Cohort : 1
Level: PhD
Graduation Date: January 2024
Campus: CUNY – The City College of New York
Research Theme: Oceans & Coasts
Biography
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Alana is a NOAA EPP/MSI Earth System Sciences and Remote Sensing-II Scholar in Cohort 1 at the Graduate Center, CUNY. She is a PhD student majoring in Earth and Environmental Sciences. Her research is on colored dissolved organic matter in the Coastal Zone. Alana uses Satellite Remote Sensing to examine (CDOM) dynamics in Long Island Sound estuary
Research
Colored Dissolved Organic Matter in the Coastal Zone: Using Satellite Remote Sensing to Elucidate Source and Fate
Academic Mentor: Maria Tzortziou, Ph.D.
NOAA Mentor: Michael Ondrusek, Ph.D. (NESDIS)
NERTO
NERTO Title: Remote Sensing of CDOM in coastal water NESDIS
Year: 2022
NERTO Mentor: Michael Ondrusek, Ph.D. (NESDIS)
NERTO Location: National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
Publications
Menendez, Alana, and Maria Tzortziou. “Driving factors of colored dissolved organic matter dynamics across a complex urbanized estuary.” Science of The Total Environment (2024): 171083. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171083