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NASA's Arctic-Boreal Vulnerability Experiment

ABoVE

NWT-focus Webinars

This occasional webinar series, which is co-sponsored with Government of Northwest Territories' Knowledge Agenda, is a venue to share data and information about ABoVE research with the broader community, and for all to learn about other research and activities in the territory/region.

Contact Libby Larson if you would like to volunteer to present or have questions.

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2023
 Recorded Presentation
This webinar is part of the Laurier Northern Webinar Series, but features ABoVE speakers and is included on the ABoVE website for informational purposes
  1. Title:  Wildfire in the North: Impacts and Adaptations
    Presenters: Dr. Jennifer Baltzer, Dr. Xanthe Walker, Dr. Andrew Spring, and Carla Johnston
Recorded Presentation
  1. Title:  Remote Sensing of Wetlands in the NWT: Applications of EO Data and Machine Learning
    Presenter: Michael Merchant, Remote Sensing Scientist, Ducks Unlimited Canada and PhD Student, University of Guelph
2022
 Recorded Presentation
  1. Title:  Storage and Emissions of Carbon in Boreal Peatlands Affected by Extreme Drought and Wildfire
    Presenters: Michael Billmire and Dorthea Vander Bilt, Research Scientists at Michigan Tech Research Institute (MTRI)
Recorded Presentation
  1. Title:  Building local capacity for community-based micrometeorological monitoring: Project update
    Presenter: Emma Riley, Université de Montréal
Recorded Presentation
  1. Title:  Reflecting on past practice, lessons learned and guidance for the future: mobilizing and including Indigenous Knowledge in research, monitoring and management-decision making
    Presenter: Lois Harwood, M.Sc.
    Fisheries Joint Management Committee- Canada Member
2021
 Recorded Presentations
  1. Title: A 1-km Resolution Daily Meteorological Dataset from 1901 to 2100 for Modelling and Mapping Permafrost in Canada
    Presenter: Yu Zhang, Canada Centre for Remote Sensing
  2. Title: Footprints of mining disturbances in Canada's Arctic using satellite and in-situ observations
    Presenter:  Wenjun Chen, Canada Centre for Remote Sensing
 Recorded Presentations
  1. Topic: Overwintering fires in boreal forests of North America
    Presenter: Rebecca C. Scholten, Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
  2. Topic: More dry fuels and lightning will spark future increases in boreal forest fires
    Presenter: Thomas Duchnik Hessilt, Dept. of Earth Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
 Recorded Presentations
  1. Topic: Increasing wildfires and the carbon balance of boreal forests
    Presenter: Xanthe Walker, Assistant Research Professor, Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University
  2. Topic: Impacts of wildfire and permafrost thaw on carbon cycling in peatlands
    Presenter: David Olefeldt, Associate Professor and CAIP Chair in Catchment and Wetland Science, Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta
2020
 Recorded Presentations
  1. Topic: Assessing the Vulnerability of Peatlands and Uplands to Wildfire in Boreal Northwest Territories
    Presenter: Laura Bourgeau-Chavez, PhD Michigan Tech Research Institute, Michigan Technological University
  2. Topic: Towards Remote Sensing of Surface Water Connectivity across the Canadian Shield
    Presenter: Ekaterina Lezine, Brown University