Presentations

  • A. Freddo, S. Socolofsky, B. R. Hodges, K. Thyng, D. Feng. “Advanced Oil Spill Transport across the Bay/Coastal Boundary,” 2019 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference, New Orleans, LA, February 4–7, 2019.

  • S. L. Morey, E. Chassignet, D. Dukhovskoy, M. Stukel, C. Harris, R. Hetland, K. Thyng, V. Coles, T. Hsu, A. Manning, O. U. Mason. “Development of a Coupled Modeling System for Simulating Oil-Microbial- Sediment Interactions in the Ocean,” 2019 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference, New Orleans, LA, February 4–7, 2019.

  • K. M. Thyng, R. Hetland, S. Socolofsky, N. Fernando, E. Turner, C. Schoenbaechler. Shelf transport and Hurricane Harvey flooding into Galveston Bay, Texas A&M University–Galveston, Galveston, TX, October 17, 2018. (invited)

  • K. M. Thyng, R. Hetland, N. Fernando, E. Turner, C. Schoenbaechler, S. Socolofsky. Freshwater inflow to Galveston Bay due to Hurricane Harvey, Physics of Estuaries and Coastal Seas, Galveston, TX, October 15, 2018.

  • K.M. Thyng, R. Hetland, K. Whilden, N. Fernando, E. Turner, C. Schoenbaechler, S. Socolofsky. Freshwater inflow to and around Galveston Bay due to Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane Harvey Research Symposium, Port Aransas, TX, August 23, 2018.

  • K.M. Thyng and M. Marta-Almeida. Website for interacting with oceanographic data and numerical model output, SciPy Conference 2018, Austin, TX, July 12, 2018.

  • K.M. Thyng. Along-coast connectivity in Texas and Louisiana, Ocean Sciences, Portland, OR, February 12-16, 2018.

  • Effective and Accurate Colormap Selection, American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 15, 2016. (invited)

  • Custom Colormaps for Your Field, PLOTCON, New York, New York, November 17, 2016. (invited)

  • Submesoscale eddies increase particle transport and dispersion over the Texas-Louisiana shelf, Liege Colloquium, Liege, Belgium, May 27, 2016.

  • Tidal Farm Array Optimization: Dynamics, Engineering, and Environment, Ocean Sciences Meeting, New Orleans, LA, February 26, 2016.

  • Transport on and across the Texas shelf, Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, October 19, 2015.

  • Transport on and across the Texas shelf, Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, October 12, 2015. (invited)

  • S. W. Funke, K. M. Thyng, T. Roc, Standard methodology for tidal array project optimisation: An idealized study of the Minas Passage, 11th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference, Nantes, France, September 9, 2015.

  • Texas-Louisiana Shelf and Coast Connectivity, Lagrangian Analysis and Prediction of Coastal and Ocean Dynamics, Winter Harbor, ME, July 29, 2015.

  • Perceptual colormaps in matplotlib for oceanography, SciPy Conference 2015, Austin, TX, July 10, 2015.
  • Perceptual Color Maps in matplotlib for Oceanography | SciPy 2015 | Kristen Thyng

  • Python in tidal energy: three tools used in a collaboration on array optimization, SciPy Conference 2015, Austin, TX, July 10, 2015.
  • Python in Tidal Energy Three Tools Used in a Collaboration on Array Optimization | SciPy 2015

  • Texas and Louisiana coastline sensitivity and oil dispersion 2015 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference, Houston, TX, February 19, 2015.


  • Cross-shelf transport and dispersion due to baroclinic instabilities Physics of Estuaries and Coastal Seas (PECS), Porto de Galinhas, Brazil, October 21, 2014.


  • Perceptions of matplotlib colormaps, SciPy Conference 2014, Austin, TX, July 10, 2014.
  • Perceptions of matplotlib colormaps Perceptions of Matplotlib Colormaps | SciPy 2014 | Kristen M Thyng

  • TracPy: Wrapping the FORTRAN Lagrangian trajectory model TRACMASS, SciPy Conference 2014, Austin, TX, July 10, 2014. slides
  • TracPy Wrapping the FORTRAN Lagrangian trajectory model TRACMASS | SciPy 2014 | Kristen Thyng

  • What leads to transport in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico? NASA MPOWIR speaker series, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, May 28, 2014. (Selected seminar speaker)


  • Tidal Hydrokinetic Energy and Site Characterization, Geology Departmental Seminar, Texas A&M University, November 22, 2013. (Invited)


  • Effect of interannual and seasonal variability on oil fate along the Texas coastline, Estuarine and Coastal Modeling Conference, San Diego, CA, November 4, 2013.
  • Effect of inter annual and seasonal variability on oil fate along the Texas coastline

  • Physical mechanism for Karenia brevis bloom initiation in Texas, 7th Symposium on Harmful Algae, Sarasota, FL, October 29, 2013.
  • Physical mechanism for Karenia brevis bloom initiation in Texas

  • Particle tracking on a structured numerical grid and applications in the Gulf of Mexico, 12th International workshop on Multi-scale (Un)-structured mesh numerical Modeling for coastal, shelf, and global ocean dynamics (IMUM), University of Texas, Austin, September 17, 2013.
  • Particle tracking on a structured numerical grid and applications in the Gulf of Mexico

  • Panelist on best practices in data visualization, SciPy Conference, Austin, TX, June 27, 2013. (Invited)
  • pyvideo.org - SciPy 2013 John Hunter Excellence in Plotting Contest

  • Vorticity Dynamics in Admiralty Inlet, Puget Sound, Gordon Research Seminar: Coastal Ocean Circulation, University of New England, June 9, 2013. (Invited)


  • Origins of Harmful Algal Blooms Along the Texas Coast, ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, New Orleans, LA, February 21, 2013.


