JUAN CARLOS JIMENEZ MUÑOZ
PDI-Catedratic/a d'Universitat
Director/a de Departament
PDI-Catedratic/a d'Universitat
Director/a de Departament
Knowledge area: THERMODYNAMICS (specific)
Department: Earth Physics and Thermodynamics
Department: Earth Physics and Thermodynamics
Image Processing Laboratory
C/ Catedratico Jose Beltran 2
46980 Paterna. Valencia. Spain
(9635) 43781
(9635) 43781
Subjects taught and teaching methods
Academic training
- Licenciatura en Física. Universitat de València. 15/07/2000 (Diploma / Degree / Activities).
- Curso de Adaptación Pedagógica (CAP). Universitat de València. 15/03/2001 (Diploma / Degree / Activities).
- Diploma de Estudios Avanzados (DEA). Universitat de València. 15/12/2002 (Ph.D.).
- Doctorado en Física. Universitat de València. 14/01/2005 (Ph.D.).
Journal Publications
- J. Gomis-Cebolla; J. C. Jimenez; J. A. Sobrino (2020) MODIS probabilistic cloud masking over the Amazonian evergreen tropical forests: a comparison of machine learning-based methods. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 41(1) . ISSN: 0143-1161
- A.O. Castro; J. Chen; C.S. Zhang; A. Shekhar; J.C. Jimenez; S. Bhattacharjee; M. Kindu; V.H. Morales; A. Rammig (2020) OCO-2 Solar-Induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence variability across ecoregions of the Amazon Basin and the extreme drought effects of El Niño (2015-2016). Remote Sensing, 12(1202) . ISSN: 2072-4292
- J. Gomis-Cebolla; J. C. Jimenez; J. A. Sobrino; C. Corbari; M. Mancini (2019) Intercomparison of remote-sensing based evapotranspiration algorithms over amazonian forests. International Journal Of Applied Earth Observation And Geoinformation. ISSN: 0303-2434
- R. Hernández-Clemente; A. Hornero; M. Mottus; J. Penuelas; V. González-Dugo; J.C. Jiménez; L. Suárez; L. Alonso; P. J. Zarco-Tejada (2019) Early diagnosis of vegetation health from high-resolution hyperspectral and thermal imagery: lessons learned from empirical relationships and radiative transfer modelling. Current Forestry Reports. ISSN: 2198-6436
- J. C. Jimenez; K. Takahashi (2019) Editorial: tropical climate variability and change: impacts in the Amazon. Frontiers In Earth Science. ISSN: 2296-6463
- J. C. Jimenez; J.A. Marengo; L.M. Alves; J.C. Sulca; K. Takahashi; S. Ferret; M. Collins (2021) The role of ENSO flavours and TNA on recent droughts over Amazon forests and the Northeast Brazil region. International Journal of Climatology, 41(7), pp. 3761 - 3780 . ISSN: 0899-8418
- V. A. Olivares-Contreras; C. Mattar; A. G. Gutiérrez; J. C. Jiménez (2019) Warming trends in Patagonian subantartic forest. International Journal Of Applied Earth Observation And Geoinformation. ISSN: 0303-2434
- K.L. Ccoica-López; J.J. Pasapera-Gonzales; J.C. Jimenez (2019) Spatio-temporal variability of the precipitable water vapor over Peru through MODIS and ERA-Interim time series. Atmosphere. ISSN: 2073-4433
- José Gomis-Cebolla;Juan Carlos Jimenez;José Antonio Sobrino (2018) LST retrieval algorithm adapted to the Amazon evergreen forests using MODIS data. Remote Sensing of Environment, 204, pp. 401 - 411 . ISSN: 0034-4257
- Juan Carlos Jimenez; Renata Libonatti; Leonardo Peres (2018) Droughts Over Amazonia in 2005, 2010, and 2015: A Cloud Cover Perspective. Frontiers In Earth Science, 6(227), pp. 1 - 7 . ISSN: 2296-6463
