Overview
Girl Talk 2024
During January 2024, our inaugural workshop series brought together a diverse group of women - professionals and students - to talk about ocean mapping, career paths and opportunities, and to contribute to the creation of a complete map of the ocean floor.
Program Outcomes
During the 2024 Girl Talk Program, participants engaged in the processing of data from two research cruises in the Pacific Ocean, encompassing a collective area of 91,599 square kilometers—equivalent to the size of Portugal or the US state of Indiana. The data processing involved the utilization of Qimera, with subsequent reviews conducted using GeoMapApp and GMRT. We extend our sincere appreciation to QPS for generously donating Qimera licenses, a valuable contribution that significantly enriched the Girl Talk Program. Processed data have been archived and published with a Data Digital Object Identifier (DOI). Scroll down to explore interactive Story Maps created by participants to describe what they learned during the program.
Data Processed & Published
R/V Thomas G. Thompson, cruise TN319
R/V Thomas G. Thompson, cruise TN319
R/V Thomas G. Thompson, cruise TN319
Conducted in 2015, this research cruise explored an area of seamounts in the Eastern Pacific. Raw data were downloaded from the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) multibeam archive. Final processed data are curated within the
Marine Geoscience Data System.
Data Citation: Girl Talk, 2024 Cohort; Drennon, H.; Caceres, S.; Ferrini, V. and T. Martin, (2024). Processed Acoustic Backscatter, Sidescan and Swath Bathymetry Data acquired during R/V Thomas G. Thompson expedition TN319 (2015). MGDS. doi:10.60521/331528
R/V Roger Revelle, cruise RR1309
R/V Thomas G. Thompson, cruise TN319
R/V Thomas G. Thompson, cruise TN319
Conducted in 2013, this research cruise explored an area Western Pacific near Palau. Raw data were downloaded from the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) multibeam archive. Final processed data are curated within the
Marine Geoscience Data System.
Data Citation: Girl Talk, 2024 Cohort.; Drennon, H.; Caceres, S.; Ferrini, V. and T. Martin, (2024). Processed Acoustic Backscatter, Sidescan and Swath Bathymetry Data acquired during R/V Roger Revelle expedition RR1309 (2013). MGDS. doi:10.60521/331534
Participant Story Maps
Final projects from Girl Talk Participants that focus on their experience in the program
Speakers
An inspiring group of women who work on complementary aspects of ocean mapping
Vicki Ferrini, PhD
LDEO
Creator of Girl Talk, Senior Scientist at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO) of Columbia University
Dawn Wright, PhD, GISP
Esri
Chief Scientist
Shannon Hoy
NOAA
Expedition Coordinator Team Lead Expeditions and Exploration Division
Erin Heffron
Independent
Independent Contractor at Ocean Mapping Services, LLC
Colleen Peters, MBA
Kongsberg Discovery
Product Manager, EM Medium & Deep Multibeam Systems
Kelley Brumley, PhD
Independent
Marine Geologist, Private Consultant and Contractor on Seafloor Mapping Projects
Pamela Kanu, GISP
Geospatial Enterprise
Certified Geographic Information
Systems Professional (GISP) and
Founder of Geospatial Enterprise Inc.
Meredith Payne, GISP
Esri
Certified Geographic Information
Systems Professional (GISP) and ArcGIS for Maritime Sr. Product Engineer
Annie Ji, PhD
Esri
Product Manager
Hayley Drennon
LDEO
Senior Research Assistant at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO) of Columbia University
Tinah Martin
LDEO
Staff Associate at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO) of Columbia University
Sheila Caceres
LDEO
Research Assistant at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO) of Columbia University
Christiane Reiser
NOAA
Physical Scientist and Bathymetry Data Manager