Emmanuelle Barrette

The objective of my research project is to analyze snow interception by the forest canopy in eastern Canada’s cold, wet climate. Innovative experimental measurements such as using accelerometers to monitor tree sway, time-lapse photography, drone photogrammetry and terrestrial LiDAR techniques are used to quantify intercepted snow on individual trees and link interception dynamics to meteorological conditions. The resulting dataset is used to evaluate and improve the parametrization of canopy interception in the SVS2-Crocus land surface model.

Master’s student in water engineering

Affiliations

Department of civil and water engineering,

Université Laval

Centre d'études nordiques (CEN)

CentrEau

Snow

Hydrology

Forest canopy

Supervision: Daniel Nadeau and Vincent Vionnet

Contact

emmanuelle.barrette.1@ulaval.ca