Marinna is an ocean engineer.
Since 1986 Marinna has worked at ocean sites from 3 m to 3,000 m; managed innovative projects such as the moving arm lander in the image at right (see http://soundwaves.usgs.gov/2011/11/fieldwork2.html); designed the first mooring to survive a turbidity flow in Monterey Canyon; deployed tripods on Cape Hatteras, NC and Fire Island, NY in winter; is experienced with a variety of sensors which measure ocean currents, temperature, salinity, turbidity, oxygen and more; works with data logger design, programming, construction, testing, packaging and cabling for underwater deployment; processes and analyzes data in MATLAB; manages shipboard deployment operations and field logistics; manages people, and performs Government acquisition.
Professional Experience
Lead Engineer, Sediment Transport Group, 2000-2020, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA. Provide technical consulting services to senior scientists within the USGS nationwide in support of physical oceanographic and sediment transport studies. Lead a group which manages projects, leads work in the field. Design,develop and test equipment. D
Education and Certifications
M.S., University of New Hampshire, 1990 (ocean engineering, instrumentation)
B.S., United States Merchant Marine Academy, 1986 (marine & systems engineering)
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LICENSES
U.S. Coast Guard Merchant Marine License, 3rd Assistant Engineer, unlimited horsepower, 1986-2017.
Professional Engineer, Electrical and Electronics
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Estuarine Processes, Hazards, and Ecosystems
Coastal and Estuarine Dynamics Project
Coastal Model Applications and Field Measurements- Advances in Instrumentation
Coastal Model Applications and Field Measurements
Coastal and Estuarine Dynamics - Engineering
Coastal and Estuarine Dynamics- Equipment
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Estuarine Processes, Hazards, and Ecosystems
Estuarine processes, hazards, and ecosystems describes several interdisciplinary projects that aim to quantify and understand estuarine processes through observations and numerical modeling. Both the spatial and temporal scales of these mechanisms are important, and therefore require modern instrumentation and state-of-the-art hydrodynamic models. These projects are led from the U.S. Geological...Coastal and Estuarine Dynamics Project
Coastal and Estuarine Dynamics Project exists to support ocean, coastal and estuarine research. The staff have a broad set of skills; from instrument design and development to all forms of work at sea to software development and data management. The team has successfully deployed and recovered more than 1000 data collection platforms for research in the last 30 years.Coastal Model Applications and Field Measurements- Advances in Instrumentation
Ongoing acquisition of new instruments and development of analytical methods provides us with the means to make better observations of coastal ocean processes. The measurements provide us with insight and data for critical evaluation of model performance. Advances in a range of measurement capabilities, including bottom stress, sediment erodibility, water properties and nutrient concentrations...Coastal Model Applications and Field Measurements
Numerical models are used by scientists, engineers, coastal managers, and the public to understand and predict processes in the coastal ocean. This project supports the development and application of open-source coastal models and has several objectives: 1) improve the code of numerical sediment-transport models by implementing new or improved algorithms; 2) obtain measurements of coastal ocean...Coastal and Estuarine Dynamics - Engineering
The Coastal and Estuarine Dynamics Project primarily uses off-the-shelf instrumentation and sensors to collect observations. Coastal and Estuarine Dynamics team designs and implements novel configurations for logging of data from sensors, and for deployment of these instruments in a wide range of estuarine, coastal, and ocean environments. Project staff continually evaluates instrument and sensor...Coastal and Estuarine Dynamics- Equipment
The Coastal and Estuarine Dynamics Project maintains an extensive and diverse inventory of instruments for measuring oceanographic parameters in-situ over long periods of time (a few days to as long as one year) and platforms on which to deploy the instruments in estuarine, coastal, and deep ocean environments. These instruments measure a wide variety of parameters relevant to studies of sediment... - Data
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