Dr. Marsh is currently a Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Cold Regions Water Science at Wilfrid Laurier University. He is located in the Geography and Environmental Studies Department and in the Cold Regions Research Centre.
Dr. Marsh has conducted field research in the Canadian Arctic since 1975, with a focus on cold regions water science. His research has always combined field observations with computer modelling in order to both carry out numerical experiments and to understand future changes. Currently his research is focused in the western Canadian Arctic near Inuvik, NWT where he has operated two research watersheds since 1991. Recently, these watersheds have instrumented with a collection of state of the art instrumentation in order to monitor changes in lakes and streams, and to develop improved prediction methods. Through the Government of the NWT - Wilfrid Laurier University Partnership, we collaborate with both government departments and Inuvialuit and Gwich'in governments in Inuvik.
Professor Marsh holds a PhD and MSc in Geography from the Department of Geography at McMaster University, and a BA from York University.
Experience
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2013–presentProfessor, Wilfrid Laurier University
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1983–2013Research Scientist, Environment Canada
Education
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1982McMaster University, PhD
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1978McMaster University, MSc
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1975York University, BA
Publications
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2019Birch shrubs increase frost table depth by advancing snowmelt timing in a shrub-tundra watershed north of Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Arctic Science
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2019Shrub tundra ecohydrology: rainfall interception is a major component of the water balance, Environmental Research Letters
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2019Improving permafrost modeling by assimulitating remotely sensed soil moisture, Water Resources Research
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2019Effect of snow microstructure variability on Ku-band radar snow water equivalent retrievals, The Cryosphere
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2018Challenges of using stable isotopes to estimate travel times and stream water ages in data sparse arctic environments, Hydrological Processes
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2018The influence of snow microstructure on dual-frequency radar measurements in a tundra environment, Remote Sensing of Environment
Grants and Contracts
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2018Changes in Water Along the Dempster – Inuvik – Tuktoyaktuk Corridor as indicators of Aquatic Health
- Role:
- Principal Investigator
- Funding Source:
- NWT Cumulative Impact Monitoring Program
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2016Changing Arctic Network
- Role:
- Principal Investigator
- Funding Source:
- Canada Foundation for Innovation
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2016Arctic Lakes: Past and future changes
- Role:
- Principal Investigator
- Funding Source:
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
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2013Canada Research Chair in Cold Regions Water Science
- Role:
- Principal Investigator
- Funding Source:
- Canada Research Chair Program
Professional Memberships
- American Geophysical Union
- Canadian Geophysical Union
Honours
J. Tuzo Wilson Medal from the Canadian Geophysical Union; Fellow of the Arctic Institute of North America
- Waterloo, Ontario
- Website
- @tundrasnow1
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