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Peer-Reviewed Articles:


Wright, S.P. and Ramsey, M.S., Thermal infrared data analyses of Meteor Crater, Arizona: Implications for Mars spaceborne data from the Thermal Emission Imaging System, J. Geophys. Res., (in press).

Vaughan, R.G., Hook, S.J., Ramsey, M.S., Realmuto, V.J., and Schneider, D.G., Monitoring eruptive activity at Mount St. Helens with TIR image data, Geophys. Res. Let., vol. 32, L19305, doi:10.1029/2005GL024112, 2005.

Ramsey, M.S., Byrnes, J., Wessels, R., and Izbekov, P., Applications of Moderate- Resolution Satellite Remote Sensing for the Northern Pacific Volcanic Arcs, in Dean, K., and Dehn, J., (eds.), Volcanic Atlas of the North Pacific, (in review).

Kuhn, S.S. and Ramsey, M.S., Characterization of dome processes at Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat: Synthesis of infrared remote sensing data with a multi-parameter database, Bull. Volc., (in revision).

Misner, T.J., Ramsey, M.S., and Arrowsmith, J.R., Multi-frequency, multi-temporal, brush fire scar analysis in a semi-arid urban environment, Rem. Sens. Environ., (in revision).

Eisinger, C., Ramsey, M.S., and Fink, J.H., Mapping compositional variations on large obsidian flows: Comprehensive thermal infrared analysis of Big Glass Mountain, California, J. Volc. Geotherm. Res., (in preparation).

Ramsey, M.S. and Flynn, L.P., Strategies, insights, and the recent advances in volcanic monitoring and mapping with data from NASA's Earth Observing System, J. Volc. Geotherm. Res., vol. 135, issue 1-2, pp. 1-11, 2004. (Download the .pdf file)

Ramsey, M.S. and Dehn, J., Spaceborne observations of the 2000 Bezymianny, Kamchatka eruption: The integration of high-resolution ASTER data into near real-time monitoring using AVHRR, J. Volc. Geotherm. Res., vol. 135, issue 1-2, pp. 127-146, 2004. (Download the .pdf file)

Ramsey, M.S., Quantitative geological surface processes extracted from infrared spectroscopy and remote sensing, in Infrared Spectroscopy in Geochemistry, Exploration, and Remote Sensing, P. King, M. Ramsey, G. Swayze (eds.), Mineral. Assoc. of Canada, London, ON, vol. 33, pp. 197-213, 2004. (Download the .pdf file and the color plates)

Hellman, M.J. and Ramsey, M.S., Analysis of hot springs and associated deposits in Yellowstone National Park using ASTER and AVIRIS remote sensing, J. Volc. Geotherm. Res., vol. 135, issue 1-2, pp. 195-219, 2004. (Download the .pdf file)

Byrnes, J.M., Ramsey, M.S., and Crown, D.A., Emplacement of the Mauna Ulu flow field, Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii: New insights from ASTER and the MASTER airborne simulator, J. Volc. Geotherm. Res., vol. 135, issue 1-2, pp. 169-193, 2004. (Download the .pdf file)

King, P.L., Ramsey, M.S., McMillan, P.F., and Swayze, G., Laboratory fourier transform infrared spectroscopy methods for geologic samples, in Infrared Spectroscopy in Geochemistry, Exploration, and Remote Sensing, P. King, M. Ramsey, G. Swayze (eds.), Mineral. Assoc. of Canada, London, ON, vol. 33, pp. 57-91, 2004. (Download the .pdf file)

Ramsey, M.S., Mapping the City Landscape From Space: The Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflectance Radiometer (ASTER) Urban Environmental Monitoring Program, in Earth Science in the City, G. Heiken, R. Fakundiny, J. Sutter, (eds.), Am. Geophys. Un. Press, Washington, D.C., 337-361, 2003. (Download the proof-version .pdf file)

Stefanov, W.L., Ramsey, M.S., and Christensen, P.R., Identification of fugitive dust generation, transport, and deposition areas using remote sensing, Environ. and Eng. Geosci., 9:2, pp. 151-165, 2003.

