Rebecca L. Kramer
I am a field instrumentation specialist working to support monitoring of volcanoes in the Cascade range.
I coordinate network topology, station design, and field operations for the Next Generation Rainier Lahar Detection System, working with partners including Pierce County and Mount Rainier National Park. I also provide network and field support for monitoring stations on Cascade volcanoes throughout Washington and Oregon. Additionally, I am a geodesy enthusiast and am often working to maintain and improve CVO's GNSS station infrastructure and data management.
Education and Certifications
B.S., Geophysical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines- 2009
M.S., Geophysics (Solid Earth), New Mexico Insitute of Mining and Technology - 2013
Science and Products
Campaign GNSS Measurements Collected at Three Sisters by the Cascades Volcano Observatory Campaign GNSS Measurements Collected at Three Sisters by the Cascades Volcano Observatory
This data release contains data collected during campaign Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS; formerly only the Global Positioning System or GPS) surveys conducted at Three Sisters. A survey in any given year may contain data from a subset of established sites depending on site access, personnel, and the condition of the GNSS monument. For each site, we include raw data in binary...
Recent expansion of the Cascades Volcano Observatory geophysical network at Mount Rainier for improved volcano and lahar monitoring Recent expansion of the Cascades Volcano Observatory geophysical network at Mount Rainier for improved volcano and lahar monitoring
The U.S. Geological Survey Cascades Volcano Observatory (CVO) recently expanded its continuous geophysical monitoring at Mount Rainier, an active stratovolcano in Washington state. CVO monitors volcanoes in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho to characterize volcanic systems and detect unrest. Mount Rainier has a history of large lahar occurrences in the Holocene, including at least one that...
Authors
Rebecca Kramer, Weston Thelen, Alexandra Iezzi, Seth Moran, Benjamin Pauk
Combining InSAR and GPS to determine transient movement and thickness of a seasonally active low-gradient translational landslide Combining InSAR and GPS to determine transient movement and thickness of a seasonally active low-gradient translational landslide
The combined application of continuous Global Positioning System data (high temporal resolution) with spaceborne interferometric synthetic aperture radar data (high spatial resolution) can reveal much more about the complexity of large landslide movement than is possible with geodetic measurements tied to only a few specific measurement sites. This approach is applied to an ~4 km2...
Authors
Xie Hu, Zhong Lu, Thomas Pierson, Rebecca Kramer, David George
Volcano geodesy in the Cascade arc, USA Volcano geodesy in the Cascade arc, USA
Experience during historical time throughout the Cascade arc and the lack of deep-seated deformation prior to the two most recent eruptions of Mount St. Helens might lead one to infer that Cascade volcanoes are generally quiescent and, specifically, show no signs of geodetic change until they are about to erupt. Several decades of geodetic data, however, tell a different story. Ground-...
Authors
Michael Poland, Michael Lisowski, Daniel Dzurisin, Rebecca Kramer, Megan McLay, Benjamin Pauk
Science and Products
Campaign GNSS Measurements Collected at Three Sisters by the Cascades Volcano Observatory Campaign GNSS Measurements Collected at Three Sisters by the Cascades Volcano Observatory
This data release contains data collected during campaign Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS; formerly only the Global Positioning System or GPS) surveys conducted at Three Sisters. A survey in any given year may contain data from a subset of established sites depending on site access, personnel, and the condition of the GNSS monument. For each site, we include raw data in binary...
Recent expansion of the Cascades Volcano Observatory geophysical network at Mount Rainier for improved volcano and lahar monitoring Recent expansion of the Cascades Volcano Observatory geophysical network at Mount Rainier for improved volcano and lahar monitoring
The U.S. Geological Survey Cascades Volcano Observatory (CVO) recently expanded its continuous geophysical monitoring at Mount Rainier, an active stratovolcano in Washington state. CVO monitors volcanoes in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho to characterize volcanic systems and detect unrest. Mount Rainier has a history of large lahar occurrences in the Holocene, including at least one that...
Authors
Rebecca Kramer, Weston Thelen, Alexandra Iezzi, Seth Moran, Benjamin Pauk
Combining InSAR and GPS to determine transient movement and thickness of a seasonally active low-gradient translational landslide Combining InSAR and GPS to determine transient movement and thickness of a seasonally active low-gradient translational landslide
The combined application of continuous Global Positioning System data (high temporal resolution) with spaceborne interferometric synthetic aperture radar data (high spatial resolution) can reveal much more about the complexity of large landslide movement than is possible with geodetic measurements tied to only a few specific measurement sites. This approach is applied to an ~4 km2...
Authors
Xie Hu, Zhong Lu, Thomas Pierson, Rebecca Kramer, David George
Volcano geodesy in the Cascade arc, USA Volcano geodesy in the Cascade arc, USA
Experience during historical time throughout the Cascade arc and the lack of deep-seated deformation prior to the two most recent eruptions of Mount St. Helens might lead one to infer that Cascade volcanoes are generally quiescent and, specifically, show no signs of geodetic change until they are about to erupt. Several decades of geodetic data, however, tell a different story. Ground-...
Authors
Michael Poland, Michael Lisowski, Daniel Dzurisin, Rebecca Kramer, Megan McLay, Benjamin Pauk