Fire Program Papers, Posters, and Presentations

December 2010

A Validation of Automated and Quality Controlled Satellite Based Fire Detection, Mark Ruminski and Jay Hanna, AGU Fall Meeting 2010, San Francisco,CA (12/10)

Poster: ftp://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/Posters/Conferences/Validation_AGU2010.ppt >

October 2009

Satellite Services Division Operational Smoke, Fire and Air Quality Program, Jamie Kibler, Charleston Fire Weather Workshop, Charleston, South Carolina (10/28-29/09)

Presentation: ftp://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/Presentations/Conferences/CharlestonWFO_Day2_Kibler.ppt

September 2009

NOAA’s Operational Fire and Smoke Detection Program, M Ruminski, P Davidson, R Draxler, S Kondragunta, J Simko, J Zeng and P Li, 7th International Workshop of the European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories - Towards an Operational Use of Remote Sensing in Forest Fire Management, Matera Italy (9/09)

Poster: ftp://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/Posters/Conferences/Matera_Workshop_Ruminski.ppt >

April, 2009

Developments in Environmental Science 8: Wildland Fires and Air Pollution, Regional Real-Time Smoke Prediction Systems, 2009, O'Neill, S.M.; Larkin, N.K.; Hoadley, J.; Mills, G.; Vaughan, J.K.; Draxler, R.R.; Rolph, G.; Ruminski, M.; Ferguson, S.A., edited by A. Bytnerowicz, M. Arbaugh, A. Riebau and C. Andersen, Elsevier, pp. 499-535.
ISBN: 978-0-08-055609-3 DOI:10.1016/S1474-8177(08)00022-3

Description and Verification of the NOAA Smoke Forecasting System: The 2007 Fire Season, Rolph, G.D; Draxler, R. R.; Stein, A.F.; Taylor, A; Ruminski, M.G.; Kondragunta, S.; Zeng, J,; Huang, H.; Manikin, G.; McQueen, J.T.; Davidson, P.M., Weather and Forecasting, *24, *361-378, 2009
Abstract: http://ams.allenpress.com/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.1175%2F2008WAF2222165.1
Full article: http://ams.allenpress.com/archive/1520-0434/24/2/pdf/i1520-0434-24-2-361.pdf

Verification of the NOAA Smoke Forecasting System: Model Sensitivity to the Injection Height, Stein, A.F.; Rolph, G.D.; Draxler, R.R.; Stunder, B.; Ruminski, M.G., Weather and Forecasting, *24*, 379-394, 2009
Abstract: http://ams.allenpress.com/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.1175%2F2008WAF2222166.1
Full article: http://ams.allenpress.com/archive/1520-0434/24/2/pdf/i1520-0434-24-2-379.pdf

December, 2008

Validation of Remotely Sensed Fire Detections Using Ground and Aircraft Reports, Mark Ruminski and Jay Hanna, American Geophysical Union Fall Conference, San Francisco, California (12/08)
Poster: ftp://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/Posters/Conferences/AGU_2008.ppt

October, 2008

Validation Analysis of an Operational Fire Monitoring Product: The Hazard Mapping System, Schroeder, W.; Ruminski, M.; Csiszar, I.; Giglio, L.; Prins, E.; Schmidt, C.; Morisette, J., International Journal of Remote Sensing - 2008: , Int. J. Rem. Sens., *29*, 6059-6066, 2008 Abstract

August, 2008

Use of Multiple Satellite Sensors in NOAA's Operational Near Real-time Fire and Smoke Detection and Characterization Program, Mark Ruminski, SPIE Optics and Photonics Conference, San Diego, California (08/2008)
Presentation: ftp://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/Presentations/Conferences/SPIE-Aug08.ppt
Publication: ftp://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/Publications/SPIE-San_Diego_08.pdf

February, 2008

NOAA/NESDIS Hazard Mapping System, Mark Ruminski, NASA Fire Science Workshop University of Maryland College Park (2/08)
Poster: ftp://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/Posters/Other/NASA-fire-conf.ppt