Ramsey, M.S., Ejecta distribution patterns at Meteor Crater, Arizona: On the applicability of lithologic end-member deconvolution for spaceborne thermal infrared data of Earth and Mars, J. Geophys. Res., 107(E8), doi:10.1029/2001JE001827, 2002. (Download the .pdf file)

Ramsey, M.S. and Arrowsmith, J.R., New images of fire scars may help to mitigate future natural hazards, EOS, Trans. Amer. Geophys. Union, 82:36, pp. 393-398, 4 Sept. 2001.

Stefanov, W.L., Ramsey, M.S., , and Christensen, P.R., Monitoring urban land cover change: An expert system approach to land cover classification of semiarid to arid urban centers, Rem. Sens. Environ., 77:2, pp. 173-185, 2001. (Download the .pdf file)

Ramsey, M.S. and Fink, J.H., Estimating silicic lava vesicularity with thermal remote sensing: A new technique for volcanic mapping and monitoring, Bull. Volc., 61, pp. 32-39, 1999. (Download the .pdf file)

1Ramsey, M.S., Christensen, P.R., Lancaster, N., and Howard, D.A., Identification of sand sources and transport pathways at the Kelso Dunes, California using thermal infrared remote sensing, Geol. Soc. Amer. Bull., 111, pp. 646-662, 1999. (Download the .pdf file)

Ramsey, M.S. and Christensen, P.R., Mineral abundance determination: Quantitative deconvolution of thermal emission spectra, J. Geophys. Res., 103, pp. 577-596, 1998. (Download the .pdf file)

Stefanov, W.L., Christensen, P.R., and Ramsey, M.S., Mineralogical analysis of soils using linear deconvolution of mid-infrared emission spectra, J. Geophys. Res. (in preparation).


Popular Articles & Dissertation:


Ramsey, M.S., Highlights of 2004: Volcanoes, GeoTimes, vol. 49, no. 7, p. 19, July, 2004. (Click for the article)

Ramsey, M.S., Quantitative analysis of geological surfaces: A deconvolution algorithm for midinfrared remote sensing data, 276 pp., Ph.D. dissertation, Ariz. State Univ., Tempe, 1996.


Conference Proceedings:



Stefanov, W.L., P.R. Christensen and M.S. Ramsey, Remote sensing of urban ecology at regional and global scales: Results from the Central Arizona-Phoenix LTER site and ASTER urban environmental monitoring program, Regensberger Geographische Schriften 35, (plus suppl. CD-ROM), pp. 97-98, 2001.

Ramsey, M.S., W.L. Stefanov and P.R. Christensen, Monitoring world-wide urban land cover changes using ASTER: Preliminary results from the Phoenix, AZ LTER site, in Proc. of the 13th Appl. Geol. Rem. Sens. Conf., Vancouver, BC, Canada, v. 2, pp. 237-244, 1999.

2Ramsey, M.S., Object detection utilizing a linear retrieval algorithm for thermal infrared imagery, in Proc. of the Sec. Intl. Airborne Rem. Sens. Conf., San Francisco, CA, v. 2, pp. 559-569, 1996.


Extended Abstracts:


Byrnes, J.M., P.L. King, M.S. Ramsey, and R.J. Lee, Synthesis and analysis of silicate glasses: Applications to remote sensing of volcanic surface units on Earth and Mars, Lunar Planet. Sci. Conf. #XXXVI, abs. #2089 (CD-ROM), 2005.

Peet, V.M., Ramsey, M.S., and D.A. Crown, Comparison of terrestrial morphology, ejecta, and sediment transport of small craters: Volcanic and impact analogs to Mars, Lunar Planet. Sci. Conf. #XXXVI, abs. #2080 (CD-ROM), 2005.

Ramsey, M.S. and D.A. Crown, Quantitative analyses of terrestrial crater deposits: Constraining formation and sediment transport processes on Mars, Lunar Planet. Sci. Conf. #XXXV, abs. #2031, 2004.

Wright, S.P. and M.S. Ramsey, Thermal infrared remote sensing of terrestrial impact craters as analogs for Mars, Mars Crater Morphology Consortium Workshop, abs. #0611, 2003.

Wright, S.P. and M.S. Ramsey, Spaceborne thermal infrared data analysis of Meteor Crater, Arizona: Analog for THEMIS data of a small impact crater in Syrtis Major, Lunar Planet. Sci. Conf. #XXXIV, p. 1495, 2003.

