Grant Gunn (He/Him)

Dr. Grant Gunn (Department of Geography and Environmental Management, University of Waterloo) is an expert in the remote sensing of freshwater ice using interferometry, advanced target decomposition algorithms, thermodynamic modeling, and the collection of field variables to improve the understanding of microwave interaction with the structure and composition of snow-covered freshwater lake ice. Dr. Gunn is a member of the Surface Water Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission science team through the Centre national d'études spatiales (CNES, French space agency), aiding in the development of science objectives in the Cryosphere. Dr. Gunn’s guiding principle in research in northern environment is to conduct impactful research, generating products that address needs identified by local communities.

• Lake Ice

• Microwave Remote Sensing

• Interferometry

• Radiative Transfer Modeling

• Synthetic Aperture Radar

• Polarimetric Decomposition

• Sea Ice

• Permafrost

• Cloud Computing

• Surface Water Ocean Topography

• Sentinel-1

• Radarsat

• Radarsat Constellation Mission

• Cryosphere

• Remote Sensing

Remote sensing of the Cryosphere, specializing in active and passive microwave data.

Using state-of-the-art methods (polarimetric decomposition, interferometry) and sensors to quantify physical freshwater ice and permafrost variables.

Application of cloud-computing (Google Earth Engine) to develop retrieval algorithms (i.e. ice phenology, flooded regions)..

Dynamics of oil under freshwater ice and implications for retrieval in inundated areas.

• 2015, Doctorate, Geography and Environmental Management, University of Waterloo, Canada

• 2010, Masters of Science, Geography and Environmental Management, University of Waterloo, Canada

• 2008, Bachelors of Environmental Studies, Geomatics Specialization, Geography and Environmental Management, University of Waterloo, Canada

• GEOG 102 - Global Environmental Systems: Processes and Change
  • Taught in 2022, 2023, 2024
• GEOG 181 - Designing Effective Maps
  • Taught in 2021, 2022, 2024, 2026
• GEOG 294 - Approaches to Research in Physical Geography
  • Taught in 2023
• GEOG 381 - Advanced Geographic Information Systems
  • Taught in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
• GEOG 471 - Remote Sensing Project
  • Taught in 2021
• GEOG 481 - Geographic Information Systems Project
  • Taught in 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
• GEOG 675 - Selected Topics in Geography
  • Taught in 2025, 2026
• PLAN 381 - Advanced Geographic Information Systems
  • Taught in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
• PLAN 481 - Geographic Information Systems Project
  • Taught in 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025

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