Mira Anderberg and Marie Bartlett (USGS) digging up a fence post that had a pressure sensor attached to measure storm surge and flooding during Hurricane Lee.
Christopher Sherwood, PhD
Chris is a coastal oceanographer with expertise in measuring and modeling sediment transport and coastal morphology changes.
Professional Experience
Research Oceanographer, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA and Woods Hole, MA, 1999 – present.
Affiliate Faculty, Ocean Engineering, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, 2009 – present
Guest Investigator, Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, 2011 – present
Senior Research Scientist, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Division of Marine Research, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 1996 - 1999
Education and Certifications
Ph.D. Geological Oceanography, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 1995
M.S. Geological Oceanography, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 1982
A.B., Economics and Environmental Studies, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, 1976
Science and Products
Git/Software-Release Workshop for USGS Open Science
Remote Sensing Coastal Change
Using Video Imagery to Study Storm Events at Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge
DUNEX Hazards at Pea Island
DUNEX Aerial Imagery of the Outer Banks
DUNEX Pea Island Experiment
USGS DUNEX Operations on the Outer Banks
Using Video Imagery to Study Marconi Beach
Sea Floor Stress and Sediment Mobility Database
Coastal Model Applications and Field Measurements- Field Measurements and Model Applications
Coastal Model Applications and Field Measurements- Advances in Instrumentation
Coastal Model Applications and Field Measurements- Ocean Model Contributions
Supplemental data for Over and Sherwood (2025), Washover and washout locations and landcover classifications after hurricanes Florence, Dorian, Harvey, Ike, and Sandy in North Carolina, Texas, and New York Supplemental data for Over and Sherwood (2025), Washover and washout locations and landcover classifications after hurricanes Florence, Dorian, Harvey, Ike, and Sandy in North Carolina, Texas, and New York
USGS CoastCam CACO-02 at Marconi Beach, Cape Cod National Seashore, Massachusetts (2024): Imagery and Calibration Data - Imagery Dataset USGS CoastCam CACO-02 at Marconi Beach, Cape Cod National Seashore, Massachusetts (2024): Imagery and Calibration Data - Imagery Dataset
USGS CoastCam CACO-02 at Marconi Beach, Cape Cod National Seashore, Massachusetts (2021, 2023, 2024): Imagery and Calibration Data USGS CoastCam CACO-02 at Marconi Beach, Cape Cod National Seashore, Massachusetts (2021, 2023, 2024): Imagery and Calibration Data
Topographic data, imagery, and GPS data collected during uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) operations at Town Neck Beach, Sandwich, Massachusetts Topographic data, imagery, and GPS data collected during uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) operations at Town Neck Beach, Sandwich, Massachusetts
Topographic, bathymetric, and ground control data collected at Marconi Beach, Wellfleet, Massachusetts in March and April 2024. Topographic, bathymetric, and ground control data collected at Marconi Beach, Wellfleet, Massachusetts in March and April 2024.
