Symposium Program

1:00pm - 1:20pm

Remote Sensing Model to Forecast Wildfire Danger in the Northwest Territories

Dr. M. R. Ahmed

Government of Northwest Territories, Canada

1:20pm - 1:40pm

Lidar data synthesis to assess post fire forest change

S. Ramani¹, M. Bedward², Dr. O. Price², Dr. R. Nolan¹

¹Western Sydney University, Australia; ²Wollongong University

1:40pm - 2:00pm

Quantifying Belowground Carbon Loss in Managed Peatlands: Burn Depth, Drivers, and Climate Implications

A. K. Bakalarczyk¹, L. E Chasmer¹, C. D Hopkinson¹, K. Millard², S. L Wilkinson³

¹University of Lethbridge, Canada; ²Carleton University; ³Simon Fraser University

2:00pm - 2:20pm

A Remote Sensing Approach to Detecting Forest to Heathland State Shifts in Post Fire Boreal Forest, Newfoundland

A. M. Johnston, Dr. B. DeVries, Dr. F. Moola

University of Guelph, Canada

2:20pm - 2:40pm

The Chetamon Fire in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada: Burn Severity in Relation to Fire History

N. M. Krizan¹, Dr. L. Chasmer¹, Dr. R. Chavardès², Dr. C. Hopkinson¹

¹University of Lethbridge, Canada; ²Natural Resources Canada