Education: |
B.S., Urban Planning/Geography, 1978
Carroll College, Waukesha, Wisconsin
M.S., Geography, 1980
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
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Professional Experience: |
NASA-Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA |
2001-Present |
Senior Research Scientist/Adjunct Faculty, California State University, Monterey Bay
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1998-2001 |
Deputy Project Manager, Johnson Controls World Services, Inc
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1993-2001 |
Senior Research Scientist, Johnson Controls World Services, Inc
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1989-1992 |
Senior Remote Sensing Scientist, ATAC, Inc.
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1980-1989 |
Research Scientist, TGS/Johnson Controls World Services, Inc. |
Contributions: |
• Twenty-six years leading and supporting research, development and applications of earth systems science and remote sensing endeavors
Carroll College, Waukesha, Wisconsin
• Developed methodologies for spectral and thermal sensing of wildfires using airborne remote sensing platforms.
• Developed and employed procedures for analysis of hyperspectral data for earth systems analysis
• PI and Co-PI on funded proposals to study enhancements to fire sensing as well as other remote sensing airborne systems.
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Honors and Awards: |
2006 Recipient, NASA Certificate of Recognition for “the creative development of a technical innovation which has been approved for publication as a NASA Tech Brief entitled, UAV Over-the-Horizon Disaster Management Demonstration Projects.” August 2006
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2004 Recipient, NASA Group Achievement Award to “ERAST Alliance, for outstanding success in pioneering uninhabited aerial vehicles and their associated systems. Impressive accomplishments of the Alliance have significantly advanced unpiloted aeronautics.” July 2004. |
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2003 Recipient, NASA Group Achievement Award to “Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Real Time Fire Response Experiment Team.” May 2003. |
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1999 Recipient, ASPRS ERDAS Award For Best Scientific Paper in Remote Sensing: "An Integration of Remote Sensing, GIS, and Information Distribution for Wildfire Detection and Management" in Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing (PE&RS), Vol. 64, No. 10, October 1998, pp. 977-985. (Lead Author) |
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1992 Recipient, NASA Certificate of Recognition for "The Creative Development of a Technical Innovation: Aircraft and Satellite Thermographic Systems for Wildfire Mapping and Assessment." |
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1990 Recipient, NASA Group Achievement Award to "Yellowstone Firestorms of 1988: Fire Response and Environmental Impact Assessment Team." June 1990. |
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1989 Recipient, 1989 NASA-Ames Group Achievement Award for "Obtaining a Unique and Time Critical Set of Measurements by Aircraft and Satellite and Thereby Impacting the Management of Fire Fighting Forces and Recovery Operations Involved with Stopping and Assessing the Massive Destruction of Life and Property in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem." September 1989. |
Scientific Societies/
Committees:
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American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
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SPIE, The International Society for Optical Engineering
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Scientific Committee, European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories (EARSeL) Forest Fire Special Interest Group (FF-SIG)
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Journal Review Committee, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing (1986-present)
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Journal Review Committee, Remote Sensing of Environment Journal (2003–present)
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Journal Review Committee, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing (2004–present)
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Editorial Committee, Geocarto International (1984-1994)
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Publications: |
Author or co-author of over 85 papers, peer-reviewed articles and book chapters concerning remote sensing research and applications.
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Ten most recent peer-reviewed journal publications: |
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. 2003. Demonstrating UAV-Acquired Real-Time Thermal Data Over Fires. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 69(4): 391-402. |
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, 64 (10): 977-986. |
Brass, J. A., P. J. Riggan, V. G. Ambrosia, R. N. Lockwood, J. A. P. Raposo, and R. G. Higgins. 1997. Fires and Global Change: Prospects For Remote Sensing Assessment. In World Resources Review. Cambridge, MA. |
Brass, J. A., V. G. Ambrosia, P. J. Riggan, R. Ewing, 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. International Association of Wildland Fire, 7: 53-57. |
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. In Biomass Burning and Global Change, ed. J. Levine, vol. 2, Chap. 53, 550-560. Cambridge: MIT Press. |
Brass, J. A., P. J. Riggan, V. G. Ambrosia, R. N. Lockwood, J. A. Pereira, and R. G. Higgins. 1996. Brazil Fire Characterization and Burn Area Estimations Using the Airborne Infrared Disaster Assessment System. In Biomass Burning and Global Change, ed. J. Levine, Vol. 2, Chapter 54, 561-568. Cambridge: MIT Press. |
Richardson, L. L., C. J. Liu, D. Buisson, and V. G. Ambrosia. 1994. The Detection of Algal Photosynthetic Accessory Pigments Using Airborne Visible-Infrared Imaging Spectrometer (AVIRIS) Spectral Data, Marine Technology Society Journal, 28 (3): 10-21. |
Ambrosia, V. G., J. S. Myers, R. E. Ekstrand, and M. T. Fitzgerald. 1991. Integration of Airborne Thematic Mapper Simulator (TMS) Data and Digitized Aerial Photography Via an ISH Transformation. Geocarto International Journal, 6(2): 45-48. |
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