José A. Sobrino

25.2k total citations · 10 hit papers
344 papers, 19.0k citations indexed

About

José A. Sobrino is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Global and Planetary Change and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, José A. Sobrino has authored 344 papers receiving a total of 19.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 175 papers in Environmental Engineering, 127 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 107 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in José A. Sobrino's work include Urban Heat Island Mitigation (152 papers), Remote Sensing in Agriculture (95 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (53 papers). José A. Sobrino is often cited by papers focused on Urban Heat Island Mitigation (152 papers), Remote Sensing in Agriculture (95 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (53 papers). José A. Sobrino collaborates with scholars based in Spain, France and United States. José A. Sobrino's co-authors include Juan C. Jiménez‐Muñoz, Leonardo Paolini, Y. Julien, V. Caselles, Cristián Mattar, G. Sòria, Naoufal Raissouni, Zhao-Liang Li, Jordi Cristóbal and Bo‐Hui Tang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Circulation and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

José A. Sobrino

322 papers receiving 18.1k citations

Hit Papers

Land surface temperature retrieval from LANDSAT TM 5 2000 2026 2008 2017 2004 2013 2003 2018 2014 500 1000 1.5k
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Land surface temperature retrieval from LANDSAT TM 5
    2004 1.7k citations José A. Sobrino, Juan C. Jiménez‐Muñoz et al. profile →
  2. Satellite-derived land surface temperature: Current status and perspectives
    2013 1.7k citations Bo‐Hui Tang, José A. Sobrino et al. profile →
  3. A generalized single‐channel method for retrieving land surface temperature from remote sensing data
    2003 789 citations Juan C. Jiménez‐Muñoz, José A. Sobrino profile →
  4. Satellite Remote Sensing of Surface Urban Heat Islands: Progress, Challenges, and Perspectives
    2018 743 citations Decheng Zhou, Jingfeng Xiao et al. Remote Sensing profile →
  5. Land Surface Temperature Retrieval Methods From Landsat-8 Thermal Infrared Sensor Data
    2014 738 citations Juan C. Jiménez‐Muñoz, José A. Sobrino et al. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters profile →
  6. Land Surface Emissivity Retrieval From Different VNIR and TIR Sensors
    2008 603 citations José A. Sobrino, Juan C. Jiménez‐Muñoz et al. profile →
  7. Toward remote sensing methods for land cover dynamic monitoring: Application to Morocco
    2000 587 citations José A. Sobrino, Naoufal Raissouni profile →
  8. Revision of the Single-Channel Algorithm for Land Surface Temperature Retrieval From Landsat Thermal-Infrared Data
    2008 506 citations Juan C. Jiménez‐Muñoz, Jordi Cristóbal et al. profile →
  9. Record-breaking warming and extreme drought in the Amazon rainforest during the course of El Niño 2015–2016
    2016 467 citations Juan C. Jiménez‐Muñoz, Cristián Mattar et al. profile →
  10. Land surface emissivity retrieval from satellite data
    2012 399 citations José A. Sobrino, Bo‐Hui Tang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
José A. Sobrino Spain 63 13.0k 9.3k 7.6k 4.2k 3.1k 344 19.0k
Zhao-Liang Li China 52 8.7k 0.7× 5.1k 0.5× 6.3k 0.8× 2.3k 0.6× 813 0.3× 346 12.5k
Juan C. Jiménez‐Muñoz Spain 46 6.2k 0.5× 5.0k 0.5× 3.6k 0.5× 2.0k 0.5× 1.9k 0.6× 128 9.5k
Shunlin Liang United States 88 10.5k 0.8× 18.2k 2.0× 10.9k 1.4× 11.3k 2.7× 784 0.3× 548 29.0k
Simon J. Hook United States 55 5.9k 0.5× 4.0k 0.4× 4.5k 0.6× 2.1k 0.5× 622 0.2× 200 11.7k
Tim R. McVicar Australia 69 4.9k 0.4× 15.7k 1.7× 5.9k 0.8× 4.9k 1.2× 590 0.2× 228 23.5k
Sue Grimmond United Kingdom 76 13.8k 1.1× 9.2k 1.0× 5.1k 0.7× 911 0.2× 5.0k 1.6× 278 18.5k
Guangjian Yan China 43 6.6k 0.5× 4.1k 0.4× 2.9k 0.4× 4.0k 1.0× 554 0.2× 238 9.8k
T. R. Oke Canada 63 26.7k 2.1× 12.4k 1.3× 7.7k 1.0× 1.1k 0.3× 12.9k 4.1× 110 31.3k
Arnon Karnieli Israel 55 4.4k 0.3× 5.3k 0.6× 3.7k 0.5× 4.1k 1.0× 1.0k 0.3× 263 12.0k
Martha C. Anderson United States 79 8.5k 0.7× 15.9k 1.7× 5.3k 0.7× 6.0k 1.4× 398 0.1× 344 22.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of José A. Sobrino

