Surname: Bourque

Given Names: Joseph Charles Paul-André

Faculty Address:

Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Management

P.O Box 4400, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada E3B 5A3

Office Phone No.: (506) 453-4930

Citizenship: Canadian

EDUCATION

Post-Secondary Education

1993 University of New Brunswick, Doctor of Philosophy (Forestry)

1985 University of New Brunswick, Master of Science in Forestry

1982 University of Alberta, Bachelor of Science (Synoptic Meteorology)

1981 Dalhousie University, Bachelor of Science (Honours, Math and Ecology)

Other Formal Education

1992-1993 University of New Brunswick, Postdoctoral Fellow

EMPLOYMENT

Employment History at UNB

Feb 1, 2005-June 30, 2007 Assistant Dean

July 1, 2004-present Professor

July 1, 1998-2004 Associate Professor

July 1, 2000 Tenure

July 1, 1994-1998 Assistant Professor

April, 2002-2007
Principal Investigar of the NB-component of the national Fluxnet Canada Research

April, 2007-2009
Research advisor to the Chinese Meteorological Administration on matters pertaining to agricultural-ecological hydrometeorology, landscape processes, andclimate change.

April, 2007-2010
Member of scientific committee of the 2nd and3rd International Symposium on Arid ClimateChange and Sustainable Development, Lanzhou, P.R. China, September 2007, 2010.

Oct., 2009-present
Co-director of the UNB Climate Change Centre of Expertise,sponsored by Environment Canada.

Oct., 2012-present
Editorial board member, Advance Research in Meteorological Sciences.

Previous Employment

Concord Scientific Corporation, Air Pollution Scientist, June 1985-May 1987

Nova Scotia Agricultural College (Truro, NS), Department of Mathematics and Physics, Assistant Professor, August 1993-June 1994

Sabbatical Leaves

1. January 1-June 30, 2002 (St. Lucia; Department of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Forestry)

2. January 1-June 30, 2009 (China Meteorological Administration, China, PRC and St. Lucia; Department of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Forestry)

Environmental Hydrometeorology, Ecohydrology, Understanding Environmental Issues, Introduction to Hydrometeorological Systems, Ecological Modelling, Climate Change, Statistics, Differential and Integral Calculus

Nov, 1994 Research Fund for New Faculty,UNB, $3,500

May, 1995 Summer Career Placement '95, H uman Resources Development Canada, $2,156, June-Sept, 1995.

June, 1995 Development of a trafficability in dex for CFB Gagetown's military range, National Defense Canada, $5 5,000, 2 years. (joint contract with Dr. Arp, UNB; contribution 5%).

Jan, 1996 Vegetation succession and ecosys tem modelling; Cape Breton Highla nds National Park, Parks Canada, $77,000, 2 years (joint contract with Dr. Roberts, UN B; contribution, 50%)

May, 1996 Summer Career Placement '96, H uman Resources Development Canada, $2,156, June-Sept, 1996.

Oct., 1996 Nexfor/Bowater Forest Watershe d Research Centre, $1,000,000, 10 y ears (joint contract with Dr.’s Arp, Methven, and Prof. Daugharty, UNB; contribution, 5%)

April, 1997 NSERC Operating Grant, $44,80(+5% increase in 1999), 4 years

Nov., 1998 Forest-Landscape modelling; Cap e Breton Highlands National Park,Pa rks Canada, $58,500, 3 years

Oct., 1998 Forest biomass production in relation to position within sub-catchment, CFS/NSERC/Industry research Partnership program, $246,000, 3 years; joint contract with Dr.’s Arp, and Meng, UNB; contribution, 20%.

April, 1999 Water management in constructed agricultural wetland treatment systems, Agri-Focus 2000 Technology Development Program, NS Department of Agriculture and Marketing, $28,000, 2 years; joint contract with Dr.’s Madani and Gordon, NSAC and NSDAM, Meng, UNB, Burney, DalTech and Mr. Cochrane, NSDAM; contribution, 25%.

August, 1999 Using winter climatic data to estimate spring crown dieback in yellow birch: A case study to project extent and locations of past and future birch decline; Climate Change Action Fund, Impacts and Adaptation Component, $75,000, 2 years; joint application with Dr. Cox, CFS, Dr.’s Meng and Arp, UNB, and Mr. Zhu, UNB, and Mr.’s Richards and Wartman, AES - Environment Canada; expected contribution, 30%.

