Adrian Leitch
Education: B.Sc. (Hons.) in Environmental Science from the University of British Columbia, with help from Carleton University's Aerospace Engineering (electrical stream) program.
Field experience: northern/Arctic plant ecology, the carbon balance & micrometeorological measurement.
Masters thesis, in progress: on the elucidation and measurement of (problematic!) atmospheric transport mechanisms of carbon dioxide under stable stratification, in the trunk space of forested slopes (i.e., the "advection problem"). Supervisors: Dr. T.A. Black and Dr. Andreas Christen.
Conference contributions
Leitch, A., Nesic, Z., Black, A., Christen, A., Brümmer, C., Jassal, R., Renata-Motta, S., Grant, N., Ketler, R., Lessard, D. and Liss, K. (2010) Diurnal pattern of horizontal CO2 advection in a Douglas-fir stand on sloping terrain. AGM, Canadian Carbon Program, Feb 26-28, Montreal, QC.
Leitch, A., Nesic, Z., Black, A., Christen, A., Brümmer, C., Jassal, R., Renata-Motta, S., Grant, N., Ketler, R., Lessard, D. and Liss, K. (2009) Demonstrating the incidence and coherence of horizontal carbon dioxide advection due to katabatic flow in a dense forest. Eos Trans. AGU, 90(52), Fall Meet. Suppl. Abstract B51A-0303. (AGU Fall Meeting, Dec. 14-18, San Francisco CA.)
Leitch, A., Henry, G., Churchland, C. and Brown, W. (2009) The carbon balance of arctic tundra: effects of a long-term warming experiment. WDCAG Conference, March 5-7, Nanaimo, B.C.
Brümmer, C., Leitch, A., Black, T. A., Jassal, R., Nesic, Z., Grant, N., Christen, A., Hum, A., Lessard, D., Ketler, R., Sauter, A., Spittlehouse, D. L. (2009) CR-ADVEX: An ADVection EXperiment at a moderately-sloped Douglas-fir site. AGM, Canadian Carbon Program, Feb 27-Mar 1, 2009, Vancouver, BC.
Henry, G. and Leitch, A. (2008) Effects of long-term warming on CO2 exchange of high Arctic tundra: Re-measurement at Alexandra Fiord, Ellesmere Island, Canada. 15th ITEX Workshop, October 9-12, Reykjavìk, Iceland.
Theses
Leitch, A., Wong, J., Stewart, A. and Bachmair, S. (2007) Differing scales and management systems: effects on soil CO2 efflux in a silty clay loam. Honours Thesis, 89 pp. (B.Sc.)
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