Noad, Nick
Geography Instructor
Geography and Environment Department
- Phone
- (403) 329-2836
- nick.noad@uleth.ca
About Me
Biography
I completed my BSc and MSc in Geography at the University of Lethbridge and am currently finishing my PhD in Geography under the supervision of Dr. Philip Bonnaventure. My research has focused on the application of GIS, remote sensing, and environmental modelling to understand temperature inversions and climate processes in mountain and northern environments.
Publications
Bonnaventure, Philip P., MacLean, S., Noad, N. C., & Garibaldi, Madeleine C (2026). A Statistical-Process Hybridized Approach to Modeling Permafrost Distribution in a Boreal Wetland Ecosystem, Whatì, NT, Canada. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 1-19. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp.70037
Noad, N. C., & Bonnaventure, P. P. (2026). Spatiotemporal variability of surface-based temperature inversions in high-latitude northcentral Yukon valleys utilizing a dense network of elevation transects. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 58(1), 2614790. https://doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2026.2614790
Pozsgay, V., Noad, N. C., Bonnaventure, P. P., & Gruber, S. (2026). DReaMIT: A Dynamical Reanalysis Framework for Modelling Surface-Based Temperature Inversions in Cold Environments. EGUsphere, 2026, 1-26. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-5512
Garibaldi, M. C., Bonnaventure, P. P., Noad, N. C., & Kochtitzky, W. (2024). Modeling air, ground surface, and permafrost temperature variability across four dissimilar valleys, Yukon, Canada. Arctic Science, 10(4), 611–629. https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2023-0067
Garibaldi, M. C., Bonnaventure, P. P., Noad, N. C., & Kochtitzky, W. (2024). Exploring the impact of surface lapse rate change scenarios on mountain permafrost distribution in four dissimilar valleys in Yukon, Canada. Arctic Science, 10(4), 749–763. https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2023-0066
Noad, N. C., Bonnaventure, P. P., Gilson, G. F., Jiskoot, H., & Garibaldi, M. C. (2023). Surface-based temperature inversion characteristics and impact on surface air temperatures in northwestern Canada from radiosonde data between 1990 and 2016. Arctic Science, 9(3), 545–563. https://doi.org/10.1139/AS-2022-0031
Noad, N. C., & Bonnaventure, P. P. (2023). Examining the influence of microclimatic conditions on the life cycle of surface-based temperature inversions in two proximally dissimilar Yukon valleys. The Canadian Geographer. https://doi.org/10.1111/cag.12886
Noad, N. C., & Bonnaventure, P. P. (2022). Surface temperature inversion characteristics in dissimilar valleys, Yukon, Canada. Arctic Science, 8(4), 1320–1339. https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2021-0048
Degrees
- My thesis focused on surface-based temperature inversions, reanalysis downscaling, and permafrost modelling in the Subarctic Yukon.
- Research on cold-air pooling and surface-based temperature inversions in the Ogilvie Mountains, Yukon.