Topographic and bathymetric data, imagery, and ground control data collected at Head of the Meadow Beach, Truro, Massachusetts in February and March 2024 Topographic and bathymetric data, imagery, and ground control data collected at Head of the Meadow Beach, Truro, Massachusetts in February and March 2024
Grain-size analysis data of sediment samples from the beach and nearshore environments at the Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge DUNEX site, North Carolina in 2021 Grain-size analysis data of sediment samples from the beach and nearshore environments at the Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge DUNEX site, North Carolina in 2021
Topographic data, imagery, and ground control data collected in September 2023, pre and post Hurricane Lee at Head of the Meadow, Marconi, and Nauset Light beaches, Cape Cod National Seashore, Massachusetts Topographic data, imagery, and ground control data collected in September 2023, pre and post Hurricane Lee at Head of the Meadow, Marconi, and Nauset Light beaches, Cape Cod National Seashore, Massachusetts
Topographic and bathymetric data, structure from motion imagery, and ground control data collected at Marconi Beach, Wellfleet, Massachusetts in March 2023, U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity 2023-012-FA Topographic and bathymetric data, structure from motion imagery, and ground control data collected at Marconi Beach, Wellfleet, Massachusetts in March 2023, U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity 2023-012-FA
Topographic and bathymetric data, structure from motion imagery, and ground control data collected at Head of the Meadow Beach, Truro, Massachusetts in March and April 2023, U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity 2023-011-FA Topographic and bathymetric data, structure from motion imagery, and ground control data collected at Head of the Meadow Beach, Truro, Massachusetts in March and April 2023, U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity 2023-011-FA
Topographic, bathymetric, multispectral, vegetation, sediment, and supporting GPS data collected on North Core Banks, Cape Lookout National Seashore, North Carolina in October 2022, U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity 2022-034-FA (ver. 2.0, December 202 Topographic, bathymetric, multispectral, vegetation, sediment, and supporting GPS data collected on North Core Banks, Cape Lookout National Seashore, North Carolina in October 2022, U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity 2022-034-FA (ver. 2.0, December 202
Meteorological data from Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge, North Carolina, 9/13/2021 to 10/24/2021 Meteorological data from Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge, North Carolina, 9/13/2021 to 10/24/2021
Mira Anderberg and Marie Bartlett (USGS) digging up a fence post that had a pressure sensor attached to measure storm surge and flooding during Hurricane Lee.
USGS scientists from the Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center (WHCMSC) also installed pressure sensors at four sites along the coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, including Sandwich Marsh tidal creek in Sandwich, Head of the Meadow Beach in Truro, Marconi Beach in Wellfleet, and Nauset Light Beach in Eastham to measure storm surge and flooding during Hurricane
USGS scientists from the Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center (WHCMSC) also installed pressure sensors at four sites along the coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, including Sandwich Marsh tidal creek in Sandwich, Head of the Meadow Beach in Truro, Marconi Beach in Wellfleet, and Nauset Light Beach in Eastham to measure storm surge and flooding during Hurricane
Hurricane Lee storm surge at Head of the Meadow Beach in Truro, Massachusetts on September 16, 2023.
Hurricane Lee storm surge at Head of the Meadow Beach in Truro, Massachusetts on September 16, 2023.
Eric Marsjanik and Jin-Si Over (USGS) installing pressure sensors attached to 8-foot fence posts marked with buoys and anchors to measure storm surge and flooding caused by Hurricane Lee.
Eric Marsjanik and Jin-Si Over (USGS) installing pressure sensors attached to 8-foot fence posts marked with buoys and anchors to measure storm surge and flooding caused by Hurricane Lee.
Robert Bales (USGS) attaches a pressure sensor to post in the Sandwich Marsh tidal creek in Sandwich, MA to measure the water level during the storm. Photo by Chris Sherwood, USGS.
Robert Bales (USGS) attaches a pressure sensor to post in the Sandwich Marsh tidal creek in Sandwich, MA to measure the water level during the storm. Photo by Chris Sherwood, USGS.

Adrian Mann (Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Lab Manager and Safety Officer) at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy pool during "Working over water" training.
Winter 2023 Photo Contest Winner: Chris Sherwood, People category
Adrian Mann (Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Lab Manager and Safety Officer) at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy pool during "Working over water" training.
Winter 2023 Photo Contest Winner: Chris Sherwood, People category
Michael Itzkin at the DUNEX field location on Pea Island, North Carolina. The instruments next to Michael include lidars, pressure sensors, and sonars to measure morphologic change, hydrodynamics, and sediment transport.
Michael Itzkin at the DUNEX field location on Pea Island, North Carolina. The instruments next to Michael include lidars, pressure sensors, and sonars to measure morphologic change, hydrodynamics, and sediment transport.
