To study and improve metrics for monitoring forest disturbance and recovery using Landsat satellite imagery.
Shannon Franks
(SR SCIENTIST)
Org Code: 618
NASA/GSFCMail Code: 618
Greenbelt, MD 20771
Employer: KBRwyle
Brief Bio
Current Projects
Science investigation of EO-1 and Landsat imagery to evaluate benefits of merging data.
Remote Sensing
• Perform data processing, atmospheric correction, and analysis on selected Landsat and EO-1 imagery, including archival Landsat data and archival Hyperion and/or Advanced Land Imager (ALI) data.
• Assemble integrated time series for Landsat and EO-1 data for selected regions of interest, and evaluate/quantify the benefits of merging these data.
• Evaluate the benefit of additional spectral bands for detecting and mapping tree mortality.
NGA commercial data distribution project
Land Cover/Use
• Working with the USGS & NGA to obtain high resolution commercial data.
• Acting as liaison between the NASA land science community and the NGA archives.
Positions/Employment
Senior Scientist
SGT, Inc. - NASA GSFC Greenbelt, MD
February 2009 - Present
Faculty Research Assistant
University of Maryland - NASA GSFC Greenbelt, MD
September 2005 - February 2009
Graduate Research Assistant
University of Maryland - NASA GSFC Greenbelt, MD
September 2003 - September 2005
Education
M.A., Geography – 2006
Concentration: Remote Sensing
University of Maryland
B.S., Environmental Studies - 2001
Minor: Physics
Northland College
Concentration: Remote Sensing
University of Maryland
B.S., Environmental Studies - 2001
Minor: Physics
Northland College
Publications
Refereed
Franks, S., C. Neigh, P. Campbell, et al. G. Sun, T. Yao, Q. Zhang, K. Huemmrich, E. Middleton, S. Ungar, and S. Frye. 2017. EO-1 Data Quality and Sensor Stability with Changing Orbital Precession at the End of a 16 Year Mission Remote Sensing 9 (5): 412 [10.3390/rs9050412]
Pickell, P., T. Hermosilla, N. Coops, et al. J. G. Masek, S. Franks, and C. Huang. 2014. Monitoring anthropogenic disturbance trends in an industrialized boreal forest with Landsat time series Remote Sensing Letters 5 [10.1080/ 2150704X.2014.967881]
Franks, S., J. Masek, and M. Turner. 2013. Monitoring forest regrowth following large scale fire using satellite data - A case study of Yellowstone National Park, USA - European Journal of Remote Sensing 46 551-569 [10.5721/EuJRS20134632]
Franks, S., J. Masek, R. M. Headley, J. Gasch, and T. Arvidson. 2009. Lagre Area Scene Selection Interface (LASSI): Methodology of Selecting Landsat Imagery for the Global Land Survey 2005 Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 75 (11): 1287-1296
Gutman, G., R. Byrnes, J. Masek, et al. S. Covington, C. Justice, S. Franks, and R. Headley. 2008. Towards monitoring land cover and land-use changes at a global scale: The Global Land Survey 2005 Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing 74
Goward, S., T. Arvidson, D. L. Williams, et al. J. Faundeen, J. Irons, and S. Franks. 2006. Historical Record of Landsat Global Coverage: Mission Operations, NSLRSDA, and International Cooperator Stations Photogramm Eng Remote Sens 72 (10): 1155-1169
Non-Refereed
Franks, S. 2011. Enjoy a new perspective of the Earth Physics World
Bounoua, L., M. L. Imhoff, and S. Franks. 2010. Irrigation Requirement Estimation using Vegetation Indices and Inverse Biophysical Modeling 2010 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS) 1823 - 1826 [10.1109/IGARSS.2010.5649325]
Franks, S., and R. Headley. 2008. Large Area Scene Selection Interface (LASSI). Methodology of Selecting Landsat Imagery for the Global Land Survey 2005 ASPRS Pecora 17
Franks, S., and J. Masek. 2007. How many bits? Radiometric Resolution as a factor in obtaining forestry information with remotely sensed measurements IGARRS, Barcelona