126/science.241.4865.567. ISSN   0036-8075. PMID   17774578. S2CID   7447635.
9. Berg, Peter; Røy, Hans; Wiberg, Patricia L. (2007). "Eddy correlation flux measurements: The sediment surface area that contributes to the flux". Limnology and Oceanography. 52 (4): 1672–1684. Bibcode:2007LimOc..52.1672B. doi:10.4319/lo.2007.52.4.1672. hdl: 21.11116/0000-0001-CE3A-7 . ISSN   1939-5590. S2CID   15078295.
10. "Long-Term Drivers, State Change and Disturbance on the Virginia Coast Reserve: LTER V; NSF Award 0621014".
11. "NSF Award Search: Award # 1832221 - LTER: Climate drivers, dynamics, and consequences of ecosystem state change in coastal barrier systems". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
12. Vaughn, Carol. "Sea level rise and storms: How a Va. Shore center is helping researchers study impacts". The Daily Times. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
13. Nardin, William; Larsen, Laurel; Fagherazzi, Sergio; Wiberg, Patricia (2018-10-15). "Tradeoffs among hydrodynamics, sediment fluxes and vegetation community in the Virginia Coast Reserve, USA". Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 210: 98–108. Bibcode:2018ECSS..210...98N. doi: 10.1016/j.ecss.2018.06.009 . ISSN   0272-7714. S2CID   134759262.
14. "Wiberg". Honors Program. Retrieved 2021-07-16.

External links

• Patricia Wiberg publications indexed by Google Scholar