Robert Fraser

Robert Fraser

EDUCATION

B.Sc. (Honours – Biology), 1993, University of Ottawa

M.F.S. (Environmental Science), 1995, School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, Yale University

Ph.D. (Water Resources / GIS), 1999, School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, Yale University

Contact Information: Robert Fraser

AWARDS

2006 Earth Sciences Sector Merit Award (Arctic Land Use Change / GHG Accounting Team)

2006 Canadian Forest Service Merit Award (NRCan Forest Fire Emissions Reporting System Team)

CURRENT S&T / RESEARCH – Detecting land cover change and its impact in Canada using satellite remote sensing and geospatial data

  • Earth Observation (EO) applications for forest fire monitoring and mapping http://fire.nofc.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/en/current/cc_m3_e.php
  • Land cover change detection at regional to national scales
  • Ecological applications of EO—including methods for monitoring ecological integrity of Canada’s national parks
  • Northern vegetation mapping and monitoring

KEY PUBLICATIONS

Fraser, R.H., Li, Z., and Cihlar, J. 2000. Hotspot and NDVI differencing synergy (HANDS): a new technique for burned area mapping over boreal forest. Remote Sensing of Environment, 74(3):362-376.

Fraser, R.H., Hall, R.J., Landry, R., Lynham, T., Lee, B., and Li, Z. 2004. Validation and calibration of Canada-wide coarse-resolution satellite burned area maps. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing, 70:451-460.

Tansey, K., Grégoire J-M., Binaghi, E., Boschetti, L., Brivio, P., Ershov, D., Flasse, S., Fraser, R., Graetz, D., Maggi, M., Peduzzi, P., Pereira, J., Silva, J., Sousa, A., and Stroppiana, D. 2004. A global inventory of burned areas at 1 km resolution for the year 2000 derived from Spot Vegetation data.  Climatic Change, 67:345-377.

Fraser, R.H., A. Abuelgasim, and R. Latifovic. 2005. A method for detecting large-scale forest cover change using coarse spatial resolution imagery. Remote Sensing of Environment, 95:414-427.

Fraser, R.H., Olthof, I., and Pouliot, D. 2009. Monitoring land cover change and ecological integrity in Canada's national parks, Remote Sensing of Environment,113:1397–1409.

List of publications for Robert Fraser in GEOSCAN