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Rena Kalmon

Rena Kalmon is a Physical Scientist in the New England Water Science Center.

Her work primarily focusses on flood risk assessments across New England.

Professional Experience

  • Rena was initially hired as a Student Hydrologic Technician in May 2017 and was converted to a TERM position after graduating in 2018. She is currently working as a Physical Scientist for the New England Water Science Center in Augusta, Maine.

Education and Certifications

  • Rena graduated in May 2018 from the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point with an undergraduate degree in Hydrology and a Certificate in Geographic Information Systems.

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Documentation and mapping of flooding from the January and March 2018 nor’easters in coastal New England

In January and March 2018, coastal Massachusetts experienced flooding from two separate nor’easters. To put the January and March floods into historical context, the USGS computed statistical stillwater elevations. Stillwater elevations recorded in January 2018 in Boston (9.66 feet relative to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988) have an annual exceedance probability of between 2 and 1 perce

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Water Resources, New England Water Science Center
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Scouting out high water marks after blizzard

Flood Documentation and Inundation Mapping of the January and March 2018 Nor’easters in Coastal Massachusetts

2018 Nor’easters in Coastal Massachusetts
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New England Water Science Center
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Flood Documentation and Inundation Mapping of the January and March 2018 Nor’easters in Coastal Massachusetts

2018 Nor’easters in Coastal Massachusetts
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Data and shapefiles used to document the floods associated with the January and March 2018 Nor'easters for Coastal Areas of New England

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) New England Water Science Center worked with the Federal Emergency Management Agency to document the floods of January 4, 2018 and March 2-4, 2018, in coastal Massachusetts. USGS conducted a frequency analysis of stillwater elevations at three National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration coastal gages following the coastal floods of 2018. The data for these an
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New England Water Science Center
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​USGS employee in a canoe hold a prism while survey rod level and the channel point is collected with a total station from shore
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Hydrologic Technician Gunther Schletter takes a channel measurement using a Total Station on a river near St. Johnsbury, VT.
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Hydrologic Technicians set up a total station near a covered bridge on the Housatonic River in Connecticut
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USGS employees are setting up a total station near an old factory in preparation of taking a channel measurement.
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The photo is taken over the shoulder of a USGS employee as he uses the Collector App to locate the survey site.
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USGS employees are setting up a total station on the edge of a field in preparation to make a channel measurement.
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USGS employees carry survey equipment to the survey site. They are hiking down a grassy hill in a farmers field in Connecticut.
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USGS employee using survey data to model water surface elevation for different storm events.
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USGS Employee is checking Preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Maps before a meeting.
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USGS employees survey a bridge.​
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The Androscoggin river in Maine during Fall
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