Northern Large Lakes as Sentinels of Environmental Changes
Objectives: The research program will focus on the following themes:
- Understanding past, present, and projected Great Bear Lake ice phenology and thickness.
- Investigating the interplay between ice condition variability and lake water attributes.
- The characterization and projection of lake ice subsurface- and surface-atmosphere interaction, and exchanging processes in a changing climate using advanced remote sensing techniques.
Project PI(s):
- Dr. Homa Kheyrollah Pour
Project partner:
- Government of Northwest Territories
- Délįne Government
- Danny Gaudet (Indigenous Concepts and Solutions Inc. www.incoso.ca)
Funding: NSERC Canada Research Chair Program
Period: 2019/07 to 2024/06
