NASA “Guest” Network Access
Using any internet browser, when prompted for registration
access to NASA Ames Guest Network, provide your User
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User names and Passwords are on the back of your
badges (on table at rear of room).
Access for 4/17 & 4/18
This is a Government Network Access…Do Not Abuse!!!!
Tactical Fire Remote Sensing
Advisory Committee (TFRSAC)
The Nineteenth Meeting!!!
Hosted By:
NASA-Ames Research Center
USDA – Forest Service (USFS)
Bld 152, Ames Research Park
17 April 2013
NASA-Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA.
TFRSAC Meeting Location
Citation / AMS
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Building Logistics & Safety
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Exits
Adobe Connect Web Presence
Using any internet browser, go to http://connect.arc.nasa.gov/tfrsac-ams/
Select the option to "Enter as a Guest", enter your name in the field, and then
click "Enter Room".
You should be able to see and hear the workshop.
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To ask a question, enter it into the chat window, and a moderator (Mike Toillion)
will read it aloud during the Q&A period.
If you have any technical troubleshooting questions, please ask them using the
private chat function. To do this, go to the Attendees pod on the left of the
screen and hover over the name "Mike Toillion". An option to "Start Private
Chat" will appear. Click it, and a new tab will open in the chat pod, allowing you
to privately message the moderator (Mike) to solve your issue.
TFRSAC Schedule (AM)
8:00 AM Badging / Coffee & Refreshments / Danish
8:30 AM Meeting Logistics / Safety / Introductions
8:40 AM
10:00 AM
V. Ambrosia / E. Hinkley
Morning Presentations – Agency Activity Updates / Outlooks
Forest Service Update / Outlook (20 min)
E. Hinkley
NASA Update / Outlook (20 Min)
E. Sheffner
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USGS Update / Outlook (20 Min)
L. Brady
CALFIRE Update / Outlook (20 Min)
C. Waters
BREAK (15-minutes)
10:15 AM Morning Presentations – Sensor / Applications Development Updates
NASA-Ames Small Sat. Program (25 Min)
C. Frost
Wide Area Imager (WAI) Update (25 Min)
J. Green
StareWAI Update (25 Min)
J. Green
GOES-EFD Update (25 Min)
A. Koltunov
12:00 PM LUNCH (75 Min; Deli Station, In Conf. Room) & SIERRA UAS Viewing
TFRSAC Schedule (PM)
1:30 PM
Afternoon Presentations (20 Minutes Each)
Instrument Payload Module (IPM)
D. Mandl
VIIRS Product Status / VIIRS I-band Fire Detection Work
W. Schroeder
VIIRS AF Product & proving Ground & Risk Reduction Project
E. Ellicott
NASA ROSES-2011 Wildland Fire Project
S. Khorram / G. Biging
3:00 PM BREAK (15 min)
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3:15 PM Afternoon Presentations & Closing Discussions – (20 Minutes Each)
NASA Dragon Eye / SIERRA UAS Systems
M. Fladeland
Recent AMS Work: Short-term Predictors of Satellite Fire Activity
D. Peterson
RxCadre (20 Min)
T. Zajkowski
Fire Emissions / Smoke Modeling / Forecasting/Mgmt Smoke
S. Larkin
Texas A&M Mission / Grand Canyon NP Fire sensor
D. Yoel
Identifying Areas of Opportunity for Interagency Collaboration
5:15 PM Close Out
7:00 PM DINNER at Tied House Brewery, Mountain View, CA
Open Discuss
Dinner: Tied House Directions
7:00 PM; Group Name: NASA
1. Exit NASA-Ames Main Gate on
Moffett Blvd.
2. Proceed 1.4 miles towards
Downtown Mountain View
(Moffett changes names to Castro
St.)
3. Pass over Central Expy and RR
tracks.
4. Proceed 1 block and turn RIGHT
on Villa Street
5. Tied House is just past next
short block, on RIGHT on Villa
Street (954 Villa Street).
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2.
3.
4.
5.
7:00 PM; Group Name: NASA
Proceed on Villa Street to
Castro Street.
Turn LEFT on Castro St.
Proceed 1.4 miles towards
Moffett Field (Castro St. changes
names to Moffett Blvd.)
Pass over Hwy 101
Proceed 1 block to NASA-Ames
Main Gate.
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Returning From Tied House
Ed Sheffner
NASA Update / Outlook
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Highlighting WRAP Efforts
February 2013
Provided graphic (PPT) to NASA Administrator (C. Boldin), who highlighted
our fire collaboration to Congress in his state of agency address.
March 2013
Invited Panel Member: UAS in Support of Wildfire Observations: Right
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Tools for the Right Job!. AIAA – Civilian Applications of UAVs: A California
Perspective, a Policy Symposium, Westlake Village, Thousand Oaks, CA,
27 March 2013..
Invited Panel Member: Enhancing our Nation’s Wildfire Management
Capabilities Through Application of NASA Science and technology. AIAA –
Second Annual California Aerospace Week, Sacramento, CA, 12 March
2013.
May 2013
May 8th “lunch and learn” on the Hill about our NASA / USFS fire fighting
work. Audience: Congressional staff.
Recent Publications
Hinkley, E.A., V.G. Ambrosia, S. Wegener, 2013. “Unmanned Aircraft Systems in
Environmental Monitoring Applications.” In Society of American Engineers
International, In editing, 2013.
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Ambrosia, V. G., T. Zajkowski, 2013. “Selection of Appropriate ClassCBP
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/ Sensors
to Support Fire Monitoring, Real-Life Experiences In the U.S.” In Valavanis, K.,
(ed.), Unmanned Aerial Systems Handbook, P. X-XX, 2013, In Editing / Publishing.
Ambrosia, V. G., B. Quayle, 2013. “Time Sensitive Remote Sensing Information in
Support of Wildfire Management”, In Lippitt, Stow, and Coulter., (ed.), TimeSensitive Remote Sensing, Springer Publishing. 2013.
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