Judy Robinson
Computational Geophysics Team Leader; Advisor, RemPlex
Judy Robinson
Computational Geophysics Team Leader; Advisor, RemPlex
Biography
Judy Robinson is a computational scientist with field and numerical modeling experience in geophysical methods, specializing in electrical resistivity imaging. Since joining PNNL in 2018, her work has focused primarily on joint inversion using flow and transport models with electrical resistivity imaging to determine the feasibility of field electrical imaging. She also has expertise in analyzing complex resistivity data and is working towards joint physical and geochemical interpretations using corroborating field and lab datasets.
Disciplines and Skills
- Electrical resistivity imaging, including E4D
- Spectral induced polarization
- Hydrogeophysics/Hydrogeophysical numerical modeling
- Data fusion
Education
- Ph.D., Environmental Science, Rutgers University-Newark
- M.S.E., Environmental Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
- B.S., Civil Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Affiliations and Professional Service
- Environmental Engineering and Geophysics Society (EEGS) - Board member at large, 2019
- American Geophysical Union (AGU) member
Publications
2022
- Johnson T.C., J.L. Robinson, and V.L. Freedman. 2022. Surface 3D Electrical Resistivity Tomography Inversion of 2005 BC Cribs and Trenches Datasets. PNNL-32602. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Surface 3D Electrical Resistivity Tomography Inversion of 2005 BC Cribs and Trenches Datasets
2021
- Jaysaval P., J.L. Robinson, and T.C. Johnson. 2021. "Stratigraphic Identification with Airborne Electromagnetic Methods at the Hanford Site, Washington." Journal of Applied Geophysics 192. PNNL-SA-156134. doi:10.1016/j.jappgeo.2021.104398
- Mackley R.D., J.M. Torgeson, J.L. Robinson, N. Qafoku, M.L. Rockhold, and J.N. Thomle. 2021. Evaluation of a Potential Groundwater Tracer Test in the Ringold Upper Mud Aquifer at the 100-H Area of the Hanford Site. PNNL-32103. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Evaluation of a Potential Groundwater Tracer Test in the Ringold Upper Mud Aquifer at the 100-H Area of the Hanford Site
- Zhu Y., J.L. Robinson, X. Song, M.L. Rockhold, and T.C. Johnson. 2021. Evaluation of Electrical Resistivity Tomography to Monitor the Transport of Past Releases Beneath Tank Farms. PNNL-32016. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Evaluation of Electrical Resistivity Tomography to Monitor the Transport of Past Releases Beneath Tank Farms
2020
- Robinson J.L., A. Buda, A. Collick, A. Shober, D. Ntarlagiannis, R. Bryant, and G. Folmar, et al. 2020. "Electrical monitoring of saline tracers to reveal subsurface flow pathways in a flat ditch-drained field." Journal of Hydrology 586. PNNL-SA-152331. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.124862
- Robinson J.L., R.D. Mackley, M.L. Rockhold, T.C. Johnson, J.N. Thomle, C.D. Johnson, and P. Jaysaval. 2020. Geophysical Methods for Stratigraphic Identification. PNNL-29182 Rev 1.0. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Geophysical Methods for Stratigraphic Identification
- Robinson J.L., T.C. Johnson, and M.L. Rockhold. 2020. "Feasibility assessment of long-term electrical resistivity monitoring of a nitrate plume." Groundwater 58, no. 2:224-237. PNNL-SA-138315. doi:10.1111/gwat.12899
- Rockhold M.L., J.L. Robinson, K. Parajuli, X. Song, Z. Zhang, and T.C. Johnson. 2020. "Groundwater characterization and monitoring at a complex industrial waste site using electrical resistivity imaging." Hydrogeology Journal 28, no. 6:2115-2127. PNNL-SA-147892. doi:10.1007/s10040-020-02167-1
2019
- Johnson T.C., J.N. Thomle, J.L. Robinson, R.D. Mackley, and M.J. Truex. 2019. Stage B Uranium Sequestration Amendment Delivery Monitoring Using Time-Lapse Electrical Resistivity Tomography. PNNL-28619. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Stage B Uranium Sequestration Amendment Delivery Monitoring Using Time-Lapse Electrical Resistivity Tomography
- Robinson J.L., R.D. Mackley, M.L. Rockhold, T.C. Johnson, and P. Jaysaval. 2019. Geophysical Methods for Stratigraphic Identification. PNNL-29182. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Geophysical Methods for Stratigraphic Identification