Research Seminar: Visualization Tools to Communicate Riverine Erosion Hazards and Improve Flood Resiliency in Headwater Communities of the Lake Champlain Basin

Water resource managers are in need of science-based tools to identify and prioritize river reaches for conservation and restoration to mitigate erosion and flooding hazards. Kristen Underwood, Research Assistant Professor, and Lindsay Worley, PhD Candidate, Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Vermont, present their research to develop a smart classifier of reach-based sediment erosion, transport, and deposition that relies on existing stream geomorphic assessment data stored in the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources online database. They preview visualization tools to communicate erosion hazards to communities and highlight how this research is supporting Vermont’s broader Functioning Floodplains Initiative.

The project Visualization Tools to Communicate Riverine Erosion Hazards and Improve Flood Resiliency in Headwater Communities of the Lake Champlain Basin is funded by the Lake Champlain Sea Grant and leverages previous work of the investigators funded in part by the National Science Foundation under Vermont EPSCoR Grant Nos. EPS-1101317 and NSF OIA 1556770.

This presentation is part of the Lake Champlain Sea Grant research seminar series; it took place on April 28, 2021.