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ACCEPTED/IN PRESS
Strachan, I.B., Pelletier, L. and Bonneville, M-C. [accepted pending minor revision Oct 2015] Interannual variability in water table level controls net ecosystem carbon dioxide exchange in a boreal peatland. Biogeochemistry

SUBMITTED/IN REVISION
Strachan, I.B., Tremblay, A., Pelletier, L., Tardif, S., Turpin, C. and Nugent, K.A. [In revision Oct 2015] Does the creation of Boreal hydroelectric reservoir change net evaporation? Journal of Hydrology
Soto, C., Kalacska, M., Arroyo-Mora, J.P., and Strachan, I.B. [Submitted Nov 2015] Estimating biophysical and biochemical peatland characteristics with hyperspectral data at an ombrotrophic bog. Remote Sensing
Kim, Y., Roulet, N.T., Li, C., Frolking, S., Strachan, I.B., Peng, C., Teodoru, C.R., Prairie, Y.T., and Tremblay, A. [In revision] Simulating the CO2 exchange in boreal ecosystems flooded by reservoirs. Ecological Applications

PUBLISHED
44.   Strachan, I.B., Nugent, K.A., Crombie, S., and Bonneville, M-C., 2015. Carbon dioxide and methane exchange at a cool-temperate freshwater marsh. Environmental Research Letters 10:065006
43.   Pelletier, L., Strachan, I.B., Roulet, N.T., Garneau, M., and Wischnewski, K., 2015. Effect of open water pools on ecosystem scale surface-atmosphere carbon dioxide exchange in a boreal peatland. Biogeochemistry 1–14. doi: 10.1007/s10533-015-0098-z
42.   Pelletier, L., Strachan, I.B., Roulet, N.T., and Garneau, M., 2015. Are peatlands with pools a net sink for CO2? Environmental Research Letters 10:035002 (8 pp); Monthly Highlighted pub (Mar’15)
41.   Kim, Y., Roulet, N.T., Peng, G., Li, C., Frolking, S., Strachan, I.B., and Tremblay, A., 2014. Multi-year carbon dioxide flux simulations for mature Canadian black spruce forests and ombrotrophic bogs using Forest-DNDC. Boreal Environmental Research 19(5-6): 417-440
40.   Järvi, L., Grimmond, C.S.B., Taka, M., Nordbo, A., Setälä, H., and Strachan, I.B., 2014. Development of the Surface Urban Energy and Water balance Scheme (SUEWS) for cold climate cities, Geoscientific Model Development 7: 1691-1711
39.   Tremblay, A., Tardif, S., Strachan, I.B., and Turpin, C., 2014. Net water evaporation from the Eastmain-1 reservoir. Hydro Review 33(5): 52-60.
38.   Pelletier, L., Strachan, I.B., Garneau, M., and Roulet, N.T., 2014. Carbon release from boreal peatland open water pools: implication for the contemporary C exchange. Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences 119(3): 207-222; doi:10.1002/2013JG002423
37.   Hong, J., Mathieu, N., Strachan, I.B., Pattey, E., and Leclerc, M.Y., 2012. Response of ecosystem carbon and water vapor exchanges in evolving nocturnal low-level jets. Asian Journal of Atmospheric Environment 6-3: 222-233.
36.   Teodoru, C., Bastien, J., Bonneville, M-C., del Giorgio, P.A., Demarty, M., Garneau, M., Hélie, J-F., Pelletier, L., Prairie, Y.T., Roulet, N.T., Strachan, I.B., and Tremblay, A., 2012. The first complete carbon budget for a newly-created boreal hydroelectric reservoir: net carbon footprint of the Eastmain-1 reservoir. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 26: GB2016, doi:10.1029/2011GB004187.
35.   Bergeron, O. and Strachan, I.B., 2012. Wintertime radiation and energy budget along an urbanization gradient in Montreal, Canada. International Journal of Climatology 32: 137-152.
34.   Leroyer, S., Mailhot, J., Belaire, S., and Strachan, I.B., 2011. Microscale numerical prediction over Montreal with the Canadian External Urban Modeling System. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology 50:2410-2428.