Zorn, N.V. and M.S. Ramsey, An automated spectral deconvolution algorithm: Application to thermal infrared studies of Earth and Mars, Solar System Rem. Sens. Symp., LPI Contrib. No. 1129, p. 93-94, 2002.

Wright, S.P. and M.S. Ramsey, End member analyses of spaceborne thermal infrared data of Meteor Crater, AZ and application to future Mars data sets, Solar System Rem. Sens. Symp., LPI Contrib. No. 1129, p. 91-92, 2002.

Ramsey, M.S., Using terrestrial multispectral images as a proxy for constraining new thermal infrared data of Mars, in Proc. of the Mars Infrared Spectroscopy Workshop, 2016.pdf, Lun. Planetary Instit., 2002.

Ramsey, M.S. and J. Dehn, The 2000 eruption of Bezymianny Volcano captured with ASTER: A proposal to integrate high-resolution remote sensing data into real-time eruption monitoring at AVO, in Proc. of the 3rd Ann. Subduction Processes in the Kurile-Kamchatka-Aleutian Arcs, p. 44-45, 2002.

Kahle, A.B., M.J. Abrams, S.J. Hook, D.C. Pieri, M.S. Ramsey, L.C. Rowan, T. Schmugge, R. Wessels, Current activity of U.S. ASTER science team, The 6th Int'l Symp. for the Expanding Use of ASTER Data, Tokyo, Japan, 2001.

Stefanov, W.L., M.S. Ramsey and P.R. Christensen, Monitoring urban land cover change: An expert system approach to land cover classification of the Phoenix metropolitan area, in Abs. of the Ecol. Soc. Am. Ann. Mtg., pp. 387-388, 2000.

Byrnes, J.M., D.A. Crown and M.S. Ramsey, Thermal remote sensing characteristics of basaltic lava flow surface units: Implications for flow field evolution, Lunar Planet. Sci. Conf. XXXI (CD-ROM), Abs. 1867, 2000.

Ramsey, M.S. and P.R. Christensen, Monitoring potential desertification via airborne TIR data: Sediment transport in the Mojave Desert, California, The First JPL Workshop on Rem. Sens. of Land Surface Emissivity, Pasadena, CA, 4pp., 1997.

Ramsey, M.S., "A conflict of water and fire": Remote sensing imagery of the Uinkaret Volcanic Field, Grand Canyon, Arizona, in Sum. of the Fifth Ann. Airborne Geosci. Workshop, vol. 2, TIMS Workshop, edited by V.J. Realmuto, JPL Publ. 95-1, pp. 19-23, 1995.

Edgett, K.S., M.S. Ramsey and P.R. Christensen, Aeolian erosion, transport, and deposition of volcaniclastic sands among the Shifting Sand Dunes, Christmas Lake Valley, Oregon: TIMS image analysis, in Sum. of the Fifth Ann. Airborne Geosci. Workshop, vol. 2, TIMS Workshop, edited by V.J. Realmuto, JPL Publ. 95-1, pp. 13-16, 1995.

Edgett, K.S., P.R. Christensen and M.S. Ramsey, Monitoring aeolian dune dynamics using multispectral thermal infrared observations: Preparing for the Earth Observing System's Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflectance Radiometer, in Desert Res. Inst. Occasional Paper, 2, pp. 29-31, 1994.

Ramsey, M.S., D.A. Howard, P.R. Christensen and N. Lancaster, Mineralogic variability of the Kelso Dunes, Mojave Desert, California derived from Thermal Infrared Multispectral Scanner (TIMS) data, in Sum. of the Fourth Ann. Airborne Geosci. Workshop, vol. 2, TIMS Workshop, edited by V.J. Realmuto, JPL Publ. 93-26, pp. 9-12, 1993.

Ramsey, M.S. and P.R. Christensen, Ejecta patterns of Meteor Crater, Arizona derived from the linear un-mixing of TIMS data and laboratory thermal emission spectra, in Sum. of the Third Ann. Airborne Geosci. Workshop, vol. 2, TIMS Workshop, edited by E.A. Abbott, JPL Publ. 92-14, pp. 34-36, 1992.

