Publications

Selected Peer Reviewed Publications:

2007

Freitas, S. R., K. M. Longo, R. Chatfield, D. Latham, M. A. F. Silva Dias, M. O. Andreae, 
	E. Prins, J. C. Santos, R. Gielow, J. A. Jr. Carvalho, 2007:  Including the sub-grid 
	scale plume rise of vegetation fires in low resolution atmospheric transport models, 
	Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 7, 3385-3398.

Longo, K. M., S. R. Freitas, A. Setzer, E. Prins, P. Artaxo, M. O. Andreae, 2007:  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, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions, 7, 8571-8595.

2006

Freitas, S. R., K. M. Longo, R. Chatfield, D. Latham, M. A. F. Silva Dias, M. O. Andreae, 
	E. Prins, J. C. Santos, R. Gielow, J. A. Jr. Carvalho, 2006:  Including the sub-grid 
	scale plume rise of vegetation fires in low resolution atmospheric transport models, 
	Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions, 6, 11521-11559.

Nepstad, D., S. Schwartzman, B. Bamberger, M. Santilli, D. Ray, P. Schlesinger, P. Lefebvre, 
	A. Alencar, E. Prinz, G. Fiske, A. Rolla, 2006:  Inhibition of Amazon deforestation 
	and fire by parks and indigenous lands, Conservation Biology, 20, 65-73.

Prins, E. M., C. S. Velden, J. D. Hawkins, F. J. Turk, J. M. Daniels, G. J. Dittberner, 
	K. Holmlund, R. E. Hood, A. G. Laing, S. L. Nasiri, J. J. Puschell, J. M. Marshall, 
	and J. V. Zapotocny, 2006:  Meeting summary:  13th AMS Conference on Satellite 
	Meteorology and Oceanography, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 
	87, 633-637.

Wang, J., S. A. Christopher, U. S. Nair, J. S. Beid, E. M. Prins, J. Szykman, J. L. Hand, 
	2006:  Mesoscale modeling of Central American smoke transport to the United States.  
	I. "Top-down" assessment of emission strength and diurnal variation 
	impacts, Journal of Geophysical Research, 111, doi:1029-2005JD006416, 2006.

2005

Al-Saadi, J., J. Szykman, R. B. Pierce, C. Kittaka, D. Neil, D. A. Chu, L. Remer, 
	L. Gumley, E. Prins, L. Weinstock, C. MacDonald, R. Wayland, F. Dimmick, 
	J. Fishman, 2005:  Improving national air quality forecasts with satellite aerosol 
	observations, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 86, 
	1249-1261.

Freitas, S. R., K. M. Longo, M. A. F. Silvas Dias, P. L. Silva Dias, R. Chatfield, E. Prins, 
	P. Artaxo, G. A. Grell, F. S. Recuero, 2005:  Monitoring the transport of biomass 
	burning emissions in South America, Environmental Fluid Mechanics, 5, 135-167.

2004

Reid, J. S., E. M. Prins, D. L. Westphal, C. C. Schmidt, K. A. Richardson, 
	S. A. Christopher, T. F. Eck, E. A. Reid, C. A. Curtis, J. P. Hoffman, 2004:  
	Real-time monitoring of South American smoke particle emissions and transport 
	using a coupled remote sensing/box-model approach, Geophysical Research 
	Letters, 31, doi:10.1029/2003GL018845.

Weaver, J. F., D. Lindsey, D. Bikos, C. C. Schmidt, E. Prins, 2004:  Fire detection 
	using GOES rapid scan imagery, Weather and Forecasting, 19, 496-510.

2003

Cardoso, M. F., G. C. Hurtt, B. I. Moore, C. A. Nobre, E. M. Prins, 2003:  Projecting 
	future fire activity in Amazonia, Global Change Biology, 9, 656-669.

2001

Ahern, F., A. Belward, C. Elvidge, J. Goldammer, J.-M. Gregoire, C. Justice, J.
	Pereira, E. Prins, B. Stocks, 2001: The fire component of global observation
	of forest cover: a plan of action. Global and Regional Wildfire Monitoring:
	Current Status and Future Plans. The Hague, Netherlands: SPB Academic
	Publishing, pp. 267-290.

Nepstad, D., G. Carvalho, A. Barros, A. Alencar, J. Capobianco, J. Bishop, P. Moutinho, 
	P. Lefebre, U Silva, E. Prins, 2001:  Road paving, fire regime feedbacks, and the 
	future of Amazon forests, Forest Ecology and Management, 154, 395-407.

Prins, E. and C. Schmidt, 2001:  GOES burns bright, Geospatial Solutions, 
	11, 33.

