Larry Ward

Larry Ward

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Earth Sciences
Phone: (603) 862-2337
Office: Center for Coastal & Ocean Mapping, Chase Ocean Engineering Lab Rm 215, Durham, NH 03824
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Larry Ward has a Ph.D. from the University of South Carolina (1978) in Marine Geology. Primary interests include estuarine, coastal, and inner shelf sedimentology and surficial processes.

Dr. Ward's most recent research has focused on estuarine sedimentological processes and depositional environments, coastal geomorphology and erosion, the physical characteristics of inner shelf bottom habitats, and the stratigraphy, sea level history and Holocene evolution of nearshore marine systems.

Teaching interests ranges from introductory geology and oceanography courses to graduate level coastal and estuarine sedimentology and surficial processes course.

Dr. Ward is an Associate Research Professor in the Department of Earth Sciences and is a member of the Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping and Jackson Estuarine Laboratory.

Courses Taught

  • ESCI 869: Marine Geosci for Hydrography
  • ESCI 896: Top/Geol Oce Hydro Surveyors

Education

  • Ph.D., Marine Technology, University of South Carolina
  • M.S., Marine Technology, University of South Carolina
  • B.A., Earth Sciences, University of New Hampshire

Selected Publications

  • Eberhardt, A. L., Ward, L. G., Morrison, R. C., Costello, W., & Williams, C. (2022). Connecting science and community: Volunteer beach profiling to increase coastal resilience. CONTINENTAL SHELF RESEARCH, 242. doi:10.1016/j.csr.2022.104733

  • Rogers, J. N., Parrish, C. E., Ward, L. G., & Burdick, D. M. (2018). Improving salt marsh digital elevation model accuracy with full-waveform lidar and nonparametric predictive modeling. ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE, 202, 193-211. doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2017.11.034

  • Eren, F., Pe'eri, S., Rzhanov, Y., & Ward, L. (2018). Bottom characterization by using airborne lidar bathymetry (ALB) waveform features obtained from bottom return residual analysis. REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT, 206, 260-274. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2017.12.035

  • Masetti, G., Mayer, L. A., & Ward, L. G. (2018). A Bathymetry- and Reflectivity-Based Approach for Seafloor Segmentation. GEOSCIENCES, 8(1). doi:10.3390/geosciences8010014

  • Rogers, J. N., Parrish, C. E., Ward, L. G., & Burdick, D. M. (2016). Assessment of Elevation Uncertainty in Salt Marsh Environments using Discrete-Return and Full-Waveform Lidar. JOURNAL OF COASTAL RESEARCH, 107-122. doi:10.2112/SI76-010

  • Ericson, J. P., Vorosmarty, C. J., Dingman, S. L., Ward, L. G., & Meybeck, M. (2006). Effective sea-level rise and deltas: Causes of change and human dimension implications. GLOBAL AND PLANETARY CHANGE, 50(1-2), 63-82. doi:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2005.07.004

  • Harding, M. M., Ward, L. G., & Haymet, A. D. J. (1999). Type I 'antifreeze' proteins - Structure-activity studies and mechanisms of ice growth inhibition. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY, 264(3), 653-665. doi:10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00617.x

  • FISHER, T. R., HARDING, L. W., STANLEY, D. W., & WARD, L. G. (1988). PHYTOPLANKTON, NUTRIENTS, AND TURBIDITY IN THE CHESAPEAKE, DELAWARE, AND HUDSON ESTUARIES. ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE, 27(1), 61-93. doi:10.1016/0272-7714(88)90032-7

  • STEVENSON, J. C., WARD, L. G., & KEARNEY, M. S. (1988). SEDIMENT TRANSPORT AND TRAPPING IN MARSH SYSTEMS - IMPLICATIONS OF TIDAL FLUX STUDIES. MARINE GEOLOGY, 80(1-2), 37-59. doi:10.1016/0025-3227(88)90071-0

  • WARD, L. G., KEMP, W. M., & BOYNTON, W. R. (1984). THE INFLUENCE OF WAVES AND SEAGRASS COMMUNITIES ON SUSPENDED PARTICULATES IN AN ESTUARINE EMBAYMENT. MARINE GEOLOGY, 59(1-4), 85-103. doi:10.1016/0025-3227(84)90089-6

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