 Douglas Hagen
Expertise
- Analysis of radar and optical satellite imagery for sea ice conditions �
experience in all ice-covered waters in the northern hemisphere and
Antarctica
- Field validation of ice conditions throughout the Canadian Arctic
- Aerial ice reconnaissance from fixed-wing and helicopters
- Operational ice
forecasting
- Training ice operations personnel and ship's crews in the use of
satellite imagery for ice navigation
- Design and programming of
computer-based-tutorials on satellite image analysis
- Shipboard ice advisor
- Analysis of high resolution multi-band multi-polarization radar imagery of
sea ice
Experience
Initiated career with Environment Canada in Arctic weather stations in
1979. Transferred to Ice Branch of Environment Canada in 1981; duties
included chart production at Ice Center, Ice advisor on Coast Guard vessels,
patrol of Canada's ice-covered waters by long range aircraft, and on-ice
investigation of ice physical properties. Left Environment Canada and joined
Norland Science & Engineering Ltd. in 1984. As a sea ice consultant projects
included: revising the Canadian Arctic Shipping Pollution Prevention
regulations for the Canadian Coast Guard, conducting surface validation of
Radarsat imagery throughout the Canadian Arctic, utilizing down-linked
imagery to guide commercial ships in and out of the Arctic, and conducting
feasibility studies of marine transportation through ice-covered waters.
Beginning in 1989, conducted training of ice office personnel and ship's
crews in use of satellite imagery for marine operations; training locations
included Ottawa (Environment Canada), Copenhagen (Danish ice service),
Washington D.C.(U.S. Navy ice office), Yellowknife (Gov't of N.W.T. and
Hunters and Trappers Assoc.), Halifax (East Coast off-shore operators),
Montreal (private shipping company), and Enschede Holland (international ice
operations). Training areas included all ice-covered waters in the northern
hemisphere, and Antarctica. Beginning in 1995 developed a series of
Computer-based-tutorials to teach: Radar theory, Ice physics, Analysis of
radar imagery, Analysis of optical imagery, Use of dual polarization radar
data, and Sea ice recognition from shipboard. Starting in 2006 began working
with Canatec Associates Intnl. Ltd. . Projects include Review of archive
satellite imagery to assess feasibility of marine operations in ice-covered
waters, providing operational ice forecasts to off-shore operators, and
supporting Arctic petroleum exploration in the Beaufort Sea.
Education
Meteorological Technician � Environment Canada 1978
Upper Air Technologist � Environment Canada 1979
Ice Reconnaissance Technician � Ice Branch, Environment Canda 1981
Advanced Meteorology/Briefer � Environment Canada 1982
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