- Jordi Cristóbal, Juan C. Jiménez-Muñoz, Anupma Prakash, Cristian Mattar, Drazen Skokovic, José A. Sobrino (2018) An Improved Single-Channel Method to Retrieve Land Surface Temperature from the Landsat-8 Thermal Band. Remote Sensing, 10(3), p. 431 . ISSN: 2072-4292
- Juan C. Jimenez; Jonathan Barichivich; Cristian Mattar; Ken Takahashi; Andrés Santamaría-Artigas; José A. Sobrino; Yadvinder Malhi (2018) Spatio-temporal patterns of thermal anomalies and drought over tropical forests driven by recent extreme climatic anomalies. Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 373, pp. 1 - 11 . ISSN: 0962-8436
- Xiangzhong Luo; Trevor F. Keenan; Joshua B. Fisher; Juan-Carlos Jiménez-Muñoz; Jing M. Chen; Chongya Jiang; Weimin Ju; Naga-Vineet Perakalapudi; Youngryel Ryu; Jovan M. Tadic (2018) The impact of the 2015/2016 El Niño on global photosynthesis using satellite remote sensing. Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 373, pp. 1 - 11 . ISSN: 0962-8436
- J. C. Jiménez-Muñoz; J. A. Sobrino; G. Sòria; J. Delegido; S. Bañauls (2017) The role of emissivity during the cooling of a body: an experimental design for a laboratory classroom. European Journal Of Physics, 38(015102) . ISSN: 0143-0807
- Dra¿en Skoković, José A Sobrino, Juan C Jiménez-Muñoz (2017) Vicarious calibration of the Landsat 7 thermal infrared band and LST algorithm validation of the ETM+ instrument using three global atmospheric profiles. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 55(3), pp. 1804 - 1811 . ISSN: 0196-2892
- Marek Pivovarník; Siri Jodha Singh Khalsa; Juan Carlos Jiménez-Muñoz; Frantisek Zemek (2017) Improved temperature and emissivity separation algorithm for multispectral and hyperspectral sensors. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 55(4), pp. 1944 - 1953 . ISSN: 0196-2892
- Jiménez-Muñoz, J.C., Mattar, C., Sobrino, J.A., Malhi, Y (2016) Digital thermal monitoring of the Amazon forest: an intercomparison of satellite and reanalysis products. International Journal Of Digital Earth, 9(5), pp. 477 - 498 . ISSN: 1753-8947
- Sobrino, J.A.; Del Frate, F.; Drusch, M.; Jiménez-Muñoz, J.C.; Manunta, P.; Regan, A. (2016) Review of thermal infrared applications and requirements for future high-resolution sensors. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 54(5), pp. 2963 - 2972 . ISSN: 0196-2892
- J. Gomis-Cebolla; J. C. Jiménez-Muñoz; J. A. Sobrino (2016) Episodios térmicos extremos analizados con productos MODIS durante el invierno boreal (2000-2016). Revista Española de Teledetección(46), pp. 19 - 30 . ISSN: 1133-0953
- Sobrino, J.A.; Jiménez-Muñoz, J.C.; Sòria, G.; Ruescas, A. B.; Danne, O; Brockmann, C.;Ghent, D.;Remedios, J.;North, P.;Merchant,C.;Berger, M.; Mathieu, P.P.; Göttsche, F.-M. (2016) Synergistic use of MERIS and AATSR as a proxy for estimating Land Surface Temperature from Sentinel-3 data. Remote Sensing of Environment, 179, pp. 149 - 161 . ISSN: 0034-4257
- Ch. Ferrer-Roca; R. Cases; C. Coll; A. Cros; J. L. Cruz; N. Garro; P. González; J. C. Guirado; M. J. Hernández; J. C. Jiménez; D. Martínez; C. Martínez-Tomás; R. Niclós; R. Pedrós; C. Roldán; F. Silva; E. Valor; J. Vidal; O. Vives; J. Zúñiga (2016) Physics demos for all UVEG degrees: a unique project in Spain. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 228, pp. 628 - 632 . ISSN: 1877-0428
- J. C. Jiménez-Muñoz; C. Mattar; J. Barichivich; A. Santamaría-Artigas; K. Takahashi; Y. Malhi; J. A. Sobrino; G. van der Schrier (2016) Record-breaking warming and extreme drought in the Amazon rainforest during the course of El Niño 2015-2016. Scientific Reports, 6(33130) . ISSN: 2045-2322
