Symposium Program

1:00pm - 1:20pm

Vicarious Calibration and Validation of the WaterSat Imaging Spectrometer Experiment in Québec Coastal Waters

R. Mabit¹, G. Ifimov², R. Soffer², Y. Pan³, S. Mukherjee¹, S. Bélanger¹

¹UQAR, Canada; ²NRC, Canada; ³Arctus inc, Canada

1:20pm - 1:40pm

Using SAR Imagery to Detect Seasonal Variability of Kelp Forests in British Columbia

M. Konik¹, E. Loos², A. Mora-Soto¹, S. Schroeder¹, L. Gendall¹, L. Man¹, V. Caron², M. Henley², P. Rezania², M. Costa¹

¹Department of Geography, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada; ²Vertex Resource Group Ltd., Victoria, BC, Canada

1:40pm - 2:00pm

Spectral Herring Spawning Index: a novel method for the detection of Pacific Herring spawning in British Columbia

L. T. Dallaire, M. Costa

SPECTRAL Remote Sensing Laboratory, University of Victoria, Canada

2:00pm - 2:20pm

Adjacency Effect Modelling and Correction for Optical Remote Sensing of Inland and Coastal Waters

Y. Wu, A. Knudby

University of Ottawa, Canada

2:20pm - 2:40pm

Using Optical Remote Sensing to characterize the Spatio-Temporal Resilience of Floating Kelp Beds in the Broughton Archipelago, BC, Canada

L. Man¹, Dr. R. V. Barbosa^1,2,3, L. Gendall^1,4, L. Y. Reshytnik⁵, A. Wachmann¹, A. Gray¹, Dr. C. Neufeld⁶, N. Dedeluk⁷, E. Wisden-Seaweed⁷, U. Kim⁷, A. Wadhams⁷, J. Johnson⁷, J. Alfred⁷, J. Webber⁷, D. Wadhams⁷, T. Alfred⁷, D. Johnson⁷, Dr. M. Costa¹

¹University of Victoria, Canada; ²The Kelp Rescue Initiative; ³Salmon Coast Field Station; ⁴University of Western Australia; ⁵Hakai Institute; ⁶University of British Columbia, Okanagan; ⁷Broughton Aquaculture Transition Initiative