Ivan Csiszar
Satellite Meteorology and Climatology Division
Environmental Monitoring Branch
Branch Chief
Recent Publications
To see Dr. Csiszar's complete list of publications, abstracts, and citation metrics, visit his
ResearcherID page.
 Ivan Csiszar
received his Ph.D. in 1996 in Earth Sciences from the Eötvös Loránd
University in Budapest, Hungary. From 1988 until 1997 he worked at the
Hungarian Meteorological Service, during which time he also visited the
Max-Planck-Institut für Meteorologie in Hamburg, Germany, and the
Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique in Palaiseau, France. He
was a visiting scientist at NOAA/NESDIS between 1997 and 2001. From 2002
to 2008 he was an Associate Research Scientist at the Department of
Geography of the University of Maryland, where he is currently a member of
the Adjunct Faculty. He joined NOAA/NESDIS/STAR in 2008.
Ivan Csiszar's early research focused on atmospheric sounding and on
the retrieval of cloud optical and microphysical properties. He has also
worked on various issues related to the retrieval of land surface
properties. His current primary research interest is satellite-based fire
detection and monitoring. He has led several NASA-funded research projects
aimed at fire mapping and evaluating fire products and impacts, including
products from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR), the
Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) and the Visible
Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS).
Dr. Csiszar has been an active contributor to the Fire Mapping and
Monitoring thematic area of the Global Observation of Forest and Land
Cover Dynamics (GOFC-GOLD) program and Group on Earth Observations (GEO).
He has led the evaluation and specification process of the Fire
Disturbance Essential Climate Variable for the Global Climate Observing
System (GCOS) and the Global Terrestrial Observing System (GTOS). He has
also been serving as an Associate Editor of the International Journal of
Wildland Fire.
Ivan Csiszar has published over 40 peer-reviewed journal articles, five
book chapters and has given numerous invited and contributing
presentations at scientific conferences. He has taught full courses on
dynamic meteorology and climatology, and has been a lecturer on weather,
climate and satellite-based environmental monitoring for courses at
domestic and international institutions. He has organized and chaired
international scientific workshops and conference sessions related to fire
monitoring. He has also served on scientific advisory and review panels
for NOAA and NASA. He is the recipient of the Zeldovich Award from the
Scientific Commission A of the Committee on Space Research, the World
Meteorological Organization Research Award for Young Scientists, and
awards from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and the Hungarian
Meteorological Society.
E-mail: Ivan.Csiszar@noaa.gov
|
Dept. of Commerce • NOAA • NESDIS • STAR • Last revised: October 28, 2010