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Active Fire Mapping — Satellite Data

Active Fire Mapping — Airborne Data

Ambrosia, V.G., S.S. Wegener, D.V. Sullivan, S.W. Buechel, J.A. Brass, S.E. Dunagan, R.G. Higgins, E.A. Hildum and S.M. Schoenung, 2002, Demonstrating UAV-Acquired Real-Time Thermal Data Over Fires, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, (In Print).

Ambrosia, V.G., 2002. Emerging Technology Development For Disaster Management At NASA-Ames, Panel Session: Remote Sensing: New Technologies For Disaster Management, Proceedings of the Twenty-Seventh Annual Hazards Research and Applications Workshop, Boulder, Colorado, 14-17 July.

Ambrosia, V.G., 2002, Remotely Piloted Vehicles as Fire Imaging Platforms: The Future Is Here! Wildfire Magazine, May-June.

Wegener, S.S., V.G. Ambrosia, J. Stoneburner, D.V. Sullivan, J.A. Brass, S.W. Buechel, R.G. Higgins, E.A. Hildum, S.M. Schoenung, 2002. Demonstrating Acquisition of Real-Time Thermal Data Over Fires Utilizing UAVs. Proceedings of AIAA's 1st Technical Conference and Workshop on Unmanned Aerospace Vehicles, Systems, Technologies, and Operations, Portsmouth, Virginia, 20-23 May, Paper No. AIAA-2002-3406.

Ambrosia, V.G., S. S. Wegener, J.A. Brass and S.W. Buechel, 2002. Demonstrating Acquisition of Real-Time Thermal Data Over Fires Utilizing UAV’s, RS2002, Proceedings of the Ninth Biennial Remote Sensing Applications Conference, San Diego, California, 8-12 April, (In Print).

J.A. Brass, V.G. Ambrosia, R.S. Dann, R.G. Higgins, E.A. Hildum, J. McIntire, P.J. Riggan, S.M. Schoenung, R.E. Slye, D.V. Sullivan, S. Tolley, R.Vogler, S.S. Wegener, 2001. First Response Experiment (FiRE) Using An Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle (UAV). Proceedings of Fifth International Airborne Remote Sensing Conference, San Francisco, California, 17-20 September, CD paper no. 56, pp 1-9.

Ambrosia, V.G., J.A. Brass, S.S. Wegener, D.V. Sullivan, S.W. Buechel and R.S. Dann, 2001. An Integration of Remote Sensing, Satellite Telemetry and GIS: An Integration of Remote Sensing, Satellite Telemetry, and GIS Data Management Utilizing UAV Airborne Platforms For Application to Forest Fire Management. Proceedings of the Third International Workshop: Remote Sensing and GIS Applications to Forest Fire Management: New Methods and Sensors, European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories (EARSeL), Paris, France, 17-19 May (abstract and poster).

Brass, J., V. Ambrosia, R. Higgins, T. Hildum, S. Schoenung, R. Slye, D. Sullivan, S. Tolley, H. Tran, R. Vogler, S. Wegener, 2000. Development of Tactical and Strategic Thermal Reconnaissance of Wildfires Utilizing Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Technology, Proceedings, Fire Conference 2000: The First National Congress on Fire Ecology, Prevention and Management, San Diego, CA., 27 Nov — 1 Dec., (abstract and poster).

Wegener, S., D. Sullivan, V. Ambrosia, J. Brass, R. Scott Dann, 2000. Development and Implementation of Real-Time Information Delivery Systems for Emergency Management. Proceedings, First Int’l Global Disaster Information Network (GDIN) Information Technology Exposition and Conference, Honolulu, HI, 9-11 Oct. 2000, (extended abstract).

Ambrosia, V., 1999. An Integration of Remote Sensing GIS, and Information Distribution For Wildfire Detection and Management. Proceedings, The Joint Fire Science Conference and Workshop, Vol. 1, p. 58-9, Boise, ID, 15-17 June, (abstract).

Ambrosia, V.G., S.W. Buechel, J.A. Brass, J.R. Peterson, R.H. Davies, R.J. Kane and S. Spain, 1998, An Integration of Remote Sensing, GIS, and Information Distribution for Wildfire Detection and Management. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, Vol. 64, No. 10, pp. 977-986.

