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Overview

Alberto Setzer is affiliated with the National Institute for Space Research in Brazil. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a notable emphasis on Global and Planetary Change and Atmospheric Science.

Their published work reflects significant contributions to the understanding of fire dynamics, atmospheric processes, and ecosystem impacts. Key topics in their research include fire effects on ecosystems, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, atmospheric aerosols and clouds, remote sensing in agriculture, conservation and biodiversity, fire detection and safety systems, and climate variability and models.

Frequent coauthors in their research collaborations include Guilherme Martins, Fabiano Morelli, Wilfrid Schroeder, Vanúcia Schumacher, and Joana Nogueira.

Setzer's publication record spans various scientific venues with multiple contributions to Biodiversidade Brasileira, Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, and Atmospheric Environment. Their research has also appeared in Remote Sensing of Environment and Nature.

Among their recent papers are the following:

  • "Satellite remote sensing of active fires: History and current status, applications and future requirements," 2021, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • "Increased Amazon carbon emissions mainly from decline in law enforcement," 2023, Nature
  • "Characteristics of lightning-caused wildfires in central Brazil in relation to cloud-ground and dry lightning," 2021, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • "Assessing VIIRS capabilities to improve burned area mapping over the Brazilian Cerrado," 2020, International Journal of Remote Sensing
  • "Vegetation fire activity and the Potential Fire Index (PFIv2) performance in the last two decades (2001-2016)," 2020, International Journal of Climatology

Best Publications

  • AERONET-a federated instrument network and data archive for aerosol Characterization

    B.N. Holben;T.F. Eck;I. Slutsker;D. Tanré

  • An emerging ground-based aerosol climatology: Aerosol optical depth from AERONET

    B. N. Holben;D. Tanré;A. Smirnov;T. F. Eck;T. F. Eck;T. F. Eck

  • Potential global fire monitoring from EOS‐MODIS

    Yoram J. Kaufman;Christopher O. Justice;Luke P. Flynn;Jackie D. Kendall

  • Biomass‐burning emissions and associated haze layers over Amazonia

    M. O. Andreae;E. V. Browell;M. Garstang;G. L. Gregory

  • Airborne measurements of aerosols from burning biomass in Brazil related to the TRACE A experiment

    E. B. Pereira;A. W. Setzer;F. Gerab;P. E. Artaxo

  • Remote sensing of biomass burning in the tropics.

    Kaufman Yj;Setzer A;Justice C;Tucker Cj

  • Smoke and fire characteristics for cerrado and deforestation burns in Brazil: BASE-B experiment

    D. E. Ward;R. A. Susott;J. B. Kauffman;R. E. Babbitt

  • State of the Climate in 2014

    Arlene P. Aaron-Morrison;Steven A. Ackerman;Nicolaus G. Adams;Robert F. Adler

  • Biomass Burning Airborne and Spaceborne Experiment in the Amazonas (BASE-A)

    Y. J. Kaufman;A. Setzer;D. Ward;D. Tanre

  • Satellite remote sensing of active fires: History and current status, applications and future requirements

    Martin J. Wooster;Gareth J. Roberts;Louis Giglio;David Roy

  • Measurements of irradiance attenuation and estimation of aerosol single scattering albedo for biomass burning aerosols in Amazonia

    Thomas F. Eck;Brent N. Holben;Ilya Slutsker;Alberto Setzer

  • State of the Climate in 2016

    Arlene P. Aaron-Morrison;Steven A. Ackerman;Nicolaus G. Adams;Robert F. Adler

  • The Coupled Aerosol and Tracer Transport model to the Brazilian developments on the Regional Atmospheric Modeling System (CATT-BRAMS) – Part 2: Model sensitivity to the biomass burning inventories

    K. M. Longo;S. R. Freitas;M. O. Andreae;A. Setzer

  • GLOBAL BURNED-LAND ESTIMATION IN LATIN AMERICA USING MODIS COMPOSITE DATA

    Emilio Chuvieco;Sergio Opazo;Walter Sione;Héctor del Valle

  • Monitoring fires in southwestern Amazonia Rain Forests

    I. Foster Brown;Wilfrid Schroeder;Alberto Setzer;Monica De Los Rios Maldonado

  • Effect of dry‐season biomass burning on Amazon basin aerosol concentrations and optical properties, 1992–1994

    B. N. Holben;A. Setzer;T. F. Eck;A. Pereira

  • O fogo no Parque Nacional das Emas

    Helena França;Mário Barroso Ramos Neto;Alberto Setzer

  • Air temperature time series for King George Island, Antarctica

    Francisco A. Ferron;Jefferson C. Simões;Francisco E. Aquino;Alberto W. Setzer

  • Spectral characteristics of fire scars in Landsat-5 TM images of Amazonia

    M. C. Pereira;A. W. Setzer

  • State of the Climate in 2013

    Jessica Blunden;Derek S. Arndt;Kate M. Willett;A. Johannes Dolman

  • [Regional Climates] Central South America 2016

    J. A. Marengo;Jhan Carlo Espinoza;L. M. Alves;J. Ronchail

Frequent Co-Authors

Brent N. Holben
Brent N. Holben Goddard Space Flight Center
Yoram J. Kaufman
Yoram J. Kaufman Goddard Space Flight Center
Johannes W. Kaiser
Johannes W. Kaiser German Meteorological Service
Thomas F. Eck
Thomas F. Eck Goddard Space Flight Center
Ilya Slutsker
Ilya Slutsker Goddard Space Flight Center
Dale F. Hurst
Dale F. Hurst Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
José M. C. Pereira
José M. C. Pereira University of Lisbon
Geoff S. Dutton
Geoff S. Dutton National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
José A. Marengo
José A. Marengo Centro Nacional de Monitoramento e Alertas de Desastres Naturais
Bryan J. Johnson
Bryan J. Johnson National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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