Ramsey, M.S. and P.R. Christensen, The linear "un-mixing" of laboratory infrared spectra: Implications for the thermal emission spectrometer (TES) experiment, Mars Observer, Lunar Planet. Sci. XXIII, pp. 1127-1128, 1992.


Abstracts:


Rose, S. and Ramsey, M.S., Determining subpixel thermal anomalies and heat flux of Cerro Negro Volcano, Nicaragua: A TIR deconvolution approach, Cities on Volcanoes Mtg. (submitted), 2006.

Ramsey, M.S., and Wright, S.P., INVITED: Mapping stratigraphy from space: Analysis of thermal infrared data of impact crater ejecta on Mars and Earth from the THEMIS and ASTER instruments, AGU Fall Mtg. (submitted), 2005.

Ramsey, M.S., Schneider, D., Wessels, R., and Clark, M., Modeling the ascent rate of the 2004 Mount St. Helens lava body using pre-eruption airborne thermal infrared camera data, AGU Fall Mtg. (submitted), 2005.

Anderson, S.W., Ramsey, M.S., Crown, D.A., Byrnes, J.M., and Stofan, E., The role of preflow topography on the surface morphology and thermal evolution of actively inflating basaltic lava flows, AGU Fall Mtg. (submitted), 2005.

Carter, A.J., Ramsey, M.S., Belousov, A., Wessels, R.L., and Dehn, J., The January 2005 eruption of Bezymianny Volcano, Russia: Comparing ground and airborne thermal camera images to rapid-response ASTER satellite data, AGU Fall Mtg. (submitted), 2005.

Wessels, R.L., Ramsey, M.S., Dehn, J., and Senyukov, S., Mapping elevated temperatures on a thirty-year-old basalt flow of New Tolbachik Volcano using satellite and ground-based thermal infrared, AGU Fall Mtg. (submitted), 2005.

Byrnes, J.M., Finnegan, D.C., Ramsey, M.S., and Anderson, S.W., Characterization of primary, eroded, and mantled volcanic surfaces using data fusion, AGU Fall Mtg. (submitted), 2005.

Vaughan, R.G., Hook, S.J., Ramsey, M.S., Realmuto, V.J., and Schneider, D.J., Remotely monitoring volcanic activity at Mount St. Helens with thermal infrared data, AGU Fall Mtg. (submitted), 2005.

Schneider, D.J., Vallance, J.W., Logan, M., Wessels, R., and Ramsey, M.S., Airborne thermal infrared imaging of the 2004-2005 eruption of Mount St. Helens, AGU Fall Mtg. (submitted), 2005.

Crown, D.A., Anderson, S.W.,Byrnes, J.M., and Ramsey, M.S., Distributary systems in basaltic flow fields: Insights from Mauna Ulu, Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii, AGU Fall Mtg. (submitted), 2005.

Vaughan, R.G., Hook, S.J., Ramsey, M.S., Realmuto, V.J., and Schneider, D.G, Remotely Monitoring Volcanic Activity at Mount St. Helens with Thermal Infrared Data, GSA Abst. with Prog., vol. 37, no. 7, 2005.

Ramsey, M.S., J. Dehn, R. Wessels, J. Byrnes, K. Duda, L. Maldonado, and J. Dwyer, The ASTER emergency scheduling system: A new project linking near-real-time satellite monitoring of disasters to the acquisition of high-resolution remote sensing data, Eos Trans. AGU, 85(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract SF23A-0026, 2004.

Ramsey, M.S., and J. Dehn, INVITED: The synergy of field and satellite-based thermal infrared observations for volcanic surfaces, Eos Trans. AGU, 85(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract V32A-08, 2004.

Wessels, R., S. Senyukov, A. Tranbenkova, M. Ramsey, and D. Schneider, Detecting small geothermal features at Northern Pacific volcanoes with ASTER thermal infrared data, Eos Trans. AGU, 85(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract V33C-1479, 2004.

Schneider, D., R. Wessels, and M. Ramsey, Airborne thermal infrared observations during the first month of the 2004 eruption of Mount St. Helens volcano, Washington, Eos Trans. AGU, 85(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract V31E-05, 2004.