Prins, E., J. Schmetz, L. Flynn, D. Hillger, J. Feltz, 2001: Overview of current and
	future diurnal active fire monitoring using a suite of international 
	geostationary satellites, Global and Regional Wildfire Monitoring: Current 
	Status and Future Plans. The Hague, Netherlands: SPB Academic Publishing, 
	145-170.

Schmit, T. J., E. M. Prins, A. J. Schreiner, J. J. Gurka, 2001: Introducing the
	GOES-M imager, Nat. Wea. Assoc. Digest., 25:3-4, 2-10.

2000

Prins, E. and J. Schmetz, 2000:  Diurnal active fire detection using a suite 
	of international geostationary satellites, Forest Fire Monitoring 
	and Mapping: A Component of Global Observation of Forest Cover, 
	CEOS, Joint Research Centre, Italy, 139-148. 

Prins, E. and D. Cahoon, 2000:  Towards a Global System for Forest Fire 
	Monitoring and Mapping: Breakout Group Report on Improving Networks 
	and Between Network Links, Forest Fire Monitoring and Mapping: 
	A Component of Global Observation of Forest Cover, CEOS, 
	Joint Research Centre, Italy, 35-36.

1998

Ellrod, G. P., R. V. Achutuni, J. M. Daniels, E. M. Prins, J. P. Nelson, 1998:  
	An assessment of GOES-8 imager data quality, Bull. Amer. Met. Soc.,
	79, 2509-2526.

Elvidge, C., D. Pack, E. Prins, E. Kihn, J. Kendall, K. Baugh, 1998:  
	Wildfire detection with meteorological satellite data: Results from 
	New Mexico during June of 1996 using GOES, AVHRR, and DMSP-OLS,  
	Remote Sensing Change Detection: Environmental Monitoring 
	Methods and Applications, edited by R. Lunnetta and C. Elvidge, 
	Ann Arbor Press, 103-121.

Kaufman, Y. J., C. O. Justice, L. P. Flynn, J. D. Kendall, E. M. Prins, L. Giglio, 
	D. E. Ward, W. P. Menzel, A. W. Setzer, 1998:  Potential global fire monitoring 
	from EOS-MODIS, Journal of Geophysical Research, 103, 32215-32238.

Kaufman, Y. J., P. V. Hobbs, V. W. J. H. Kirchhoff, P. Artaxo, L. A. Remer, B. N. Holben, 
	M. D. King, E. M. Prins, D. E. Ward, K. M. Longo, L. F. Mattos, C. A. Nobre, 
	J. D. Spinhirne, Q. Ji, A. M. Thompson, J. F. Gleason, S. A. Christopher, 
	S. C. Tsay, 1998:  The smoke, clouds and radiation experiment in Brazil 
	(SCAR-B), Jour. Geo. Res., 103:D24, 31783-31808.

Prins, E. M., J. M. Feltz, W. P. Menzel, D. E. Ward, 1998:  An overview of GOES-8 
	diurnal fire and smoke results for SCAR-B and the 1995 fire season in 
	South America, Jour. Geo. Res., 103:D24, 31821-31836.

1997

Prins, E. M., W. P. Menzel, D. E. Ward, 1997:  GOES-8 ABBA diurnal fire monitoring 
	during SCAR-B, In SCAR-B Proceedings, edited by V. W. J. H. Kirchhoff, 153-157, 
	Transtec Editorial, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

1996

Menzel, W. P., and E. M. Prins, 1996:  Monitoring biomass burning with the new generation 
	of geostationary satellites, Biomass Burning and Global Change, edited by 
	J.S. Levine, 56-64, The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA.

Menzel, W. P., and E. M. Prins, 1996:  Monitoring biomass burning and aerosol loading 
	and transport utilizing multispectral GOES-8 data, 1996 International Symposium 
	on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, Denver, CO, August 4-9, 
	1996, 50-59.

Prins, E. M., News from fire research:  The GOES-8 Automated Biomass Burning Algorithm 
	(ABBA) introducing new capabilities for monitoring diurnal fire activity in the 
	Western Hemisphere, International Forest Fire News, 49-52, 1996.

Prins, E. M., and W. P. Menzel, 1996:  Investigation of biomass burning and aerosol 
	loading and transport utilizing geostationary satellite data, Biomass 
	Burning and Global Change, edited by J.S. Levine, 65-72, The MIT Press, 
	Cambridge, MA.

1995

Prins, E. M., 1995:  Biomass Burning, In Encyclopedia of Environmental Biology:
	Volume 1, edited by W. A. Nierenberg, 309-325, Academic Press, 
	San Diego, CA.

