Research Chat

Monitoring Lake Ice Thickness from Space in the Northwest Territories. Gifty Attiah, Geography and Environmental Studies

Episode Summary

The 9th episode of Research Chat Season 2 features Gifty Attiah, an international student pursuing a PhD in Geography, interviewed by Caitlyn Lyons, a northern ecologist and environmentalist passionate about sustainability and science communication. Caitlyn is pursuing a PhD in Biological and Chemical Sciences at Wilfrid Laurier University.

Episode Notes

The episode features:

Gifty Attiah is an international student pursuing a PhD in Geography, a joint program run by Wilfrid Laurier University and the University of Waterloo. Gifty is part of the Remote Sensing of Environmental Change lab and has a particular interest in using geospatial tools to solve environmental and climate issues.
She shares her current research focused on monitoring lake ice thickness in the Northwest Territories using remote sensing and modeling.
Additional information about the research and transcript (with relevant links) are available from wlu.ca/Research-Chat

Episode Transcription

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