  • Numerical Simulation of Admiralty Inlet, WA, with Tidal Hydrokinetic Turbine Siting Application, PhD Dissertation Defense, University of Washington, May 23, 2012.


  • Turbulence Modeling in a Numerical Model for Tidal Hydrokinetic Energy Siting, Texas A&M University, October 13, 2011.


  • Site Modeling for Tidal Turbines, 2nd Annual OSU-UW Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center Conference, University of Washington, May 5, 2011.


  • Understanding New Admiralty Inlet Simulation, MoSSea Users Group, School of Oceanography, University of Washington, May 4, 2011.


  • Modeling for Tidal Energy Analysis, MoSSea Users Group, School of Oceanography, University of Washington, January 19, 2011.


  • Numerical Modeling of an Estuary for Tidal Hydrokinetic Turbine Site Characterization, General Examination for the Doctoral Degree at the University of Washington, December 8, 2010


  • Tidal Energy and Turbine Siting Metrics, Mechanical Engineering Student Seminar at the University of Washington, October 11, 2010


  • Idealized Headland Simulation for Tidal Hydrokinetic Turbine Siting Metrics, OCEANS 2010 MTS/IEEE Seattle, September 21, 2010


  • Working Toward Numerical Simulations of Admiralty Inlet for Tidal Hydrokinetic Energy, 4th Annual INORE Symposium, Dartmouth, UK, May 12, 2010.


Posters

X. Diao∗ and K.M. Thyng, Defining the Mississippi river plume with numerical drifters, Physics of Estuaries and Coastal Seas, Galveston, TX, October 14–19, 2018.

C. M. Morabito-Gonzalez, K.M. Thyng, S.W. Funke. Analysis of Hydrodynamic Impact Induced by Tidal Turbine Arrays, Ocean Sciences, Portland, OR, February 6-8, 2018.

K.M. Thyng, S. Socolofsky, K. Whilden. Measuring Freshwater Exports from Galveston Bay after Hurricane Harvey, Ocean Sciences, Portland, OR, February 6-8, 2018.

K.M. Thyng. Using Satellite Images to Characterize the Galveston Bay Tidal Plume, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference (GoMOSES), New Orleans, LA, February 12-16, 2018.

L. Campbell, D. Henrichs, K.M. Thyng. Expanding the Network of Imaging FlowCytobots for Early Warning of HABs, 9th US Symposium on Harmful Algae, Baltimore, MD, November 11-17, 2017.

K.M. Thyng, D. Feng, B. Hodges. When does material exit Galveston Bay? Gordon Research Conference: Coastal Ocean Dynamics, University of New England, June 11-16, 2017.

Perceptual colormaps in matplotlib for oceanography, SciPy Conference 2015, Austin, TX, July 8, 2015.

Texas-Louisiana Shelf and Coast Connectivity, Gordon Research Conference: Coastal Ocean Modeling, University of New England, June 7-12, 2015.

Cross-shelf transport and dispersion due to baroclinic instabilities, European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2014, April 27--May 2, Vienna, Austria. Cross-shelf transport and dispersion due to baroclinic instabilities

Texas-Louisiana Cross-shelf Transport due to Submesoscale Eddies, Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, February 23--28, 2014. Texas-Louisiana cross-shelf transport due to submesoscale eddies

Texas-Louisiana Shelf Connectivity and Time Variability using Particle Tracking, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference, Mobile, Alabama, January 26--29, 2014. Texas-Louisiana shelf connectivity and time variability using particle tracking

Tidal current turbine power capture and impact in an idealised channel simulation, 10th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference, Aalborg, Denmark, September 2--5, 2013. Tidal current turbine power capture and impact in an idealized channel simulation

Vorticity Dynamics in Admiralty Inlet, Puget Sound, Gordon Research Conference: Coastal Ocean Circulation, University of New England, June 9-14, 2013. Vorticity dynamics in Admiralty Inlet

ROMS Turbulence Parameter Comparisons with Field Data, The Physics of Estuaries and Coastal Seas (PECS) Symposium, 12-16 August 2012, New York City. ROMS turbulence parameter comparisons with field data

Nested ROMS Model of a Complex Estuarine Channel, Puget Sound, WA. Gordon Research Conference: Coastal Ocean Modeling, Mt. Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA, June 26--July 1, 2011.

Site Modeling for Tidal Turbines, Graduate and Professional Student Senate Science and Policy Summit, University of Washington, May 13, 2011. pdf

Numerical Modeling for Tidal Hydrokinetic Turbine Siting, INORE Symposium, 5-9-10, Dartmouth, UK. pdf

Estuary Modeling for Tidal Energy in Puget Sound, WA, INORE Symposium, 5-25-09, Ghent, Belgium. pdf