Adleman, J.N., J.F. Larsen, M.S. Ramsey, R.G. McGimsey, and C.A. Neal, Analysis of composition and chronology of dome emplacement at Black Peak, Alaska utilizing ASTER remote sensing data and field-based studies, in Proc. of the 4th Biennial Workshop on Subduction Processes in the Japan-Kurile-Kamchatka-Aleutian Arcs, p. 50, 2004.

Ramsey, M.S., and Dehn, J., The changing behavior of silicic lava domes in Kamchatka: Monitoring flow dynamics over four years with high resolution thermal infrared data, in Abstr. of the Gen. Assembly IAVCEI, 2004.

Ramsey, M.S., and Kuhn, S., Fusion of Parametric and Thematic Data to Characterize the Soufrière Hills Volcanic Dome, in Abstr. of the Gen. Assembly IAVCEI, 2004.

Byrnes, J., Ramsey, M.S., Anderson, S., and Crown, D., Thermal and topographic characterization of active basaltic pahoehoe flow emplacement, in Abstr. of the Gen. Assembly IAVCEI, 2004.

Ramsey, M.S., INVITED: Synergistic use of thermal infrared satellite and field-based data to understand silicic lava emplacement processes, Eos Trans. AGU, 85(17), Jt. Assem. Suppl., Abs. V53B-04, 2004.

Ramsey, M.S., and Misner, T.J., Brush Fire Hazard Analysis in a Semi-Arid Urban Environment Using ASTER, ETM+ and SIR-C Data, Fourth Annual ASTER Science Workshop, Tokyo, Japan, p. 23, 2004.

Ramsey, M.S., INVITED: The eruptions of Bezymianny Volcano as seen in the infrared: The linkage of dome emplacement processes with near-real time eruption monitoring, GAC-MAC Abs. Vol. 29, St. Catherines, ON, Canada, p. 313, 2004.

Byrnes, J.M., Ramsey, M.S., and King, P.L., Infrared spectroscopic analysis of synthetic glasses: Application to basaltic lava flow emplacement, GAC-MAC Abs. Vol. 29, St. Catherines, ON, Canada, p. 306, 2004.

Kuhn, S.S. and Ramsey, M.S., Characterization of dome processes at Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat: Synthesis of infrared remote sensing data with a multi-parameter database, GAC-MAC Abs. Vol. 29, St. Catherines, ON, Canada, p. 314, 2004.

Ramsey, M.S., J. Dehn, J.N. Adleman, J.F. Larsen, R.G. McGimsey, C.A. Neal, R. Wessels, Deciphering silicic dome emplacement processes in the northern Pacific: Quantitative analyses of high resolution satellite and field-based data, Eos Trans. AGU, 84(46), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abs. V51F-346, 2003.

Wessels, R., M.S. Ramsey, D. Schneider, J. Dehn, Low-level volcano thermal anomaly survey of Northern Pacific volcanoes using night time ASTER TIR, Eos Trans. AGU, 84(46), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abs. V51FG-0350, 2003.

Adleman, J.N., J.F. Larsen, M.S. Ramsey, R.G. McGimsey, and C.A. Neal, Analysis of composition and chronology of dome emplacement at Black Peak, Alaska utilizing ASTER remote sensing data and field-based studies, Eos Trans. AGU, 84(46), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abs. V31G-07, 2003.

McGimsey, R.G., C.A. Neal, J.N. Adleman, J.F. Larsen, and M.S. Ramsey, Black Peak Caldera, Alaska: Preliminary investigations of the ~4600 BP caldera-forming eruption and subsequent post-caldera activity, Eos Trans. AGU, 84(46), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abs. V51FG-0342, 2003.

Kuhn, S.S. and M.S. Ramsey, Growth of the Soufrière Hills Dome: Fusion of Thermal Infrared Spaceborne Data with a Multi-parameter Database, Cities on Volcanoes 3 Mtg., 2003.

Ramsey, M.S. and J. Dehn, The explosive and effusive dome-forming eruptions of Kamchatkan volcanoes: Quantitative measurements from space, Int. Union of Geod. Geophys. Abs. Progr. (abs. V05/03A/A04-004), 2003.

Ramsey, M.S., Closing the terrestrial-planetary remote sensing loop: Spectral, spatial and physical proxies, Am. Geophys. Union Fall Meeting (abs. P62B-12), 2002.

