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Bio
Scott's research interests include physically-based mathematical and numerical modeling, watershed-scale hydrologic systems, source-to-sink sediment transport, scaling analysis, differential geometry, component-based modeling, grid-based computational methods, efficient computer algorithms and fluvial landscape evolution models. Scott has authored numerous, open-source, earth surface process models including a spatially-distributed hydrologic model called TopoFlow and a fluvial landscape evolution model called Erode. He is also CEO and founder of Rivix, LLC which sells a software product for terrain and watershed analysis called RiverTools.
Scott has been honored to pursue research as a NASA Global Change Student Fellow (1990-1993) and a National Research Council Research Associate (1995-1998).
Education
- PhD, Geophysics: University of Colorado, Boulder, 1995
- MS, Mathematics: Oregon State University, Corvallis, 1989
- BS, Physics: Oregon State University, Corvallis, 1987
- BS, Engineering Physics: Oregon State University, Corvallis, 1987
Awards
- National Research Council Research Associate, National Research Council (NRC), 1995
- NASA Global Change Student Fellow, NASA, 1990
Research
Scott's research interests include cyberinfrastructure for modeling, hydrologic modeling, fluvial landscape evolution, seafloor and stratigraphic evolution, nonlinear PDEs, differential geometry, scaling theory, sediment plumes, coastal dynamics, efficient computer algorithms, and source-to-sink sediment transport.
Publications
Recent publications
CSDMS: a community platform for numerical modeling of Earth surface processes
Tucker GE; Hutton EWH; Piper MD; Campforts B; Gan T; Barnhart KR; Kettner AJ; Overeem I; Peckham SD; McCready L...
- Tucker GE
- Hutton EWH
- Piper MD
- Campforts B
- Gan T
- Barnhart KR
- Kettner AJ
- Overeem I
- Peckham SD
- McCready L
Publication Date: 2022-02-17
Type: Journal Article
An Interactive GUI for BALTO in a Jupyter Notebook
Type: Journal Article
CSDMS: A community platform for numerical modeling of Earth-surface processes
Tucker GE; Hutton EWH; Piper MD; Campforts B; Gan T; Barnhart KR; Kettner A; Overeem I; Peckham SD; McCready L...
- Tucker GE
- Hutton EWH
- Piper MD
- Campforts B
- Gan T
- Barnhart KR
- Kettner A
- Overeem I
- Peckham SD
- McCready L
Type: Journal Article
Artificial Intelligence for Modeling Complex Systems: Taming the Complexity of Expert Models to Improve Decision Making
Publication Date: 2021-07-01
Type: Journal Article
Numerical modeling of Earth's dynamic surface: a community approach
Tucker G; Hutton E; Piper M; Campforts B; Gan T; Barnhart K; Kettner A; Overeem I; Peckham S; McCready L...
- Tucker G
- Hutton E
- Piper M
- Campforts B
- Gan T
- Barnhart K
- Kettner A
- Overeem I
- Peckham S
- McCready L
Type: Journal Article
Seamless Long-Tail and Big Data Access via the EarthCube Brokering Cyberinfrastructure BALTO
Stamps DS; Gallagher J; Peckham S; Sheehan A; Potter N; Neumiller K; Njinju E; Stoica M; Easton Z; Fuka D...
- Stamps DS
- Gallagher J
- Peckham S
- Sheehan A
- Potter N
- Neumiller K
- Njinju E
- Stoica M
- Easton Z
- Fuka D
Type: Journal Article
Effective modeling for Integrated Water Resource Management: A guide to contextual practices by phases and steps and future opportunities
Badham J; Elsawah S; Guillaume JHA; Hamilton SH; Hunt RJ; Jakeman AJ; Pierce SA; Snow VO; Babbar-Sebens M; Fu B...
