Exploring Cycle-Level Heat – Preparing for Analysis of Remote Sensing Microscale Urban Heat

Posted 3 years ago

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This blog post will present my current MSc Thesis project. As human population increases, we are seeing a trend towards more people living in cities than in rural areas (Hiemstra et al., 2017). In 1861, 16% of Canadians lived in urban regions; whereas, in 2011, 81.5% lives in urban regions (Statistics Canada, 2018). Urban areas […]

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Using Optical Imagery and Fuzzy Logic to Map Wildfires in British Columbia

Posted 3 years ago

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Exacerbated by human-induced climate change, wildfires have become increasingly severe and devastating in recent years. In British Columbia over the past decade, wildfires have consistently cost hundreds of millions in damages and pose serious health threats to the population as the smoke lingers over populous areas throughout the province.  For our British Columbia Institute of […]

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Meet the teams of the ECCE App Challenge 2022

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The annual ECCE App Challenge has recently completed its 8th iteration. Each year this competition provides us with the opportunity to see many new and interesting apps created and presented by teams joining from ECCE schools across the country. The 2022 App Challenge has continued this tradition, giving a total of 25 teams of students […]

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Delineating Urban Lake Watersheds using Arc Hydro

Posted 3 years ago

By in the Dalhousie Blog

Many natural and anthropogenic processes occurring within a lake’s watershed directly affect lake water quality (Soranno et al., 2015). As such, delineating the bounds of a lake’s watershed is often the first step towards identifying factors driving changes in water quality over time. This critical step can be achieved with the help of Arc Hydro, […]

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