December, 2007

A Validation of Remotely Sensed Fires Using Ground Reports, Mark Ruminski and Jay Hanna, American Geophysical Union Fall Conference, San Francisco, California (12/07)
Poster: ftp://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/Posters/Other/AGU-2007.ppt

June, 2007

NOAA's Use of Satellite Imagery for Smoke Detection and Transport Model Initialization, John Simko, Mark Ruminski and Jamie Kibler, EastFIRE Conference, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia (6/07)
Presentation: ftp://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/Presentations/Conferences/EastFire2007.ppt

Integration of Satellite-Detected and Incident-Command Reported Wildfire Information into BlueSky, Sean Raffuse, Dana Sullivan, Lyle Chinkin (Sonoma Technology, Inc.), Sim Larkin, Robert Solomon (US Forest Service AirFire Team) and Amber Soja (National Institute of Aerospace), Air & Waste Management 100th Annual Conference, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania (06/07)
Presentation: http://www.getbluesky.org/smartfire/docs/Raffuse_2007.pdf

May, 2007

Use of Environmental Satellite Imagery for Smoke Depiction and Transport Model Initialization, Mark Ruminski, Shobha Kondragunta, Roland Draxler and Glenn Rolph, 16th International Emission Inventory Conference, Raleigh, North Carolina (5/07)
Presentation: ftp://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/Presentations/Conferences/EPA_rdu2007.ppt
Publication: ftp://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/Publications/EPA_rdu-conf.pdf

March, 2007

The Hazard Mapping System - Fire and Smoke Detection Utilizing Environmental Satellites, Mark Ruminski, International Association of Wildland Fire, 2nd Fire Behavior and Fuels Conference, Destin, Florida (3/07)
Presentation: ftp://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/Presentations/Conferences/Destin-conf.ppt

May, 2006

Recent Changes to the Hazard Mapping System, Mark Ruminski, Shobha Kondragunta, Roland Draxler and Jian Zeng, 15th International Emission Inventory Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana (5/06)
Presentation: ftp://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/Presentations/Conferences/EPA_msy-conf.ppt
Publication: ftp://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/Publications/EPA_msy-conf.pdf

May, 2005

Areal and Seasonal Distribution of Fires Detected in the Eastern US with the Hazard Mapping System, Mark Ruminski, Jamie Kibler, Davida Streett and Antonio Irving, EastFIRE Conference, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia (5/05)
Poster: ftp://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/Posters/Conferences/ECGMU.ppt
Publication: ftp://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/Publications/GMUPAPER.doc

April, 2005

The Recent and Future Changes of the Hazard Mapping System (HMS) - A Multiplatform Remote Sensing Approach to Fire and Smoke Detection, Jamie Kibler, Atmospheric Sciences and Air Quality Conference (4/05)
Poster: ftp://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/Posters/Conferences/ASAAQhms2005.ppt

December, 2003

The Hazard Mapping System (HMS) - A Multiplatform Remote Sensing Approach to Fire and Smoke Detection, Mark Ruminski, John Simko, Jamie Kibler, Donna McNamara, and Tim Kasheta, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting (12/03)
Poster: ftp://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/Posters/Conferences/AGUfall2003_HMS.ppt

A Statistical Analysis of Automated and Manually Detected Fires Using Environmental Satellites, Mark Ruminski and Donna McNamara, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting (12/03)
Poster: ftp://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/Posters/Conferences/AGUfall2003_HMSstats.ppt

November, 2003

The Hazard Mapping System (HMS) - A Multiplatform Remote Sensing Approach to Fire and Smoke Detection, Mark Ruminski, John Simko, Jamie Kibler, Donna McNamara, and Tim Kasheta, American Meteorological Society 5th Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology (11/03)
Poster: ftp://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/Posters/Conferences/AMSfiresymp2003_HMS.ppt

Precipitation Program Papers, Posters, and Presentations

October, 2009

Blended Total Precipitable Water (TPW) Products and Applications, Sheldon Kusselson, National Weather Association Broadcasters Workshop, Norfolk, Virginia (10/ 18/2009)
Presentation: ftp://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/Presentations/Conferences/TPW_NWA2009.ppt
Product Link: http://www.osdpd.noaa.gov/bTPW

