Katrine Trottier

My master’s project aims to better understand seasonal snowpack dynamics, especially liquid water content (LWC), during rain on snow episodes at two Québec sites: Sainte-Marthe (south of Québec) and Montmorency Forest (boreal climate). Using a multi-method approach that combines geophysics with a high-frequency GPR deployed in fixed mode with temporal monitoring and remote sensing with time-lapse LiDAR, supported by snow-pit observations for stratigraphy, density, and LWC, I document when, where, and how LWC evolves within the snowpack. Focusing on event periods, the study characterizes the internal evolution and hydrologic behavior of the snowpack and identifies the environmental controls most relevant to understanding flood risk in cold regions.

Master’s student in snow hydrology

Affiliations

École de Technologie Supérieure (ÉTS)

Department of Civil and Water Engineering, Université Laval

Centre d’études nordiques (CEN)

Réseau Inondations InterSectoriel du Québec (RIISQ)

Quebec Management Reasearch Centre (CentrEAU)

Hydro-geophysics

Seasonal snowpack hydrology

Cold-regions flood risk

Supervision: Michel Baraër (ETS) and Daniel Nadeau

Contact

katrine.trottier.1@ens.etsmtl.ca