Outwash events inhibit vegetation recovery and prolong coastal vulnerability Outwash events inhibit vegetation recovery and prolong coastal vulnerability
Incorporating wave climate complexity into modeling lower shoreface morphology and transport Incorporating wave climate complexity into modeling lower shoreface morphology and transport
Modeling total water level and coastal change at Pea Island, North Carolina, USA Modeling total water level and coastal change at Pea Island, North Carolina, USA
Contributions to uncertainty in runup forecasts Contributions to uncertainty in runup forecasts
Processes controlling coastal erosion along Cape Cod Bay, MA Processes controlling coastal erosion along Cape Cod Bay, MA
Temporal variability of runup and total water level on Cape Cod sandy beaches Temporal variability of runup and total water level on Cape Cod sandy beaches
Sound-side inundation and seaward erosion of a barrier island during hurricane landfall Sound-side inundation and seaward erosion of a barrier island during hurricane landfall
CoastalImageLib: An open-source Python package for creating common coastal image products CoastalImageLib: An open-source Python package for creating common coastal image products
Shoaling wave shape estimates from field observations and derived bedload sediment rates Shoaling wave shape estimates from field observations and derived bedload sediment rates
Human-in-the-Loop segmentation of earth surface imagery Human-in-the-Loop segmentation of earth surface imagery
Modeling of barrier breaching during Hurricanes Sandy and Matthew Modeling of barrier breaching during Hurricanes Sandy and Matthew
Modeling morphodynamics of coastal response to extreme events: What shape are we in? Modeling morphodynamics of coastal response to extreme events: What shape are we in?
COAWST Modeling System v3.4 COAWST Modeling System v3.4
Science and Products
Git/Software-Release Workshop for USGS Open Science
Remote Sensing Coastal Change
Using Video Imagery to Study Storm Events at Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge
DUNEX Hazards at Pea Island
DUNEX Aerial Imagery of the Outer Banks
DUNEX Pea Island Experiment
USGS DUNEX Operations on the Outer Banks
Using Video Imagery to Study Marconi Beach
Sea Floor Stress and Sediment Mobility Database
Coastal Model Applications and Field Measurements- Field Measurements and Model Applications
Coastal Model Applications and Field Measurements- Advances in Instrumentation
Coastal Model Applications and Field Measurements- Ocean Model Contributions
Supplemental data for Over and Sherwood (2025), Washover and washout locations and landcover classifications after hurricanes Florence, Dorian, Harvey, Ike, and Sandy in North Carolina, Texas, and New York Supplemental data for Over and Sherwood (2025), Washover and washout locations and landcover classifications after hurricanes Florence, Dorian, Harvey, Ike, and Sandy in North Carolina, Texas, and New York
USGS CoastCam CACO-02 at Marconi Beach, Cape Cod National Seashore, Massachusetts (2024): Imagery and Calibration Data - Imagery Dataset USGS CoastCam CACO-02 at Marconi Beach, Cape Cod National Seashore, Massachusetts (2024): Imagery and Calibration Data - Imagery Dataset
USGS CoastCam CACO-02 at Marconi Beach, Cape Cod National Seashore, Massachusetts (2021, 2023, 2024): Imagery and Calibration Data USGS CoastCam CACO-02 at Marconi Beach, Cape Cod National Seashore, Massachusetts (2021, 2023, 2024): Imagery and Calibration Data
Topographic data, imagery, and GPS data collected during uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) operations at Town Neck Beach, Sandwich, Massachusetts Topographic data, imagery, and GPS data collected during uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) operations at Town Neck Beach, Sandwich, Massachusetts
Topographic, bathymetric, and ground control data collected at Marconi Beach, Wellfleet, Massachusetts in March and April 2024. Topographic, bathymetric, and ground control data collected at Marconi Beach, Wellfleet, Massachusetts in March and April 2024.