33.   Bergeron, O. and Strachan, I.B., 2011. CO2 sources and sinks in urban and suburban areas of a northern mid-latitude city. Atmospheric Environment 45(8): 1564-1573
32.   Dasgupta, K., Joseph, L., Pilote, L., Strachan I.B., Sigal, R., and Chan, C., 2010. Daily steps are low year-round and dip lower in fall/winter: findings from a longitudinal diabetes cohort. Cardiovascular Diabetology 9:81-90.
31.   Tremblay, A., Bastien, J., Strachan, I.B., and Bonneville, M-C., 2010. Three methods to study CO2 and CH4 fluxes at Eastmain 1 reservoir, Canada. International Journal on Hydropower and Dams, 17(4): 78-83.
30.   Dabros, A., Fyles, J., and Strachan, I.B., 2010. Effects of open-top chambers on physical properties of air and soil at post-disturbance sites of transitional forest zone in northwestern Quebec. Plant and Soil, 333(1-2):203-218.
29.   Leroyer, S., Mailhot, J., Belaire, S., Lemonsu, A., and Strachan, I.B., 2010. Modeling the surface energy budget during the thawing period of the 2006 Montreal Urban Snow Experiment. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology 49(1): 68-84.
28.   Almaraz, J.J., Mabood, F., Zhou, X., Strachan, I.B., Ma, B., and Smith, D.L., 2009. Performance of agricultural systems under contrasting growing season conditions in South-Western Quebec. Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science, 195: 319–327.
27.   Strachan, I.B., Pattey, E., Salustro, C., and Miller, J.R., 2008. Use of hyperspectral remote sensing to estimate the gross photosynthesis of agricultural fields. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing 34(3): 333-341.
26.   Pattey, E., Blackburn, L.G., Strachan, I.B., Desjardins, R., and Dow, D, 2008. Spring thaw and growing season N2O emissions from a field planted with edible peas and a cover crop. Canadian Journal of Soil Science 88:241-249
25.   Bonneville, M.-C., Strachan, I.B., Humphreys, E., and Roulet, N.T., 2008. The net ecosystem exchange of a cattail marsh in Eastern Canada in relation to biophysical properties. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 148: 69-81.
24.   Bonneville, M-C., and Strachan, I.B., 2008. Measuring GHG emissions - the use of eddy covariance techniques. International Water Power and Dam Construction 60(9): 22-25.
23.   Dasgupta, K. Chan, C., Da Costa, D., Pilote, L., De Civita, M., Ross, N.A., Strachan, I.B., Sigal, R., Joseph, L., 2007. Walking behaviour and glycemic control in type 2 diabetes: seasonal and gender differences. Study design and methods. Cardiovascular Diabetology 6:1-11.
22.   Pattey, E. Strachan, I.B., Desjardins, R.L., Edwards, G.C., Dow, D., and MacPherson, I.J., 2006. Application of a tunable diode laser to the measurement of CH4 and N2O fluxes from field to landscape scale using several micrometeorological techniques. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 136: 222-236.
21.   Pattey, E., Edwards, G., Strachan, I.B., Desjardins, R.L., Kaharabata, S., and Wagner Riddle, C., 2006. Towards standards for measuring greenhouse gas flux from agricultural fields using instrumented towers. Canadian Journal of Soil Science 86: 373-400.
20.   Mathieu, N., Strachan, I.B., Leclerc, M.Y., Karipot, A., and Pattey, E., 2005. Role of low-level jets and boundary-layer properties on the NBL budget technique. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 135: 35-43.
19.   Strachan, I.B., Stewart, D.W. and Pattey, E., 2005. Determination of leaf area index in agricultural systems. In: J.L. Hatfield and J.M. Baker (eds.), Micrometeorology in Agricultural Systems, Agronomy Monograph No. 47 ASA-CSSA-SSSA. pp.179-198.
18.   Uno, Y., Prasher, S.O., Patel, R.M., Strachan, I.B., Pattey, E., and Karimi, Y., 2005. Development of field-scale soil organic matter content estimation models in Eastern Canada using airborne hyperspectral imagery. Canadian Biosystems Engineering, 47: 1.9-1.14.