1994

Prins, E. M. and W. P. Menzel, 1994:  Trends in South American biomass burning detected 
	with the GOES visible infrared spin scan radiometer atmospheric sounder from 
	1983 to 1991, Jour. Geo. Res., 99, 16719-16735.

1992

Prins, E. M. and W. P. Menzel, 1992:  Geostationary Satellite detection of biomass burning 
	in South America, Int. J. of Remote Sensing, 13, 2783-2799.

1991

Menzel, W. P., E. C. Cutrim, E. M. Prins, 1991:  Geostationary satellite estimation 
	of biomass burning in Amazonia during BASE-A, Global Biomass Burning, 
	J. S. Levine (Ed.), 41-46, The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA.
1989

Prins, E. M., 1989:  Geostationary satellite detection of biomass burning in South America, 
	M.S. Thesis, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 141 pp.

	

Selected Scientific Conference Presentations and Associated Papers:

2008

Lindstrom, S., C. C. Schmidt, E. M. Prins, J. Hoffman, J. Brunner, T. J. Schmit, 2008:  Proxy 
	ABI datasets relevant for fire detection that are derived from MODIS data. GOES Users' 
	Conference, 5th, New Orleans, LA, 20-24 January 2008. manuscript not available for 
	publication. Boston, MA, American Meteorological Society.

Schmidt, C. C., S. Lindstrom, J. Hoffman, J. Brunner, E. M. Prins, 2008:  GOES-R ABI fire 
	detection and monitoring development activities. GOES Users' Conference, 5th, New 
	Orleans, LA, 20-24 January 2008. manuscript not available for publication. Boston, 
	MA, American Meteorological Society.

Schroeder, W., I. Csiszar, E. M. Prins, C. C. Schmidt, M. G. Ruminski, 2008:  Validating GOES 
	active fire detection product using ASTER and ETM+. GOES Users' Conference, 5th, New 
	Orleans, LA, 20-24 January 2008. manuscript not available for publication. Boston, MA, 
	American Meteorological Society.

Tarpley, D., Y. Yu, P. Romanov, E. Prins, K. Gallo, F. Kogan, H. Xu, M. K. Rama Varma Raja, 
	K. Y. Vinnikov, M. Goldberg, S. Qiu, J. L. Privette, 2008:  Activities of GOES-R 
	land applications working group team. GOES Users' Conference, 5th, New Orleans, LA, 
	20-24 January 2008. manuscript not available for publication. Boston, MA, American 
	Meteorological Society.

2007

de Groot, W., T. Lynham, M. Brady, I. Csiszar, D. Davies, C. Justice, E. Prins, J. 
	Goldammer, 2007:  Global Observation of Forest and Land Cover Dynamics (GOFC-GOLD): 
	monitoring and early warning systems for wildland fire disaster reduction. Group 
	on Earth Observations (GEO) Summit Publication: The Full Picture.

Hoffman, J. P., E. M. Prins, C. C. Schmidt, S. A. Ackerman, J. S. Reid, 2007:  Characterizing 
	and understanding the differences between GOES WF_ABBA and MODIS fire products and 
	implications for data assimilation. Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation 
	Systems for Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface, 11th, San Antonio, TX, 14-18 January 
	2007 (preprints). from AMS website:  87th AMS Annual Meeting, Paper P1.9. Boston, MA, 
	American Meteorological Society.

Prins, E. M., Y. Govaerts, I. Csiszar, 2007:  GOFC/GOLD Fire Monitoring and Mapping 
	Implementation Team 2nd Workshop on Geostationary Fire Monitoring and Applications - 
	Executive Summary, EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany, 4-6 December, 2006.

2006

Brunner, J. C., C. C. Schmidt, X. Zhang, and S. Kondragunta, 2006:  Estimation of biomass 
	burning PM2.5 emissions using GOES WFABBA fire characterization data. Poster, 
	Community Workshop on AirQuality Remote Sensing from Space: Defining an Optimum 
	Observing Strategy. 21-23 February 2006, Boulder, CO, National Center for Atmospheric 
	Research.

Hoffman, J. P., 2006:  A comparison of GOES WF_ABBA and MODIS fire products. University of 
	Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Madison, WI.

Miller, S. D., F. J. Turk, T. F. Lee, J. D. Hawkins, C. S. Velden, C. C. Schmidt, E. M. Prins, 
	S. H. D. Haddock, 2006:  The origin of sensors: Evolutionary considerations for 
	next-generation satellite programs. Conference on Satellite Meteorology and 
	Oceanography, 14th, Atlanta, GA, 29 January-2 February 2006 (preprints). from AMS 
	website: 86th AMS Annual Meeting, Paper 10.1. Boston, MA, American Meteorological 
	Society.