New Satellite-Derived Tools for Inland Effects of Tropical Cyclones, Sheldon Kusselson, National Weather Association Annual Meeting, Norfolk, Virginia (10/19/2009)
Presentation: ftp://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/Presentations/Conferences/NWAannual2009.ppt

June, 2009

New Satellite Tools for Inland Rainfall Impact from Tropical Cyclones, Conference on the Inland Impacts of Tropical Cyclones, Atlanta, Georgia (06/10-12/09)
Presentation: ftp://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/Presentations/Conferences/TC_Impacts_Jun2009.ppt

May, 2009

NESDIS Satellite Analysis Branch Preparation for the NPOESS/GOES-R Era, NPOESS/GOES-R Training Resources Development Workshop, Boulder, Colorado (05/14-16/09)
Presentation: ftp://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/Presentations/Conferences/NPOESS-GOESR_Presentation_May2009.ppt

February, 2009

NOAA's Satellite Precipitation Operations Including Collaborations and Partnerships, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center Seminar, College Park, Maryland (02/09)
Presentation: ftp://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/Presentations/Other/ESSICseminarFeb2009.ppt

January, 2009

An Update on the Operational Implementation of Blended Total Precipitable Water (TPW) Products, Sheldon Kusselson, Dr. Stanley Q. Kidder, John Forsythe, Dr. Andrew Jones, and Limin Zhao, 23rd Conference on Hydrology, 89th Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society, Phoenix, Arizona (01/14/09)
Presentation: ftp://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/Presentations/Conferences/AMS2009.ppt
Publication: ftp://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/Publications/23Hydro_Jan_2009_extended_abstract.pdf

GOES Winter Precipitation Efficiency Algorithm, Dustin Sheffler, Robert Rabin, and Jay Hanna, 89th Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society (01/09)

Poster: ftp://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/Posters/Conferences/89thAMS2009_WinterPrecipEfficiencyAlgorithm.ppt

November, 2008

An Update on the Operational Implementation of Blended Total Precipitable Water (TPW) Products for 2009 with Applications - 33rd National Weather Association Annual Meeting, Louisville, Kentucky (10/08)
Poster: ftp://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/Posters/Conferences/NWA33annual_Oct2008.ppt

June, 2008

Blended DMSP SSM/I - GPS/MET - NOAA AMSU - Total Precipitable Water Product, Sheldon J. Kusselson, WMO Satellite VISIT Session (06/08)

Presentation: ftp://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/Presentations/Other/WMOSatelliteVisitSession_June_2008.ppt

March, 2008

NOAA/NESDIS Satellite Products For Hazard Mitigation, Sheldon J. Kusselson, Tulsa Forecast Office (03/08)

Presentation: ftp://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/Presentations/Other/Tulsa_Forecast_Office_Visit_March_2008.ppt

January, 2008

A Blended Total Water Vapor Product for the Analysis and Forecast of Weather Hazards- Sheldon J. Kusselson, Gary McWilliams, Stan Kidder and John M. Forsythe (01/08)

Publication: ftp://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/Publications/4th_NPOESS_Symposium_extended_abstract_Jan_2008.doc

Poster: ftp://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/Posters/Conferences/NPOESS_Sym_2008_Kusselson%20R2rev.ppt

June, 2007

A Blended Total Water Vapor Product for the Analysis and Forecast of Weather Hazards- Sheldon J. Kusselson, Stan Kidder and John M. Forsythe (06/07)

Publication: ftp://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/Publications/AMS_22nd_WAF_extended_abstract_June_2007.doc

Poster: ftp://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/Posters/Conferences/NWA_32nd_Annual.ppt

October, 2006

Satellite Analysis of Heavy Precipitation and Flash Flooding - Millersville University, Jay Hanna (11/06)
Presentation: ftp://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/Presentations/Other/MU_Presentation.ppt

October, 2005

New Satellite Data Tools and Applications For Precipitation Analyses and Forecasts, Sheldon J. Kusselson, Jay Hanna and John Simko (10/05)
Poster: ftp://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/Posters/Conferences/NWA30Annual2005.ppt

