Dr. Ekaterina Sklyar

Contributed remote sensing analysis for understanding the position and structure of the northern treeline within the PPS Arctic Project, Norway, and the joined Norwegian/Russian project BENEFITS.

Performed interpretation of Landsat images in the field, collected ground and literature data for a supervised classification of images over the areas of heavy reindeer grazing in Norway; validation of unsupervised classification results with “ground truth”; field assessment of the developed remote sensing analysis approach and field validation of land-cover maps for the areas under human impact.

Performed environmental assessment of the effect of air and water pollution from the copper-nickel smelters on the components of ecosystems using satellite images; created environmental and vegetation maps of areas around Moncherorsk and Nikel in the Kola peninsula (Russia).

“Remote Sensing for Ecosystems Assessment” in Kola Peninsula, Russia. Helped in establishing the school, translated learning material from English into Russian and helped writing parts of the course material on GIS, composed school brochures and designed its logo. Lectured on GIS and Remote Sensing and marked students’ final reports.

Organised and led the student field trips to Kola peninsular and Komi, Russia, collecting field data (geobotanical observations, field sampling, land-use) for the interpretation of satellite images.

Co-developed the methodology for remote sensing assessment of vegetation in the Lake Imandra basin, performed computer and field interpretation of Landsat 7 ETM+ images using collected field data and constructed digital vegetation maps within the project of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and Russian Academy of Sciences “The Kola Peninsula: Applications of Interactive Integrated Assessment and Modelling to Design Sustainable Development Strategies for Arctic Watersheds”.

Performed geobotanical observations and phytomass calculations within the joined expedition of Cambridge University and the Moscow State University.

Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI), Trinity College; PhD dissertation title: "Remote sensing methods for environmental monitoring of human impact on sub-Arctic ecosystems in Europe"

Department of Geography, Trinity College; MPhil in GIS&Remote Sensing (Honours); Master dissertation title "Spatial variation in land cover change using multi-temporal satellite images of the Kola peninsula, Russia"

Department of Environmental Management, Faculty of Geography MSc in Geography (Honours); Master dissertation title: "Remote sensing methods for mapping state of ecosystems in the Imandra lake basin)"

Department of Environmental Management, Faculty of Geography; BSc in Ecology and Environmental Management; BSc dissertation title: "Studies of industrial impact on vegetation in the Monchegorsk region using Landsat images"