Publications

Curious about the theory of onshore coastal boulder transport? Or onshore inundation measurements linked to transport?

Inishmaan, Ireland

Spero, H. R., Herterich, J. G., Berke, M. A., Berryhill, J., Bourke, M. C., Cullen, N. D., ... & Kennedy, A. B. (2026b). Onshore inundation and coastal boulder initiation of motion at Inishmaan, Ireland. Geomorphology, 110197. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2026.110197

Curious about longitudinal study of coastal boulder transport and novel methods for field study and resolving transport?

Inishmaan, Ireland

Spero, H. R., Berke, M. A., Berryhill, J., Bourke, M. C., Cullen, N. D., Dias, F., ... & Kennedy, A. B. (2026a). Storm-driven coastal boulder transport over two winter storm seasons on Inishmaan, Ireland. Geomorphology, 110105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2025.110105

Curious about how to use iPhone lidar to turn field scans into useful 3D models, volumes, and area estimates?

Spero, H.R., Bourke, M.C., Westerink, J.J., Kennedy, A.B. (2026c). Rocky Coastlines: A New   Method for Characterizing Coastal Boulder Deposits Using iPhone and Open-Source Software. In: Coelho, C., Hallin, C., Sancho, F., Silva, P.A. (eds) Coastal Dynamics 2025. CD 2025. Coastal Research Library, vol 42. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-15477-4_59 (submitted and referenced in previous work as 2025)

Curious about how to go from 2D shallow water modeling and drone surveys to 3D Virtual Reality environments?

Teton Dam Failure, ID

Spero, H. R., Vazquez-Lopez, I., Miller, K., Joshaghani, R., Cutchin, S., & Enterkine, J. (2022). Drones, virtual reality, and modeling: communicating catastrophic dam failure. International Journal of Digital Earth, 15(1), 585–605. https://doi.org/10.1080/17538947.2022.2041116.