Topographic and bathymetric data, imagery, and ground control data collected at Head of the Meadow Beach, Truro, Massachusetts in February and March 2024 Topographic and bathymetric data, imagery, and ground control data collected at Head of the Meadow Beach, Truro, Massachusetts in February and March 2024
Grain-size analysis data of sediment samples from the beach and nearshore environments at the Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge DUNEX site, North Carolina in 2021 Grain-size analysis data of sediment samples from the beach and nearshore environments at the Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge DUNEX site, North Carolina in 2021
Topographic data, imagery, and ground control data collected in September 2023, pre and post Hurricane Lee at Head of the Meadow, Marconi, and Nauset Light beaches, Cape Cod National Seashore, Massachusetts Topographic data, imagery, and ground control data collected in September 2023, pre and post Hurricane Lee at Head of the Meadow, Marconi, and Nauset Light beaches, Cape Cod National Seashore, Massachusetts
Topographic and bathymetric data, structure from motion imagery, and ground control data collected at Marconi Beach, Wellfleet, Massachusetts in March 2023, U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity 2023-012-FA Topographic and bathymetric data, structure from motion imagery, and ground control data collected at Marconi Beach, Wellfleet, Massachusetts in March 2023, U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity 2023-012-FA
Topographic and bathymetric data, structure from motion imagery, and ground control data collected at Head of the Meadow Beach, Truro, Massachusetts in March and April 2023, U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity 2023-011-FA Topographic and bathymetric data, structure from motion imagery, and ground control data collected at Head of the Meadow Beach, Truro, Massachusetts in March and April 2023, U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity 2023-011-FA
Topographic, bathymetric, multispectral, vegetation, sediment, and supporting GPS data collected on North Core Banks, Cape Lookout National Seashore, North Carolina in October 2022, U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity 2022-034-FA (ver. 2.0, December 202 Topographic, bathymetric, multispectral, vegetation, sediment, and supporting GPS data collected on North Core Banks, Cape Lookout National Seashore, North Carolina in October 2022, U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity 2022-034-FA (ver. 2.0, December 202
Meteorological data from Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge, North Carolina, 9/13/2021 to 10/24/2021 Meteorological data from Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge, North Carolina, 9/13/2021 to 10/24/2021
Mira Anderberg and Marie Bartlett (USGS) digging up a fence post that had a pressure sensor attached to measure storm surge and flooding during Hurricane Lee.
Mira Anderberg and Marie Bartlett (USGS) digging up a fence post that had a pressure sensor attached to measure storm surge and flooding during Hurricane Lee.
USGS scientists from the Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center (WHCMSC) also installed pressure sensors at four sites along the coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, including Sandwich Marsh tidal creek in Sandwich, Head of the Meadow Beach in Truro, Marconi Beach in Wellfleet, and Nauset Light Beach in Eastham to measure storm surge and flooding during Hurricane
USGS scientists from the Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center (WHCMSC) also installed pressure sensors at four sites along the coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, including Sandwich Marsh tidal creek in Sandwich, Head of the Meadow Beach in Truro, Marconi Beach in Wellfleet, and Nauset Light Beach in Eastham to measure storm surge and flooding during Hurricane
Hurricane Lee storm surge at Head of the Meadow Beach in Truro, Massachusetts on September 16, 2023.
Hurricane Lee storm surge at Head of the Meadow Beach in Truro, Massachusetts on September 16, 2023.
Eric Marsjanik and Jin-Si Over (USGS) installing pressure sensors attached to 8-foot fence posts marked with buoys and anchors to measure storm surge and flooding caused by Hurricane Lee.
Eric Marsjanik and Jin-Si Over (USGS) installing pressure sensors attached to 8-foot fence posts marked with buoys and anchors to measure storm surge and flooding caused by Hurricane Lee.
Robert Bales (USGS) attaches a pressure sensor to post in the Sandwich Marsh tidal creek in Sandwich, MA to measure the water level during the storm. Photo by Chris Sherwood, USGS.
Robert Bales (USGS) attaches a pressure sensor to post in the Sandwich Marsh tidal creek in Sandwich, MA to measure the water level during the storm. Photo by Chris Sherwood, USGS.

Adrian Mann (Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Lab Manager and Safety Officer) at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy pool during "Working over water" training.
Winter 2023 Photo Contest Winner: Chris Sherwood, People category
Adrian Mann (Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Lab Manager and Safety Officer) at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy pool during "Working over water" training.
Winter 2023 Photo Contest Winner: Chris Sherwood, People category
Michael Itzkin at the DUNEX field location on Pea Island, North Carolina. The instruments next to Michael include lidars, pressure sensors, and sonars to measure morphologic change, hydrodynamics, and sediment transport.
Michael Itzkin at the DUNEX field location on Pea Island, North Carolina. The instruments next to Michael include lidars, pressure sensors, and sonars to measure morphologic change, hydrodynamics, and sediment transport.