Kuhn, S.S. and M.S. Ramsey, Monitoring the Surface Changes and Growth of the Soufrière Hills Lava Dome: Thermal Infrared Analyses of Field and Spaceborne Data, Am. Geophys. Union Fall Meeting (abs. V12A-1407), 2002.

7Misner, T., M.S. Ramsey and J.R. Arrowsmith, Analysis of Brush Fire Scars in Semi-Arid Urban Environments: Implications for Future Fire and Flood Hazards Using Field and Satellite Data, Am. Geophys. Union Fall Meeting (abs. B61C-0740), 2002.

Crown, D., J. Byrnes and M.S. Ramsey, Compound Lava Flow Fields on Planetary Surfaces: Hawaiian Analogue Studies, Am. Geophys. Union Fall Meeting (abs. P71A-0438), 2002.

Eisinger, C., J. Fink and M.S. Ramsey, Determining Crystal Abundance in Glassy Lavas: Combining Laboratory Infrared Spectroscopy With Remote Sensing, Am. Geophys. Union Fall Meeting (abs. P72A-0484), 2002.

Ramsey, M.S. and D.C. Pieri, INVITED: Monitoring, Assessment and Mitigation of Volcanic Hazards Using the Spaceborne ASTER Instrument, Geol. Soc. Am. Abs. with Programs, v. 34, p. 242, 2002.

Pieri, D., M.S. Ramsey, M. Abrams and E. Abbott, The new global volcanology: Monitoring volcanoes around the world with ASTER and other new multispectral instruments, Second Annual ASTER Science Workshop, Tokyo, Japan, p. 16, 2002.

3 Ramsey, M.S. and J. Dehn, The first year of volcanic data from ASTER: Case studies of Bezymianny and Sheveluch Volcanoes, Kamchatka, EOS Transactions, AGU, 82:47, Fall Meet. Suppl., p. F1354, 2001.

Byrnes, J.M., M.S. Ramsey and D.A. Crown, Emplacement of basaltic flow fields: New insights using MODIS/ASTER airborne simulator (MASTER) data, EOS Transactions, AGU, 82:47, Fall Meet. Suppl., p. F1356, 2001.

Crown, D.A., J.M. Byrnes and M.S. Ramsey, Mapping compound lava flow fields on planetary surfaces, EOS Transactions, AGU, 82:47, Fall Meet. Suppl., 2001.

Hellman, M.J. and M.S. Ramsey, Analysis of hot springs in Yellowstone National Park using ASTER and AVIRIS remote sensing, EOS Transactions, AGU, 82:47, Fall Meet. Suppl., p. F1360, 2001.

4Ramsey, M.S., A.J.L. Harris, J. Dehn and D. Pirie, Thermal Anomaly Monitoring of the Ongoing Eruptions at Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat and Bezymianny Volcano, Kamchatka: First Results From the New ASTER Instrument, EOS Transactions, AGU, 81:20, Spring Meet. Suppl., Abstract U31A-08, 2001.

Stefanov, W.L., M.S. Ramsey and P.R. Christensen, Fugitive Dust Generation, Transport, and Deposition in the Nogales, Arizona Region Using Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) Data, EOS Transactions, AGU, 81:20, Spring Meet. Suppl., Abstract B32A-10, 2001.

Stefanov, W.L., P.R. Christensen and M.S. Ramsey, Remote Sensing of Urban Ecology at Regional and Global Scales: Results from the Central Arizona-Phoenix LTER Site and ASTER Urban Environmental Monitoring Program, 2nd Symposium, Remote Sensing of Urban Areas, Regensburg, Germany, June 22-23, 2001.

5Ramsey, M.S. and J.R. Arrowsmith, Mitigating Future Fire and Flood Hazards in Arid Urban Regions: Initial Analysis of Brush Fire Scars With the new ASTER Instrument, Am. Geophys. Union EOS Transactions, 81:48, p. F549, 2000.

Wessels, R. and M.S. Ramsey, Multi-sensor/Multi-wavelength Data Fusion Over Steep Volcanic Terrain: Analysis Challenges in the Next Era of Remote Sensing, Am. Geophys. Union EOS Transactions, 81:48, p. F1255, 2000.

