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Alain Viau

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ProfessorInstitute for Environment, Development and SocietyUniversité Laval

Alain Viau

Professor

Institute for Environment, Development and Society

Université Laval

Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

No papers or grants found since 2007

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Principal investigator on 7 research grants (6 NSERC, 1 CFI), most recently in 2007.

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Sciences naturelles Sciences de la Terre et sciences de l'environnement connexes Géomatique et observation des systèmes terrestres Géomatique et observation des systèmes terrestres, n.c.a.environnement Gestion des ressources naturelles gouvernance des territoires Applications des systèmes d'information géographique (SIG et GPS)gestion des territoires gestion ressources naturelles Autres sciences naturelles Autres sciences naturelles

Latest funding

Airborne and embark remote sensing for vegetation monitoring
NSERC · 2007 · Principal investigator
$20,000
Applying remote sensing technology to precision farming
NSERC · 2002 · Principal investigator
$100,000
Applied geomatics for rural environment
NSERC · 2000 · Principal investigator
$24,000

All 10 grants and awards

Airborne and embark remote sensing for vegetation monitoring

Principal investigatorNSERC2007Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Viau, Alain

$20,000

Applying remote sensing technology to precision farming

Principal investigatorNSERC2002Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Viau, Alain

$100,000

Applied geomatics for rural environment

Principal investigatorNSERC2000Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Viau, Alain

$24,000

La géomatique au service de l'agriculture de précision: projet d'infrastructure

Principal investigatorCFI2000Innovation Fund: Innovation Fund (1999-2005)

Principal investigators: Viau, Alain

Keywords: Géomatique, agriculture, télédétection, hydrologie, phytologie, agrométéorologie, optique, positionnement par satellite, biosystèmes, systèmes d'information géographique

$2,995,887

Appareillage pour la mesure du rayonnement et de transfert turbulent de chaleur et de masse au sein de la couche atmosphérique de surface

Co-investigatorNSERC1998Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Anctil, François

$51,052

Geomatics for informed decision (GEOIDE)

Co-investigatorNSERC1998Networks of Centres of Excellence

Principal investigators: Chrisman, Nicholas

$15,667,500

Characterizing and modelling the spatio-temporal variability of surface meteorological conditions using NOAA-AVHRR data

Principal investigatorNSERC1996Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Viau, Alain

$52,762

Improve the use of MC2 coupled with NOAA-AVHRR data for agrometeorological application

Principal investigatorNSERC1995Collaborative Research and Development Grants

Principal investigators: Viau, Alain

$5,000

Investigating a new approach for climatological databases: building a prototype for the regionalization of climatological parameters

Co-investigatorNSERC1993Collaborative Research and Development Grants - Government (H)

Principal investigators: Bédard, Yvan

$5,000

Development of a prototype surface climatology information system based on satellite data

Principal investigatorNSERC1993Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Viau, Alain

$45,840

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

Profile data last refreshed on September 29, 2026 from the university directory, publication records and public research funding records.

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