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José A. Sobrino

José A. Sobrino

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Environmental Sciences
Spain
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
76
Citations
28209
World Ranking
1174
National Ranking
33

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Spain Leader Award

Overview

José A. Sobrino is affiliated with the University of Valencia in Spain and has a research profile centered primarily in environmental science and earth and planetary sciences. Their scholarly output covers over 100 publications in these main fields, with a strong focus on subfields including global and planetary change, environmental engineering, and atmospheric science.

Their research topics encompass various aspects of remote sensing applications and environmental monitoring. Key topics addressed include urban heat island mitigation, remote sensing in agriculture, plant water relations and carbon dynamics, and climate variability and models. Additional thematic interests involve meteorological phenomena and simulations as well as the use of LiDAR technologies.

José A. Sobrino frequently collaborates with several researchers, including Dražen Skoković, Y. Julien, Rafael Llorens, Chiara Corbari, and Juan C. Jiménez-Muñoz. These partnerships have contributed to a significant body of work published in reputable academic journals.

Their publications are predominantly featured in specific venues known for environmental and remote sensing scholarship. These include:

  • Remote Sensing
  • International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation
  • Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Recent advances in remote sensing.
  • Frontiers in Remote Sensing

Notable recent papers by José A. Sobrino include:

  • A Methodology for Comparing the Surface Urban Heat Island in Selected Urban Agglomerations Around the World from Sentinel-3 SLSTR Data, 2020, Remote Sensing
  • Surface Temperature of the Planet Earth from Satellite Data, 2020, Remote Sensing
  • A methodology to estimate forest fires burned areas and burn severity degrees using Sentinel-2 data. Application to the October 2017 fires in the Iberian Peninsula, 2020, International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation
  • Satellite-Derived Land Surface Temperature Dynamics in the Context of Global Change-A Review, 2023, Remote Sensing
  • Surface Temperature trends in the Mediterranean Sea from MODIS data during years 2003-2019, 2021, Regional Studies in Marine Science

Their research mainly utilizes satellite data and remote sensing technology to analyze environmental and climatic phenomena, providing insights into urban heat islands, land surface temperature dynamics, and fire-affected areas. These efforts contribute to understanding environmental change and support applications in environmental engineering and ecology.

Best Publications

  • Land surface temperature retrieval from LANDSAT TM 5

    José A. Sobrino;Juan C. Jiménez-Muñoz;Leonardo Paolini

  • Satellite-derived land surface temperature: Current status and perspectives

    Zhao-Liang Li;Bo-Hui Tang;Hua Wu;Huazhong Ren

  • A generalized single‐channel method for retrieving land surface temperature from remote sensing data

    Juan C. Jiménez-Muñoz;José A. Sobrino

  • Land Surface Temperature Retrieval Methods From Landsat-8 Thermal Infrared Sensor Data

    Juan C. Jimenez-Munoz;Jose A. Sobrino;Drazen Skokovic;Cristian Mattar

  • Toward remote sensing methods for land cover dynamic monitoring: application to Morocco

    J. A. Sobrino;N. Raissouni

  • Satellite Remote Sensing of Surface Urban Heat Islands: Progress, Challenges, and Perspectives

    Decheng Zhou;Jingfeng Xiao;Stefania Bonafoni;Christian Berger

  • Land Surface Emissivity Retrieval From Different VNIR and TIR Sensors

    J.A. Sobrino;J.C. Jimenez-Muoz;G. Soria;M. Romaguera

  • Revision of the Single-Channel Algorithm for Land Surface Temperature Retrieval From Landsat Thermal-Infrared Data

    J.C. Jimenez-Munoz;J. Cristobal;J.A. Sobrino;G. Soria

  • Record-breaking warming and extreme drought in the Amazon rainforest during the course of El Niño 2015–2016

    Juan C. Jiménez-Muñoz;Cristian Mattar;Jonathan Barichivich;Andrés Santamaría-Artigas

  • A Comparative Study of Land Surface Emissivity Retrieval from NOAA Data

    J Sobrino

  • Land surface emissivity retrieval from satellite data

    Zhao-Liang Li;Hua Wu;Ning Wang;Shi Qiu

  • Atmospheric correction for land surface temperature using NOAA-11 AVHRR channels 4 and 5

    JoséA. Sobrino;César Coll;Vicente Caselles

  • Multi-channel and multi-angle algorithms for estimating sea and land surface temperature with ATSR data

    J. A. Sobrino;Z. L. Li;M. P. Stoll;F. Becker

  • Improvements in the split-window technique for land surface temperature determination

    J.A. Sobrino;Zhao-Liang Li;M.P. Stoll;F. Becker

  • Thermal remote sensing of land surface temperature from satellites: Current status and future prospects

    A. J. Prata;V. Caselles;C. Coll;J. A. Sobrino

  • Assessing canopy PRI for water stress detection with diurnal airborne imagery

    L. Suárez;P.J. Zarco-Tejada;G. Sepulcre-Cantó;O. Pérez-Priego

  • Global land surface phenology trends from GIMMS database

    Y. Julien;J. A. Sobrino

  • Changes in land surface temperatures and NDVI values over Europe between 1982 and 1999

    Yves Julien;José A. Sobrino;Wout Verhoef

  • Surface temperature and water vapour retrieval from MODIS data

    J. A. Sobrino;J. El Kharraz;Z.-L. Li

  • On the atmospheric dependence of the split-window equation for land surface temperature

    C. Coll;V. Caselles;J. A. Sobrino;E. Valor

  • Multi-channel and multi-angle algorithms for estimating sea and land surface temperature with ATSR data

    J.A. Sobrino;Li Z-L.;M.P. Stoll;F. Becker

Frequent Co-Authors

Albert Olioso
Albert Olioso INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Zhongbo Su
Zhongbo Su University of Twente
Massimo Menenti
Massimo Menenti Delft University of Technology
Pablo J. Zarco-Tejada
Pablo J. Zarco-Tejada Spanish National Research Council
Jose Moreno
Jose Moreno University of Valencia
Yaoming Ma
Yaoming Ma Chinese Academy of Sciences
Catherine Ottlé
Catherine Ottlé Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
César Coll
César Coll University of Valencia
Gérard Dedieu
Gérard Dedieu Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Zhao-Liang Li
Zhao-Liang Li University of Strasbourg

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