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Laura Chasmer is affiliated with the University of Lethbridge in Canada and has a research focus within Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans several subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Atmospheric Science, Environmental Engineering, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

Their research topics prominently feature Fire effects on ecosystems, Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology, Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications, Climate change and permafrost, Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, Cryospheric studies and observations, and Forest ecology and management.

Chasmer's recent publications include:

  • Peatland-fire interactions: A review of wildland fire feedbacks and interactions in Canadian boreal peatlands (2021, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • Remote Sensing of Boreal Wetlands 2: Methods for Evaluating Boreal Wetland Ecosystem State and Drivers of Change (2020, Remote Sensing)
  • Remote Sensing of Boreal Wetlands 1: Data Use for Policy and Management (2020, Remote Sensing)
  • Mapping and understanding the vulnerability of northern peatlands to permafrost thaw at scales relevant to community adaptation planning (2021, Environmental Research Letters)
  • Allometric Equations for Shrub and Short-Stature Tree Aboveground Biomass within Boreal Ecosystems of Northwestern Canada (2020, Forests)

Frequently appearing publishing venues include Remote Sensing, The Science of The Total Environment, Forests, Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, and Hydrological Processes.

Laura Chasmer has collaborated regularly with coauthors such as Chris Hopkinson, K. J. Devito, Danielle Cobbaert, K. Nelson, and Craig Mahoney.

Best Publications

  • Assessing forest metrics with a ground-based scanning lidar

    Chris Hopkinson;Laura Chasmer;Colin Young-Pow;Paul Treitz

  • Wildfire as a major driver of recent permafrost thaw in boreal peatlands

    Carolyn M. Gibson;Laura E. Chasmer;Dan K. Thompson;William L. Quinton

  • Forests on thawing permafrost: fragmentation, edge effects, and net forest loss

    Jennifer L. Baltzer;Tyler Veness;Laura E. Chasmer;Anastasia E. Sniderhan

  • Testing LiDAR models of fractional cover across multiple forest ecozones

    Chris Hopkinson;Laura Chasmer

  • Permafrost-thaw-induced land-cover change in the Canadian subarctic: implications for water resources

    W.L. Quinton;M. Hayashi;L.E. Chasmer

  • Vegetation class dependent errors in lidar ground elevation and canopy height estimates in a boreal wetland environment

    Chris Hopkinson;Laura E Chasmer;Gabor Sass;Irena F Creed

  • On promoting the use of lidar systems in forest ecosystem research

    Martin Beland;Geoffrey Parker;Ben Sparrow;David Harding

  • Investigating laser pulse penetration through a conifer canopy by integrating airborne and terrestrial lidar

    Laura Chasmer;Chris Hopkinson;Paul Treitz

  • The uncertainty in conifer plantation growth prediction from multi-temporal lidar datasets

    Chris Hopkinson;Laura Chasmer;R.J. Hall

  • Peatland Hydrology of Discontinuous Permafrost in the Northwest Territories: Overview and Synthesis

    W.L. Quinton;M. Hayashi;L.E. Chasmer

  • Remote sensing of photosynthetic light-use efficiency across two forested biomes: Spatial scaling

    Thomas Hilker;Forrest G. Hall;Forrest G. Hall;Nicholas C. Coops;Alexei Lyapustin;Alexei Lyapustin

  • Mapping Snowpack Depth Beneath Forest Canopies Using Airborne Lidar

    Chris Hopkinson;Mike Sitar;Laura Chasmer;Paul Treitz

  • Influence of vegetation structure on lidar-derived canopy height and fractional cover in forested riparian buffers during leaf-off and leaf-on conditions.

    Leah Wasser;Leah Wasser;Rick Day;Laura Chasmer;Alan Taylor

  • A decision-tree classification for low-lying complex land cover types within the zone of discontinuous permafrost

    L. Chasmer;L. Chasmer;C. Hopkinson;T. Veness;W. Quinton

  • Vegetation height and cover fraction between 60° S and 60° N from ICESat GLAS data

    S. O. Los;J. A. B. Rosette;J. A. B. Rosette;N. Kljun;P. R. J. North

  • Towards a universal lidar canopy height indicator

    Chris Hopkinson;Laura Chasmer;Kevin Lim;Paul Treitz

  • Integrating terrestrial and airborne lidar to calibrate a 3D canopy model of effective leaf area index

    Chris Hopkinson;Chris Hopkinson;Jenny Lovell;Laura Chasmer;David Jupp

  • Examining the Influence of Changing Laser Pulse Repetition Frequencies on Conifer Forest Canopy Returns

    Laura Chasmer;Chris Hopkinson;Brent Smith;Paul Treitz

  • Multisensor and Multispectral LiDAR Characterization and Classification of a Forest Environment

    Christopher Hopkinson;Laura Chasmer;Chris Gynan;Craig Mahoney

  • Regional atmospheric cooling and wetting effect of permafrost thaw-induced boreal forest loss.

    Manuel Helbig;Karoline Wischnewski;Natascha Kljun;Laura E. Chasmer

  • The positive net radiative greenhouse gas forcing of increasing methane emissions from a thawing boreal forest-wetland landscape

    Manuel Helbig;Laura E. Chasmer;NatasCha Kljun;William L. Quinton

Frequent Co-Authors

Chris Hopkinson
Chris Hopkinson University of Lethbridge
Natascha Kljun
Natascha Kljun Lund University
William L. Quinton
William L. Quinton Wilfrid Laurier University
Kevin J. Devito
Kevin J. Devito University of Alberta
Paul Treitz
Paul Treitz Queen's University
Oliver Sonnentag
Oliver Sonnentag University of Montreal
Carl A. Mendoza
Carl A. Mendoza University of Alberta
Alan G. Barr
Alan G. Barr University of Saskatchewan
Richard M. Petrone
Richard M. Petrone University of Waterloo
Jennifer L. Baltzer
Jennifer L. Baltzer Wilfrid Laurier University

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