NLIS 1 July 7, 2006 (Environment and Conservation) Water
resources experts present Badger
flood forecasting at Cambridge
meeting Dr.
Amir Ali Khan, water resources manager for the Department of Environment
and Conservation, and senior remote sensing GIS specialist, Thomas
Puestow of C-CORE are attending the Polar View annual review meeting in Cambridge,
Polar
View brings together stakeholders from government, academia and industry
to provide operational monitoring for the world's �My
department is very fortunate to have the knowledge and expertise of Dr.
Khan. He has been recognized
nationally and now internationally, and I know the people of our
province are benefiting from his work,� said Minister Clyde Jackman. �Dr.
Khan is also a recipient of the 2005 Public Service Award of Excellence,
and Mr. Puestow has worked on a number of projects in the area of remote
sensing and its application.� Since
December 2003, the Water Resources Management Division (WRMD) has been
testing the use of satellite RADAR imagery from polar orbiting
satellites on an operational basis to further improve the flood
forecasting for Badger. This
RADAR imagery service has been provided by C-CORE under the Polar View
initiative and has been funded by the European Space Agency�s Global
Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) program. GMES
promotes the utilisation of satellites for public good and public policy
support. The
minister noted that RADAR images are used to determine the location of
the ice front on the Satellite
RADAR imagery used for flood forecasting is available for viewing on the
Department of Environment and Conservation�s web site. For
more information on the RADAR imagery and their use in the flood
forecasting for Badger, call the water resources management division at
(709) 729-2563 or visit www.gov.nl.ca/wrmd/Badger/ Media
contact: Diane Hart, Communications, (709) 729-2575, 685-4401 2006
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