17.   Liu, J., Miller, J.R., Pattey, E., Haboudane, D., Strachan, I.B., and Hinther M., 2004. Monitoring crop biomass accumulation using multi-temporal hyperspectral remote sensing data. Proceedings IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS ’04), pp 1637-1640, held September 21 – 25, 2004 in Fairbanks, Alaska, USA.
16.   Vigier, B., Pattey, E. and Strachan, I.B., 2004. Narrow-band vegetation indices and detection of disease damage in soybeans. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 1(4): 255-259.
15.   Haboudane, D., Miller, J.R., Pattey, E., Zarco-Tejada, P. and Strachan, I.B., 2004. Hyperspectral vegetation indices and novel algorithms for predicting green LAI of crop canopies: Modeling and validation in the context of precision agriculture. Remote Sensing of Environment, 90: 337-352.
14.   Sigurdsson, B.D., Bjarndóttir, B., Strachan I.B., and Pálmason, F., 2004. The Gunnarsholt Experimental Forest II. Annual water balance and water quality (Tilraunaskógurinn í Gunnarsholti II. Vatnið í skóginum). Journal of the Icelandic Forestry Association, (Skógræktarritið. Icelandic with English summary), pp. 51-59.
13.   Strachan, I.B., Pattey, E., and Boisvert, J.B., 2002. Impact of nitrogen and environmental conditions on corn as detected by hyperspectral reflectance. Remote Sensing of Environment, 80(2): 213-224.
12.   Pattey, E., Strachan, I.B., Desjardins, R.L., and Massheder, J., 2002. Measuring nighttime CO2 flux over terrestrial ecosystems using eddy covariance and nocturnal boundary layer methods. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 113(1-4): 145-153.
11.   Strachan, I.B. and McCaughey, J.H., 2002. Stomatal conductance of P. trichocarpa in Southern Iceland in relation to environmental variables. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research, 17(1): 7-14.
10.   Pattey, E., Strachan, I.B., Boisvert, J.B., Desjardins, R.L. and McLaughlin, N.B., 2001. Detecting effects of nitrogen application rate and weather on corn using micrometeorological and hyperspectral reflectance measurements. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 108: 85-99.
9.      Champagne, C., Pattey, E., Bannari, A. and Strachan, I.B., 2001. Mapping crop water stress: issues of scale in the detection of plant water status using hyperspectral indicies. Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium On Physical Measurements and Signatures in Remote Sensing, Aussois, France, pp. 79-84.
8.      Strachan, I.B., Arnalds, Ó., Pálmason, F., Thorgeirsson, H., Sigurdsson, B.D., Sigurðardóttir, H., and Novoselac, G., 1998. Soils of the Gunnarsholt experimental plantation. Icelandic Agricultural Sciences, 12:15-26.
7.      Strachan, I.B., Sigurdsson, B.D., and McCaughey, J.H., 1998. Soil hydrology at the Gunnarsholt experimental plantation: measurement and results. Icelandic Agricultural Sciences, 12:27-34.
6.      Sigurdsson, B.D., Aradóttir, Á.L., and Strachan, I.B., 1998. Cover and canopy development of a newly established poplar plantation at Gunnarsholt, S. Iceland. Icelandic Agricultural Sciences, 12:35-46.
5.      Lafleur, P.M., McCaughey, J.H., Bartlett, P.A., and Strachan, I.B., 1998. Observations of the micrometeorology of two forests in eastern Ontario, Canada 1. Interannual variations in summer radiation and energy balance. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 28:514-523.
4.      Aradóttir, Á.L., Thorgeirsson, H., McCaughey, J.H., Strachan. I.B., and Robertson, A., 1997. Establishment of a Black Cottonwood plantation on an exposed site in Iceland: Plant growth and site energy balance. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 84:1-9.
3.      Strachan, I.B., and McCaughey, J.H., 1996. Spatial and vertical leaf area index of a deciduous forest resolved using the LAI-2000 Plant Canopy Analyzer. Forest Science, 42:176-181.
2.      Strachan, I.B., and Harvey, L.E., 1996. Quantifying the effects of temporal autocorrelation on climatological regression models using geostatistical techniques. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 26:864-871.
1.      Strachan, I.B., and Wilcox, S., 1996. Peer and self assessment of group work: Developing an effective response to increased enrolment in a third-year course in microclimatology. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 20:343-353.

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