Rena Kalmon
Physical Scientist working for the New England Water Science Center
Biography
I graduated in May 2018 from the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point with an undergraduate degree in Hydrology and a Certificate in Geographic Information Systems. I was initially hired as a Student Hydrologic Technician in May 2017 and was converted to a TERM position after graduating in 2018. I am currently working as a Physical Scientist for the New England Water Science Center in Augusta, Maine. My work primarily focusses on flood risk assessments across New England.
Science and Products
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...
Lombard, Pamela J.; Olson, Scott A.; Sturtevant, Luke P.; Kalmon, Rena D.