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Michelle Moorman

Hydrologic Technician
Albemarle-Pamlico NAWQA
U.S. Geological Survey
Water Resources Discipline

North Carolina Water Science Center
3916 Sunset Ridge Rd
Raleigh, NC 26707

(919) 571-4061 Voice
(919) 571-4041 Fax
mccienek@usgs.gov

Education · Research · Publications

Educational Background

Graduate Certificate, Geographic Information Systems (2001) North Carolina State University

Bachelor of Arts, Geography and Recreation Administration (1999) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Recent Research Projects and Interests

NAWQA Surface Water and Biology

Water quality and biological sampling to collect data that will help provide a better understanding about streams

Using GPS and GIS in the field to facilitate and expedite work and linking field data to GIS

Selected Publications

Cassingham, K.M., and Cienek, M.C. 2002, Using a geodatabase as a tool in stormwater management [abs.], in Abstracts of Conference Proceedings, ESRI International User Conference: San Diego, Calif., July 7-12, 2002, p. 96

Wrege, B.M., and Cienek, M.C., 2001, Applications of LIDAR data in the McPherson watershed, Fort Bragg, North Carolina [poster]: Water Resources Research Institute 2001 Annual Conference, Raleigh, N.C., March 29, 2001.

Wrege, B.M., and Cienek, M.C., 2001, Watershed delineation at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, using LIDAR data [poster]: USGS/Department of Defense Environmental Conservation Program, Charleston, S.C., May 1-4, 2001.