Letter Validation analyses of an operational fire monitoring product: The Hazard Mapping System

W. SCHROEDER*{, M. RUMINSKI{, I. CSISZAR{, L. GIGLIO{§, E. PRINS", C. SCHMIDT" and J. MORISETTE|| {Department of Geography, 2181 Le Frak Hall, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA {NOAA/NESDIS, 5200 Auth Rd Rm 401, Camp Springs, MD 20746, USA §Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Lanham, MD 20706, USA "Space Science and Engineering Center, CIMSS/University of Wisconsin, 1225 West Dayton Street, Madison, WI 53706, USA ||NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Code 614.5, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA