William C. Straka III

According to our database, William C. Straka III authored at least 20 papers between 2013 and 2025.

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2025

An interpretable and scalable model for rapid flood extent forecasting using satellite imagery and machine learning with rotated EOF analysis.

Hung-Hsien Wan, Hyongki Lee, Tien Le Thuy Du, Amirhossein Rostami, Chi-Hung Chang, Kel N. Markert, E. James Nelson, Gustavious P. Williams, Sanmei Li, William Straka, Sean R. Helfrich, Franz J. Meyer

Environ. Model. Softw., 2025

2024

Extracting Wetlands in Coastal Louisiana from the Operational VIIRS and GOES-R Flood Products.

Tianshu Yang, Donglian Sun, Sanmei Li, Satya Kalluri, Lihang Zhou, Sean Helfrich, Meng Yuan, Qingyuan Zhang, William Straka, Viviana Maggioni, Fernando Miralles-Wilhelm

Remote. Sens., 2024

Forecasting Flood Inundation in U.S. Flood-Prone Regions Through a Data-Driven Approach (FIER): Using VIIRS Water Fractions and the National Water Model.

Amirhossein Rostami, Chi-Hung Chang, Hyongki Lee, Hung-Hsien Wan, Tien Le Thuy Du, Kel N. Markert, Gustavious P. Williams, E. James Nelson, Sanmei Li, William Straka III, Sean Helfrich, Angelica-L. Gutierrez

Remote. Sens., 2024

Mapping Global Floods with 10 Years of Satellite Radar Data.

Amit Misra, Kevin White, Simone Fobi Nsutezo, William Straka, Juan Lavista Ferres

CoRR, 2024

Advanced Operational Flood Monitoring in the New Era: Harnessing High-Resolution, Event Based, and Multi-Source Remote Sensing Data for Flood Extent Detection and Depth Estimation.

Qing Yang, Xinyi Shen, Qingyuan Zhang, Sean Helfrich, Josef M. Kellndorfer, William Straka, Wei Hao, Nicholas C. Steiner, Marcelo Villa, Tyler Ruff, Jessie C. Moore Torres, Rachel Lazzaro, Cora Jackson

Proceedings of the IGARSS 2024, 2024

2022

Satellite Fire Products: More Valuable Now Than Ever with Longer Fire Seasons.

William C. Straka, Ivan Csiszar, Shobha Kondragunta, Curtis J. Seaman, Ravan Ahmadov, Amy K. Huff, Christopher D. Elvidge

Proceedings of the IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2022

JPSS Imagery and Microwave Capabilities as a vital cog in Typhoon Forecasting.

Scott Lindstrom, William Brandon Aydlett, Derrick Herndon, Bill Sjoberg, A. Scott Bachmeier, William Straka, Eric Lau

Proceedings of the IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2022

2021

Examining the Economic and Environmental Impacts of COVID-19 Using Earth Observation Data.

William C. Straka III, Shobha Kondragunta, Zigang Wei, Hai Zhang, Steven D. Miller, Alexander Watts

Remote. Sens., 2021

A Study of Two Impactful Heavy Rainfall Events in the Southern Appalachian Mountains during Early 2020, Part I; Societal Impacts, Synoptic Overview, and Historical Context.

Douglas Miller, John Forsythe, Sheldon Kusselson, William Straka III, Jifu Yin, Xiwu Zhan, Ralph Ferraro

Remote. Sens., 2021

Satellite Fire Products: More Valuable Now Than Ever with Longer Fire Seasons.

William C. Straka III, Ivan Csiszar, Shobha Kondragunta, Curtis J. Seaman, Ravan Ahmadov, Amy K. Huff, Mark Rosenberg, William L. Brewer

Proceedings of the IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2021

Assessing flood inundation and exposure estimates from the Global Flood Awareness System (GloFAS) with data from the VIIRS Satellite for the Asian Monsoon in 2020.

Calum Baugh, William Straka, Eleanor Hansford, Christel Prudhomme

Proceedings of the IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2021

2020

Assessment of the Catastrophic Asia Floods and Potentially Affected Population in Summer 2020 Using VIIRS Flood Products.

Sanmei Li, Mitchell D. Goldberg, William Sjoberg, Lihang Zhou, Sreela Nandi, Nazmi Chowdhury, William Straka, Tianshu Yang, Donglian Sun

Remote. Sens., 2020

NOAA Satellites: Providing Critical Global Data for Local Environmental Challenges.

Bill Sjoberg, Mitchell D. Goldberg, William Straka

Proceedings of the IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2020

2019

Day/Night Band Provides Critical and Unique Support Capabilities to Natural Hazards.

William C. Straka III, Steven Miller, Curtis J. Seaman

Proceedings of the 2019 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2019

JPSS Capabilities Providing Critical Support to Recent Storms.

Bill Sjoberg, Mitchell D. Goldberg, William Straka

Proceedings of the 2019 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2019

2018

Mesospheric Bore Observations Using Suomi-NPP VIIRS DNB during 2013-2017.

Yucheng Su, Jia Yue, Xiao Liu, Steven D. Miller, William C. Straka III, Steven M. Smith, Dong Guo, Shengli Guo

Remote. Sens., 2018

2016

User Validation of VIIRS Satellite Imagery.

Don Hillger, Tom Kopp, Curtis J. Seaman, Steven D. Miller, Dan Lindsey, Eric Stevens, Jeremy Solbrig, William C. Straka III, Melissa Kreller, Arunas P. Kuciauskas, Amanda Terborg

Remote. Sens., 2016

The use of AHI data in preparation for ABI algorithms in SAPF.

Aiwu Li, Shanna Sampson, Walter Wolf, Tianxu Yu, Ruiyue Chen, Meizhu Fan, Hua Xie, Alexander Ken, Rickey Rollins, Veena Jose, Zhuo Zhang, Yunhui Zhao, William C. Straka III

Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2016

2015

Utilization of the Suomi National Polar-Orbiting Partnership (NPP) Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Day/Night Band for Arctic Ship Tracking and Fisheries Management.

William C. Straka III, Curtis J. Seaman, Kimberly E. Baugh, Kathleen Cole, Eric Stevens, Steven D. Miller

Remote. Sens., 2015

2013

Illuminating the Capabilities of the Suomi National Polar-Orbiting Partnership (NPP) Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Day/Night Band.

Steven D. Miller, William C. Straka III, Stephen P. Mills, Christopher D. Elvidge, Thomas F. Lee, Jeremy Solbrig, Andi Walther, Andrew K. Heidinger, Stephanie C. Weiss

Remote. Sens., 2013