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Jessica Z LeRoy, Ph.D.

Dr. Jessica Z. LeRoy is a Hydrologist at the USGS Central Midwest Water Science Center in Urbana, IL.

Jess applies her background in geomorphology and hydrodynamics to real-world problems such as erosion hazards and aquatic invasive species. She is part of the USGS Invasive Carp team and is the coordinator of the CDI Geomorphology Focus Group.

Education and Certifications

  • Ph.D. in Physical Geography, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Dissertation: "From meander bend to oxbow lake: Morphodynamics and sedimentology of chute cutoffs", 2016

  • M.S. in Physical Geography, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Thesis: "Extreme sediment pulses generated by bend cutoffs along a large meandering river", 2011

  • B.S. in Physics and B.S. in Earth Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2009

Science and Products

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Velocity profiling at the US Army Corps of Engineers Electric Dispersal Barrier in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal during passage of fully loaded commercial tows Velocity profiling at the US Army Corps of Engineers Electric Dispersal Barrier in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal during passage of fully loaded commercial tows

In 2016, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Geological Survey, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers undertook a large-scale interagency field study to determine the influence of commercial barge vessels on the efficacy of the Electric Dispersal Barrier System (EDBS) in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal (CSSC) in preventing fish passage. This study included a series of trials in which...
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Central Midwest Water Science Center

Non-USGS Publications**

Sambrook Smith, G. H., Best, J. L., Leroy, J. Z. and Orfeo, O. (2016), The alluvial architecture of a suspended sediment dominated meandering river: the Río Bermejo, Argentina. Sedimentology, 63: 1187–1208. doi:10.1111/sed.12256
Sambrook Smith, G. H., J. L. Best, O. Orfeo, M. E. Vardy, and J. A. Zinger (2013), Decimeter-scale in situ mapping of modern cross-bedded dune deposits using parametric echo sounding: A new method for linking river processes and their deposits, Geophys. Res. Lett., 40, 3883–3887, doi:10.1002/grl.50703.
Zinger, J. A., B. L. Rhoads, J. L. Best, and K. K. Johnson (2013), Flow structure and channel morphodynamics of meander bend chute cutoffs: A case study of the Wabash River, USA, J. Geophys. Res. Earth Surf., 118, 2468–2487, doi:10.1002/jgrf.20155.
Konsoer, K., J. Zinger, and G. Parker (2013), Bankfull hydraulic geometry of submarine channels created by turbidity currents: Relations between bankfull channel characteristics and formative flow discharge, J. Geophys. Res. Earth Surf., 118, 216–228, doi:10.1029/2012JF002422.
Zinger, J. A., B. L. Rhoads, and J. L. Best (2011), Extreme sediment pulses generated by bend cutoffs along a large meandering river, Nat. Geosci., 4, 675–678, doi:10.1038/ngeo1260.

**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.

Science and Products

Filter Total Items: 25

Velocity profiling at the US Army Corps of Engineers Electric Dispersal Barrier in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal during passage of fully loaded commercial tows Velocity profiling at the US Army Corps of Engineers Electric Dispersal Barrier in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal during passage of fully loaded commercial tows

In 2016, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Geological Survey, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers undertook a large-scale interagency field study to determine the influence of commercial barge vessels on the efficacy of the Electric Dispersal Barrier System (EDBS) in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal (CSSC) in preventing fish passage. This study included a series of trials in which...
By
Central Midwest Water Science Center

Non-USGS Publications**

Sambrook Smith, G. H., Best, J. L., Leroy, J. Z. and Orfeo, O. (2016), The alluvial architecture of a suspended sediment dominated meandering river: the Río Bermejo, Argentina. Sedimentology, 63: 1187–1208. doi:10.1111/sed.12256
Sambrook Smith, G. H., J. L. Best, O. Orfeo, M. E. Vardy, and J. A. Zinger (2013), Decimeter-scale in situ mapping of modern cross-bedded dune deposits using parametric echo sounding: A new method for linking river processes and their deposits, Geophys. Res. Lett., 40, 3883–3887, doi:10.1002/grl.50703.
Zinger, J. A., B. L. Rhoads, J. L. Best, and K. K. Johnson (2013), Flow structure and channel morphodynamics of meander bend chute cutoffs: A case study of the Wabash River, USA, J. Geophys. Res. Earth Surf., 118, 2468–2487, doi:10.1002/jgrf.20155.
Konsoer, K., J. Zinger, and G. Parker (2013), Bankfull hydraulic geometry of submarine channels created by turbidity currents: Relations between bankfull channel characteristics and formative flow discharge, J. Geophys. Res. Earth Surf., 118, 216–228, doi:10.1029/2012JF002422.
Zinger, J. A., B. L. Rhoads, and J. L. Best (2011), Extreme sediment pulses generated by bend cutoffs along a large meandering river, Nat. Geosci., 4, 675–678, doi:10.1038/ngeo1260.

**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.

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