Bryan A. Franz
Scientist, Satellite Remote Sensing of Oceans
NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group
bryan.a.franz at nasa.gov
Journal Articles
Hu, C., Z. Lee, and B.A. Franz (2012). Chlorophyll-a algorithms for oligotrophic oceans: A novel approach based on three-band reflectance difference, J. Geophys. Res., 117, C01011, doi:10.1029/2011JC007395.
Moore, T., Dowell, M.D., Franz, B.A. (2012). Detection of coccolithophore blooms in ocean color satellite imagery: A generalized approach for use with multiple sensors. Rem. Sen. Env., 117, 249–263.
Meister. G., B.A. Franz, E.J. Kwiatkowska, and C. R. McClain (2012). Corrections to the Calibration of MODIS Aqua
Ocean Color Bands Derived From SeaWiFS Data, T. Geo. Rem. Sens., 50 (1).
Mélin, F., G. Zibordi, J-F. Berthon, S. Bailey, B. Franz, K. Voss, S. Flora, and M. Grant (2011). Assessment of MERIS reflectance data as processed with SeaDAS over the European seas, Opt. Exp. 19, 25657-25671.
Jeong, M-J., N.C. Hsu, E.J. Kwiatkowska, B.A. Franz, G. Meister, C.E. Salustro (2011). Impacts of
Cross-platform Vicarious Calibration on the Deep Blue Aerosol Retrievals for Moderate Resolution Imaging
Spectroradiometer aboard Terra, T. Geo. Rem. Sens., 40 (12).
Siegel, D.A. and B.A. Franz (2010). Century of phytoplankton change, Nature, 466, 569-571, doi:10.1038/466569.a
Ahmad, Z., B.A. Franz, C.R. McClain, E.J. Kwiatkowska, J. Werdell, E.P. Shettle, and B.N. Holben (2010). New aerosol models for the retrieval of aerosol optical thickness and normalized water-leaving radiances from the SeaWiFS and MODIS sensors over coastal regions and Open Oceans, Appl. Opt., 49(29).
Bailey, S.W., B.A. Franz, and P.J. Werdell (2010). Estimation of near-infrared water-leaving reflectance for satellite ocean color data processing, Opt. Exp., 18(7).
Werdell, P.J., Franz, B.A., S.W. Bailey (2010). Evaluation of shortwave infrared atmospheric correction for ocean color remote sensing of Chesapeake Bay, Rem. Sens. Env, 114(10), 2238-2247.
Werdell, P.J., S.W. Bailey, B.A. Franz, L,W. Harding Jr., G.C. Feldman, C.R. McClain (2009). Regional and seasonal variability of chlorophyll-a in Chesapeake Bay as observed by SeaWiFS and MODIS-Aqua, Rem. Sens. Env., 113(6), 1319-1330.
Behrenfeld, M.J., T.K. Westberry, E.S. Boss, R.T. O'Malley, D.A. Siegel, J.D. Wiggert, B.A. Franz, C.R. McClain, G.C. Feldman, S.C. Doney, J.K. Moore, G. Dall'Olmo, A. J. Milligan, I. Lima, and N. Mahowald (2009).
Satellite-detected fluorescence reveals global physiology of ocean
phytoplankton, Biogeosci., 6, 779-794.
Kuchinke, C.P., H.R. Gordon, and B.A. Franz (2009). Spectral optimization for constituent retrieval in Case 2 waters I: Implementation and performance, Rem. Sens. Env., 113(3), 610-621.
Kwiatkowska, E.J., B.A. Franz, G. Meister, C. McClain, and X. Xiong (2008).
Cross-calibration of ocean-color bands from Moderate Resolution Imaging
Spectroradiometer on Terra platform, Appl. Opt., 47 (36).
Franz, B.A., E.J. Kwiatkowska, G. Meister, and C. McClain (2008). Moderate
Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer on Terra: limitations for ocean color
applications, J. Appl. Rem. Sens., 2, 023525.
Bailey, S.W., Hooker, S.B., Antoine, A., Franz, B.A., and Werdell, P.J. (2008). Sources and assumptions for the vicarious calibration of ocean color satellite observations, Appl. Opt., 47 (12).
Gordon, H.R. and B.A. Franz (2008). Remote sensing of ocean color: Assessment
of the water-leaving radiance bidirectional effects on the atmospheric diffuse
transmittance for SeaWiFS and MODIS intercomparisons, Rem. Sens. Env.,
112, 2677-2685.
Stramski. D., R.A. Reynolds, M. Babin, S. Kaczmarek, M.R. Lewis, R. Röttgers,
A. Sciandra, M. Stramska, M.S. Twardowski, B.A. Franz, and H. Claustre (2008).
Relationships between the surface concentration of particulate organic carbon
and optical properties in the eastern South Pacific and eastern Atlantic
Oceans, Biogeosci., 5, 171-201.
