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UNBC and what it could do in a mountain NCE
B. Menounos
University of Northern British Columbia
1 / 6 What I do what they do UNBC contributions
What I do
2014 LiDAR survey, Yoho Glacier
• Response of glaciers toclimate change
• Environmentalreconstruction
• Mountaingeomorphology
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What I do
2015 LiDAR survey, Yoho Glacier
• Response of glaciers toclimate change
• Environmentalreconstruction
• Mountaingeomorphology
3 / 6 What I do what they do UNBC contributions
What I do
2015-2014 elev. change
• Response of glaciers toclimate change
• Environmentalreconstruction
• Mountaingeomorphology
4 / 6 What I do what they do UNBC contributions
What UNBC does
Dynamically downscaled snowpack 2010-2011
• Climate downscaling inmountainous areas [P.Jackson]
• Hydro-meterology andsnow hydrology [S. Déry]
• Fluvial geomorphology andsediment sourcing [E.Petticrew and P. Owens]
• DNA and ecology of fish[D. Huber, B. Murray andM. Shrimpton]
• Communities and resourcedevelopment in mountains[G. Halseth]
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What UNBC could contribute
• Engagement with ongoing glaciologicalresearch (UofC, UBC, and SFU)
• Involvement of UNBC faculty adept atinterdisciplinary research (NRESi)
• Access to LiDAR scanner and DNALaboratory for terrestrial surveys
• Alignment with other UNBC Institutes(Community Development Institute)
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