Giglio, Louis | GEOG | Geographical Sciences Department

Areas of Interest

Remote sensing of active fires and burned area
Global fire emissions
Satellite direct broadcast applications

CV:

Degrees

Degree Type

PhD

Degree Details

Geography, University of Maryland, 2006
Degree Type

MS

Degree Details

Applied Physics, Johns Hopkins University, 1999
Degree Type

BS

Degree Details

Physics, University of Maryland, 1988

Course Name	Course Title	Semester	Syllabus
GEOG676	Advanced Programming for Geography and Remote Sensing	Spring 2018	Syllabus
GEOG676	Advanced Programming for Geography and Remote Sensing	Spring 2016	Syllabus

Primary Investigator

MODIS Collection 6 Active Fire Maintenance and Validation

Zubkova, M.; Lotter, M.; Bronkhorst, F.; Giglio, L. 2024. Assessment of the Effectiveness of Coarse Resolution Fire Products in Monitoring Long-term Changes in Fire Regime in Protected Areas in South Africa. International Journal of Applied Earth
Hall, J. V., Argueta, F., & Giglio, L. (2024). GloCAB Cropland Field Boundary Dataset. Data in Brief, 110739
Hall, J. V., Argueta, F., Zubkova, M., Chen, Y., Randerson, J. T., & Giglio, L. (2024). GloCAB: global cropland burned area from mid-2002 to 2020. Earth System Science Data, 16(2), 867-885.
Hall, J.V., Schroeder, W., Rishmawi, K., Wooster, M., Schmidt, C.C., Huang, C., Csiszar, I. and Giglio, L., 2023. Geostationary active fire products validation: GOES-17 ABI, GOES-16 ABI, and Himawari AHI.
Zubkova, M., Humber, M., Giglio, L. 2023. Is global fire activity declining due to cropland expansion? How much do we know based on remotely sensed data? Int. J. Remote Sens., 44, 4.
Vadrevu, K., Eaturu, A., Casadaban, E., Lasko, K., Schroeder, W., Biswas, S., Giglio, L. and Justice, C. 2022.Spatial variations in vegetation fires and emissions in South and Southeast Asia during COVID-19 and pre-pandemic. Scientific Reports, 12(1)1-21
Zubkova, M.; Boschetti, L.; Abatzoglou, J.; Giglio, L. 2022. Fire regions as environmental niches: a new paradigm to define potential fire regimes in Africa and Australia. JGR Biogeosciences.
Nakalembe, C., Zubkova, M., Hall, J. V., Argueta, F., & Giglio, L. (2022). Impacts of large-scale refugee resettlement on LCLUC: Bidi Bidi refugee settlement, Uganda case study. Environmental Research Letters, 17(6), 064019.
Comment on Otón et al. Analysis of Trends in the FireCCI Global Long Term Burned Area Product (1982–2018)
Humber, M., Zubkova, M. and Giglio, L., 2022. A remote sensing-based approach to estimating the fire spread rate parameter for individual burn patch extraction. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 43(2), pp.649-673.
Hall, J.V., Argueta, F., & Giglio, L., (2021). Validation of MCD64A1 and FireCCI51 cropland burned area mapping in Ukraine. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 102.
Zubkova, M.; Giglio, L.; Humber, M.; Hall, J.H.; Ellicott, E. Conflict and Climate: Drivers of Fire Activity in Syria in the Twenty-First Century. 2021. Earth Interactions, 25(1): 119-135
Hall, J.V., Zibstev, S.V., Giglio, L., Skakun, S., Myroniuk, V., Zhuravel, O., Goldammer, J.G. and Kussul, N., 2021. Environmental and political implications of underestimated cropland burning in Ukraine. Environmental Research Letters.
Giglio, L., and Roy, D. P., 2020, On the outstanding need for a long-term, multi-decadal, validated and quality assessed record of global burned area: Caution in the use of Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer data.
Boschetti, L.; Roy, D.P.; Giglio, L.; Huang, H.; Zubkova, M.; Humber, M.L., “Global validation of the Collection 6 MODIS burned area product,” Remote Sensing of Environment. In Press.
Humber, M.L.; Boschetti, L.; Giglio, L., “Assessing the shape accuracy of coarse resolution burned area identifications in the western United States,” IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. In Press.
Vadrevu, K.P., Lasko, K., Giglio, L., Schroeder, W., Biswas, S. and Justice, C., 2019. Trends in vegetation fires in south and southeast Asian countries. Scientific reports, 9(1), pp.1-13.
Hall, J. V., Zhang, R., Schroeder, W., Huang, C., & Giglio, L. (2019). Validation of GOES-16 ABI and MSG SEVIRI active fire products. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 83, 101928.
Giglio, L.; Boschetti, L.; Roy, D.P.; Humber, M.L.; Justice, C.O., “The Collection 6 MODIS burned area mapping algorithm and product,” Remote Sensing of Environment, vol. 217, Aug. 2018
Humber, M.L.; Boschetti, L.; Giglio, L.; Justice, C.O., “Spatial and Temporal Intercomparison of Four Global Burned Area Products,” International Journal of Digital Earth, Jan. 2018.