- J. Gomis-Cebolla; J. C. Jiménez-Muñoz; J. A. Sobrino (2016) MODIS-Based Monthly LST Products over Amazonia under Different Cloud Mask Schemes. Data, 1(2) . ISSN: 2306-5729
- Durán-Alarcón, C; Gevaert, C.M.;Mattar, C;Jiménez-Muñoz, J.C;Pasapera-Gonzales, J.J.;Sobrino, J.A.;Silvia-Vidal, Y.;Fashé-Raymundo, O.;Chavez-Espiritu, T.W.;Santillan-Portilla, N (2015) Recent trends on glacier area retreat over the group of Nevados Caullaraju-Pastoruri (Cordillera Blanca, Peru) using Landsat imagery. Journal of South American Earth Sciences. ISSN: 0895-9811
- Julien, Y.; Sobrino, J.A.; Mattar, C.; Jiménez-Muñoz, J.C (2015) Near-Real-Time estimation of water vapor column from MSG-SEVIRI thermal infrared bands: implications for land surface temperature retrieval. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 53(8), pp. 4231 - 4237 . ISSN: 0196-2892
- Mattar, C.; Durán-Alarcón, C; Jiménez-Muñoz, J.C.;Santamaría-Artigas, A; Olivera-Guerra, L; Sobrino, J.A (2015) Global Atmospheric Profiles from Reanalysis Information (GAPRI): a new database for earth surface temperature retrieval. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 36(19-20), pp. 5045 - 5060 . ISSN: 0143-1161
- Sobrino, J.A., Skoković, D., Jiménez-Muñoz, J.C (2015) Spatial analysis of the homogeneity of the land surface temperature in three Spanish test sites. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 36(19-20), pp. 4793 - 4807 . ISSN: 0143-1161
- Timmermans, W.; Van Der Tol, C.; Timmermans, J.; Ucer, M.; Chen, X.; Alonso, L.; Moreno, J.; Carrara, A.; Lopez, R.; De La Cruz Tercero, F.; Corcoles, H.L.; De Miguel, E.; Sanchez, J.A.G.; Pérez, I.; Franch, B.; Munoz, J.-C.J.; Skokovic, D.; Sobrino, J.; Soria, G.; MacArthur, A., Vescovo, L., Reusen, I., Andreu, A., Burkart, A., Cilia, C., Contreras, S., Corbari, C., Calleja, J.F., Guzinski, R., Hellmann, C., Herrmann, I., Kerr, G., Lazar, A.-L., Leutner, B., Mendiguren, G., Nasilowska, S., Nieto, H., Pachego-Labrador, J., Pulanekar, S., Raj, R., Schikling, A., Siegmann, B., Von Bueren, S., Su, Z.B. (2015) An overview of the regional experiments for land-atmosphere exchanges 2012 (REFLEX 2012) campaign. Acta Geophysica, 63, pp. 1465 - 1484 . ISSN: 1895-7455
- José Antonio Sobrino; Nájila Souza da Rocha; Drazen Skoković; Pâmela Suélen Käfer; Ramón López-Urrea; Juan Carlos Jiménez-Muñoz; Silvia Beatriz Alves Rolim (2021) Evapotranspiration Estimation with the S-SEBI Method from Landsat 8 Data against Lysimeter Measurements at the Barrax Site, Spain. Remote Sensing, 13(18) . ISSN: 2072-4292
- Sobrino, J.A.; Jiménez-Muñoz, J.C.; Mattar, C.; Sòria, G. (2015) Evaluation of Terra/MODIS atmospheric profiles product (MOD07) over the Iberian Peninsula: a comparison with radiosonde stations. International Journal Of Digital Earth, 8(10), pp. 771 - 783 . ISSN: 1753-8947
- J. C. Jiménez-Muñoz; C. Mattar; J. A. Sobrino; Y. Malhi (2015) A database for the monitoring of thermal anomalies over the Amazon forest and adjacent intertropical oceans., 2(150024)
- J. A. Sobrino, Y. Julien; J. C. Jiménez-Muñoz; D. Skokovic; G. Sòria (2020) Near real-time estimation of Sea and Land surface temperature for MSG SEVIRI sensors. International Journal Of Applied Earth Observation And Geoinformation, 89 . ISSN: 0303-2434