Ambrosia, V.G., J.A. Brass, and R.G. Higgins, 1996. AIRDAS, Development of a Unique Four-Channel Scanner For Disaster Assessment and Management. Proceedings of Second International Airborne Remote Sensing Conference and Exhibition, ERIM, Vol. III, 24-27 June, pp. 781-789.

Ambrosia, V.G., J.A. Brass, R.G. Higgins, and E.A. Hildum, 1996. Development and Utility of a Four-Channel Scanner For Wildfire Research and Applications. Proceedings of the Sixth Biennial Forest Service Remote Sensing Applications Conference, 29 April—3 May, pp. 390-399.

Ambrosia, V.G., J.A. Brass J.B. Allen, E.A. Hildum, and R.G. Higgins, 1994. AIRDAS, Development of a Unique Four-Channel Scanner For Natural Disaster Assessment. Proceedings of the First International Airborne Remote Sensing Conference and Exhibition, ERIM, Vol. II, pp. 129-141.

Ambrosia, V.G., J.A. Brass, R.G. Higgins, P.J. Riggan, and R Lockwood, 1994. Development and Utility of a Four-Channel Scanner For Wildland Fire Research and Applications. Proceedings of the Fifth Forest Service Remote Sensing Applications Conference, pp. 311.

Ambrosia, V.G., 1990, High Altitude Aircraft Remote Sensing During the 1988 Yellowstone National Park Wildfires. Geocarto International Journal, V.5, No.3, pp. 43-47.

Ambrosia, V.G., 1990, High Altitude Forest Fire Mapping, Daedalus Enterprises, Inc. Publication. September 1990.

Ambrosia, V. G., J. A. Brass, R. Lathrop, K. Hibbard, P. Riggan, 1990. The Yellowstone Fire One Year Later -- Research in Remote Sensing Analysis. Proceedings of the Association of American Geographers National Meeting, Toronto, Canada, Program Abstracts, p. 3.

Airborne Wildfire Mapping (includes fuel moisture, atmospheric interactions, etc)

Ustin, S.L., Scheer, G., Castaneda, C.M., Jacquemoud, S., Roberts, D., and Green, R.O., 1996. Estimating Canopy Water Content of Chaparral Shrubs using Optical Methods, Summaries of the Sixth Annual JPL Airborne Earth Science Workshop, March 4-8, 1996. Vol. 1., AVIRIS Workshop, 4 pp

Ustin, S.L., Roberts, D.A., Pinzon, J., Jacquemoud, S., Gardner, M., Scheer, G., Castaneda, C.M. and Palacios, A., 1998, Estimating Canopy Water Content of Chaparral Shrubs Using Optical Methods, Remote Sensing of Environment. 65:280-291.

Roberts, D.A., Gardner, M.,. Regelbrugge, J., Pedreros, D. and Ustin, S., 1998. Mapping the distribution of wildfire fuels using AVIRIS in the Santa Monica Mountains, Proc. 7th AVIRIS Earth Science Workshop JPL 97-21, Pasadena, CA 91109, 345-352.

Serrano, L., Ustin, S.L., Roberts, D.A., Gamon, J.A., and Penuelas, J., 2000, Deriving water content of chaparral vegetation from AVIRIS data. Remote Sensing of Environment, 74: 570-581.

Dennison, P.E., Roberts, D.A., and Regelbrugge, J.C., 2000, Characterizing chaparral fuels using combined hyperspectral and synthetic aperture radar data, Proc. 9th AVIRIS Earth Science Workshop, JPL, Pasadena, CA Feb 23-25, 2000, 119-124

Brass, J.A. P.J. Riggan, V.G. Ambrosia, R.N. Lockwood, J.A. Pereira, R.G. Higgins, 1996, Brazil Fire Characterization and Burn Area Estimations Using the Airborne Infrared Disaster Assessment System. Biomass Burning and Global Change, ed. J. Levine, MIT Press, Vol. 2, Chapter 54, pp. 561-568.

Cofer, W.R., III, J.S. Levine, D.I. Sebacher, E.L. Winstead, P.J. Riggan, B.J. Stocks, J.A. Brass, V.G. Ambrosia and P.J. Boston, 1989, Trace Gas Emissions from Chaparral and Boreal Forest Fires, Journal of Geophysical Research, 94:2255.

