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GOES ABBA Fire Product Included in Forest Ecology and Management Publication: The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-8 Automated Biomass Burning Algorithm (ABBA) results for the 1998 fire season in South America are included in an article titled "Road Paving, fire regime feedbacks, and the future of the Amazon forests", to be published in the December 1, 2001 issue of Forest Ecology and Management. The article was authored by D. Nepstad (Woods Hole Research Center) and a host a co-authors from the United States, Brazil, and Great Britain. It discusses the role of fire in the Amazon forests and the positive feedback loops that contribute to the negative impact of fire throughout the region. E. Prins served as a co-author on the paper. (E. Prins, E/RA2, 608-263-6607, J. Feltz, CIMSS, 608-263-3434)
Figure Description : Panel A shows flammable forests, deforested land,
and roads in the Brazilian Amazon region. Panel B depicts flammable
forests and fires detected with the GOES-8 ABBA during 1998. Most flammable
forests are currently protected from fire because they are far from ignition
sources (panel B). However, highway paving proposed by the Brazilian government
would stimulate colonization in this fire-vulnerable region, nearly
doubling the amount of forestland that is within the agricultural frontier.
Paved roads and roads to be paved through the Avança Brasil program
are shown as 100 km wide corridors centered on the roads (locations A-G).
The deforestation map is based on Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) scenes (1991/1992)
obtained from Michigan State University.
ITEMS FOR THE DIVISION CHIEF, ARAD:
ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
Data Acquisition Update: The acquisition of data from the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) had a 100% success rate for October. Modifications have been made to the system at the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) to correct or adapt to problems with the Internet and with NCEP computers. (G. Callan, E/RA2, 608-263-3951)
MODIS Snow and Ice Advisory and WPOP Meetings: J. Key attended
a meeting of the MODerate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)
Snow and Ice Products Advisory Group on October 31, 2001 at Goddard Space
Flight Center. The advisory group evaluates the current status and
future plans for snow and ice product development and distribution.
J. Key also gave a presentation on the status of the polar winds project
to the Winds Product Oversight Panel (WPOP) in Camp Springs, Maryland on
October 30. (J. Key, E/RA2,
608-263-2605)
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Analytical Jacobian Program Delivered: A subroutine for analytical calculation of atmospheric temperature, moisture, ozone, and surface skin temperature Jacobian was sent to M. Goldberg of the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service/Office of Research and Applications (NESDIS/ORA). The routine, which is used in the retrieval process, was developed at the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) and is used in the Advanced Baseline Sounder/Geosynchronous Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer/Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder (ABS/GIFTS/AIRS) studies. The advantage of an analytical routine is in efficiently and accuracy. (J. Li, CIMSS, 608-262-3755)
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