Franch, Belen | GEOG | Geographical Sciences Department

Areas of Interest

Surface Albedo
Atmospheric Correction in the Solar Spectrum
Agriculture
Crop yield monitoring

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Degrees

Degree Type

Ph.D

Degree Details

Physics, Universitat de Valencia (2013)

Course Name	Course Title	Semester	Syllabus
GEOG271	Introduction to Earth Observation Science	Spring 2019	Syllabus
GEOG271	Introduction to Earth Observation Science	Spring 2018	Syllabus
GEOG271	Introduction to Earth Observation Science	Spring 2017	Syllabus

Franch, B., Cintas, J., Becker-Reshef, I., Sanchez-Torres, M. J., Roger, J., Skakun, S., Sobrino, J. A., Van Tricht, K., Degerickx, J., Gilliams, S., Koetz, B., Szantoi, Z., & Whitcraft, A. (2022).
B. Franch, E. Vermote, S. Skakun, A. Santamaria-Artigas, N. Kalecinski, J.-C. Roger, I. Becker-Reshef, B. Barker, C. Justice, J.A. Sobrino, The ARYA crop yield forecasting algorithm: Application to the main wheat exporting countries.
Santamaria-Artigas, A., Vermote, E.F., Franch, B., Roger, J.-C., Skakun, S., 2021. Evaluation of the AVHRR surface reflectance long term data record between 1984 and 2011. Int. J. Appl. Earth Obs. Geoinf. 98, 102317.
Skakun, S., Kalecinski, N.I., Brown, M.G.L., Johnson, D.M., Vermote, E.F., Roger, J.-C., & Franch, B. (2021). Assessing within-Field Corn and Soybean Yield Variability from WorldView-3, Planet, Sentinel-2, and Landsat 8 Satellite Imagery.
Vermote E., McCorkel J., Rountree W., Santamaría-Artigas A., Skakun S., Franch B. and Roger J.C., 2019, Validation of high spatial resolution surface reflectance using a camera system (CAMSIS), Fall AGU 2019, San Francisco, USA, 9-13 Dec, 2019.
Skakun, S.; Vermote, E.; Franch, B.; Roger, J.-C.; Kussul, N.; Ju, J.; Masek, J. (2019) Winter Wheat Yield Assessment from Landsat 8 and Sentinel-2 Data: Incorporating Surface Reflectance, Through Phenological Fitting, into Regression Yield Models.
Franch, B., Vermote, E. F., Skakun, S., Roger, J. C., Becker-Reshef, I., Murphy, E., & Justice, C. (2019). Remote sensing based yield monitoring: Application to winter wheat in United States and Ukraine.
Villaescusa-Nadal, J. L., Franch, B., Roger, J. C., Vermote, E. F., Skakun, S., & Justice, C. (2019). Spectral Adjustment Model's Analysis and Application to Remote Sensing Data.
Santamaria-Artigas, A., B. Franch, P. Guillevic, J.-C. Roger, E. F. Vermote, and S. Skakun (2019). “Evaluation of Near-Surface Air Temperature From Reanalysis Over the United States and Ukraine: Application to Winter Wheat Yield Forecasting”.
Franch, B., E. Vermote, S. Skakun, J.-C. Roger, J. Masek, J. Ju, J. L. Villaescusa-Nadal, and A. Santamaria-Artigas (2019). “A Method for Landsat and Sentinel 2 (HLS) BRDF Normalization”. In:Remote Sensing 11.6.DOI:10.3390/rs11060632.
Villaescusa-Nadal, J. L., Franch, B., Vermote, E. F., & Roger, J.-C. (2019). Improving the AVHRR Long Term Data Record BRDF Correction. Remote Sensing, 11(5), 502.
Franch B, Vermote E, Skakun S, Roger J-C, Santamaria-Artigas A, Villaescusa-Nadal JL and Masek J (2018) Toward Landsat and Sentinel-2 BRDF Normalization and Albedo Estimation: A Case Study in the Peruvian Amazon Forest. Front. Earth Sci. 6:185.
Becker-Reshef I, Franch B, Barker B, Murphy E, Santamaria-Artigas A, Humber M, Skakun S, Vermote E. Prior Season Crop Type Masks for Winter Wheat Yield Forecasting: A US Case Study. Remote Sensing. 2018; 10(10):1659.
Franch, B., Vermote, E., Roger, J.C., Murphy, E., Becker-Reshef, I., Justice, C., Claverie, M., Nagol, J., Csiszar, I., Meyer, D., Baret, F., Masuoka, E., Wolfe, R. and Devadiga, S., (2017)
Skakun, S., Franch, B., Vermote, E., Roger, J.-C. Becker-Reshef, I., Justice, C., Kussul, N. (2017). Early season large-area winter crop mapping using MODIS NDVI data, growing degree days information and a Gaussian mixture model.
Skakun, S., Vermote, E., Roger, J.-C., & Franch, B. (2017). Combined Use of Landsat-8 and Sentinel-2A Images for Winter Crop Mapping and Winter Wheat Yield Assessment at Regional Scale. AIMS Geosciences, 3(2), 163–186.
Claverie, M., Vermote, E., Franch, B., He, T., Hagolle, O., Kadiri, M., & Masek, J. (2015). Evaluation of Medium Spatial Resolution BRDF-Adjustment Techniques Using Multi-Angular SPOT4 (Take5) Acquisitions. Remote Sensing, 7, 12057
Claverie, M., Vermote, E.F., Franch, B., & Masek, J.G. (2015). Evaluation of the Landsat-5 TM and Landsat-7 ETM+ surface reflectance products. Remote Sensing of Environment. 169, 390-403
Franch, B., E.F. Vermote, I. Becker-Reshef, M. Claverie, J. Huang, J. Zhang, C. Justice and J.A. Sobrino (2015).
Franch, B., Vermote, E.F. and Claverie M. (2014).
Franch, B., Vermote, E.F., Sobrino, J.A. and Julien, Y. (2014).
Mattar, C., Franch, B., Sobrino, J.A., Corbari, Ch., Jiménez-Muñoz, J.C., Olivera-Guerra, L., Skokovic, D., Sòria, G., Oltra-Carrió, R., Julien, Y. and Mancini , M. (2014).
B Franch, EF Vermote, JA Sobrino, E Fédèle. "Analysis of directional effects on atmospheric correction." Remote Sensing of Environment. 128:276-288. Jan 21, 2013.
JA Sobrino, B Franch, R Oltra-Carrió, EF Vermote, E Fedele. "Evaluation of the MODIS Albedo product over a heterogeneous agricultural area." International Journal of Remote Sensing. 34:15:5530-5540. Aug 10, 2013.
J.A. Sobrino, B. Franch, C. Mattar, J.C. Jiménez-Muñoz and C. Corbari (2012).

Current Students

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