Claire Masteller
@cmasteller.bsky.social
sediment enthusiast WUSTL EEPS views my own
Out now in Geology! Flume experiments led by PhD student Robert Kostynick reveal that riverbeds strengthen faster in between floods at steeper slopes. We found that this behavior is *highly* predictable with slope, with implications for mountain river resilience and recovery. shorturl.at/OFfmA
Slope-dependent riverbed strengthening and the evolution of sediment mobility in gravel-bed rivers | Geology | GeoScienceWorld
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How do solifluction patterns form? Find out with our recently published paper in AGU Advances! Our writing style takes the reader with us on the long and winding process of discovery, rather than simply presenting a nicely packaged final story! agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
This is so cool! 🧊 Awesome to see one of our students from the EEPS department @washuartsci.bsky.social
Luke Zoet@lzoet.bsky.social · 2mo agoPBS NOVA is up on Taku glacier with us documenting our project on glacier slip. Here is a live stream they did with UW-Madison student Jaiden Zak and WUSTL student Zoe Schlossnagel youtube.com/live/knJmJzU...
🚨 New paper out now! 🚨 We pair high-res measurements of channel geometry with grain size data to show downstream shifts in sediment mobility along the SF Eel River in CA + develop a new approach to decompose downstream channel adjustment across multiple aspects of morphology. shorturl.at/BP0Ji
Just published! PhD student Jed Dale pairs time-lapse imagery and terrestrial lidar to monitor nuisance flooding at the neighborhood scale - Give it a read! hess.copernicus.org/articles/30/...
Community-scale urban flood monitoring through fusion of time-lapse imagery, terrestrial lidar, and remote sensing data
Abstract. High-frequency flood events in urban areas pose significant cumulative hazards. These floods are often difficult to detect and monitor using existing infrastructure, making the development o...
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First paper from my recently defended PhD student, Vivian Grom, is out in @geomorphica.bsky.social! This work was an outgrowth of the month that Vivian spent at @csdms.bsky.social and if you're interested in landscape evolution modelling, I encourage you to take a look!
Methods for Quantifying Spatial and Temporal Variation in Landscape Evolution Model Outputs | Geomorphica
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New pre-print out now from our group! PhD student Jed Dale develops a slick, terrain-aware approach to invert flooded image fractions from quantitative flood metrics - and applies it to 300,000+ images from our local monitoring network! Check it out here: shorturl.at/GkOzW
A terrain-aware approach for image-based urban flood monitoring
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📣 New preprint alert! 📣 PhD Student Robert Kostynick demonstrates that flow history effects and riverbed strengthening is enhanced between floods at steep slopes with some super slick experiments in our lab's tilting flume. Check it out here: shorturl.at/flphF
🌟 Editor's Pick! 🌟 “Statistical analysis of western United States shore evolution provides hints of long-term tectonic and seismic cycle effects on modulating coastal erosion.” 🔗 eos.org/editor-highl... #AGUPubs @eos.org
Rocky Shore Erosion Shaped by Multi-Scale Tectonics - Eos
Statistical analysis of western United States shore evolution provides hints of long-term tectonic and seismic cycle effects on modulating coastal erosion.
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New preprint out! We tracked the trajectory of channel adjustment along the SF Eel River - showing that sediment mobility increases drastically downstream. By decomposing modes of channel adjustment, we highlight the critical role of channel width in regulating shear stress. shorturl.at/D99zw
Tracking the trajectory of alluvial channel adjustment along a river's profile
Alluvial rivers adjust their geometry to convey water and sediment downstream. While multi-river compilations reveal robust downstream scaling relationships, how these patterns manifest along a single...
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We are delighted to announce that registration and abstract submission for Gravel Bed Rivers 10 are now open! See our website for all information: www.gbr10.uk
New paper out now! PhD Robert Kostynick uses a new automated tool for measuring river width to reveal new styles of river channel adjustment to local changes in channel slope in concave and knickpoint-bearing river channels. Give it a read! agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
High‐Resolution Channel Geometry Reveals Contrasting Styles of Gravel River Adjustment
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Hot off the presses! PhD Student Cesar Lopez leads a new paper from our group focused on the role of tectonic uplift in buffering coastal retreat over decadal timescales and the potentially under recognized role of EQs over millennia. Give it a 👀 at agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Tectonics as a Regulator of Shoreline Retreat and Rocky Coast Evolution Across Timescales
Marine and tectonic processes jointly shape rocky coast retreat, with uplift, tides and waves as the dominant controls on modern retreat Uplift limits short-term retreat, but the effects of the s...
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What does it look like when you put a DAS system in a river? New study led by Danica Roth (CIRES) out now! seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view...
A River on Fiber: High Resolution Fluvial Monitoring with Distributed Acoustic Sensing
Fluvially generated seismo-acoustic waves offer a novel means of investigating river processes, yet interpreting signals from individual seismometers or hydrophones remains challenging. This study dem...