Hall, J. V., Loboda, T. V., Giglio, L., & McCarty, G. W. (2016). A MODIS-based burned area assessment for Russian croplands: Mapping requirements and challenges. Remote Sensing of Environment, 184, 506-521
Hall, J. V., Loboda, T. V., Giglio, L., & McCarty, G. W. (2016). A MODIS-based burned area assessment for Russian croplands: Mapping requirements and challenges. Remote Sensing of Environment, 184, 506-521
Krishna Prasad Vadrevu, Lasko, K., Giglio, L., and Chris Justice. 2015. Vegetation Fires, absorbing aerosols and smoke plume characteristics in diverse biomass burning regions of Asia. Environmental Research Letters. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/1
Krishna Prasad Vadrevu, Kristofer Lasko, Louis Giglio and Chris Justice, 2014. Analysis of Southeast Asian Pollution Episode During June 2013 Using Satellite Remote Sensing Datasets. Environmental Pollution, 195, 245-256. .
KP Vadrevu, I Csiszar, E Ellicott, L Giglio, KVS Badarinath, EF Vermote, C Justice. "Hotspot analysis of vegetation fires and intensity in the Indian region." IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. 6:224-238. 201
Krishna Prasad Vadrevu, David Roy, Louis Giglio, Luigi Boschetti, Ivan Csiszar and Chris Justice. 2013. GOFC-GOLD 2013 Fire Implementation Team Meeting Summary. The Earth Observer. 25(4)41-46.
Krishna Prasad Vadrevu., Giglio, L., & Justice, C. 2013. Satellite based analysis of fire–carbon monoxide relationships from forest and agricultural residue burning (2003–2011). Atmospheric Environment, 64, 179-191.
Krishna Prasad Vadrevu, Csiszar, I, Ellicott, E., Giglio, L., Badarinath, K.V.S., Vermote, E., and Chris Justice. Hotspot Analysis of Vegetation Fires and Intensity in the Indian Region. 2012. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied
Krishna Prasad Vadrevu., Ellicott, E.,Giglio, L., Badarinath, KVS, Vermote, E., Justice, C., and Lau, K.W. 2012.Vegetation Fires in the Himalayan Region - Aerosol Load, Black Carbon Emissions and Smoke Plume Heights. Atmospheric Environment. 47-241–251.
Loboda, T.V., Giglio, L., Boschetti, L., Justice, C.O., 2012. Regional fire monitoring and characterization using global NASA MODIS fire products in dry lands of Central Asia. Frontiers of Earth Science, 6 (2): 196-205.
Justice C.O., Giglio L., Roy D., Boschetti L., Csiszar I., Davies D., Korontzi S., Schroeder W., O’Neal K. Global Fire Products from the MODIS instruments. Ramachandran, B, Justice C.O., Abrams M.J. 2011. Land Remote Sensing and Global Environmental Chan
Kasischke, E.S., Loboda, T., Giglio, L., French, N.H.F., Hoy, E.E., de Jong, B., Riano, D. 2011. Quantifying burned area from fires in North American forests – implications for direct reduction of carbon stocks. Journal of Geophysical Research, 116, G04
Loboda, T.V., Hoy, E., Giglio, L., Kasischke, E.S. 2011. Mapping burned area in Alaska using MODIS data: A data limitations-driven modification to the regional burned area algorithm. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 20: 487–496.
Giglio, L., J. T. Randerson, G. R. van der Werf, P. S. Kasibhatla, G. J. Collatz, D. C. Morton, and R. S. Defries, 2010, Assessing variability and long-term trends in burned area by merging multiple satellite fire products. Biogeosciences, 7, 1171-1186.
E. Ellicott, E. Vermote, L. Giglio, and G. Roberts (2009), Estimating the total fire radiative energy emitted from biomass burning using MODIS, Geophysical Research Letters, 36, L13401, doi:10.1029/2009GL038581.
E. Vermote, E. Ellicott, O. Dubovik, T. Laypyonok, M. Chin, L. Giglio, and G. Roberts (2009), An approach to estimate global biomass burning emissions of Organic and Black Carbon from MODIS Fire Radiative Power, Journal of Geophysical Research, 114, D18
Giglio Louis, Loboda T., Quayle B., Roy D.P., Justice C.O.3, 2009. An active-fire based burned area mapping algorithm for the MODIS sensor. Remote Sensing of Environment, 113 (2), p.408-420,
Giglio, L., Loboda, T., Roy, D.P., Quayle, B., Justice, C.O., 2009. An Active-Fire Based Burned Area Mapping Algorithm for the MODIS Sensor. Remote Sensing of Environment, 113 (2): 408-420.
Chuvieco E., Giglio L. and Justice C.O. 2008. Global Characterization of Fire Activity: towards defining fire regions from Earth Observation Data. Global Change Biology, 14, 1488-1502.
Giglio L., Csiszar, I., Restas A., Morisette J.T., Schroeder W., Morton D. Justice C.O.4, 2008. Active fire detection and characterization with the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER). Remote Sensing of the Environment,

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