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Philipp Schneider

Education

Ph.D. in Geography, University of California, Santa Barbara (2008)
M. Sc. in Geography, University of Munich, Germany (2003)
B. Sc. In Geography, University of Munich, Germany (2001)

Research Interests

Applications of remote sensing for natural hazard research
Using thermal IR imagery of large inland water bodies to characterize climate change
Modeling spatial patterns of wildfire susceptibility using remote sensing data
Assessment of digital elevation model quality and its impact on hydrological modeling

Professional Experience

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology (2008-present)

Post-Doctoral Research Scientist

University of California, Santa Barbara (2003 – 2008)

Graduate Student Researcher (2004 – 2008)
NASA Graduate Fellow (2004-2008)
Teaching Assistant (2003 – 2004, 2008)

University of Munich, Germany (1999 - 2003)

Research Associate (2003)
Student Research Assistant (1999 – 2001)

IXL Satinfo AG, Wessling, Germany (2001)

Remote Sensing and GIS Analyst

German Aerospace Center, Geomatics Group, Microwaves and Radar Institute (1999)

Remote Sensing Analyst

Selected Awards

NASA Earth System Science Fellowship, 2004 - 2008
David S. Simonett Memorial Award for excellence in remote sensing research, 2008
Jack and Laura Dangermond Graduate Travel Fellowship, 2006

Selected Publications

Schneider, P., P. E. Dennison, D. A. Roberts, 2009. Utilizing Multiple Endmember Spectral Mixture Analysis for deriving dead vegetation fraction as an input to the Fire Potential Index. In preparation for Remote Sensing of Environment.
Schneider, P., D. A. Roberts, P. C. Kyriakidis, 2008. A VARI-based relative greenness from MODIS data for computing the Fire Potential Index. Remote Sensing of Environment, 112, 1151-1167.
Schneider, P., D. A. Roberts, 2008. Mapping wildfire susceptibility in Southern California using live and dead fractions of vegetation derived from Multiple Endmember Spectral Mixture Analysis of MODIS imagery. Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union 2008, San Francisco, California, December 15-19, 2008.
Schneider, P., D. A. Roberts, P. C. Kyriakidis, 2007. Multiple Endmember Spectral Mixture Analysis of MODIS Data for Computing the Fire Potential Index in Southern California. Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union 2007, San Francisco, California, December 10-14, 2007.
Schneider, P., D. A. Roberts, P. C. Kyriakidis, 2007. Evaluation of MODIS time-series for wildfire susceptibility assessment in southern California. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers 2007, San Francisco, California, April 17-21, 2007.
Ludwig, R. and Schneider, P., 2006. Validation of digital elevation models from SRTM X-SAR for applications in hydrologic modeling. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 60(5), 339-358.
Schneider, P., D. A. Roberts, P. C. Kyriakidis, 2006. Using MODIS data as the remote sensing input to the Fire Potential Index. Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union 2006, San Francisco, California, December 11-15, 2006.
Schneider, P., Kyriakidis, P. C., Goodchild, M. F., 2006. Improving Spatial Support Interoperability in GIS using Geostatistics: An Areal Interpolation Toolbox. Proceedings, GIScience 2006, Münster, Germany, September 20-23, 2006.
Schneider, P. and R. Ludwig, 2003. Validating SRTM X-SAR-DEMs for applications in hydrologic modeling. EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly, Nice, France, April 6-11 2003.

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