Environment Canada CU- The inception of a research center at Gault Nature Reserve is set to enhance research stations throughout the Saint Lawrence River Valley, a river that flows through the states of Ontario, Quebec and the U.S. state of New York, which is part of the border between Canada and the United States. The center will focus on the study of the earth system.
The new Adaptable Earth Observation System research center at the Gault Nature Reserve in Mont-Saint-Hilaire has been launched for those working on innovative research on extreme weather patterns. It will also be a lab for advanced ecological research.
With funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation, this new pavilion will create avenues for advancing environmental research by connecting the Gault Nature Reserve with the project’s research stations in the Saint-Lawrence Valley, and in different parts across the globe.
The new Earth Observation System (EOS) Laboratory, equipped with biology and atmospheric research laboratories, is set to facilitate research of the 2 disciplines by providing continuous, real-time observations of the Saint Lawrence River valley’s earth system.
The research at the EOS Laboratory is led by the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Professors John Gyakum, Frédéric Fabry, Daniel Kirshbaum, and Yi Huang, who are focusing on weather systems in the Saint Lawrence River Valley. Professor Hans Larsson and colleagues in the Biology Department, Melania Cristescu, Gregor Fussman, Andrew Gonzalez, and Irene Gregory-Eves, will also be focusing on the results of the weather and climate on living organisms. The center will serve as a place for the acquiring, processing, and the analysis of data on site, with the amalgamation of meteorological instrumentation, drones, and mobile laboratories at the EOS Laboratory.
Some research is already underway at the center and is likely to facilitate improvement in weather forecasting of winter precipitation types.
