Jiaao Guo
Jiaao Guo is currently a first year Ph.D. student at Applied Geospatial Research Group (AGRG), University of Calgary and a part-time geospatial research coordinator. He has worked at Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute (ABMI) since 2022, where he applies his hands-on experience working on commercial satellite images, lidar, and cloud-based remote sensing platforms. Prior to joining AGRG/ABMI, he was a remote sensing analyst at Government of Northwest Territories and a firefighter volunteer in Inuvik, NT. Jiaao has a B.Sc. in Environmental Science (University of Western Ontario), and Masters in GIS (University of Calgary), and is also a part-time research assistant working with different teams at Canadian Mountain Network.
Sessions in which Jiaao Guo participates
Tuesday 29 October, 2024
Sessions: Human footprint datasets for Canada: mapping and monitoring in support of land and resource managementDisturbance is a key component of boreal-forest ecosystems, impacting their structure and functions. In Alberta, disturbances are both natural and anthropogenic, including > 30,000 sqkm of harvest areas. The recovery of all types of forest disturbance influences not only local landscapes, but also carbon dynamics and biodiversity. In the face of a changing climate, the imp...
