| Principal Investigator: | Bourgeau-Chavez, Laura L. (7) |
| Licence Number: | 15805 |
| Organization: | Michigan Tech Research Institute |
| Licensed Year(s): |
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| Issued: | Dec 18, 2015 |
| Project Team: | Laura Bourgeau-Chavez, Evan Kane, Nancy French |
Objective(s): To identify and collect remote sensing and field data to support the science necessary to investigate the impacts and consequences of the 2014 fires in Northwest Territories, Canada.
Project Description: The goal of this project is to identify and collect remote sensing and field data to support the science necessary to investigate the impacts and consequences of the 2014 fires in Northwest Territories, Canada and to better understand the vulnerability of the Carbon-rich boreal peatlands to burning. Field crews will navigate to pre-selected sample locations and collect at each location: 1)site descriptions (peatland type, tree cover etc.); 2) vegetation cover (species composition, percent cover of different species, etc.); 3) organic layer depth (depth of organic based material above mineral soil, found with probe or small soil pit); 4) burn severity (visually estimated); 5) soil temperature; 6) Active layer depth (depth of free soil above permafrost, found using manual probe); 7) near surface soil moisture (found using handheld hydrosense probe); and, 8) photographs and GPS location. All materials will be removed, ... Show more