Ambrosia, V.G. and J.A. Brass, 1989, Remote Sensing Thermal Analysis of the 1988 Yellowstone National Park Wildfires. Association of American Geographers National Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, Program Abstracts, Sec. VI, p. 3.

Cofer, W.R., III, J.S. Levine, P.J. Riggan, D.I. Sebacher, E.L. Winstead, E.F. Shaw, Jr., J.A. Brass, and V.G. Ambrosia, 1988, Trace Gas Emissions from Mid-Latitude Prescribed Chaparral Fire, Journal of Geophysical Research, V.93, No. D2, pp. 1653-1658.

Ambrosia, V.G., and J.A. Brass, 1988, Thermal Analysis of Wildfires and Effects on Global Ecosystem Cycling. Geocarto International Journal, V.3, No. 1, pp. 29-39.

Cofer, W.R., III, J.S. Levine, P.J. Riggan, D.I. Sebacher, E.L. Winstead, P.J. Riggan, J.A. Brass, and V.G. Ambrosia, 1988, Particulate Emissions from a Mid-Latitude Prescribed Chaparral Fire, Journal of Geophysical Research, 93, No D2, 5207-5212.

Ambrosia, V.G. and J.A. Brass, 1988, Estimations of Thermal Gradients and Nutrient Cycling from Thermal Remote Sensing Data of Controlled Biomass Combustion. Association of American Geographers National Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona, Program Abstracts, p. 2, Sec. VII.

Brass, J.A., V.G. Ambrosia, and P.J. Riggan, 1988, Analysis of Fire/Fuel Characteristics as Related to Trace Gas Generation. National Conference on Fire Management, Los Angeles, California, April.

Ambrosia, V.G. and J.A. Brass, 1987, Thermal Analysis of Wildfires and Effect on Global Ecosystem Cycling. Association of American Geographers National Meeting, Portland, Oregon. Program Abstracts.

Brass, J.A., V.G. Ambrosia, and P.J. Riggan, 1987, Characterization of the Thermal Properties of Prescribed Wildland Fires Using Thermal Infrared Remote Sensing and Correlation to Nutrient Mobilization Due to Combustion. Three Decades of Life Science Research in Space, Space Life Sciences Symposium, Washington, DC, pp. 2, June.

Brass, J.A. and V.G. Ambrosia, 1987, Uses of Remote Sensing in Fire/Fuel Management. Proceedings of the National Conference on Fire Management, Los Angeles, California, June.

Brass, J.A., V.G. Ambrosia, P.J. Riggan, J.S. Myers, and J.C. Arvesen, 1987, Aircraft and Satellite Thermographic Systems for Wildfire Mapping and Assessment, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, AIAA-87-0187, January.

Brass, J.A. and V.G. Ambrosia, 1986, Uses of Remote Sensing in Fire/Fuel Management. Proceedings of the National Conference on Fire Management, Los Angeles, California, June.

Brass, J.A., V.G. Ambrosia, and P.J. Riggan, 1986. Biomass Combustion Characterization for Nutrient Movement Modeling Using Remotely Sensed Data. Proceedings of the Ecological Society of America, (ESA), 67(2): 151, June 1986.

Brass, J.A., V.G. Ambrosia, and P. Riggan, 1985. Remotely Sensed Information of Biomass Combustion and Effects on Mobilization of Nutrients at the San Dimas Experimental Forest, California. AIBS/ESA Conference, ESA Bulletin, (ESA), 66(2): 146, pp. 1.

Satellite Wildfire Mapping

Brass, J.A., P.J. Riggan, V.G. Ambrosia, R.N. Lockwood, Raposo, J.A.P. and R.G. Higgins, 1997. Fires and Global Change: Prospects For Remote Sensing Assessment. In World Resources Review, Cambridge, MA, 10 pages.

Hlavka, C.A., V.G. Ambrosia, J.A. Brass, A. Rezendez, and L.S. Guild, 1996. Mapping Fire Scars in the Brazilian Cerrado Using AVHRR Imagery. Biomass Burning and Global Change, ed. J. Levine, MIT Press, Vol. 2, Chapter 53, pp. 550-560.

Guild, L.S., C.A. Hlavka, J.A. Brass, R.B. Chatfield, P.A. Matson, and V.G. Ambrosia, 1993, Biomass Burning In The Brazilian Cerrado: Early Results. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, 74(2), Addendum, 1993.

