Catherine Champagne, Ph.D.

Environmental Scientist

Dr. Catherine Champagne leads applied research and development on agroclimate, remote sensing, yield forecasting, drought monitoring, agricultural water balances and land dynamics.

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario

Current research and/or projects

Estimating risk to agricultural systems from drought and excess moisture from earth observation
Crop yield forecasting at regional and local spatial scales
Drought forecasting
Soil moisture and agricultural water management
Building integrated modelling and data explotation systems using geospatial data

Professional activities / interests

Canadian Society for Agriculture and Forest Meteorology (CSAFM)
Adjunct in Department of Geography at University of Guelph
NASA Harvest Partner
Global Earth Observation Agricultural Monitoring (GEOGLAM)
American Geophysical Union Hydrology and Remote Sensing

Education and awards

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) – Physical Geography , University of Guelph 2011
Evaluation of Agricultural Soil Moisture Extremes in Canada Using Passive Microwave Remote Sensing

Master of Science (M.Sc.) – Physical Geography, University of Ottawa 2002
Remote Sensing of Plant Water Content for Precision Agriculture: The Potential for Hyperspectral Modelling

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) – Physical Geography, McGill University 1998

Key publications

Bannari, A., Staenz, K., Champagne, C., Khurshid, K.S. (2015). Spatial variability mapping of crop residue using hyperion (EO-1) hyperspectral data. Remote Sensing, [online] 7(6), 8107-8127. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs70608107
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Kross, A., McNairn, H., Lapen, D., Sunohara, M., Champagne, C. (2015). Assessment of RapidEye vegetation indices for estimation of leaf area index and biomass in corn and soybean crops. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, [online] 34(1), 235-248. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2014.08.002
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Champagne, C., Kerr, Y.H., Mahmoodi, A.B., Richaume, P., Mialon, A., McNairn, H., Pacheco, A., Bélair, S., and Carrera, M. (2014). "Enhancements of SMOS level 2 soil moisture products over Canada.", Joint 2014 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS 2014) and the 35th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing (CSRS 2014), Quebec Convention Centre, Quebec City, Canada, July 13-18, 2014, pp. 2435-2438.
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Champagne, C., Rowlandson, T., Berg, A.A., Burns, T., L'Heureux, J., Adams, J.K., McNairn, H., and Toth, B.M. (2014). "Evaluation of L-Band Passive Microwave Soil Moisture for Canada.", Joint 2014 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS 2014) and the 35th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing (CSRS 2014), Quebec Convention Centre, Quebec City, Canada, July 13-18, 2014.
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Champagne, C., McNairn, H., Daneshfar, B., Shang, J. (2014). A bootstrap method for assessing classification accuracy and confidence for agricultural land use mapping in Canada. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, [online] 29(1), 44-52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2013.12.016
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Shang, J., McNairn, H., Champagne, C., and Jiao, X. (2013). "Radar’s potential to estimate crop bio-physical parameters and beyond.", Remote sensing: Beyond images Workshop, Mexico City, México, December 14-15, 2014.
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Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran, P., Berg, A.A., Champagne, C., Omasa, K. (2013). Estimation of soil moisture using optical/thermal infrared remote sensing in the Canadian Prairies. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, [online] 83 94-103. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2013.06.004
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Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran, P., Berg, A.A., Champagne, C., and Omasa, K. (2012). "Toward soil moisture estimation using optical/thermal infrared remote sensing in Canadian prairies.", Canadian Remote Sensing Society Symposium, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
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Champagne, C., Berg, A.A., McNairn, H., Drewitt, G., Huffman, T. (2012). Evaluation of soil moisture extremes for agricultural productivity in the Canadian prairies. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, [online] 165 1-11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2012.06.003
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Shang, J., McNairn, H., Deschamps, B., Jiao, X., and Champagne, C. (2011). "Contribution of TerraSAR-X Data to In-Season Crop Mapping in Canada.", 3rd TanDEM-X Science Team Meeting, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, Feb 17-18, 2011.
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Champagne, C., McNairn, H., Berg, A. (2011). Monitoring agricultural soil moisture extremes in Canada using passive microwave remote sensing. Remote Sensing of Environment, [online] 115(10), 2434-2444. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2011.04.030
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Jiao, X., Mc Nairn, H., Shang, J., Pattey, E., Liu, J., Champagne, C. (2011). The sensitivity of RADARSAT-2 polarimetric SAR data to corn and soybean leaf area index. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, [online] 37(1), 69-81. http://dx.doi.org/10.5589/m11-023
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Shang, J., McNairn, H., Jiao, X., and Champagne, C. (2010). "Integration of Radarsat-2, Terrasar-X and Alos Palsar Data for In-Season Crop Acreage Estimates: A Canadian Example.", IEEE International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS 2010), Honolulu, HI, USA, July 25-30, 2010, Section: TH4.L09.
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Champagne, C., Berg, A., Belanger, J., McNairn, H., de Jeu, R. (2010). Evaluation of soil moisture derived from passive microwave remote sensing over agricultural sites in Canada using ground-based soil moisture monitoring networks. International Journal of Remote Sensing, [online] 31(14), 3669-3690. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01431161.2010.483485
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Charbonneau, F.T., Brisco, B., Raney, R.K., McNairn, H., Liu, C., Vachon, P.W., Shang, J., DeAbreu, R., Champagne, C., Merzouki, A., Geldsetzer, T. (2010). Compact polarimetry overview and applications assessment. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, [online] 36 S298-S315. http://dx.doi.org/10.5589/m10-062
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McNairn, H., Shang, J., Champagne, C., and Jiao, X. (2009). "TerraSAR-X and RADARSAT-2 for crop classification and acreage estimation.", IEEE International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS 2009), Capetown, South Africa, July 12-17, 2009.
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Zare, F., Boye, J.I., Orsat, V., Champagne, C., and Simpson, B.K. (2009). "Development of food products supplemented with pulse ingredients.", Pulse Days 2009: Celebrating 25 Years, Saskatoon Inn, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, January 13, 2009.
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Shang, J., McNairn, H., Champagne, C., and Jiao, X. (2009). "Application of Multi-Frequency Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) in Crop Classification.", in Jedlovec, G. (ed.) - Advances in Geoscience and Remote Sensing, InTech, Open Access Publisher, Chapter 27, pp. 557-568.
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Zare, F., Boye, J.I., Champagne, C., Orsat, V., and Simpson, B.K. (2009). "Acidification trend and microbial growth of yogurt and probiotic supplemented with lentil flour.", 9th Annual Meeting of the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, CA, USA, June 6-9, 2009.
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Shang, J., McNairn, H., Champagne, C., Jiao, X., and Geng, X. (2009). "Integration of RadarSAT-2 ScanSAR and AWiFS for operational agricultural land use monitoring over the Canadian Prairies.", IEEE International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS 2009), Capetown, South Africa, July 12-17, 2009, Vol. 4, Article number 5417496, pp. IV793-IV796.
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