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of José A. Sobrino. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of José A. Sobrino based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with José A. Sobrino. José A. Sobrino is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Zhang, Huanyu, Bo‐Hui Tang, Mengmeng Wang, et al.. (2025). Deep learning coupled with split window and temperature-emissivity separation (DL-SW-TES) method improves clear-sky high-resolution land surface temperature estimation. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. 225. 1–18. 2 indexed citations
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Fernández-Arcaya, U., Patricia Verísimo, José A. Sobrino, et al.. (2023). Bottom fishing beyond trawling. Spatio-temporal trends of mobile and static bottom fisheries on benthic habitats. Marine Policy. 159. 105805–105805. 3 indexed citations
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Corbari, Chiara, Alessandro Ceppi, Giovanni Ravazzani, et al.. (2019). SIM: smart irrigation from soil moisture forecast using satellite and hydro -meteorological modelling. EGUGA. 16137. 1 indexed citations
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Zhou, Decheng, Jingfeng Xiao, Stefania Bonafoni, et al.. (2018). Satellite Remote Sensing of Surface Urban Heat Islands: Progress, Challenges, and Perspectives. Remote Sensing. 11(1). 48–48. 743 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ma, Yaoming, Massimo Menenti, Jun Wen, et al.. (2016). Concerted Earth Observation and Prediction of Water and Energy Cycles in the Third Pole Environment (CEOP-TPE). ESASP. 739. 7. 1 indexed citations
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Jiménez‐Muñoz, Juan C., José A. Sobrino, Dražen Skoković, Cristián Mattar, & Jordi Cristóbal. (2014). Land Surface Temperature Retrieval Methods From Landsat-8 Thermal Infrared Sensor Data. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters. 11(10). 1840–1843. 738 indexed citations breakdown →
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Jiménez‐Muñoz, Juan C., José A. Sobrino, Jordi Cristóbal, et al.. (2010). Obtención de la temperatura de la superficie terrestre a partir de la serie histórica LANDSAT. 33(33). 53–63. 1 indexed citations
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Corbari, Chiara, et al.. (2010). Land surface temperature representativeness in a heterogeneous area through a distributed energy-water balance model and remote sensing data. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 14(10). 2141–2151. 28 indexed citations
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Sobrino, José A., et al.. (2009). La eliminación selectiva de vegetación arbustiva en un bosque seco de Argentina y su efecto sobre la dinámica de agua. 93–102. 4 indexed citations
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Mattar, Cristián, et al.. (2008). Método simple para identificación de zonas homogéneas de NDVI y temperatura de superficie en la Península Ibérica. 92–101. 2 indexed citations
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Parra, Juan Camilo, et al.. (2006). Estimación de la temperatura de suelo desde datos satelitales AVHRR-NOAA aplicando algoritmos de split window. Revista Mexicana de Física. 52(3). 238–245.
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Sòria, G., et al.. (2004). The WATERMED field experiment: validation of the AATSR LST product with in situ measurements. cosp. 35. 2606.
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Sobrino, José A. & Jauad El Kharraz. (2003). Estimación de la temperatura de la superficie terrestre y del contenido total en vapor de agua atmosférico a partir de datos MODIS. 59–64.
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Gillespie, Alan R., et al.. (2003). Separación emisividad/temperatura a partir de datos DAIS y aplicación del contraste espectral para discriminar distintos tipos de vegetación. 51–58. 2 indexed citations
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Paolini, Leonardo, et al.. (2002). Detección de deslizamientos de ladera mediante imágenes Landsat TM: el impacto de estos disturbios sobre los bosques subtropicales del noroeste de Argentina. Conicet. 21–27. 6 indexed citations
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Coll, César, José A. Sobrino, V. Caselles, et al.. (2001). A Comparison of Methods for Surface Temperature and Emissivity Estimation. ESASP. 499. 217. 2 indexed citations
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Sobrino, José A., et al.. (1998). Aplicación de la técnica de composición del máximo NDVI al seguimiento de la cobertura terrestre en la Península Ibérica. Hispana. 2. 1 indexed citations
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Baade, D., T. R. Bedding, C. M. Carollo, et al.. (1993). Remote Observing with the NTT and EMMI/SUSI: a First Assessment. ˜The œMessenger. 72. 13–14. 1 indexed citations

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