August, 2005

A Satellite Perspective of the Propagation Characteristics of a Mesoscale Convective System over Northwest Alabama and Northeast Mississippi, Jay Hanna (8/05)
Poster: ftp://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/Posters/Other/Satellite_Perspective_propagation2.ppt

Cloud-Top Temperatures for Precipitating Winter Clouds, Jay Hanna, D. M. Schultz, and A. Irving, J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol. (8/05)
Poster: ftp://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/Posters/Other/CTT-DMS.pdf
Publication: (AMS Link)

October, 2004

Satellite Analysis of Heavy Precipitation and Flash Flooding, Jay Hanna, Millersville University Satellite Workshop (10/04)
Presentation: ftp://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/Presentations/Other/MU2004_Precip.ppt

March, 2004

Snowbands during the Cold-Air Outbreak of 23 January 2003, David M. Schultz, Derek S. Arndt, David J. Stensrud, Jay W. Hanna, Monthly Weather Review: Vol. 132, No. 3, pp. 827-842 (2004)
Publication: ftp://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/Publications/MWR2004_132.3.pdf | (AMS Link)

Tropical Program Papers, Posters, and Presentations

November, 2010

SAtellite Analysis Branch-Year in Review 2010, Gregg Gallina, 2010 NOAA Hurricane Conference, Miami, FL (11/10)
Presentation: ftp://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/Presentations/Conferences/SAB 2010 Year In Review.ppt

January, 2008

Validation of the Tropical Rainfall Potential (TRaP) for Landfalling Tropical Cyclones, Michelle A. Spampata, Elizabeth E. Ebert, Alan Schwartz, Sheldon J. Kusselson, and LTJG Richard Edmundson, 88th Annual American Meteorological Society Meeting, New Orleans, LA (01/08)
Poster: ftp://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/Posters/Tropical/amsannual2008d.ppt

Volcano Program Papers, Posters, and Presentations

December, 2009

Validation of Volcanic Ash Forecasting Performed by the Washington Volcanic Ash Advisory Center,Anthony Salemi and Jay Hanna, AGU Fall Meeting 2009 (12/09)
Presentation: ftp://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/Presentations/AWC_Training/Washington_VAAC_forecast_validation.ppt

January, 2008

Examples of Volcanic Eruptions in Satellite Imagery, Jamie Kibler, Aviation Weather Center Training Kansas City Missouri (01/08)
Presentation: ftp://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/Presentations/AWC_Training/NESDIS_AWC_Training.ppt

November, 2007

The Satellite Services Division Volcano & Smoke and Fire Programs, Jamie Kibler, San Juan WFO (11/07)
Presentation: ftp://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/Presentations/Other/San_JuanWFO_Presentation.ppt

June, 2004

The Washington Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC), Gregory Gallina, 2nd International Conference on Volcanic Ash and Aviation Safety (06/04)
Presentation: ftp://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/Presentations/Other/WashVAAC2004.ppt

Satellite Imagery of Volcanic Ash Clouds that Effected Aviation, Jamie Kibler and Gari Mayberry, 2nd International Conference on Volcanic Ash and Aviation Safety (06/04)
Poster: ftp://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/Posters/Conferences/IntVAAC2004_AshEncounter.ppt

Volcanic Ash Detection and Cloud Top Height Estimation from the GOES-12 Imager: Coping Without the 12µm IR Band, Gary P. Ellrod, Anthony J. Schreiner, Alonzo Brown, 2nd International Conference on Volcanic Ash and Aviation Safety (06/04)
Poster: ftp://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/Posters/Conferences/IntVAAC2004_GOES12.ppt

January, 2003

The Washington VAAC´s Role in Ash Avoidance, Grace Swanson and Davida Streett, (01/03)

Publication: ftp://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/Publications/The_Washington_VAAC.pdf

Oil Papers, Posters, and Presentations

January, 2011

Mapping Oil for the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, Dustin A. Sheffler, C.J. Warren, D. Street and J. Belge, 91st Annual AMS Meeting, Seattle, WA (01/11)

Presentation: ftp://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/Presentations/Conferences/91stAMS2011_DeepWaterHorizonOilSpill.ppt

December, 2010

Operational Satellite-based Surface Oil Analyses, Chris Warren, American Geophysical Union Fall 2010 Meeting, San Francisco, CA (12/10)

Presentation: ftp://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/Presentations/Conferences/AGU 2010 - NESDIS Oil Program.ppt

General Papers, Posters, and Presentations

November, 2009

GOES Satellite Imagery Used in Everyday Operational Products, Jamie Kibler, 6th GOES User Conference, Madison, Wisconsin (11/03/09)

Presentation: ftp://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/Presentations/Conferences/Kibler_GUC.ppt

October, 2009

Operational Hazard Detection and Monitoring in the Satellite Analysis Branch, Jamie Kibler and Brian Hughes, 34th Annual National Weather Association Meeting, Norfolk, Virginia (10/19/09)

Poster: ftp://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/Posters/Conferences/Norfolk_2009_NWA2.ppt

September, 2009

The Satellite Services Division and the Many Operational Hazard Mitigation Products We Provide to Our Users, Jamie Kibler, Raleigh-Durham WFO Satellite Workshop, Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina (09/17/09)

Presentation: ftp://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/Presentations/Other/Raliegh_DurhamWFO_Kibler.ppt

July, 2009

NASA and NOAA Release The First Full Disk Image From GOES-14, Tom Renkevens, Suitland, Maryland (07/28/2009)

Video Clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1FHqplkHVc

June, 2009

Bringing Satellites to the Classroom. A Look at Hazard Mitigation Products Using Satellite Imagery, Jamie Kibler, NOAA ISET 2009 Workshop, Greensboro, North Carolina (06/24/09)

Presentation: ftp://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/Presentations/Conferences/ISET_Workshop_Greensboro2.ppt

January, 2009

NOAA/NESDIS Kiosk Presentation for the 2009 AMS Meeting, Jamie Kibler, 89th Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society, Phoenix, Arizona (01/09)

Presentation: ftp://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/Presentations/Conferences/NOAA_NESDIS_AMS09.ppt

October, 2008

The Impact of the NPOESS/GOES-R Era on the Satellite Services Division and It's Customers, Sheldon J. Kusselson and Jamie Kibler, The 33rd Annual National Weather Association (NWA) Meeting, Louisville, Kentucky (10/08)

Poster: ftp://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/Posters/Conferences/Louisville_KY_NWA.ppt

March, 2008

Satellite Products and Applications for Hazard Management, Sheldon J. Kusselson and Jamie Kibler, National Severe Weather Workshop (03/08)

Presentation: ftp://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/Presentations/Conferences/Severe_Weather_Workshop.ppt

November, 2007

The Satellite Services Division Volcano and Smoke and Fire Programs, Jamie Kibler, November 13-14, 2007
Presentation: ftp://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/Presentations/Other/San_JuanWFO_Presentation.ppt

January, 2007

Operational Cloud Detection Systems in the NPOESS GOES-R Era, G. Vicente and A. Heidinger, AMS 87th Annual Meeting, January 14-18, 2007, San Antonio, TX.
Poster: ftp://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/Posters/Conferences/Vicente_Heidinger_AMS2007.ppt

New Satellite Data Tools For Precipitation Analyses and Forecasts, S. Kusselson, M. Turk, S. Kidder, J. Forsythe, E. Ebert and R. Kuligowski, AMS 87th Annual Meeting, January 14-18, 2007, San Antonio, TX.
Poster: ftp://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/Posters/Conferences/AMS_87_Annual_21HYDROLOGY.ppt

October, 2006

Operational Ocean Color Products from NOAA´s CoastWatch Okeanos System, L. Stathoplos, P. Keegstra, and M. Soracco, Ocean Optics XVIII, October 8-13, 2006, Montreal, Canada
Presentation: ftp://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/Presentations/Conferences/Ocean_Optics_XVIII_oct06.ppt