Research Assistant
- Processing MODIS remote sensing products using Python/ArcGIS and generating the spatial distribution of Land Surface Temperatures (LST) across Toronto.
- Retrieving Census profile and Landcover data at dissemination area level.
- Applying Principal Component Analysis (PCA) to acquired datasets and generating a Heat Vulnerability index (HVI) based on ArcGIS which indicates the heat stress across Toronto.
- Summarizing results into a report which is currently under peer-review process.
- Details related to the project can be found at https://github.com/Moraine729/Toronto_Heat_Vulnerability
- The research essay "Spatial distribution of heat vulnerability in Toronto, Canada"was published on Journal of Urban Climate, Volume 54, March 2024