The Latin American Remote Sensing and Forest Fires Network

ARGENTINA

Dr. Carlos M. Di Bella

Investigador Planta Permanente - Interim coordinator Remote Sensing & GIS group - CyA.

INTA-Instituto de Clima y Agua (CyA)

Tel: (00-54-011) 46210125, Fax: (00-54-011) 462184961

Email: cdibella@cnia.inta.gov.ar

Research field:

Application of remote sensing tools in studies concerning natural resources.

Nicolás A. Mari

Lic. en Gerenciamiento Ambiental

INTA-Instituto de Clima y Agua (CyA)

Tel: (00-54-011) 46210125, Fax: (00-54-011) 462184961

Email: nmari@cnia.inta.gov.ar

Research field:

Application of remote sensors and Geographic Information Systems in the study of fire occurrence at a regional level. Land use changes.

Dr. Héctor del Valle

Researcher

Centro Nacional Patagónico (CENPAT) CONICET

Tel: (54-2965) 451024 Fax: (54-2965) 451543

Email: delvalle@cenpat.edu.ar

Research field:

Landscape ecology. Natural disturbances and anthropogenic impacts. Soil erosion. Desertification. Application of Remote Sensors and Geographic Information Systems. Environmental Modeling.

Dr. Walter Sione

Doctor en Ciencias Aplicadas

Ingeniero Agrónomo

CEREGeo - FCyT UADER

Paraná - ER

PRODITEL - Universidad Nacional de Luján

Cruce rutas ex. 5 y 7 CP 6700

Lujan - Buenos Aires

Teléfono: 02323-423171 int. 248

Email: sione@selper.org

Research field:

Remote sensing, GIS and thematic cartography.

César Rebella

Researcher

INTA-Instituto de Clima y Agua (CyA)

Tel: (00-54-011) 46210125, Fax: (00-54-011) 462184961

Email : iclima@cnia.inta.gov.ar

Director of the Climate and Water Institute, INTA

Webpage: www.intacya.org

BRASIL

Fabiano Morelli

Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais

Tel: (55-12) 3945-6000 Fax: (55-12) 3945 6000

Email: fmorelli@cptec.inpe.br

Dr. Alberto Setzer

Researcher

Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais

Tel: (55-12) 3945-6000 Fax: (55-12) 3945 6000

Email: asetzer@cptec.inpe.br

CHILE

Dr. Sergio Opazo

Escuela de Ciencia y Tecnología Agropecuaria

Universidad de Magallanes

Teléfono: +56 - 61207069

Email: sergio.opazo@umag.cl

Research field:

Burned area mapping for South America..

Land Use Maps for Patagonia as a tool to estimate load capacity. NOAA/AVHRR data processing

COLOMBIA

Dr. Jesús Anaya

Universidad de Medellín

Medellín, Colombia

Teléfono: 574 3405433

Email: janaya@udem.edu.co

Research field:

Application of remote sensing tools in hydrology and vegetation studies.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Dr. Ivan Csiszar

NOAA/NESDIS Center for Satellite Applications and Research

5200 Auth Road Room 712

Camps Springs MD 20746, USA

Email: Ivan.Csiszar@noaa.gov

Institute Web page: http://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/star/index.php

Personal Web page: http://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/star/Csiszar_I.php

Dr. Wilfrid Schroeder

Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC)

University of Maryland - College Park, MD

NOAA/NESDIS - Camp Springs, MD

Email: wilfrid.schroeder@noaa.gov

SPAIN

Dr. Emilio Chuvieco

Professor of Regional Geographic Analysis.

Departamento de Geografía

Universidad de Alcalá

Teléfono: 918854438 Fax: (34) 918854439

Email: emilio.chuvieco@uah.es

Research field:

Using remote sensing and GIS to generate and process relevant information for the management of forest fires, with the main purpose of estimating dangerous conditions and assessing fire effects.

Dr. Federico González Alonso

Researcher

CIFOR - INIA

Tel :(34) 91 3473900, Fax: (34) 91 3572293

Email: alonso@inia.es

Research field:

Using remote sensors in agriculture, forest and environmental applications in connection with fires and the carbon cycle.

MEXICO

M. en G. María Isabel Cruz López

Coordinator of RedLaTIF

Email: icruz@conabio.gob.mx

Subdirector of Remote Sensing

Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad

CONABIO

Tel: 5004 4946

Research field:

Forest fire and vegetation monitoring using remote sensing techniques

Dra. Lilia Manzo Delgado

Instituto de Geografía, UNAM

Dirección: Circuito Exterior, Ciudad Universitaria

04510, Coyoacán, México D.F.

Tel: (5255) 56 22 43 35 ext. 45469, Fax: (5255) 56 16 21 45

Email: llmanzo@igg.unam.mx

Research field:

Application and development of remote sensing and GIS techniques for the analysis and monitoring of natural resources, focused on vegetation phenology, Earth’s surface temperature, forest fire risk and identification of burned areas.

Ing. Gerardo López Saldaña

Forest Research Centre

School of Agriculture

Technical University of Lisbon

Tapada de Ajuda, 1449-017 Lisboa, Portugal

Tel: +351 (21) 365 3387

Mail: GerardoLopez@isa.utl.pt

Research field:

Early Warning Systems – Forest fires and burned areas, automated classification of land cover, development of geoinformatics software.