Laura Brown

Associate Professor and Chair, Mississauga Campus (UTM)
DV3279 (UTM)

Campus

Fields of Study

Areas of Interest

Cryosphere, Climate – Lake ice interactions, Snow cover, Arctic, Remote sensing, numerical modelling. 

Publications 

Dauginis A and Brown LC. 2021. Recent changes in pan-Arctic sea ice, lake ice, and snow-on/off timing. The Cryosphere, 15, 4781–4805, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4781-2021

Robinson AL, Ariano SS, Brown LC. 2021. The Influence of Snow and Ice Albedo towards Improved Lake Ice Simulations. Hydrology, 8(1), 11, https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology8010011

Young, K.L, Brown, L.C. and Dibike, J. 2020. Arctic wetlands and lakes: dynamics and linkages. In Arctic Hydrology, Permafrost, and Ecosystem: Linkages and Interactions. Yang, D. and D. Kane (Eds.). Springer, Berlin, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50930-9 https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-50930-9

Ariano SS and Brown LC. 2019. An investigation of temperate region lake ice processes on medium sized lakes in Central Ontario. Hydrological Processes, 33, 2434– 2448, doi: 10.1002/hyp.13481

Murfitt J, Brown LC and Howell SEL. 2018. Evaluating RADARSAT-2 for the Automated Monitoring of Lake Ice Phenology Events in Mid-Latitudes, Remote Sensing, 10(10), 1641. doi: 10.3390/rs10101641

Education

PhD, University of Waterloo
MSc, York University
HBSc, York University
Certificate in GIS and Remote Sensing, York University

Administrative Service

Chair, Geography, Geomatics and Environment (UTM, Undergraduate)