Algorithm Development

Adams, J.B., Sabol, D., Kapos, V., Almeida Filho, R., Roberts, D.A., Smith, M.O., Gillespie, A.R., 1995, Classification of Multispectral Images Based on Fractions of Endmembers: Application to Land-Cover Change in the Brazilian Amazon, Remote. Sensing Environment 52:137-154.

Dennison, P., Roberts, D.A., Reith, E., Regelbrugge, J., and Ustin, S.L., 1999, Integrating Polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar and Imaging Spectrometry for Wildland fuel Mapping, Proc. of the Joint Fire Science Conference and Workshop, June 17-19, 1999, Boise, Idaho, Vol. 1, 37-42.

Roberts, D.A., Smith, M.O., Adams, J.B., Sabol, D.E., Gillespie, A.R., and Willis, S.C., 1990, Isolating Woody Plant Material and Senescent Vegetation from Green Vegetation in AVIRIS Data, Proc. 2nd AVIRIS Workshop, Pasadena, Ca., June 4 and 5, 1990, pp. 42-57.

Roberts, D.A., Smith, M.O., Sabol, D.E., Adams, J.B. and Ustin, S., 1992, Mapping the Spectral Variability in Photosynthetic and Non-Photosynthetic Vegetation, Soils and Shade using AVIRIS, Summaries 3rd Annual JPL Airborne Geoscience Workshop: Vol. 1, AVIRIS, Pasadena, CA. June 1 and 2, 1992, pp. 38-40.

Roberts, D.,A., Green, R.O., Sabol, D.E. and Adams, J.B., 1993, Temporal Changes in Endmember Abundances, Liquid Water and Water Vapor over Vegetation at Jasper Ridge, Summaries of the 4th Annual JPL Airborne Geoscience Workshop, Oct 25-29, 1993, Vol. 1. AVIRIS Workshop, Washington D.C., 153-156.

Roberts, D.A., Adams, J.B., and Smith, M.O., 1993, Discriminating Green Vegetation, Non-Photosynthetic Vegetation and Soils in AVIRIS Data, Rem. Sens. Environ., 44: 2/3 255-270.

Roberts, D.A., Green, R.O., Adams, J.B., Cothern, J.S., Sabol, D.E., and Smith, M.O., 1994, Temporal and Spatial Relationships Between Topography, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Liquid Water and Vegetation Endmember Fractions Determined Using AVIRIS. IGARRS'94, Pasadena, CA Aug 8-12, 1994, 3 p.

Roberts, D.A., Gardner, M., Church, R., Ustin, S., Scheer, G., and Green, R.O., 1996, Mapping Chaparral in the Santa Monica Mountains using Multiple Spectral Mixture Models, Summaries of the Sixth Annual JPL Airborne Earth Science Workshop, March 4-8, 1996. Vol. 1., AVIRIS Workshop, 5 pp

Roberts, D.A., Green, R.O., and Adams, J.B., 1997,Temporal and Spatial Patterns in Vegetation and Atmospheric Properties from AVIRIS, Remote Sens. Environ 62: 223-240.

Roberts, D.A., Gardner, M., Church, R., Ustin, S.L., and Green, R.O., 1997, Optimum Strategies for Mapping Vegetation using Multiple Endmember Spectral Mixture Models, in SPIE Conf. Vol 3118, Imaging Spectrometry III, 108-119., San Diego, CA July 27-Aug 1, 1997.

Roberts, D.A., Brown, K.J., Green, R., Ustin, S., and Hinckley, T., 1998, Investigating the relationship between liquid water and leaf area in clonal Populus, Proc. 7th AVIRIS Earth Science Workshop JPL 97-21, Pasadena, CA 91109, 335-344.

Roberts, D.A., Gardner, M., Church, R., Ustin, S., Scheer, G.,and Green, R.O., 1998, Mapping Chaparral in the Santa Monica Mountains using Multiple Endmember Spectral Mixture Models, Rem. Sens. Environ. 65: 267-279.

Roberts, D.A., Batista, G., Pereira, J., Waller, E., and Nelson, B. 1998, Change Identification using Multitemporal Spectral Mixture Analysis: Applications in Eastern Amazonia, Chapter 9 in Remote Sensing Change Detection: Environmental Monitoring Applications and Methods, (Elvidge, C. and Lunetta R., Eds.), Ann Arbor Press, Ann Arbor, MI, pp. 137-161.