Prins, E., C. Schmidt, J. M. Feltz, J. S. Reid, J. Brunner, J. Hoffman, 2006:  Five years of 
	GOES WF_ABBA fire products: Analysis and applications. Conference on Satellite 
	Meteorology and Oceanography, 14th, Atlanta, GA, 29 January-2 February 2006 (preprints). 
	from AMS website: 86th AMS Annual Meeting, manuscript not available for publication. 
	Boston, MA, American Meteorological Society.

Schroeder, W., I. Csiszar, L. Giglio, J. Morisette, E. Prins, C. Schmidt, C. Justice, 2006b:  
	GOES active fire product validation using high resolution data. GOFC/GOLD 2nd Workshop 
	on Geostationary Fire Monitoring and Applications, Darmstadt, Germany, 4-6 December, 
	2006.

Stader, S., A. Finchum, R. Rabin, P. Bothwell, E. Prins, J. Brunner, C. Schmidt, 2006:  An 
	exploratory study of Oklahoma's wildfire pattern using spatial databases. Southwestern 
	Division of the Association of American Geographers Meeting, Norman, OK, 26-28 October 
	2006.

Wang, J., S. Christopher, E. Prins, J. S. Reid, X. Liu, 2006:  Transport of central American 
	biomass burning smoke aerosols in 1979-2005. Conference on Satellite Meteorology and 
	Oceanography, 14th, Atlanta, GA, 29 January-2 February 2006 (preprints). from AMS 
	website:  86th AMS Annual Meeting, manuscript not available for publication. Boston, 
	MA, American Meteorological Society.

Wang, J., S. A. Christopher, U. S. Nair, J. S. Reid, E. Prins, J. Szykman, J. L. Hand, 2006:   
	Mesoscale modeling of transport and radiative impacts of Central American smoke 
	aerosols. Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry, 8th, Atlanta, GA, 29 January-2 February 
	2006 (preprints). from AMS website:  86th AMS Annual Meeting, manuscript not available 
	for publication. Boston, MA, American Meteorological Society.

2004

Kittaka, C., J. Szykman, B. Pierce, J. Al-Sadi, D. Neil, A. Chu, L. Remer, E. Prins, 
	J. Holdzkom, 2004:  Utilizing MODIS satellite observations to monitor and analyze 
	fine particulate matter, PM2.5, transport event. Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry, 
	6th:  Air Quality in Megacities, Seattle, WA, 11-15 January 2004 (preprints). from 
	CD-ROM: Combined Preprints. 84th AMS Annual Meeting, Paper 1.3. Boston, MA, 
	American Meteorological Society.

Nelson, J. P. III, G. S. Wade, A. J. Schreiner, T. J. Schmit, W. F. Feltz, C. C. 
	Schmidt, 2004:  A study of data and products from the GOES-9 Imager and Sounder 
	over the Western Pacific Ocean. International Conference on Interactive 
	Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and 
	Hydrology, 20th, Seattle, WA, 11-15 January 2004 (preprints). from CD-ROM: 
	Combined Preprints. 84th AMS Annual Meeting, Paper P2.5. Boston, MA, American 
	Meteorological Society.

Prins, E. M., D. McNamara, C. C. Schmidt, 2004:  Global geostationary fire monitoring 
	system. Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, 13th, Norfolk, 
	VA, 20-23 September 2004 (preprints). from CD-ROM: Combined Preprints. 84th AMS 
	Annual Meeting, Paper P4.6. Boston, MA, American Meteorological Society.

Schmit, T. J., J. Li, M. M. Gunshor, C. C. Schmidt, W. P. Menzel, J. Gurka, J. Sieglaff, 
	2004:  Study of the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) on the GOES-R and beyond. 
	International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) 
	for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology, 20th, Seattle, WA, 11-15 January 2004 
	(preprints). from CD-ROM: Combined Preprints. 84th AMS Annual Meeting, Paper 14.2. 
	Boston, MA, American Meteorological Society.

Szykman, J., J. White, B. Pierce, J. Al-Saadi, D. Neil, C. Kittaka, A. Chu, L. Remer, 
	L. Gumley, E. Prins, 2004:  Utilizing MODIS satellite observations in 
	near-real-time to improve AIRNow next day forecast of fine particulate matter, 
	PM2.5. Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry, 6th: Air Quality in Megacities, 
	Seattle, WA, 11-15 January 2004 (preprints). from CD-ROM: Combined Preprints. 84th 
	AMS Annual Meeting, Paper 1.2. Boston, MA, American Meteorological Society.