August, 1999 Construction of meteorological surfaces for the Black Brook Forest license in northern NB; Agriculture Canada, $300 (student honorarium), 8 months

July, 2000 Impact of intensive potato production on stream water quality in mixed agriculture-forestry regions of northwestern NB, Agriculture Canada/Match Fund Program, $75,000, 4 years; joint application with Dr. Lien Chow and Mr. Herbert Rees, Agriculture Canada, and Dr.’s Meng and Arp, UNB, and others; expected contribution, 20%.

March, 2001 Collaborative research network program on the impacts of atmospheric Hg deposition on large scale ecosystems in Canada-COMERN, NSERC, $350,000, 5 years; Arp, Burt, Meng, Cox, Diamond, Meng et al., 10%.

April, 2001 NSERC Operating Grant, $24,000, 2 years

Sept., 2001 Creation of a climate map and its incorporation with forest soils of NB map and the CanSIS-INTERPNB2000 interpretation model for forest tree productivity, $15,000, 7 months; joint application with S. Fahmy (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada) and M. Colpitts (NBDNRE, Forest Management Branch); contribution, 60%.

April, 2002 Carbon sequestration in managed balsam fir forests (Fluxnet-Canada project), $802,184, 5 years; joint application with J. Pomeroy (EC), R. Cox , M. Lavigne, and E. Swift (NRCan, CFS), and Dr.’s Arp and F-R. Meng (UNB); expected contribution, 80%.

June, 2002 Area delineation of rare plant species in northern New Brunswick: Production of habitat suitability maps, $6,114.20, 3 months; joint application with J. Pomeroy (Environment Canada) and E. Swift (Natural Resource Canada, CFS); expected contribution, 85%.


April, 2004 NSERC Discovery Grant, $54,000, 5 years

April, 2007 Climate change in the Northwest of China, 490,000 ¥ RMB (about $70,000 CAD), 2 years, Chinese Meteorological Administration and Gansu Meteorological Bureau, Lanzhou, Gansu

Oct., 2007 Generation of potential tree species habitat maps for current and projected climate change scenarios, $45,000, 1 year, NS Dept. of Energy and DNR

Nov., 2007 Industrial relevance of development of an advanced growth and yield model, $399,000, 3 years, NSERC CRD, joint application with 5 others (4 at UNB + 1 at DAL), NSDNR, and all forest companies in NS; contribution, 20%.

Dec., 2007 Generation of potential tree species habitat maps for aspen in SW NB,$6,000, 6 months, AV Nackawic Ltd.

June, 2008 Leaf area index review and determination, $25,000, 6 months, CEMA-NOx/SO2 Management Working Group, Cumulative Environmental Management Association, AB

Jan., 2009 Generation of potential tree species habitat maps for current and projected climate change scenarios, $32,000, 12 months, PEI Department of Environment, Fish and Wildlife

Feb., 2009 Field verification of MODIS-based LAI, $49,000, 12 months, CEMA-NOx/SO2 Management Working Group, Cumulative Environmental Management Association, AB

April, 2009 NSERC Discovery Grant, $20,000, 1 year

Oct., 2009 Incorporating Climate Change Effects in Forest Management, $30,000, 5 months, Environment Canada,

Bourque, C.P.-A., Arp, P.A., Dickison, R.B.B., Mickle, R.E. 1989. De-stabilization of the lower atmosphere above a forest canopy: a model approach. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 47:49-74.

Bourque, C.P.-A., Arp, P.A. 1994. Dawn-to-dusk evolution of air turbulence, temperature and sensible and latent heat fluxes above a forest canopy: Concepts, model and field comparisons. Atmosphere-Ocean, 32(2):299-334.

Bourque, C.P.-A., Arp, P.A. 1994. Sulfur dioxide plume dispersion and subsequent absorption by coniferous forests: Field measurements and model calculations. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 71:151-168.

Bourque, C.P.-A., Daugharty, D.A., Dickison, R.B.B., Arp, P.A. 1995. Changes in albedo of a northern hardwood forest following clear-cutting. Forest Science, 41(2):268-277.

Meng, F.-R., Bourque, C.P.-A., Belczewski, R.F., Whitney, N.J., Arp, P.A. 1995. Foliage responses of spruce trees to long-term sulfur dioxide deposition. Environmental Pollution, 90(2):143-152.

Meng, F.-R., Bourque, C.P.-A., Jewett, K., Daugharty, D.A., Arp. P.A. 1995. The Nashwaak Experimental Watershed Project: analyzing effects of clear cutting on soil temperature, soil moisture, snow pack, snowmelt, and stream flow. In Boreal Forest and Global Change: International Boreal Forest Research Association Conference 1994, Apps, M. J. (editor), p. 363-375.

