Brandy N Armstrong
I enjoyed working in the challenging and diverse field of oceanography at the USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, but transferred within the USGS to the Hydrologic Instrumentation Facility in September of 2014 to be closer to family.
Biography
My 10+ years of experience include: Developing and automated system for daily coupled ocean and wave forecast modeling using the COAWST system in a cluster/linux environment. Storage, manipulation, and analysis of large, 4-D data sets using THREDDS, ftp, matlab, Perl, ArcGIS, NetCDF and other technology. Scientific, technical and open file reports, webpages and web reports, including experience with Dreamweaver, Adobe products, and Google Map mashups. Programming in Matlab, Python, Fortran, Perl and other languages, self-taught as needed. Field technician, instrumentation, planning, maintenance, programming, operation, and assembly; deployment and retrieval of moorings; data processing and management. Managing field operations at a remote research facility, managing marine science teaching assistants and laboratories at the university level, and navigating state and federal paperwork for purchasing, travel and daily operations.
Science and Products
Coastal Change Processes Project data report for oceanographic observations near Fire Island, New York, February through May 2014
An oceanographic field study during February through May 2014 investigated processes that control the sediment-transport dynamics along the western part of Fire Island, New York. This report describes the project background, field program, instrumentation configuration, and locations of the sensors deployed. The data collected, including...
Armstrong, Brandy N.; Warner, John C.; List, Jeffrey H.; Martini, Marinna A.; Montgomery, Ellyn T.; Traykovski, Peter A.; Voulgaris, George
Coastal Change Processes Project data report for observations near Fire Island, New York, January to April 2012
An oceanographic field study during January through April 2012 investigated processes that control the sediment-transport dynamics near Fire Island, New York. This report describes the project background, field program, instrumentation configuration, and locations of the sensors deploymed. The data collected and supporting meteorological...
Armstrong, Brandy N.; Warner, John C.; List, Jeffrey H.; Martini, Marinna A.; Montgomery, Ellyn T.; Voulgaris, George; Traykovski, Peter A.
Carolinas Coastal Change Processes Project data report for nearshore observations at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
An oceanographic field study conducted in February 2010 investigated processes that control nearshore flow and sediment transport dynamics at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. This report describes the project background, field program, instrumentation setup, and locations of the sensor deployments. The data collected, and supporting meteorological...
Armstrong, Brandy N.; Warner, John C.; Voulgaris, George; List, Jeffrey H.; Thieler, Robert; Martini, Marinna A.; Montgomery, Ellyn T.; McNinch, Jesse E.; Book, Jeffrey W.; Haas, Kevin
Storm-induced inner-continental shelf circulation and sediment transport: Long Bay, South Carolina
Long Bay is a sediment-starved, arcuate embayment located along the US East Coast connecting both South and North Carolina. In this region the rates and pathways of sediment transport are important because they determine the availability of sediments for beach nourishment, seafloor habitat, and navigation. The impact of storms on sediment...
Warner, John C.; Armstrong, Brandy N.; Sylvester, Charlene S.; Voulgaris, George; Nelson, Tim; Schwab, William C.; Denny, Jane F. Ocean-atmosphere dynamics during Hurricane Ida and Nor'Ida: An application of the coupled ocean-atmosphere-wave-sediment transport (COAWST) modeling system
The coupled ocean–atmosphere–wave–sediment transport (COAWST) modeling system was used to investigate atmosphere–ocean–wave interactions in November 2009 during Hurricane Ida and its subsequent evolution to Nor’Ida, which was one of the most costly storm systems of the past two decades. One interesting aspect of this event is that it included two...
Olabarrieta, Maitane; Warner, John C.; Armstrong, Brandy N.; Zambon, Joseph B.; He, Ruoying
Carolinas Coastal Change Processes Project data report for observations near Diamond Shoals, North Carolina, January-May 2009
This Open-File Report provides information collected for an oceanographic field study that occurred during January - May 2009 to investigate processes that control the sediment transport dynamics at Diamond Shoals, North Carolina. The objective of this report is to make the data available in digital form and to provide information to facilitate...
Armstrong, Brandy N.; Warner, John C.; Voulgaris, George; List, Jeffrey H.; Thieler, E. Robert; Martini, Marinna A.; Montgomery, Ellyn T. High resolution near-bed observations in winter near Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Coastal and Marine Science Center in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, is leading an effort to understand the regional sediment dynamics along the coastline of North and South Carolina. As part of the Carolinas Coastal Change Processes Project, a geologic framework study in June of 2008 by the Woods Hole Coastal and...
Martini, M.; Armstrong, B.; Warner, J.C.