Canadian Forest Service employee directory
Richard Carr
Fire Research Analyst
Northern Forestry Centre
5320 122 Street Northwest
Edmonton,
Alberta,
T6H 3S5
Tel.: (825) 510-1265
Profile
- Processing near real time and historical meteorological data for use in wildland fire information systems (see Links – CWFIS)
- Meteorological modelling
- Development of specialized fire management computer products
- Reception and processing of Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer satellite imagery
- Application of forest fire weather information in other systems (FireMARS, Drought Monitor)
- Content development for federal emergency response plans
- Facilitation of forest fire information flow within NRCan and between NRCan and external agencies
Education
- Diploma, Photographic Technology, 1980 (Northern Alberta Institute of Technology)
- BSc Geography, Specialization in Meteorology, 1994 (University of Alberta)
Affiliations
- Represents NRCan-CFS on the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre’s Forest and Fire Meteorology Community of Practice
- Canadian Wildland Fire Information System (CWFIS): http://cwfis.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca