Biography

Wilfrid Schroeder is an Assistant Research Scientist with ESSIC and a Visiting Scientist at NOAA/NESDIS Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR). He received his undergraduate and Masters degrees from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in Meteorology and Environmental Engineering, respectively. In 2008 he received his PhD in Geography at the University of Maryland College Park. Dr. Schroeder's research is focused on the use of multi-spectral remote sensing techniques for biomass burning monitoring. He has over 10 years of experience working with vegetation fires, land cover and land use change in the Brazilian Amazon. Combining ground, airborne and higher spatial resolution spaceborne data from Landsat-class imagery, Dr. Schroeder lead the validation of the Fire and Thermal Anomalies product derived from the MODIS instruments aboard the NASA EOS Terra and Aqua Satellites. He is currently an  NPP/Suomi science team member working on the validation and development of the VIIRS Active Fire Detection product, and leads the development of the active fire data validation methods for the upcoming GOES-R ABI mission. His research includes the detection and characterization of vegetation fires at regional to global scales, generating improved information for use in fire behavior and biomass burning emissions models.

Research Interests

Remote Sensing of Active Fires

Biomass Burning Emissions Modeling

Land Cover & Land Use Change in Amazonia

Publications

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Selected Publications:

Davidson, E., Araújo, A., Artaxo, P., Balch, J., Brown, F., Bustamante, M., Coe, M., DeFries, R., Keller, M., Longo, M., Munger, J., Schroeder, W., Soares-Filho, B., Souza Jr., C., Wofsy, S. (2012), The Amazon basin in transition. Nature, doi: 10.1038/nature10717.

Schroeder, W., Csiszar, I., Giglio, L., and Schmidt, C. (2010), On the use of fire radiative power, area and temperature estimates to characterize biomass burning via moderate-to-coarse spatial resolution remote sensing data. Journal of Geophysical Research, 115(D21121), doi: 10.1029/2009JD013769.

Schroeder, W., Giglio, L., and Aravequia, J. A. (2009), Comment on Reversal of trend of biomass burning in the Amazon Ilan Koren, Lorraine A. Remer, and Karla Longo.Geophysical Research Letters, doi:10.1029/2008GL035659.

Csiszar, I., and Schroeder, W. (2008), Short-term observation of the temporal development of active fires from consecutive same-day ETM+ and ASTER imagery in the Amazon: Implications for active fire product validation. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 1(4), 248-253.

Schroeder, W., Ruminski, M., Csiszar, I., Giglio, L., Prins, E., Schmidt, C., and Morisette, J. (2008), Validation analyses of an operational fire monitoring product: The Hazard Mapping System. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 29(20), 6059-6066.

Schroeder, W., Prins, E., Giglio, L., Csiszar, I., Schmidt, C., Morisette, J., and Morton, D. (2008).Validation of GOES and MODIS active fire detection products using ASTER and ETM+ data. Remote Sensing of Environment, 112, 2711-2726.

Schroeder, W., Csizar, I., and Morisette, J. (2008), Quantifying the impact of cloud obscuration on remote sensing of active fires in the Brazilian Amazon.Remote Sensing of Environment, 112, 456-470.

Brown, I.F., Schroeder, W., Setzer, A., Maldonado, M.L.R., Pantoja, N., Duarte, A., and Marengo, J. (2006), Monitoring fires in Southwestern Amazonia rain forests.EOS Transactions, AGU, 87 (26), June 27.

Schroeder, W., Morisette, J.T., Csiszar, I., Giglio, L., Morton, D., and Justice, C. (2005), Characterizing vegetation fire dynamics in Brazil through multisatellite data: Common trends and practical issues. Earth Interactions, 9, Paper No. 13.

Hoffman, W. A., Schroeder, W., and Jackson, R. B. (2003), Regional feedbacks among fire, climate and tropical deforestation.Journal of Geophysical Research, 108 (D23), 4721, doi:10.1029/2003JD003494.

Hoffmann, W. A., Schroeder, W., and Jackson, R. B. (2002), Positive feedbacks of fire, climate, and vegetation and the conversion of tropical savanna.Geophysical Research Letters, 29 (22), 2052, doi:10.1029/2002GL015424.