Caroline R. Narron, M.S.

Areas of Expertise

  • Processes affecting wetland loss in coastal and estuarine environments

  • Satellite image-based remote sensing techniques to detect spatial change in the extent of saltmarsh vegetation

  • Aerial photo interpretation and image processing for analyzing habitat changes in coastal environments

  • Scripting, data analyses, statistics, and data management for coastal habitats

Education

ABD       Ph.D. Candidate, Geography (Coastal Wetland Remote Sensing), University of Georgia
2016      M.S., Geoscience (Geospatial Sciences), University of North Carolina, Wilmington
2014      B.S., Environmental Science, University of North Carolina, Wilmington

Project Experience

Wetland Changes in Coastal Habitat

  • Historical and recent satellite imagery was used to map and document wetland changes using GIS tools. Research focused on distinguishing tidal flooding in southeastern U.S. coastal marshes and modeling plant above- and below-ground biomass to understand carbon sequestration potential. Current wetland analyses focus on the processes impacting change for various Louisiana deltaic areas. Marsh loss patterns are evaluated relative to natural hydrologic processes and human activities that have been active in south Louisiana for the past century.

Selected Publications

Mao, L., Mishra, D.R., Hawman, P.A., Narron, C.R., O’Connell, J.L., & Cotten, D.L., 2023. Photosynthetic performance of tidally flooded Spartina Alterniflora salt marshes. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 128(3). https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JG007161

Narron, C.R., O’Connell, J.L., Mishra, D.R., Cotten, D.L., Hawman, P.A., & Mao, L., 2022. Flooding in Landsat across tidal systems (FLATS): An index for intermittent tidal filtering and frequency detection in salt marsh environments. Ecological Indicators, 14(2022): 109045. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2022.109045