Staff profile
Sophie Kenmare
Research Postgraduate (PhD)
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| Research Postgraduate (PhD) in the Department of Geography |
Biography
Bibliography
- 2020 - 2024: PhD - Geomatics/Geomorphology, Durham University
- 2017: BSc - Geography, Durham University (1st Class)
- Dissertation: Critical landslide-inducing rainfall conditions for large-scale landslides in Taiwan 2005-2013, as captured by Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) data
Research Interests
My primary research focus involves understanding the interplay between Earth surface processes and weather conditions, particularly extreme rainfall events. I am interested in how landslide and rockfall inventories are temporally constrained, and how this temporal precision is used to constrain the role of weather conditions in driving rockfall. I am also interested in ‘extreme event legacy’ and how major storm events may serve to change critical landslide/rockfall initiation thresholds required to instigate future mass movements.
My PhD aims to examine the role of precipitation and temperature as drivers of rockfall activity along a section of the North Yorkshire coastline, with an emphasis on how extreme weather may serve to modify rock slope behaviour. This entails the development of a novel workflow as part of an ongoing terrestrial LiDAR rock-surface monitoring campaign.
Research interests
- Geomatics
- LiDAR
- Rockfall
- Landslides
- Remote Sensing
Publications
Conference Paper
- Hodge, R., Buechel, M., & Kenmare, S. (2020, December). The influence of bedrock topography on grain entrainment in bedrock-alluvial channels. Presented at EGU 2020, Vienna, Austria
- Kenmare, S., Brain, M. J., & Rosser, N. J. (2022, June). CONSTRAINING THE ROLE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS IN DRIVING DAMAGE ACCUMULATION LEADING TO ROCKFALL. Paper presented at PRF 2022, Flat Rock, NC, USA
Journal Article