- Badham J
- Elsawah S
- Guillaume JHA
- Hamilton SH
- Hunt RJ
- Jakeman AJ
- Pierce SA
- Snow VO
- Babbar-Sebens M
- Fu B
Publication Date: 2019-06-01
Type: Journal Article
An Intelligent Interface for Integrating Climate, Hydrology, Agriculture, and Socioeconomic Models
Garijo D; Khider D; Ratnakar V; Gil Y; Deelman E; da Silva RF; Knoblock C; Chiang Y-Y; Minh P; Pujara J...
- Garijo D
- Khider D
- Ratnakar V
- Gil Y
- Deelman E
- da Silva RF
- Knoblock C
- Chiang Y-Y
- Minh P
- Pujara J
Type: Conference Proceeding
Critical thresholds for eventual extinction in randomly disturbed population growth models
Publication Date: 2018-08-01
Type: Journal Article
A service-oriented architecture for coupling web service models using the Basic Model Interface (BMI)
Publication Date: 2017-06-01
Type: Journal Article
Reproducible, component-based modeling with TopoFlow, a spatial hydrologic modeling toolkit
Publication Date: 2017-06-01
Type: Journal Article
Semantic Interoperability of Long-Tail Geoscience Resources over the Web
Type: Chapter
An introduction to the special issue on Geoscience Papers of the Future
Publication Date: 2016-10-01
Type: Journal Article
THE EARTH SYSTEM PREDICTION SUITE Toward a Coordinated US Modeling Capability
Theurich G; DeLuca C; Campbell T; Liu F; Saint K; Vertenstein M; Chen J; Oehmke R; Doyle J; Whitcomb T...
- Theurich G
- DeLuca C
- Campbell T
- Liu F
- Saint K
- Vertenstein M
- Chen J
- Oehmke R
- Doyle J
- Whitcomb T
Publication Date: 2016-07-01
Type: Journal Article
Towards uncertainty quantification and parameter estimation for Earth system models in a component-based modeling framework
Publication Date: 2016-05-01
Type: Journal Article
FUTURISTIC GEOSCIENCE MODELING:SMART MODELING FRAMEWORKS, SELF-DESCRIBING MODELS AND THE ROLE OF STANDARDIZED METADATA
Type: Conference Proceeding
DigitalCrust - a 4D data system of material properties for transforming research on crustal fluid flow
Fan Y; Richard S; Bristol RS; Peters SE; Ingebritsen SE; Moosdorf N; Packman A; Gleeson T; Zaslavsky I; Peckham S...
- Fan Y
- Richard S
- Bristol RS
- Peters SE
- Ingebritsen SE
- Moosdorf N
- Packman A
- Gleeson T
- Zaslavsky I
- Peckham S
Publication Date: 2015-02-01
Type: Journal Article
The influence of droplet size and biodegradation on the transport of subsurface oil droplets during the Deepwater Horizon spill: a model sensitivity study
Publication Date: 2015-02-01
Type: Journal Article
A component-based approach to integrated modeling in the geosciences: The design of CSDMS
Publication Date: 2013-04-01
Type: Journal Article
Driving plug-and-play models with data from web services: A demonstration of interoperability between CSDMS and CUAHSI-HIS
Publication Date: 2013-04-01
Type: Journal Article
- Cyberinfrastructure and Community Environmental Modeling
Type: Chapter
DigitalCrust ; – a; 4D ; data system of material properties for transforming research on crustal fluid flow
Fan Y; Richard S; Bristol RS; Peters SE; Ingebritsen SE; Moosdorf N; Packman A; Gleeson T; Zaslavsky I; Peckham S...
- Fan Y
- Richard S
- Bristol RS
- Peters SE
- Ingebritsen SE
- Moosdorf N
- Packman A
- Gleeson T
- Zaslavsky I
- Peckham S
Type: Chapter
CSDMS—A Modeling System to Aid Sedimentary Research
Publication Date: 2011-01-01
Type: Journal Article
A Community Approach to Earth Systems Modeling
Publication Date: 2010-03-30
Type: Journal Article
Land-surface parameters and objects specific to hydrology
Type: Chapter
Pages
Teaching
Past courses
- GEOL/GEOG 5700: Surface Process Modeling: Applying the CSDMS Modeling Tool
Outreach
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