Mina Nasr successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled: GEOSPATIAL ANALYSIS OF TOTAL MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS IN STREAM AND LAKE SEDIMENTS ACROSS CANADA. Her thesis was considered “monumental” by the examination committee in terms of scope and detail. Parts of the thesis have already been published, and more will appear in publications and in a government report.
A blog post was published on Esri Canada’s website highlighting 2015 Esri Young Scholar Shane Furze. It is an interview that explains Shane’s work and experience at the Esri San Diego user conference. You can read the interview here: http://esri.ca/en/blog/tales-san-diego-uc-esri-young-scholars-experience.
Shane Furze was recognized as Canada’s 2015 Esri Young Scholar Award winner. He was the top candidate in a PhD program. The award recognizes exemplary work in geospatial science. Link to the Esri award announcement. Shane is a PhD candidate in Forestry, working in the Forest Watershed Research Centre under the supervision of Dr. Paul …
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The Forest Watershed Research Centre was featured in Issue 14 of Pan European Networks, a magazine with a focus on Science & Technology (Materials Wealth). To view the article click here.
This presentation details how height increments of spruce plantations vary in relation to two rasterized LiDAR-DEM derived indicators of soil wetness / drainage, i.e., the cartographic Depth-to-Water index DTW, referring to the elevational rise away from nearest streams and other surface water bodies, and the Terrain Wetness Index TWI, referring to the logarithm of the …
The Forest Watershed Research Centre was featured in Issue 161 of International Innovation, a magazine with a focus on science, research and technology. To view the article click here.
The LiDAR-based depth-to-water maps produced by the Watershed Center was featured in the Skogforsk 2014 edition of ShortCuts, a quarterly report that showcases the latest forest research news from Sweden.
Jae Ogilvie provides a definitive description of Alberta’s wet area mapping research and the development and opportunities from Canada’s largest wet area mapping dataset. This series of videos cover an hour long lecture, given by Jae Ogilvie, Friday, April 11, 2014 at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta. The lecture was sponsored by Alberta Environment …
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The 22nd Annual Emerald Awards Ceremony celebrates environmental excellence in Alberta. The Government of Alberta received the award in 2013 for the Development for Alberta’s Wet Areas Mapping Initiative through the Forest Research Watershed Center. Watch the videos of the ceremony by clicking here.
Some people in Grand Lake believe recent rain and flooding is a sign of more dramatic and permanent changes to the climate. CBC Interview Link