Search Results - "Wooster, Martin J."

Advances in the estimation of high Spatio-temporal resolution pan-African top-down biomass burning emissions made using geostationary fire radiative power (FRP) and MAIAC aerosol optical depth (AOD) data by Nguyen, Hannah M., Wooster, Martin J.

“…We provide major updates to the ‘top down’ Fire Radiative Energy Emissions (FREM) approach to biomass burning emissions calculations, bypassing the estimation…”
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High Throughput Field Phenotyping of Wheat Plant Height and Growth Rate in Field Plot Trials Using UAV Based Remote Sensing by Holman, Fenner H, Riche, Andrew B, Michalski, Adam, Castle, March, Wooster, Martin J, Hawkesford, Malcolm J

“…There is a growing need to increase global crop yields, whilst minimising use of resources such as land, fertilisers and water. Agricultural researchers use…”
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Major advances in geostationary fire radiative power (FRP) retrieval over Asia and Australia stemming from use of Himarawi-8 AHI by Xu, Weidong, Wooster, Martin J., Kaneko, Takayuki, He, Jiangping, Zhang, Tianran, Fisher, Daniel

“…Characterising the highly variable temporal dynamics of landscape-scale fire activity is best achieved using geostationary satellites, and the Himawari-8…”
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Fire activity in Borneo driven by industrial land conversion and drought during El Niño periods, 1982–2010 by Sloan, Sean, Locatelli, Bruno, Wooster, Martin J., Gaveau, David L.A.

“…[Display omitted] •Fire activity, land change and climate were modelled over El Niño events, 1982–2010.•Fire frequency strongly responded to oil palm…”
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Derivation of an urban materials spectral library through emittance and reflectance spectroscopy by Kotthaus, Simone, Smith, Thomas E.L., Wooster, Martin J., Grimmond, C.S.B.

“…Recent advances in thermal infrared remote sensing include the increased availability of airborne hyperspectral imagers (such as the Hyperspectral Thermal…”
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Quantification of MODIS fire radiative power (FRP) measurement uncertainty for use in satellite-based active fire characterization and biomass burning estimation by Freeborn, Patrick H., Wooster, Martin J., Roy, David P., Cochrane, Mark A.

“…Satellite measurements of fire radiative power (FRP) are increasingly used to estimate the contribution of biomass burning to local and global carbon budgets…”
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Shortwave IR Adaption of the Mid-Infrared Radiance Method of Fire Radiative Power (FRP) Retrieval for Assessing Industrial Gas Flaring Output by Fisher, Daniel, Wooster, Martin J.

“…The radiative power (MW) output of a gas flare is a useful metric from which the rate of methane combustion and carbon dioxide emission can be inferred for…”
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Biomass burning CO, PM and fuel consumption per unit burned area estimates derived across Africa using geostationary SEVIRI fire radiative power and Sentinel-5P CO data by Nguyen, Hannah M, He, Jiangping, Wooster, Martin J

“…We present the first top-down CO fire emissions inventory for Africa based on the direct relation between geostationary satellite-based fire radiative power…”
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Trends in eastern China agricultural fire emissions derived from a combination of geostationary (Himawari) and polar (VIIRS) orbiter fire radiative power products by Zhang, Tianran, de Jong, Mark C., Wooster, Martin J., Xu, Weidong, Wang, Lili

“…Open burning of agricultural crop residues is widespread across eastern China, and during certain post-harvest periods this activity is believed to…”
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Sensors for Fire and Smoke Monitoring by Allison, Robert S., Johnston, Joshua M., Wooster, Martin J.

“…Mastery of fire is intimately linked to advances in human civilization, culture and technology [...]…”
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Top-Down Estimation of Particulate Matter Emissions from Extreme Tropical Peatland Fires Using Geostationary Satellite Fire Radiative Power Observations by Fisher, Daniel, Wooster, Martin J, Xu, Weidong, Thomas, Gareth, Lestari, Puji

“…Extreme fires in the peatlands of South East (SE) Asia are arguably the world's greatest biomass burning events, resulting in some of the worst ambient air…”
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Exploring land surface temperature earthquake precursors: A focus on the Gujarat (India) earthquake of 2001 by Blackett, Matthew, Wooster, Martin J., Malamud, Bruce D.

