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Ivan Csiszar is affiliated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a particular emphasis on global and planetary change. The scientist's work extends into several subfields, including atmospheric science, ecology, management, monitoring, policy and law, as well as renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment.

Their main topics of study include fire effects on ecosystems, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, atmospheric aerosols and clouds, remote sensing in agriculture, atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, meteorological phenomena and simulations, and landslides and related hazards.

Ivan Csiszar has contributed to multiple research papers published in notable venues. These include:

  • Satellite remote sensing of active fires: History and current status, applications and future requirements, 2021, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Hourly biomass burning emissions product from blended geostationary and polar-orbiting satellites for air quality forecasting applications, 2022, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • High-Resolution Smoke Forecasting for the 2018 Camp Fire in California, 2021, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Quantifying burned area of wildfires in the western United States from polar-orbiting and geostationary satellite active-fire detections, 2023, International Journal of Wildland Fire
  • Geostationary active fire products validation: GOES-17 ABI, GOES-16 ABI, and Himawari AHI, 2023, International Journal of Remote Sensing

Their frequent coauthors include Louis Giglio, Christopher C. Schmidt, Ravan Ahmadov, Martin J. Wooster, and Wilfrid Schroeder. Ivan Csiszar regularly publishes in journals such as Remote Sensing of Environment, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, International Journal of Wildland Fire, International Journal of Remote Sensing, and Weather and Forecasting.

Best Publications

  • The New VIIRS 375 m active fire detection data product: Algorithm description and initial assessment

    Wilfrid Schroeder;Patricia Oliva;Louis Giglio;Ivan A. Csiszar

  • Global distribution and seasonality of active fires as observed with the Terra and Aqua Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) sensors

    Louis Giglio;Ivan Csiszar;Christopher O. Justice

  • Validation of GOES and MODIS active fire detection products using ASTER and ETM+ data

    Wilfrid Schroeder;Elaine Prins;Louis Giglio;Ivan Csiszar

  • AVHRR-based mapping of fires in Russia: New products for fire management and carbon cycle studies

    Anatoly I. Sukhinin;Nancy H.F. French;Eric S. Kasischke;Jenny H. Hewson

  • Regionally adaptable dNBR-based algorithm for burned area mapping from MODIS data

    T. Loboda;K.J. O'Neal;I. Csiszar

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

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

  • Land and cryosphere products from Suomi NPP VIIRS: Overview and status

    Christopher O. Justice;Miguel O. Román;Ivan Csiszar;Eric F. Vermote

  • Automated Monitoring of Snow Cover over North America with Multispectral Satellite Data

    Peter Romanov;Garik Gutman;Ivan Csiszar

  • Active fires from the Suomi NPP Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite: Product status and first evaluation results

    Ivan Csiszar;Wilfrid Schroeder;Louis Giglio;Evan Ellicott

  • Active fire detection and characterization with the advanced spaceborne thermal emission and reflection radiometer (ASTER)

    Louis Giglio;Ivan Csiszar;Ágoston Restás;Jeffrey T. Morisette

  • Validation of the MODIS active fire product over Southern Africa with ASTER data

    Jeffrey T. Morisette;Louis Giglio;Ivan Csiszar;Christopher O. Justice

  • Mapping global land surface albedo from NOAA AVHRR

    I. Csiszar;G. Gutman

  • Validation of active fire detection from moderate-resolution satellite sensors: the MODIS example in northern eurasia

    I.A. Csiszar;J.T. Morisette;L. Giglio

  • Validation of Land Surface Temperature products derived from the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) using ground-based and heritage satellite measurements

    Pierre C. Guillevic;James C. Biard;James C. Biard;Glynn C. Hulley;Jeffrey L. Privette

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

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

  • Hotspot Analysis of Vegetation Fires and Intensity in the Indian Region

    Krishna Prasad Vadrevu;Ivan Csiszar;Evan Ellicott;Louis Giglio

  • Comparison of Fire Radiative Power Estimates From VIIRS and MODIS Observations

    Fangjun Li;Xiaoyang Zhang;Shobha Kondragunta;Ivan Csiszar

  • A sourcebook of methods and procedures for monitoring and reporting anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions and removals associated with deforestation, gains and losses of carbon stocks in forests remaining forests, and forestation.: GOFC-GOLD Report version COP18-1

    Frederic Achard;Sandra Brown;Michael Brady;Ruth DeFries

  • Global fire activity from two years of MODIS data

    Ivan Csiszar;Lynn Denis;Louis Giglio;Christopher O. Justice

  • Quantifying the impact of cloud obscuration on remote sensing of active fires in the Brazilian Amazon

    Wilfrid Schroeder;Ivan Csiszar;Jeffrey Morisette

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher O. Justice
Christopher O. Justice University of Maryland, College Park
Louis Giglio
Louis Giglio University of Maryland, College Park
Shobha Kondragunta
Shobha Kondragunta National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Ravan Ahmadov
Ravan Ahmadov National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Jeffrey T. Morisette
Jeffrey T. Morisette United States Geological Survey
Stuart A. McKeen
Stuart A. McKeen National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Miguel O. Román
Miguel O. Román Goddard Space Flight Center
Georg A. Grell
Georg A. Grell National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Eric Vermote
Eric Vermote Goddard Space Flight Center
David P. Roy
David P. Roy Michigan State University

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