- G. I. Cotlier; J. C. Jimenez (2022) The Extreme HeatWave over Western North America in 2021: An Assessment by Means of Land Surface Temperature. Remote Sensing, 14(561), pp. 1 - 26 . ISSN: 2072-4292
- R. Hernández-Clemente; A. Hornero; V. Gonzalez-Dugo; M. Berdugo; J. L. Quero; J. C. Jiménez; F. T. Maestre (2023) Global monitoring of soil multifunctionality in drylands using satellite imagery and field data. Remote Sensing In Ecology And Conservation. ISSN: 2056-3485
- Crystal N. H. McMichael; Mark B. Bush; Juan C. Jiménez; William D. Gosling (2023) Past human-induced ecological legacies as a driver of modern Amazonian resilience. People And Nature, 5(5), pp. 1415 - 1429 . ISSN: 2575-8314
- J. C. Espinoza; J. A. Marengo; J. Schongart; J. C. Jimenez (2022) The new historical flood of 2021 in the Amazon River compared to major floods of the 21st century: Atmospheric features in the context of the intensification of floods. Weather And Climate Extremes, 35, pp. 1 - 12 . ISSN: 2212-0947
- J. A. Marengo; J. C. Jimenez; J.‑C. Espinoza; A. P. Cunha; L. E. O. Aragão (2022) Increased climate pressure on the agricultural frontier in the Eastern Amazonia-Cerrado transition zone. Scientific Reports, 12(457), pp. 1 - 10 . ISSN: 2045-2322
- P. Papastefanou; C. S. Zang; Z. Angelov; A. Anderson de Castro; J. C. Jimenez; L. F. Campos De Rezende; R. C. Ruscica; B. Sakschewski; A. A. Sörensson; K. Thonicke; C. Vera; N. Viovy; C. Von Randow; A. Rammig (2022) Recent extreme drought events in the Amazon rainforest: assessment of different precipitation and evapotranspiration datasets and drought indicators. Biogeosciences, 19, pp. 3843 - 3861 . ISSN: 1726-4170
- J.‑C. Espinoza; J. C. Jimenez; J. A. Marengo; J. Schongart; J. Ronchail; W. Lavado‑Casimiro; J. V. M. Ribeiro (2024) The new record of drought and warmth in the Amazon in 2023 related to regional and global climatic features. Scientific Reports, 14(8107), pp. 1 - 12 . ISSN: 2045-2322
- J. C. Jiménez; V. Miranda; I. Trigo; R. Libonati; R. Albuquerque; L. F. Peres: J.-C. Espinoza; J. A. Marengo (2024) Vegetation Warming and Greenness Decline across Amazonia during the Extreme Drought of 2023. Remote Sensing, 16(2519), pp. 1 - 15 . ISSN: 2072-4292
- Y. Julien; J. A. Sobrino; J.-C. Jiménez-Muñoz (2024) One Algorithm to Rule Them All? Defining Best Strategy for Land Surface Temperature Retrieval from NOAA-AVHRR Afternoon Satellites. Remote Sensing, 16(2720), pp. 1 - 10 . ISSN: 2072-4292
- J. A. Marengo; J.-C. Espinoza; R. Fu; J. C. Jimenez Muñoz; L. Muniz Alves; H. Ribeiro da Rocha; J. Schöngart (2024) Long-term variability, extremes and changes in temperature and hydrometeorology in the Amazon region: A review. Acta Amazonica, 54, pp. 1 - 20 . ISSN: 0044-5967
- J. A. Marengo; A, P. Cunha; J.-C. Espinoza;, R. Fu; J. Schöngart; J. C. Jimenez; M. C. Costa; J. M. Ribeiro; S. Wongchuig; S. Zhao (2024) The Drought of Amazonia in 2023-2024. American Journal of Climate Change, 13, pp. 567 - 597 . ISSN: 2167-9495
- V. F. V. V. Miranda; J. C. Jimenez; E. Dutra; I. F. Trigo (2024) Consistency assessment of latent heat flux and observational datasets over the Amazon basin. Environmental Research Letters, 19(054044), pp. 1 - 12 . ISSN: 1748-9326
Other publications
- C. Mattar; A. Santamaría-Artigas; J. A. Sobrino; J. C. Jiménez-Muñoz (2016). Soil moisture retrieval from a combined optical and passive microwave approach: theory and applications Satellite Soil Moisture Retrieval. Techniques and Applications . (pp. 153 - 158) .