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late July: submit paper to short format journal early Aug: 2 reviewers found early Oct: 1 review submitted late Oct (100 day mark): 1 reviewer ghosts; editor does review 2 early Nov: revisions submitted mid Nov: paper goes to re-review and... 👻 REVIEWER AGREES TO REVIEW REVISION? How? What? Why?!
Application closes on Friday! Come work with us!
Claire Masteller@cmasteller.bsky.social · 10mo ago📣 📣📣 We are seeking a postdoc join our team in January 2026 to lead community-engaged flood monitoring and modeling efforts as part of a convergent research team linking flooding to health risks. Apply here: tinyurl.com/floodPostdoc Review of applications will begin Oct. 31 Please share!
📣 📣📣 We are seeking a postdoc join our team in January 2026 to lead community-engaged flood monitoring and modeling efforts as part of a convergent research team linking flooding to health risks. Apply here: tinyurl.com/floodPostdoc Review of applications will begin Oct. 31 Please share!
Postdoctoral Research Associate - Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences
Position Summary This position will focus on integrating high-resolution field monitoring, remote sensing, and statistical and numerical modeling approaches to improve predictive flood hazard mapping....
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Claire Masteller@cmasteller.bsky.social · 11mo ago🥳🥳🥳 Thrilled to be part of this new effort to connect flood hazards to health risks through community-engaged research linking hydrology, microbiology, anthropology and data science. We’re seeking PhD students + postdocs eager to dive in to this convergent research!
🚨⛈️ New pre-print from our group ⛈️🚨 We present a novel 2D/3D data fusion method to derive flood depths and extents from trail cameras. Our flexible, low-cost set-up helps track urban, pluvial flooding often missed by flood risk assessments and remote sensing. Check it out! shorturl.at/hpW9W
Community-scale urban flood monitoring through fusion of time-lapse imagery, terrestrial lidar, and remote sensing data
Abstract. High-frequency flood events in urban areas pose significant cumulative hazards. These floods are often difficult to detect and monitor using existing infrastructure, making the development o...
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🌊🌊🌊 New pre-print from our group linking modern shoreline retreat rates across the US West Coast to tectonic uplift rates. Faster uplift buffers shoreline retreat with longer-term implications for shore platform development + highlighting the potential role of the seismic cycle. shorturl.at/6Fmpc
Tectonics as a Regulator of Shoreline Retreat and Rocky Coast Evolution Across Timescales
Rocky coast morphology is shaped by interactions between wave action, sea level, and tectonics over millennial time scales. However, a clear and quantifiable signature of tectonic uplift on decadal to...
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🥳🥳🥳 Thrilled to be part of this new effort to connect flood hazards to health risks through community-engaged research linking hydrology, microbiology, anthropology and data science. We’re seeking PhD students + postdocs eager to dive in to this convergent research!
Multidisciplinary team secures $3.6M grant to investigate health risks from flooding
A cross-disciplinary team of WashU researchers has received a five-year, $3.6 million grant from the National Science Foundation to expand its work studying the human health effects of flooding in com...
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📢📢 New pre-print from our group!📢📢 We built an new tool to measure river width from topography along 6 river long profiles. Our new high-res data reveal width and slope decouple at very low slopes and contrasting styles of river width adjustment to slope deviations across rivers. shorturl.at/lt5B4
High-Resolution Channel Geometry Reveals Contrasting Styles of Gravel River Adjustment
Rivers self-organize to convey water and sediment, giving rise to robust downstream scaling between channel geometry and drainage area, underpinning landscape evolution models. However, these relation...
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Out now - we developed and tested a new model for flow-history-dependent evolution of the threshold for motion in gravel bed rivers - give it a read! esurf.copernicus.org/articles/13/...
Modeling memory in gravel-bed rivers: a flow-history-dependent relation for evolving thresholds of motion
Abstract. Thresholds of motion (τc∗) strongly control bedload transport in gravel-bed rivers. Uncertainty in τc∗ limits the accuracy of predictions of transport and morphologic change. To improve our ...
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Interested in convening an @aguepsp.bsky.social session at the Fall Meeting? Join the EPSP Program Committee next Wednesday for a Coffee Hour to coordinate session proposals for AGU25! Register here: shorturl.at/VG9On
EPSP Connects - Earth & Planetary Surface Processes
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AGU (American Geophysical Union)@agu.org · last yr.🔬 #AGU25 Session Proposals Now Open! We invite you to propose a session and be part of the global conversation exploring the power of connection in science! 🌍 Learn more and submit your proposal by the 23 April deadline: buff.ly/LTDDoY5
New preprint for discussion: Modeling memory in gravel-bed rivers: A flow history-dependent relation for evolving thresholds of motion egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...
Modeling memory in gravel-bed rivers: A flow history-dependent relation for evolving thresholds of motion
Abstract. Thresholds of motion (τ*c) strongly control bedload transport in gravel-bed rivers. Uncertainty in τ*c limits the accuracy of predictions of transport and morphologic change. To improve our ...
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