Ramsey, M.S. and W.L. Stefanov, The Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflectance Radiometer (ASTER) Urban Environmental Monitoring program: Local results using airborne MASTER data from Phoenix, AZ, (Invited, MASTER special session), in Proc. of the 14th Appl. Geol. Rem. Sens. Conf., Las Vegas, NV, 634 pp., 2000.

Ramsey, M.S. and J.H. Fink, Hazard Mitigation Associated with Silicic Dome Emplacement: Monitoring Surface Textural Variations Using Remote Sensing, in Abstr. of the Gen. Assembly IAVCEI, p. 234, 2000.

Eisinger, C.L., M.S. Ramsey, R.L. Wessels and J.H. Fink, Discriminating Compositional Variations on the Silicic Domes of Medicine Lake Volcano, CA, with the New Airborne Hyperspectral MODIS/ASTER Simulator, in Abstr. of the Gen. Assembly IAVCEI, p. 158, 2000.

Ramsey, M.S., Mapping the City Landscape From Space: The Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflectance Radiometer (ASTER) Urban Environmental Monitoring Program, Invited (U01: Earth Sciences in the Cities special session): Am. Geophys. Union EOS Transactions, 81:19, p. S11, 2000.

Ramsey, M.S., R. Wessels and C. Eisinger, Accurate mapping and monitoring of silicic domes using thermal infrared and radar remote sensing: Implications of lava texture and surface roughness, Am. Geophys. Union Eos Transactions, 80:46, p. F1145, 1999.

Ramsey, M.S., J.H. Fink, R. Wessels, M. Poland and S. Ruff, Field spectroscopy and GPS analysis of silicic domes: Implications for future volcanic monitoring with the spaceborne ASTER instrument, Am. Geophys. Union Eos Transactions, 79:45, p. F1010, 1998.

Ramsey, M.S. and N. Lancaster, Using remote sensing to derive sediment mixing patterns in arid environments: Future global possibilities with the ASTER instrument, Geol. Soc. Am. Abst. with Progs., 30:7, p. A360, 1998.

Stefanov, W.L., P.R. Christensen and M.S. Ramsey, Mineralogic analysis of soils using linear deconvolution of mid-infrared spectra, Geol. Soc. Am. Abst. with Progs., 30:7, p. A138, 1998.

Ramsey, M.S. and J.H. Fink, Mapping Vesicularity of Hawaiian Lava Flows via Thermal Infrared Remote Sensing, Am. Geophys. Union Eos Transactions, 78:46, p. F777, 1997.

6Ramsey, M.S. and J.H. Fink, Remote determination of lava vesicularity: Technique preparation for the upcoming spaceborne ASTER instrument, Geol. Soc. Am. Cordilleran Sec. Abst. with Progs., 29:5, p. A58, 1997.

Ramsey, M.S. and J.H. Fink, Estimating lava vesicularity: A new technique using thermal infrared remote sensing data, Am. Geophys. Union Eos Transactions, 77:46, p. F803, 1996.

Ramsey, M.S. and J.H. Fink, Remote monitoring of volcanic domes: Detection of chemical, textural, and thermal heterogeneities, Am. Geophys. Union Eos Transactions, 75:46, p. F716, 1994.

Ramsey, M.S., D.A. Howard, P.R. Christensen and N. Lancaster, Sand sources and mineralogic variability within the Kelso Dune Field, Mojave Desert, California: Analysis of thermal infrared remote sensing data, Geol. Soc. Am. Abst. with Progs., 26, p. A89, 1994.

Ramsey, M.S., J.H. Fink and P.R. Christensen, Thermal emission analysis of mineral glasses: Application to remote sensing studies of Holocene silicic lava flows, in Abstr. of the Gen. Assembly IAVCEI, p. 89, 1993.


1 Featured cover on GSA Bulletin issue
2 Presented with "Best of Session" Award (submitted abstract)
3 Chosen as a featured story on NASA's Earth Observatory Web Page
4 Featured in NASA/AGU press conference. (UP's press release)
5 Chosen as a news story on NASA's Earth Observatory Web Page
6 Selected as newsworthy by GSA (ASU press release)
7 Selected as Outstanding Student Paper, AGU Biogeosciences Section