Wang, J., U. S. Nair, S. A. Christopher, R. T. McNider, J. S. Reid, E. M. Prins, J. J. 
	Szykman, 2004:  An integrated system for studying the effects of Central American 
	smoke aerosols on air quality and climate over the Southeastern United States. 
	Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, 13th, Norfolk, VA, 20-23 
	September 2004 (preprints). from CD-ROM: Combined Preprints. 84th AMS Annual 
	Meeting, manuscript not available for publication. Boston, MA, American 
	Meteorological Society.

2003

Feltz, J. M., M. Moreau, E. M. Prins, K. McClaid-Cook, I. F. Brown, 2003:  Recent 
	validation studies of the GOES Wildfire Automated Biomass Burning Algorithm 
	(WF-ABBA) in North and South America. International Wildland Fire Ecology and 
	Fire Management Congress, 2nd and Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology, 5th, 
	Orlando, FL, 16-20 November 2003 (preprints). from CD-ROM: AMS Conference and 
	Symposium Preprints: 2003, International Wildland Fire Ecology and Fire 
	Management Congress, 2nd. PaperP7.3. Boston, MA, American Meteorological Society.

Prins, E. M., C. C. Schmidt, J. M. Feltz, J. S. Reid, D. L. Westphal, K. Richardson, 
	2003:  A two-year analysis of fire activity in the Western Hemisphere as observed 
	with the GOES Wildfire Automated Biomass Burning Algorithm. Conference on 
	Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, 12th, Long Beach, CA, 9-13 February 2003 
	(preprints). from CD-ROM: Combined Preprints. 83rd AMS Annual Meeting, Paper 
	P2.28. Boston, MA, American Meteorological Society.

Schmidt, C. C. and E. M. Prins, 2003:  GOES wildfire ABBA applications in the Western 
	Hemisphere. International Wildland Fire Ecology and Fire Management Congress, 2nd 
	and Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology, 5th, Orlando, FL, 16-20 November 
	2003 (preprints). from CD-ROM: AMS Conference and Symposium Preprints: 2003, 
	International Wildland Fire Ecology and Fire Management Congress, 2nd. PaperP7.5. 
	Boston, MA, American Meteorological Society.

2002

Eck, T. F., B. N. Holben, J. S. Schafer, P. Artaxo, M. A. Yamasoe, A. S. Procopio, 
	E. Prins, J. Feltz, O. Dubovik, A. Smirnov, 2002:  Inter-annual variability of 
	biomass burning aerosol optical depth in southern Amazonia, and the effects of 
	these aerosols on the diurnal cycle of solar flux reduction, 2nd LBA Science 
	Conference, Manaus, Brazil, 7-10 July 2002.

Feltz, J. M., E. M. Prins, B. A. Baum, B. N. Holben, 2002:  Characterizing the Spatial 
	and Temporal Distribution of Aerosol Optical Thickness Using GOES-8 Multispectral
	Data During TARFOX and SCAR-B. Spring 2002 Meeting of the American Geophysical 
	Union, Washington D.C., 28-31 May 2002.

Feltz, J. M., J. X. Warner, E. M. Prins, K. M. LaCasse, 2002:  GOES-8 ABBA Biomass 
	Burning Observations and Downwind MOPITT Carbon Monoxide Measurements. Spring 
	2002 Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, Washington D.C., 28-31 May 2002. 

Prins, E. M., C. C. Schmidt, J. M. Feltz, 2002:  An Overview of Recent Geostationary
	Fire Monitoring Activities and Applications in the Western Hemisphere. Spring 
	2002 Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, Washington D.C., 28-31 May 2002. 

Prins, E. M., C. Schmidt, J. Feltz, 2002:  Overview of GOES Wildfire ABBA Fire 
	Monitoring Activities and Applications, Joint GOFC/GOLD Fire and 
	IGBP-IGAC/BIBEX Workshop, College Park, MD, 17-19 July 2002.

Schmidt, C. C., E. M. Prins, J. M. Feltz, 2002:  The GOES Wildfire Automated Biomass
	Burning Algorithm Processing System. Spring 2002 Meeting of the American 
	Geophysical Union, Washington D.C., 28-31 May 2002.

2001

Ahern, F. J., A. S. Belward, C. D. Elvidge, J. Goldammer, J-M Gregoire, C. O. Justice, 
	J. A. R. Pereira, E. M. Prins, B. J. Stocks, 2001:  The fire component of global 
	observation of forest cover: A plan of action. Global and regional vegetation 
	fire monitoring from space: Planning a coordinated international effort. 267-290. 
	The Hague, The Netherlands, SPB Academic Publishing.

