John Yackel

John Yackel

Ph.D.

Contact information

Web presence

Phone number

Office: +1 (403) 220-4892

For media enquiries, contact

mediarequests@ucalgary.ca

Preferred method of communication

email

Background

Educational Background

B.A. Geography, Wilfrid Laurier University, 1991

M.S. Climatology, University of Calgary, 1995

Ph.D. Climatology, University of Manitoba, 2001

Biography

My research program is focused on understanding the role of thermodynamic processes involved in the growth, evolution, and decay of snow-covered Arctic sea ice. I am recognized for my expertise in snow cover process examination on sea ice using of surface and satellite-based multifrequency and polarimetric microwave remote sensing. This includes involvement in both field and laboratory-based research programs and numerical modelling activities aimed at understanding Arctic sea ice thickness distributions in a rapidly changing Arctic. My research team is currently involved in two collaborative international Arctic sea ice remote sensing research programs, namely, MOSAiC www.mosaicobservatory.org and the Churchill Marine Observatory http://umanitoba.ca/ceos/research/CMO.html

Research

Areas of Research

microwave remote sensing of snow covered sea ice, satellite remote sensing, surface-based microwave scatterometry, snow on sea ice, modelling, multi-frequency synthetic aperture radar,

Participation in university strategic initiatives

Courses

Course number Course title Semester
GEOG 380 LEC 01 01 Geospatial Communication 2021
GEOG 504 LEC 01 01 Oceanography 2020
GEOG 686 LEC 01 01 Applied STAT Geospatial Anly's 2021
GEOG 380 LAB 02 B02 Geospatial Communication 2021
GEOG 380 LAB 04 B04 Geospatial Communication 2020
GEOG 504 LAB 01 B01 Oceanography 2020
GEOG 595 TUT 01 T01 Honours Thesis Research 2020
GEOG 598 TUT 02 T02 Honours Thesis 2021
GEOG 380 LAB 01 B01 Geospatial Communication 2021
GEOG 686 LAB 01 B01 Applied STAT Geospatial Anly's 2021

Awards

  • Faculty of Social Sciences Fellowship, 2004
  • Canada Foundation for Innovation Researcher New Opportunities Grant, 2003

Publications