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

photo of Bruce H. Ramsay 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