Botta, A., J. Cardille, E. Prins, J. Feltz, K. Thonicke, 2001:  Spatial and temporal 
	drivers of fire dynamics in the Amazon Basin. International Geosphere-Biosphere 
	Programme (IGBP) Global Change Open Science Conference on Challenges of a Changing 
	Earth, Amsterdam, 10-13 July 2001.

Botta, A., J. Cardille, E. Prins, J. Feltz, 2001:  Spatial and Temporal Drivers of 
	Fire Dynamics in the Amazon/Tocantins Basin. American Geophysical Union Fall 
	Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 10-14 December 2001.

Cardosa, M., G. Hurtt, B. Moore, C. Nobre, E. Prins, 2001:  Modeling large-scale 
	fire dynamics in Amazonia. International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) 
	Global Change Open Science Conference on Challenges of a Changing Earth, 
	Amsterdam, 10-13 July 2001.

Feltz, J. M., E. M. Prins, A. W. Setzer, 2001:  A comparison of the GOES-8 ABBA and 
	INPE AVHRR fire products for South America from 1995-2000. 11th Conference 
	on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, Madison, WI, 15-18 October 2001 
	(preprints). Boston, MA, American Meteorological Society, 51-54.

Prins, E., J. Feltz, C. Schmidt, K. Goodstein, 2001:  Plans for a global 
	geostationary fire monitoring network. CEOS Global Observation of Forest Cover 
	Regional Fire Workshop, NASDA, Tokyo, Japan, 20-21 February 2001.

Prins, E. M., J. M. Feltz, C. C. Schmidt, 2001:  An overview of active fire detection 
	and monitoring using meteorological satellites. 11th Conference on Satellite 
	Meteorology and Oceanography, Madison, WI, 15-18 October 2001 (preprints). 
	Boston, MA, American Meteorological Society, 1-8.

Prins, E. M., J. Schmetz, L. P. Flynn, D. W. Hillger, J. M. Feltz, 2001:  An overview 
	of diurnal active fire monitoring using a suite of international geostationary 
	satellites. Global and regional vegetation fire monitoring from space: Planning a 
	coordinated international effort. 145-170. 2001. The Hague, The Netherlands, SPB 
	Academic Publishing.

Reid, J. S., E. M. Prins, D. L. Westphal, S. Christopher, C. Schmidt, K. Richardson, 
	M. Theisen, E. A. Reid, T. Eck, 2001:  The Fire Locating and Modeling of 
	Burning Emissions (FLAMBE) Project, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 10-14 
	December, 2001.

Schmidt, C. C., J. Li, A. J. Wimmers, 2001:  Case studies using hourly real-time GOES 
	sounder ozone estimates. 11th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, 
	Madison, WI, 15-18 October 2001 (preprints). Boston, MA, American Meteorological 
	Society, 346-347.

1998

Elvidge, C. D., D. W. Pack, E. Prins, E. A. Kihn, J. Kendall, K. E. Gaugh, 1998:  Wildfire 
	detection with meteorological satellite data: Results from New Mexico during June 
	of 1996 using GOES, AVHRR, and DMSP-OLS. Remote sensing change detection: 
	Environmental monitoring methods and applications. 103-121. Chelsea, MI, Ann Arbor 
	Press.

Feltz, J. M., R. Kleidman, E. Prins, W. P. Menzel, 1998:  A comparison of the GOES-8 
	ABBA and INPE AVHRR fire product in South America for the 1995 and 1997 fire seasons. 
	Joint International Symposium on Global Atmospheric Chemistry, Seattle, WA, 19-25 
	August 1998.

Prins, E., W. P. Menzel, J. Feltz, 1998:  Characterizing spatial and temporal 
	distributions of biomass burning using multi-spectral geostationary satellite data. 
	Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, 9th, Paris, 25-29 May 1998 
	(preprints). 94-97. Boston, MA, American Meteorological Society.

1997

Prins, E. M., W. P. Menzel, J. M. Feltz, D. E. Ward, 1997:  An overview of GOES-8 ABBA 
	results for SCAR-B: diurnal fire activity and regional smoke coverage. Presented at 
	the SCAR-B Special Session of the Spring AGU Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 27-30 May 1997.

1996

Bywaters, K. W. and E. M. Prins, 1996:  An interactive WWW tool for coupling satellite 
	and meteorological data in real time. Presented as a paper at the 12th 
	International Conference On Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS)  
	for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology, Atlanta, GA, 28 January-2 February 
	1996, 382-384.

Kendall, J., C. Elvidge, E. Prins, 1996:  Comparison of active fire products derived 
	from NOAA, GOES, and DMSP satellites. Presented at the 21st General Assembly 
	of the European Geophysical Society at the Biomass Burning Experiment (BIBEX) 
	and Related Topics Conference, The Hague, Netherlands, 6-10 May 1996.

