Jagvijay Pratap Singh Gill - Arcticnet

Jagvijay Pratap Singh GillRemote Sensing (PhD-Current)2116 Victoria Crescent NWCalgary, Alberta, T2M 4E2(403) 667- 4329 | jpsgill@ucalgary.caEducationPhD. (SAR Remote Sensing) - 2009 to PresentUniversity of Calgary, Canada.Master’s of Science (Remote Sensing and GIS) - 2005 to 2007Asian Institute of Technology, ThailandTechnical ExperienceRemote Sensing SkillsProcessed NOAA-AVHRR, MODIS, Landsat, IRS, AVIRIS, Radarsat-1 & 2, TerraSAR-X image data invarious formats (i.e. IMG, HDR, PIX, GEOTIFF, HDF etc).Performed geo-physical inversion of MSS, IR, Thermal, SAR and Scatterometer data for retrieval oflandcover/landuse information using a variety of algorithms (MLH, NNH, Decision Tree etc.).Performed radiometric and geometric corrections of air-borne and satellite image data usingdifferent algorithms (6S, TAFKAA, Cold & Hot body).Used C-language, PCI EASI & Modeler, ENVI-IDL, ERDAS-Imagine model builder to perform imagebatch processing.GIS SkillsHandled a variety of GIS data formats and their conversions such as ASCII, SHP, GDB, E00, KML,FGDB, PGDB etc.Resolved conflicts between different datums, projected and geographic coordinate systems forinteroperability.Performed data digitization, editing, geocoding and topological relationships.Performed spatial analysis, network analysis and 3D analysis.Installed, administered and published spatial information using ArcGIS server, Drupal – Google APIintegration.Software and Programming SkillsGeomatics Software: Arc View, Arc GIS, ENVI, ERDAS Imagine, PCI Geomatica, GRAM++, GRASS.Other Softwares: MS Office, MS Frontpage, Adobe Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Endnote, SPSS, S-Plus.Development Platforms: Drupal (CSS, PHP, Jquery), JAVA, Oracle (basic), C, HTML, Avenue, IDL, .Net (basic).Scientific Equipment Handling SkillsGIS Equipments - Garmin GPS, Topcon Total Station, Digitizers and Scanners.Field Observation Equipments - LAI meter, Spectro-photometer, Spectro-radiometer, Decagon soil moisturesensors (EC-5), Huske soil heat flux sensors, Kipp-Zonen net radiometer sensors, Davis weather station (Raingauge, Anemometer, Solar Radiation, Wind direction, Absolute temperature, Humidity, Vapour pressure),Bowen ratio thermocouple instrument, PT100 temperature sensor, Soil water infiltrometer, Polarimetric C-band scatterometer, Snow sampler, Salinity conductivity meter, mm-grid etched grain diameter plate,Dielectric impedance sensor.Physical Laboratory Equipments - Sieve analysis test, Hydrometer test, Plasticity and liquid limit test, Snowdensity gravimetric equipment.Page 1 of 3

Work ExperienceWeb DeveloperInformation Technologies, University of Calgary- Jan 2009 to presentPerformed management and customization of Drupal based sites.Designed web/content stylesheets and templates.Built user specific content types and functionality.Configured and integrated various Drupal based modules (views, panels, blogs, forums, analytics, nodeaccess, webforms, contemplate, CCK etc.) to meet client requirements.Ref: Deb Huartson - huartson@ucalgary.caResearch AssistantUniversity of Calgary, Canada, Jan 2009 to presentWorked with multi-frequency polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar Data (Radarsat-1,2 and TerraSAR-X),for geo-physical inversion of snow and sea ice properties.Worked with field based C-Band Scatterometer data and instruments for measuring in-situ snow and seaice physical state. Ref: Dr. John Yackel- yackel@ucalgary.caNew Jersey Institute of Technology, NJ, USA, August 2007 to 2008Worked on hyper-spectral AVIRIS data, processing and performing atmospheric correction using TAFKAAalgorithm for water quality monitoring.Performed geo-physical inversion of hyper-spectral AVIRIS data using boolean logic for urban heatmodelling and mapping. Ref: Dr. Sima Bagheri- bagheri@njit.eduSpace Technology Application and Research, Asian Institute of Technology (TRF Project). Jun 2006 to Jul 2007Performed calibration and deployment of sensors for the development of field agro-meteorologicalstations.Analyzed variety of field data for energy balance modelling and drought monitoring.Performed assimilation of Remote Sensing data and physical model (SWAP) using Genetic Algorithm forphysical parameter estimation. Ref: Dr. Kiyoshi Honda- honda@ait.ac.thTeaching AssistantUniversity of Calgary, Canada (Geog-633 Research and Application in Remote Sensing ), Jan, 2011 to April, 2011University of Calgary, Canada (Geog-439 Intermediate Analytical Methods in Geography), Sept, 2010 to Dec, 2010University of Calgary, Canada (Geog-339 Basic Analytical Methods in Geography), Sept, 2009 to Dec, 2009Designed and introduced laboratory assignments.Performed markings and corrections of submitted assignments.Ref: Paulina Medori - medori@ucalgary.caPeer Reviewed PublicationsGill, J.P.S., Yackel, J. J.,"Evaluation of C-Band SAR Polarimetric Parameters for Discrimination of First Year SeaIce Types", Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, Vol. 38, No. 3, pp. 306-323, 2012.Gill, J.P.S., Yackel, J. J.,"Polarimetric SAR Signatures of Snow on Land-fast First Year Sea Ice", Journal ofGeophysical Research, 2012 (in- review).Non Peer Reviewed PublicationsGill, J.P.S., Yackel, J. "Evaluation of SAR Polarimetric Parameters for Sea Ice Classification", CAG-11, May 31 –June 4, 2011. http://geog.ucalgary.ca/cag2011/ (Poster Presentation)Page 2 of 3

Gill, J.P.S., Yackel, J. "C and X-band multipolarized SAR response from Snow Covered First Year Sea Ice DuringSpring Melt", 3rd Radarsat-2 Workshop, Sept 27-Oct 2, 2010.http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/events/2010/radarsat2.asp (Oral Presentation).Gill, J.P.S., Fuller, M. Christopher., Yackel, J. "Examination of C-band Polarimetric SAR Backscatter Response ofSnow covered First-Year Sea Ice", The Prairie Summit, June 1-7, 2010. http://uregina.ca/prairies/ (OralPresentation).Gill, J.P.S., Bagheri, S., “Spatio-temporal analysis of Landuse/landcover, surface temperature and urbanization– An RS-GIS approach,” Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Urban and Regional Information Systems AssociationConference, April 7-9, 2008. http://www.macurisa.org/ (Poster presentation-winner of second prize)Bagheri, S., J.P.S Gill., “Hyperspectral data in spectral analysis of near shore water quality parameters” Oceanscience meeting, March 2-7, 2008. (Poster Presentation)http://www.sgmeet.com/aslo/orlando2008/viewabstract2.asp?AbstractID=2540InterestsI am an environmentalist by nature. I have volunteered for two environmental organizations (Greenpeace andWWF). I believe in sustainable development. Apart from this I am fond of trekking, camping, photography andpainting.For more Information:http://www.ucalgary.ca/ccrg/jpsgillhttp://www.arcticnet.ulaval.ca/aboutus/profile.php?id=1407Page 3 of 3