“…There are many reports of land surface temperature (LST) anomalies appearing prior to large earthquakes. A number of methods have been applied in hindcast mode…”
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Landscape fire smoke enhances the association between fine particulate matter exposure and acute respiratory infection among children under 5 years of age: Findings of a case-crossover study for 48 low- and middle-income countries by Li, Jiajianghui, Cai, Yutong Samuel, Kelly, Frank J., Wooster, Martin J., Han, Yiqun, Zheng, Yixuan, Guan, Tianjia, Li, Pengfei, Zhu, Tong, Xue, Tao

“…Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) produced by landscape fires is thought to be more toxic than that from non-fire sources. However, the effects of “fire-sourced”…”
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Fire Detection and Fire Characterization Over Africa Using Meteosat SEVIRI by Roberts, Gareth J., Wooster, Martin J.

“…Africa is the single largest continental source of biomass burning emissions and one where emission source strengths are characterized by strong diurnal and…”
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Global characterization of biomass-burning patterns using satellite measurements of fire radiative energy by Ichoku, Charles, Giglio, Louis, Wooster, Martin J., Remer, Lorraine A.

“…Remote sensing is the most practical means of measuring energy release from large open-air biomass burning. Satellite measurement of fire radiative energy…”
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Radiometric Calibration of ‘Commercial off the Shelf’ Cameras for UAV-Based High-Resolution Temporal Crop Phenotyping of Reflectance and NDVI by Holman, Fenner H., Riche, Andrew B., Castle, March, Wooster, Martin J., Hawkesford, Malcolm J.

“…Vegetation indices, such as the Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), are common metrics used for measuring traits of interest in crop phenotyping…”
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Himawari-8 infrared observations of the June–August 2015 Mt Raung eruption, Indonesia by Kaneko, Takayuki, Takasaki, Kenji, Maeno, Fukashi, Wooster, Martin J., Yasuda, Atsushi

“…Volcanic activity involves processes that can change over short periods of time, which are sometimes closely related to the eruptive mode or the timing of its…”
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Development of the User Requirements for the Canadian WildFireSat Satellite Mission by Johnston, Joshua M., Jackson, Natasha, McFayden, Colin, Ngo Phong, Linh, Lawrence, Brian, Davignon, Didier, Wooster, Martin J., van Mierlo, Helena, Thompson, Dan K., Cantin, Alan S., Johnston, Daniel, Johnston, Lynn M., Sloane, Meghan, Ramos, Rebecca, Lynham, Tim J.

“…In 2019 the Canadian Space Agency initiated development of a dedicated wildfire monitoring satellite (WildFireSat) mission. The intent of this mission is to…”
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Relationships between energy release, fuel mass loss, and trace gas and aerosol emissions during laboratory biomass fires by Freeborn, Patrick H., Wooster, Martin J., Hao, Wei Min, Ryan, Cecily A., Nordgren, Bryce L., Baker, Stephen P., Ichoku, Charles

“…Forty‐four small‐scale experimental fires were conducted in a combustion chamber to examine the relationship between biomass consumption, smoke production,…”
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New Tropical Peatland Gas and Particulate Emissions Factors Indicate 2015 Indonesian Fires Released Far More Particulate Matter (but Less Methane) than Current Inventories Imply by Wooster, Martin, Gaveau, David, Salim, Mohammad, Zhang, Tianran, Xu, Weidong, Green, David, Huijnen, Vincent, Murdiyarso, Daniel, Gunawan, Dodo, Borchard, Nils, Schirrmann, Michael, Main, Bruce, Sepriando, Alpon

“…Deforestation and draining of the peatlands in equatorial SE Asia has greatly increased their flammability, and in September-October 2015 a strong El…”
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