New book chapter with our students

Figure: The Park Fire started on the afternoon on July 24, 2024, just northeast of Chico, California. One week later, it grew to 391,200 acres. ECOSTRESS was able to capture the fire front on July 28, 2024, represented by bright yellow/red spots on the map, where temperatures exceeded 127 °C. ECOSTRESS also captured the smoke/ash plume expanding north-east with the prevailing winds, represented with cooler temperatures in gray color. Map produced by a high school student as part of the COSMOS program at UCLA.

We are excited to announce the forthcoming release of a new book chapter co-authored with students from Observing Earth from Above. The chapter features five high school students who participated in a version of the course taught as part of a UCLA summer institute using the same curriculum as we use with our undergraduate students. Students produced outstanding data visualizations, including the one above. The book will be available on March 3, 2026: 

Fisher, J.B., A. Gopalakrishnan*, J. Hegde*, J. van der Werf*, R. Shivakumar*, R.E. Fisher*, A. Agatep*, and G.R. Goldsmith. 2026. "Energy Drives Terrestrial Ecosystems: How it Works, Monitoring, and Tools for the Next Generation." In: High spatio-temporal-spectral thermal remote sensing: research and applications. Eds. Cawse-Nicholson, K., Luvall, J.C., and Lee, C. Routledge.