Bruce H. Ramsay
Cooperative Research Program
Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites (CICS) /
Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC) / NOAA
Physical Scientist and Visiting Associate Research Scientist
Retired May 2010
Education
Ph.D. (ABD), Geography, Rutgers University, 2004
M.S., Environmental Earth Science, Johns Hopkins University, 1995
M.A., U.S. History, University of Maryland, 1982
B.A., Magna Cum Laude, History, Bowie State College, 1976
Research Interest
Environmental satellite
remote sensing and climate studies of land surface features and dynamics
of snow and ice, vegetation, and natural hazards including wildfires and
vector borne diseases.
Location
University of Maryland
4115 Computer & Space Sciences Building
College Park, MD 20742-1876
Most Recent Publications
Maantay, J., Maroko, A., Morgan, H. P., and Ramsay, B. (2004).
"Predicting West Nile Virus Risk in New York State by Characterizing the
Optimal Breeding Habitat of Four Mosquito Vectors: Phase I Project
Report." New York: NOAA-CREST.
Assessment of snow modeling in the North American Land Data
Assimilation System (NLDAS) with Ming Pan, Eric F. Wood, Justin
Sheffield, Fenghua Wen, Kenneth E. Mitchell, Paul R. Houser, John C.
Schaake, Dag Lohmann, Brian Cosgrove, Qingyun Duan, Lifeng Luo, and
Bruce H. Ramsay; presented by Eric Wood; EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly,
Nice, France, April 7-11, 2003.
Ramsay, Bruce, Interactive Multisensor Snow and Ice Mapping System (IMS) (abstract),
Hydrological Processes, Vol. 12, 1537-1546 (1998).
Ramsay, Bruce H., An Overview of NOAA/NESDIS's Interactive
Multisensor Snow and Ice Mapping System. 14th International Conference
on Interactive Information and Processing Systems for Meteorology,
Oceanography, and Hydrology, January 11-16, 1998, Phoenix, Arizona.
E-mail to: Bruce.H.Ramsay@noaa.gov