Prins, E. M., and W.P. Menzel, 1996:  Monitoring biomass burning and aerosol loading 
	and transport utilizing multispectral GOES-8 data. Presented at the 21st General 
	Assembly of the European Geophysical Society at the Biomass Burning Experiment 
	(BIBEX) and Related Topics Conference, The Hague, Netherlands, 6-10 May 1996.

Prins, E. M., and W. P. Menzel, 1996:  Monitoring fire activity in the western 
	hemisphere with the new generation of geostationary satellites. Presented as a 
	paper at the 22nd Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology with 
	Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology, Atlanta, GA, 28 January-2 February 
	1996, 272-275.

Prins, E. M., and W. P. Menzel, 1996:  Monitoring biomass burning and aerosol loading 
	and transport from a geostationary satellite perspective. Invited paper 
	presented at the Seventh Symposium on Global Change Studies, Atlanta, GA, 
	28 January-2 February 1996, 160-166.

Prins, E. M. and W. P. Menzel, 1996:  Investigation of biomass burning and aerosol 
	loading and transport utilizing geostationary satellite data. Biomass burning 
	and global change, v.1: Remote sensing, modeling and inventory development, 
	and biomass burning in Africa. 65-72. Cambridge, MA, MIT Press.

Menzel, W. P. and E. M. Prins, 1996:  Monitoring biomass burning with the new 
	generation of geostationary satellites. Biomass burning and global change, 
	v.1: Remote sensing, modeling and inventory development, and biomass burning 
	in Africa. 56-64. Cambridge, MA, MIT Press.

Menzel, W. P. and E. M. Prins, 1996:  Monitoring biomass burning and aerosol loading 
	and transport using multispectral GOES data. GOES-8 and Beyond, Denver, CO, 7-9 
	August 1996. SPIE v.2812. Bellingham, WA, SPIE-The International Society for 
	Optical Engineering.

1995

DeLiberty, T. L., W. P. Menzel, E. M. Prins, 1995:  An investigation of the 
	hydrologic cycle in the Amazon using remotely sensed variables. Presented at 
	the AGU Chapman Conference on Biomass Burning and Global Change, Williamsburg, 
	VA, 13-17 March 1995.

Menzel, P. and E. Prins, 1995:  Investigation of biomass burning and aerosol loading and 
	transport in South America utilizing Geostationary Satellites: Annual summary 
	report for January - December 1995 (NAGW-3804), University of Wisconsin-Madison, 
	Space Science and Engineering Center, Cooperative Institute for Meteorological 
	Satellite Studies (CIMSS), Madison, WI.

Prins, E. M., 1995:  Biomass burning. Encyclopedia of Environmental Biology, v.1. 309-325. 
	San Diego, CA, Academic Press, Inc.

Prins, E. M., 1995:  Monitoring diurnal fire activity and aerosol transport in the 
	Western Hemisphere with GOES-8. Invited talk given at the IGBP-DIS Global Fire 
	Monitoring Workshop, Ispra, Italy, 17-19 October 1995.

Prins, E. M., 1995:  An overview of the SCAR-B field program. Invited talk given at 
	the IGBP-DIS Global Fire Monitoring Workshop, Ispra, Italy, 17-19 October 1995.

1994

Prins, E. M., 1994:  Monitoring biomass burning and associated aerosol transport in 
	North and South America with geostationary satellite data. Presented at the 
	Fifth International Conference on Carbonaceous Particles in the Atmosphere, 
	Berkeley, CA, 22-26 August 1994.

Prins, E. M. and W. P. Menzel, 1994:  Trends in South American biomass burning detected 
	with the GOES VAS from 1983-1991. Presented at the Seventh Conference on 
	Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, Monterey, CA, 6-10 June 1994, 592-595.
	

Selected Reports:

2006

Prins, E., T. Bobbe, G. Stephens, I. Csiszar, 2006:  Applications of meteorological and 
	environmental research satellites for active fire detection and monitoring in the 
	US. Report of the 33rd Meeting of the Coordination Group for Meteorological 
	Satellites (CGMS XXXIII), Tokyo, Japan, 1-4 November 2005. NOAA-WP-16. Darmstadt, 
	Germany, European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites 
	(EUMETSAT).

2004

Schmit, T. J., J. Li, M. M. Gunshor, C. C. Schmidt, W. P. Menzel, J. Gurka, J. Sieglaff, 
	2004:  Geostationary imagers upgrades for 2015 timeframe. Report of the 32nd Meeting 
	of the Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites (CGMS XXXII), Sochi, Russian 
	Federation, 17-20 May 2004. NOAA-WP-29. Darmstadt, Germany, European Organization 
	for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT).