- Ruiz-Verdú, A; Jiménez, J.C.; Lazzaro, X.; Tenjo, C.; Delegido, J.; Pereira, M.; Sobrino, J.A.; Moreno, J. (2016). Comparison of MODIS and Lansat-8 retrievals of chlorophyll-a and water temperature over lake Titicaca . (pp. 7643 - 7646) .
Projects
- Multichannel and Multiangle algorithms for deriving sea and land surface temperatures with Envisat-AATSR data (Codi sense especificar). 1999. Agencia Espacial Europea. . PI: José Antonio Sobrino Rodríguez.
- Cálculo mediante teledetección de la evapotranspiración en zonas áridas y semiáridas (Programa de Cooperación Interuniversitaria Hispano-Marroquí). 2000. Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional. . PI: José Antonio Sobrino Rodríguez.
- Primer Congreso Internacional Recent Advances in Quantitative Remote Sensing (Programa Nacional de Recursos Naturales). 2002. Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología.. . PI: José Antonio Sobrino Rodríguez.
- Primer Congreso Internacional Recent Advances in Quantitative Remote Sensing (Codi sense especificar). 2002. Conselleria d'innovació i competitivitat (Generalitat Valenciana). . PI: José Antonio Sobrino Rodríguez.
- Red Nacional de Observación de la Tierra desde Plataformas Espaciales (RNOT) (). 2011 - 2015. Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad. . PI: José Antonio Sobrino Rodríguez.
- Continuity of ESA Long-term Land Surface and land Ice temperature validation from AATSR to SLSTR (CELSIAS) (). 2013. ESA.- Agencia Espacial Europea. EUMETSAT. PI: Darren Ghent.
- Calibración de satélites de Observación de la Tierra en España: Desarrollo, Distribución y Aplicación de Productos Satelitales (CEOS-Spain 2) (). 2015 - 2017. Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad. . PI: Jose Antonio Sobrino Rodriguez.
- Validación de medidas térmicas obtenidas por satélite, con datos obtenidos por radiómetros de campo y modelos de transferencia radiativa en la estación Tambopata (Madre de Dios) (). 2015. Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. . PI: Ocatvio Fashé.
- Calibration of S3/SLSTR TIR bands and Validation of LST retrievals over land sites (CALISTO) (). 2015. ESA.- Agencia Espacial Europea. EUMETSAT. PI: Juan Carlos Jiménez Muñoz.
- Thermal InfraRed Imager Scientific sIMulation study (TIRI-SIM) (). 2016 - 2017. ESA.- Agencia Espacial Europea. . PI: Darren Ghent.
Thesis, minor thesis and research reports
- Pablo Ruiz Solar, (2015). Análisis multi-escalar y multi-temporal del riesgo de incendio forestal en la región atlántica de la Península Ibérica empleando teledetección y SIG. (Master Thesis). Universitat de València..
- José Gomis Cebolla, (2015). Elaboració d'un producte mensual de temperatura sobre la conca de l'Amazones a partir de dades MODIS. (Master Thesis). Universitat de València..
- Marc Santandreu Salcedo, (2015). Mecanismos climáticos cuasi-resonantes: aplicación al estudio de las olas de calor. (Final Degree work). Universitat de València..
- Salvador Bañuls Estruch, (2015). Estudio de la ley de enfriamiento de Newton: implicaciones para la medida de la emisividad y el coeficiente de convección. (Final Degree work). Universitat de València..
- Lucas Busquier Sánchez, (2017). Aplicación de un modelo simple para estimar la contribución del CO2 atmosférico en el efecto invernadero de la Tierra. (Final Degree work). Universitat de València..
- Drazen Skokovic, (2017). Calibration and Validation of Thermal Infrared Remote Sensing Sensors and Land/Sea Surface Temperature algorithms over the Iberian Peninsula. (Doctoral Thesis). Valencia..
- José Gomis Cebolla, (2018). Land surface temperature and evapotranspiration estimation in the Amazon evergreen forests using remote sensing data. (Doctoral Thesis). Valencia..
- Rafael Borràs Pernas, (2018). Aplicació d'un model simple per estimar la contribució del CO2 atmosfèric en l'efect hivernacle de la Terra. (Final Degree work). Valencia..
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