Dr. Andrew M. Davidson is the Associate Director of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Agroclimate, Geomatics, Earth Observation and Agroenvironmental Resilience Centre (ACGEO-AER). He is also an Adjunct Research Professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies at Carleton University and an Affiliated Researcher with the University’s Global Water Institute. Dr Davidson is Canada’s alternate representative on the Group on Earth Observation (GEO) Programme Board and a member of the GEO Global Agricultural Monitoring (GEOGLAM) Executive Committee. He actively supports Canada's remote sensing community through his involvement with various remote sensing organizations. In November 2013, Dr Davidson was elected to the College of Fellows of the Royal Canadian Geographic Society (RCGS).
Sessions in which Andrew Davidson participates
Wednesday 19 June, 2019
Remote sensing is the most cost-effective means for gathering timely detailed and reliable information over large areas with high revisit frequency. The integration of remote sensing data with national statistics, field observations and secondary data show great potential for mapping crop acreages. This requires the selection of appropriate satellite data, the collection of quality ground information, the application of suitable pre- and post-processing methods and the implementation of a rob...