Charles Gignac

Charles Gignac
Université Laval | ULAVAL · Centre de Recherche en Géomatique

Ph.D. in Water Sciences / Remote Sensing
Scientific Director at Centre de Géomatique du Québec / Directeur Scientifique au Centre de Géomatique du Québec

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Additional affiliations
January 2019 - August 2021
National Institute of Scientific Research
Position
  • PostDoc Position
January 2017 - present
National Institute of Scientific Research
Position
  • Research Assistant
January 2016 - May 2016
National Institute of Scientific Research
Position
  • Research Assistant
Education
January 2012 - November 2018
National Institute of Scientific Research
Field of study
  • Water Sciences
September 2009 - December 2011
National Institute of Scientific Research
Field of study
  • Water Sciences
September 2006 - August 2009
Université de Sherbrooke
Field of study
  • Geomatics

Publications

Publications (13)
Conference Paper
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Marine infrastructures are a key component for arctic communities. During the past decades, climate change effects have been observed throughout the Arctic and may be linked with marine infrastructure physical deterioration. Changes in the wind and water regimes and in the ice conditions are major factors explaining this observed phenomenon. Satell...
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The sea ice cover in the North evolves at a rapid rate. To adequately monitor this evolution, tools with high temporal and spatial resolution are needed. This paper presents IceMap250, an automatic sea ice extent mapping algorithm using MODIS reflective/emissive bands. Hybrid cloud-masking using both the MOD35 mask and a visibility mask, combined w...
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A reliable knowledge and assessment of the sea ice conditions and their evolution in time is a priority for numerous decision makers in the domains of coastal and offshore management and engineering as well as in commercial navigation. As of today, countless research projects aimed at both modelling and mapping past, actual and future sea ice condi...
Preprint
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The continued loss of sea ice in the Northern Hemisphere due to global warming poses a threat on biota and human activities, evidencing the necessity of efficient sea ice monitoring tools. Aiming at the creation of an improved European sea ice extent indicator, the IceMap250 algorithm has been reworked to generate improved sea ice extent maps at 50...
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The continued loss of sea ice in the Northern Hemisphere due to global warming poses a threat to biota and human activities, evidencing the necessity of efficient sea ice monitoring tools. Aiming at the creation of an improved sea ice extent indicator covering the European regional seas, the new IceMap500 algorithm has been developed to classify se...
Article
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A reliable knowledge and assessment of the sea ice conditions and their evolution in time is a priority for numerous decision makers in the domains of coastal and offshore management and engineering as well as in commercial navigation. As of today, countless research projects aimed at both modelling and mapping past, actual and future sea ice condi...
Poster
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La télédétection est une ressource à la fine pointe de la technologie gagnant à être intégrée à la gestion des défis en milieux naturels et urbains pour faire face, notamment, aux changements climatiques (eau, alimentation, ressources naturelles, navigation, catastrophes, etc.). Le projet NorthSense : L’Arctique vu de l’espace, parrainé par le prog...
Technical Report
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Institut national de la recherche scientifique Centre Eau Terre Environnement 490, rue de la Couronne Québec (Québec) G1K 9A9 Présenté à : Agence Spatiale Canadienne Programme de contributions pour la sensibilisation de la jeunesse à l'espace Rapport de recherche no R-1348 31 mars 2012
Data
This map has been created in the project "Variability and Change in the Canadian Cryosphere" . It is the result of the application of an algorithm developed by Catherine Lagacé during her M.Sc. studies at the INRS-ETE. In this algorithm, 3 variables are used : 1) 36,5 GHz Brightness Temperatures, 2) 18,7 GHz Brightness Temperatures, and 3) Water pe...

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