2002

Mecikalski, J. R., D. B. Johnson, J. Murray, B. Carmichael, T. Achtor, W. Feltz, B. 
	Sharman, T. Schmit, T. Olander, S. Wetzel-Seemann, E. Prins, R. Roberts, C. 
	Kessinger, M. Politovich, C. Mueller, B. Brown, P. Herzegh, J. Feltz, J. Li, 2002:   
	NASA Advanced Satellite Aviation-weather Products (ASAP) study report, University 
	of Wisconsin-Madison, Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies 
	(CIMSS), Madison, WI.

2001

Fox, R. J., E. M. Prins, J. M. Feltz, 2001:  Characterizing the spatial and temporal 
	distribution of aerosol optical thickness over the Atlantic Basin utilizing 
	GOES-8 multispectral data. Final report, NASA Grant NAG5-4751 submitted to NASA, 
	Goddard Space Flight Center, for the period of 1 March 1997 to 31 March 2001, 
	University of Wisconsin-Madison, Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC), 
	Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS), Madison, WI.

Prins, E. M., 2001:  Implementation and Internet distribution of the GOES-8/10 Wildfire 
	ABBA products. Annual report for contract No.N660001-00-C-0039. [WF-ABBA 
	(Wildfire Automated Biomass Burning Algorithm)], University of Wisconsin-Madison, 
	CIMSS [Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies], Madison, WI.

1999

Menzel, P., S. Ackerman, C. Moeller, L. Gumley, K. Strabala, R. Frey, E. Prins, D. LaPorte, 
	X. L. Ma, T. Rink, 1999:  Investigation of cloud properties and atmospheric profiles 
	with MODIS: Semi-annual report for Jan-Jun 1999. NASA Contract NAS5-31367, University 
	of Wisconsin-Madison, Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies 
	(CIMSS), Madison, WI.

Pinnock, S., E. Prins, K. Rasmussen, D. Roy, B. Stocks, 1999:  Report of the 4th IGBP-DIS 
	Fire Working Group Meeting, edited by M. Michou, IGBP-DIS Working Paper #21, IGBP, 
	Toulouse, France, 65 pp. 

1997

Prins, E. and J. Feltz, 1997:  SCAR-B GOES-8 Automated Biomass Burning Algorithm (ABBA: 
	Ver. 4.5) fire product. On the IGBP-DIS Regional Fire Data Compilation CD-ROM, 
	IGBP-DIS Office, Toulouse, France.

1996

Prins, E. M., 1996:  The GOES-8 Automated Biomass Burning Algorithm (ABBA): Introducing 
	New Capabilities for Monitoring Diurnal Fire Activity in the Western Hemisphere. 
	In the International Forest Fire News, Edited by Dr. Johann Goldammer on behalf 
	of the United Nations FAO/ECE/IL0 Committee, Freiburg, Germany.

Ward, D. E., M. A. Yamasoe, Y. J. Kaufman, A. W. Setzer, E. M. Prins, R. E. Babbitt, 
	R. A. Susott, W. M. Hao, 1996:  A technique for validating emission production 
	models test results for the central region of Brazil. In SCAR-B Proceedings, 
	Edited by V.W.J.H. Kirchhoff, 205-208.

Prins, E. M. (contributor), 1996:  The IGBP-DIS fire algorithm workshop 2. Edited by 
	C. Justice and J. P. Malingreau, IGBP-DIS Working Paper #14, IGBP, Paris.

Prins, E. M., J. M. Feltz, W. P. Menzel, D. E. Ward, 1996:  GOES-8 ABBA diurnal 
	fire monitoring during SCAR-B. In SCAR-B Proceedings, Edited by V.W.J.H. 
	Kirchhoff, 153-157.

1995

Menzel, W. P., and E. M. Prins, 1995:  Investigation of biomass burning and aerosol 
	loading and transport in South America utilizing geostationary satellites.  
	In NASA MTPE Report of the Aerosol Interdisciplinary Research Program, A74-A81.

Prins, E. M. (contributor), 1995:  Smoke, Clouds, and Radiation-Brazil (SCAR-B) 
	Mission Plan. Edited by SCAR-B Scientists and SCAR-B Project Office, NASA 
	Langley, Hampton, VA.

1994

Prins, E. M. (contributor), 1994:  IGBP-DIS satellite fire detection algorithm 
	workshop technical report. Edited by C. Justice and P. Dowty, IGBP-DIS 
	Working Paper #9, IGBP, Paris.