Meng, F.-R., Bourque, C.P.-A., Jewett, K., Daugharty, D.A., Arp. P.A. 1995. The Nashwaak Experimental Watershed Project: analyzing effects of clear cutting on soil temperature, soil moisture, snow pack, snowmelt, and stream flow. Air, Soil and Water Pollution, 82:363-374.

Bourque, C.P.-A., Arp, P.A. 1996. Simulating sulfur dioxide plume dispersion and subsequent deposition downwind from a stationary point source: a model. Environmental Pollution, 91(3):363-380.

Bourque, C.P.-A., Gullison, J.J. 1998. A technique to predict hourly potential solar radiation and temperature for a mostly unmonitored area in the Cape Breton Highlands. Canadian Journal of Soil Science, 78:409-420.

Yanni, S., Keys, K., Clair, T. A., Meng, F.-R., Bourque, C. P.-A., Arp, P. A. 2000. Fog and acidification impacts on ion budgets of basins in Nova Scotia: Chemical Composition. Journal of American Water Resources Association, 36:619-631.

Bhatti, J.S., Fleming, R.L., Foster, N.W., Meng, F.-R., Bourque, C.P.-A., Arp, P.A. 2000. Simulations of pre- and post-harvest soil temperature, soil moisture, and snow pack for jack pine: comparison with field observations. Forest Ecology and Management, 138:413-426.

Bourque, C.P.-A., Meng, F.-R., Gullison, J.J., Bridgland, J. 2000. Biophysical and potential vegetation growth surfaces for a small watershed in Northern Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 30:1179-1195.

Bhatti, J.S., Fleming, R.L., Foster, N.W., Meng, F.-R., Bourque, C.P.-A., Arp, P.A. 2001. Simulations of pre- and post-harvest soil temperature, soil moisture, and snow pack for jack pine: comparison with field observations. In Forest Soils and Ecosystem Sustainability (Chapter 28), Boyle, J. R. and Powers, R. F. (editors), ISBN: 0-444-50714-0, 474 pp.

Gullison, J.J., Bourque, C.P.-A. 2001. Spatial prediction of tree and shrub succession in a small watershed in northern Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. Ecological Modelling, 137(2-3):181-199.

Delmelle, P., Stix, J., Bourque, C.P.-A., Baxter, P.J., Garcia-Alvarez, J., Barquero, J. 2001. Dry deposition and heavy acid loading in the vicinity of Masaya volcano, a major sulfur and chlorine source in Nicaragua, Environmental Science and Technology, 35(7):289-1293.

Isaac, C., Bourque, C.P.-A. 2001. The ecological life zones of St. Lucia. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 10(5):549-566.

Tang, S., Meng, F.-R., Bourque, C.P.-A. 2001. Analyzing parameters of growth and yield models for Chinese fir provenances with a linear mixed model approach. Silvae Genetica, 50(3-4):140-145.

Bourque, C.P.-A., Pomeroy, J. 2001. Pre- and post-harvest, inter-watershed comparison of late spring to early fall stream temperatures from the Hayward Brook Watershed Area of Southeast New Brunswick, Canada. Hydrology and Earth Systems Science, 5(4):599-613.

Zhu, X.B., Cox, R.M., Bourque, C.P-A., Arp, P.A. 2002. Thaw effects on cold-hardiness parameters in yellow birch. Canadian Journal of Botany, 80(4):390-398.

Arp, P.A., Meng, F.-R., Bourque, C.P.-A., Steeves, M. 2003. UNB’s Nexfor/Bowater Forest Watershed Centre develops high-technology tools for better management of forested watersheds. Forestry Chronicle, 79(1):26-27.

Zhu, Z.X., Arp P.A., Meng, F.-R., Bourque, C.P-A., Foster, N.W., 2003. A Forest Nutrient Cycling and Biomass Model (ForNBM) based on year-round, monthly weather conditions, Part I: Assumption, structure and processing. Ecological Modelling, 169:347-360.

Campbell Scientific Canada Corp., Scholarship (May, 1987)

Scholarship in Forest Climatology, presented by the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (April, 1988)

1998 recipient of the Graham K. Walker Memorial Award, presented by the Canadian Society of Agrometeorology (July 1998). This award is given to early to mid-career scientists on the basis of excellence and further potential in the fields of agro- and forest meteorology.

2003 recipient of a UNB Merit Award, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick.