Project: A historical reconstruction of hurricane impacts in the Gulf Coast of
Mexico (1950-2005)
We are looking to hire a National Science Foundation funded undergraduate
through the Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU) program for 10 weeks
over the summer 2008. The student will develop a research project related to a
larger project to study the patterns of hurricane impacts onthe in the Gulf
Coast of Mexico. This effort is part of an interdisciplinary land-use change
research program that examines the linkages between hurricane frequency and
impacts on the social and natural environment.The REU student will participate
in the main facets of the project which include assisting in assembling and
analyzing multiple datasets needed to parameterize our hurricane damage models.
These datasets include historical hurricane related wind damage reports from
contemporary newspapers in the Golf Coast, and surface weather wind database.
Additional responsibilities include assisting the research team to analyze and
convert the datasets into meaningful damage indices, and integrate the
information within a GIS. We seek an undergraduate student with skills in data
management, library and archive research, who is thorough and detail oriented,
and with basic familiarity in GIS preferred (additional GIS training will be
provided as needed). The REU position is available starting June 1, 2008.Please
contact Prof. Steven Hamburg ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) for further information
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