Symposium Program

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Preliminary Program of the Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing
Session
Active Snow & WR: Active remote sensing of the snowpack for water resources
Time:
Tuesday, 17/June/2025:
1:00pm - 2:20pm

Session Chair: Dr. Brandi Newton
Session Chair: Dr. Celeste Barnes
 Location: Birch Ballroom

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Presentations
1:00pm - 1:20pm

A Lidar-based assessment of the representativeness of in-situ snow monitoring stations in the Rocky Mountains in Alberta

Dr. B. Newton1, M. Guan1, Dr. A. Thiombiano1, Dr. F. Bearzot2, Dr. C. Barnes3, Dr. C. Hopkinson3

1Alberta Environment and Protected Areas, Canada; 2University of Calgary; 3University of Lethbridge


1:20pm - 1:40pm

Evaluating Remote Sensing Lidar-based Snow Water Equivalent with Raven-based Snow Water Equivalent hydrologic modelled outputs in a Mountainous Watershed

Dr. C. Barnes1, Dr. B. Newton2, Dr. R. MacDonald3, Dr. C. Hopkinson1

1University of Lethbridge, Canada; 2Alberta Environment and Protected Areas, AB, Canada; 3MacDonald Hydrology Consultants Ltd., Cranbrook, BC, Canada


1:40pm - 2:00pm

Quantifying Changes in Hypsometric Snowpack Distribution in a Recovering Post-Fire Mountain Headwater Environment using Airborne Lidar

J. Van Gaalen, Dr. C. Hopkinson

University of Lethbridge, Canada


2:00pm - 2:20pm

Understanding errors in lidar- based snow water equivalent modelling for snowpack monitoring in the Eastern Slopes of Alberta’s Rocky Mountains

C. Hopkinson1, C. Barnes1, J. Van Gaalen1, N. Newton2, I. Rodrigues1, J. Craig3, H. Burdette3, M. Singer4

1University of Lethbridge, Canada; 2Alberta Environment and Protected Areas; 3University of Waterloo; 4Teledyne Optech