Roberts, D.A., Dennison, P., Ustin, S.L., Reith, E., and Morais, M., 1999, Development of a Regionally Specific Library for the Santa Monica Mountains using High Resolution AVIRIS Data, Proc. 8^th AVIRIS Earth Science Workshop, JPL, Pasadena, CA 349-354., Feb 8-11, 1999.

Roberts, D.A., Dennison, P.E., Morais, M., Gardner, M.E., Regelbrugge, J., and Ustin, S.L., 1999, Mapping Wildfire Fuels using Imaging Spectrometry along the Wildland Urban Interface, Proc. of the Joint Fire Science Conference and Workshop, June 17-19, 1999, Boise, Idaho, Vol. 1, 212-223.

Roberts, D.A., Numata, I., Holmes, K.W., Batista, G., Krug, T., Monteiro, A., Powell, B., and Chadwick, O., 2002, Large area mapping of land-cover change in Rondônia using multitemporal spectral mixture analysis and decision tree classifiers, J. Geophys. Res. Atm., in press.

Rogan, J., Franklin, J., and Roberts, D.A., A comparison of methods for monitoring multitemporal vegetation change using Thematic Mapper imagery, 2002, Remote Sensing of Environment, 80 143-156.

Ustin, S.L., Scheer, G., Castaneda, C.M., Jacquemoud, S., Roberts, D., and Green, R.O., 1996, Estimating Canopy Water Content of Chaparral Shrubs using Optical Methods, Summaries of the Sixth Annual JPL Airborne Earth Science Workshop, March 4-8, 1996. Vol. 1., AVIRIS Workshop, 4 pp

Integrated Assessment of Fire Danger

Fire Spread Modeling

Bossert, J.E. R.R. Linn, J.M. Reisner, J.L., Winterkamp, P. Dennison and D. Roberts, 2000, Coupled atmosphere-fire behavior model sensitivity to spatial fuels characterization, Third Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology, Amer. Meteor. Soc. 80th Annual Meeting, Long Beach, CA, 9-14 January, 2000. pp. 21-26.

Fire Effects (Post-fire recovery, hydrology)

Ambrosia, V.G., J.A. Brass, P.J. Riggan, R. Ewing and P.D. Sebesta, 1997. Long-Term Stream Nitrate and Phosphate Changes Following Watershed Wildfires. International Journal of Wildland Fire, pp. 53-57.

Brass, J.A., V.G. Ambrosia, P.J. Riggan, and P.D. Sebesta, 1996. Consequences of Fire on Aquatic Nitrate and Phosphate Dynamics in Yellowstone National Park. Ecological Implications of Fire in Greater Yellowstone, IAWF, pp. 53-57.

Ambrosia, V.G., J.A. Brass, P.J. Riggan and P. Sebesta, 1994, Remote Sensing of Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecosystem Alterations Following the 1988 Yellowstone National Park Wildfires: Five Years of Research. Proceedings of the Second Thematic Conference on Remote Sensing for Marine and Coastal Environments, ERIM, Vol. II, pp. 243-256,

Loaiciga, H.A., Pedreros, D., and Roberts D.2001, Wildfire-stream flow interactions in a chaparral watershed, Advances in Environmental Research, 5 295-305.

Riano, D., Chuvieco, E., Ustin, S., Zomer, R., Dennison, P., Roberts, D., and Salas, J., 2002, Assessment of the vegetation regeneration after fire through the multitemporal analysis of AVIRIS images in the Santa Monica Mountains, Remote Sensing of Environment, 79(1), 60-71.

Sinha, R.P., J.A. Brass, V.G. Ambrosia and C.A. Hlavka, 1998, Global Warming and Burning of the Brazilian Cerrado. Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Remote Sensing for Marine and Coastal Environments, ERIM, Vol. II, p. 505.

Souza, C. Jr., Firestone, L., Silva, L.M., and Roberts, D., Mapping forest degradation in the Eastern Amazon from SPOT 4 through spectral mixture models, Remote Sensing of Environment, in press.

Education/Outreach

Roberts, D.A., 1999, Camp on Fire, California Alliance for Minority Participation in Science, Engineering and Mathematics, Spring Quarterly, pp. 18-22.