Regions: Inuvialuit Settlement Region
Tags: physical sciences, vegetation, wildlife management, resource management
| Principal Investigator: | O'Brien, Daniel (1) |
| Licence Number: | 13097 |
| Organization: | University of Manitoba |
| Licensed Year(s): |
2000
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| Issued: | Mar 29, 2000 |
| Project Team: | Dr. Norm Kenkel, Brad Sparling |
Objective(s): An understanding of arctic vegetation structure, composition and productivity is critical to climate change monitoring, wildlife management and sustainable resource management. The use of remote sensing for estimating net primary production (NPP) is par
Project Description: An understanding of arctic vegetation structure, composition and productivity is critical to climate change monitoring, wildlife management and sustainable resource management. Remote sensing could prove to be an effective tool for studies in the arctic because the region is large and hard to reach. Satellite imagery will be used to estimate productivity of the land and this will be compared to data collected in Tuktut Nogait National Park. Base camp will be set up in the park for a period of 3 weeks. A helicopter will be used to travel from base camp to field sites within the park. It is expected that only 5 trips are needed with 10 hours total of flying time. It is hoped that a general model will be derived, applicable to other arctic regions, from the model developed using data from the Tuktut Nogait National Park experiments.
