Dr Jean Wilson
B.A., M.A., PDip Applied Remote Sensing & GIS (NUIM), Ph.D. (TCD)
Telephone: +353-1-896 1121
Email: jewilson@tcd.ie
Postal Address:
Department of Geography
Museum Building
Trinity College Dublin
Dublin 2
Biogeochemistry Research Group
Research Area
Jean’s research interests lie in environmental applications of remote sensing, GIS and spatial analysis and she is funded as a Research Fellow by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the STRIVE Water Research Programme 2012 (2012-W-MS-13). Her research project “CONNECT” (COmbiNed Earth ObservatioN and GEochemiCal Tracing for Groundwater Detection and Evaluation in Ireland) is being undertaken within the Biogeochemistry Research Group, headed by Prof. Carlos Rocha.
Surface water typically, is hydraulically connected to groundwater and the interaction between surface water bodies such as streams, rivers, estuaries and groundwater may potentially cause changes to and degradation of water quality. An improved understanding of this connectivity is viewed as a critical prerequisite to effectively managing water resources and environment agencies internationally have begun to incorporate management strategies that require quantifying flow between surface and groundwater.
The aim of Jean’s research is to examine the connectivity between ground and surface water in Ireland using remote sensing and GIS combined with geochemical tracing and water quality assessments that further characterize and evaluate the potential for and impacts of groundwater discharge. The overall goal of the project is to improve the understanding of the pathways and discharge of groundwater and associated substances to Irish waters.
Biography
Jean graduated from Trinity College Dublin (July 2008) with a PhD in Geography specializing in digital change detection techniques for landscape monitoring in data-poor areas using New Providence Island, The Bahamas as a case-study. Her doctoral degree was funded by IRCSET under the Embark Initiative. Prior to this, she completed undergraduate studies in Geography and Mathematics; and postgraduate studies in Environmental Resource Management (MA), Remote Sensing and GIS (Postgraduate Diploma) at NUI Maynooth.
More recently, working with Prof. Carlos Rocha, Jean completed a 3-year EPA-STRIVE funded Research Fellowship (2008-FS-W-4-S5) on developing remote sensing as a tool for detection, quantification and evaluation of submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) to Irish coastal waters.
Peer reviewed publications
Wilson, J. and Rocha, C. (under review) A combined remote sensing and geochemical tracing approach for localising and assessing groundwater discharge to lakes.
Wilson, J. & Rocha, C. (2013) Developing Remote Sensing as a Tool for Detection, Quantification and Evaluation of Submarine Groundwater Discharge (SGD) to Irish Coastal Waters. EPA STRIVE Report Series No. 112. Environmental Protection Agency, Johnstown Castle, Co. Wexford.
Wilson, J. & Rocha, C. (2012) Regional-scale assessment of submarine groundwater discharge (SGD)
in Ireland combining satellite imagery and geochemical tracing techniques. Remote Sensing of
Environment, 119, 21-34.
Wilson, J. and Rocha, C. (2010) Regional Scale Assessment of Submarine Groundwater Discharge in Ireland. Proceedings of the 2010 Royal Photogrammetry Society and Irish Earth Observation Symposium, UCC, 1st - 3rd September, pp123 -130.
Sealey, S., Flowers, L., Nero, V., Semon, K. and Wilson, J. (2004) Characterisation and ranking of coastal environments of the Bahamian archipelago. Bahamas Journal of Science, 10, 12-25.
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