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andrew-m-davidson.bsky.social
PhD, FRCGS / Assoc Director: Agroclimate, Geomatics, Earth Observation & Agri-Environmental Resilience @ AAFC / @ GEO & GEOGLAM / Adjunct Prof @ Carleton University / Fellow @ RCGS / HMFC / My Views /
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πŸ†•πŸ #JOB ALERT: Hydrology Technician at agriculture.canada.ca πŸ§ͺ 🌐 Charlottetown, PEI. πŸ’² $71,741 to $90,184 πŸ“† Closing date: 24 June πŸ†” 25-AGR-ATL-EA-STB-59597 🫡 Persons residing in Canada, and Canadian citizens and Permanent residents abroad. πŸ”— emploisfp-psjobs.cfp-psc.gc.ca/psrs-srfp/ap...

πŸ†•πŸ Canadian Ag-Land Monitoring System (CALMS): Weekly NDVI anomalies πŸ“† 2 - 8 June, 2025 πŸ“€ agriculture.canada.ca πŸ§ͺ ℹ️ Weekly crop condition (Max-NDVI) maps throughout growing season (end of March to the end of October). Download data for *FREE* (2000 to present): πŸ”— tinyurl.com/AAFC-CALMS

Twenty years ago today, Canada lost one of its great minds in geography and geostatistics, my first mentor and academic advisor, Ferko Csillag. His legacy lives on partly through his students who have gone onto careers in academia, government and industry. I think he would be proud. πŸ§ͺ

πŸ†• Our EO Technical Lead, @leandercampbell.bsky.social, presented recently at #GeoIgnite25 on the evolution of the agriculture.canada.ca Annual Space-Based Crop Inventory. Details below ‡️. πŸ”— gogeomatics.ca/the-evolutio... πŸ§ͺ

πŸ†•πŸ“„πŸ§ͺ Qian [agriculture.canada.ca 🍁] et al, 2025: Investigates changes in climate related to risks of winter damages to fruit trees. TLDR? Data projects fruit trees have more time to acquire cold hardiness due to delayed first fall frost, reducing winter injury. πŸ”— cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/...

πŸ†•πŸ“„πŸ§ͺ Li et al [+ agriculture.canada.ca 🍁], 2025: Evaluated ML models to simulate winter subsurface drainage in E. Canada. TLDR? Winter subsurface drainage may increase under climate change. ML may be unsuitable for long-term CC projections for winter drainage. πŸ”— tinyurl.com/5x9ndmkf

πŸ†•πŸ Canadian Ag-Land Monitoring System (CALMS): Weekly NDVI anomalies πŸ“† 26 May - 1 June, 2025 πŸ“€ agriculture.canada.ca πŸ§ͺ ℹ️ Weekly crop condition (Max-NDVI) maps throughout growing season (end of March to the end of October). Download data for *FREE* (2000 to present): πŸ”— tinyurl.com/AAFC-CALMS

πŸ›° Decommissioning of Landsat 7....

πŸ†•πŸ Canadian Ag-Land Monitoring System (CALMS): Weekly NDVI anomalies πŸ“† 19 - 25 May, 2025 πŸ“€ agriculture.canada.ca πŸ§ͺ ℹ️ Weekly crop condition (Max-NDVI) maps throughout growing season (end of March to the end of October). Download data for *FREE* (2000 to present): πŸ”— tinyurl.com/AAFC-CALMS

πŸ†•οΈ An excellent article on Canada’s future investment in space. 🍁 The only thing I'd (selfishly) add is for increased investment in government public-good Earth observation. πŸ›° πŸ”— spaceq.ca/trumps-space...

The highlight of the week was presenting my work to a Grade 1 class in Virginia. Lots of excellent questions, and we could see the kids in the playground FROM SPACE! πŸ›° The kids love #science. My heart is full! ❀️ @skypeascientist πŸ§ͺ

πŸ†• Notre premier Rapport national sur les risques agroclimatiques de l’annΓ©e est prΓͺt! Renseignez-vous sur les rΓ©percussions qu’aura la mΓ©tΓ©o sur l’agriculture canadienne ce printemps: πŸ”— ow.ly/Gx5Z50VTVr6 Via agriculture.canada.ca/fr 🍁πŸ§ͺ

πŸ†• Our first National Agroclimate Risk Report of the year is available! See how the weather is affecting Canadian #agriculture this Spring: πŸ”— ow.ly/u3LC50VTVxJ via agriculture.canada.ca/en 🍁 πŸ§ͺ

πŸ†•πŸ Canadian Ag-Land Monitoring System (CALMS): Weekly NDVI anomalies πŸ“† 5 - 12 May, 2025 πŸ“€ agriculture.canada.ca πŸ§ͺ ℹ️ Weekly crop condition (Max-NDVI) maps throughout growing season (end of March to the end of October). Download data for *FREE* (2000 to present): πŸ”— tinyurl.com/AAFC-CALMS