Franz, B.A., S.W. Bailey, P.J. Werdell, and C.R. McClain, F.S. (2007).
Sensor-Independent Approach to Vicarious Calibration of Satellite Ocean Color
Radiometry, Appl. Opt., 46 (22).
Werdell, P.J., S.W. Bailey, B.A. Franz, A. Morel, and C.R. McClain (2007).
On-orbit vicarious calibration of ocean color sensors using an ocean surface
reflectance model, Appl. Opt., 46 (23).
Ahmad, Z., C.R. McClain, J.R. Herman, B.A. Franz, E.J. Kwiatkowska, W.D.
Robinson, E.J. Buscela, and M. Tzortziou (2007). Atmospheric correction for NO2
absorption in retrieving water-leaving reflectances from SeaWiFS and MODIS
measurements, Appl. Opt., 46 (22).
Morel, A., Y. Huot, B. Gentilli, P.J. Werdell, S.B. Hooker, and B.A. Franz
(2007). Examining the consistency of products derived from various ocean
color sensors in open ocean (case 1) waters in the perspective of a
multi-sensor approach, Rem. Sens. Env., 111, 69-85.
Meister, G., Kwiatkowska, E.J., Franz, B.A., Patt, F.S., Feldman G.C., McClain,
C.R. (2005). Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer ocean color polarization
correction, Appl. Opt., 44 (26) 5524-5535.
Wang, M., Alice Isaacman, Bryan A. Franz, and Charles R. McClain (2002). Ocean Color
Optical Property Data Derived from OCTS and POLDER: A Comparison Study, Appl.
Opt., 41, 970-990.
Wang, M., Bryan A. Franz, Robert A. Barnes, and Charles R. McClain (2001). Effect of
spectral bandpass on SeaWiFS-retrieved near-surface optical properties of the
ocean, Appl. Opt, 40(3)3.
Wang, M. and Franz, B. A. (2000). Comparing the ocean color measurements between MOS
and SeaWiFS: A vicarious intercalibration approach for MOS, IEEE Trans.
Geosci. Remote Sensing, Vol. 38, No. 1.
Kelsall, T., Weiland, JL., Franz, BA., Reach, WT., Arendt, RG., Dwek, E.,
Freudenreich, HT., Hauser, MG., Moseley, SH., Odegard, NP., Silverberg, RF.,
Wright, EL (1998). The COBE Diffuse Infrared
Background Experiment Search for the COSMIC Infrared Background: II. Model of
the Interplanetary Dust Cloud, Astrophysical Journal, 1998.
Reach, W.T., B.A. Franz, and J.L Weiland (1997). The Three-Dimensional Structure of
the Zodiacal Dust Bands, Icarus, Vol. 127, pp. 461-484.
Reach, W.T., Franz, B.A., Weiland, J.L., Hauser, M.G., Kelsall, T., Wright, E.L.,
Rawley, G., Stemwedel, S.W. and Spiesman, W.J. (1995). Observational Confirmation of a
Circumsolar Dust Ring by the COBE Satellite, Nature, vol. 374, p.521-523.
Sodroski, T.J., N. Odegard, E. Dwek, M.G. Hauser, B.A. Franz, I. Freedman, W.F. Wall,
G.B. Berriman, S.F. Odenwald, C. Bennett, W.T. Reach, and J.L. Weiland (1995).
The Ratio of H2 Column Density to 12CO
Intensity in the Vicinity of the Galactic Center, Astrophys. J., 452(1).
Sodroski, T.J., C. Bennett, N. Boggess, E. Dwek, B. Franz, M.G. Hauser, T. Kelsall,
S.H. Moseley, N. Odegard, R.F. Silverberg, and J.L. Weiland (1994). Large-Scale Characteristics of
Interstellar Dust from COBE DIRBE Observations, Astrophys. J., Vol. 428,
p. 638.
Conference Papers and Technical Memos
Franz, B.A., and P.J. Werdell (2010). A generalized framework for modeling of inherent optical
properties in ocean remote sensing applications, Proc. Ocean Optics XX, Anchorage, Alaska, 27 September - 1 October 2010.
Robinson, W.D., F.S. Patt, B.A. Franz., K.R. Turpie, and C.R. McClain (2009). A VIIRS Ocean Data Simulator, Proc. SPIE Earth Observing Systems XIV, San Diego, CA., August 2009.
Meister, G., B.A. Franz, E.J. Kwiatkowska,R.E. Eplee Jr., and C.R. McClain (2009).
Detector Dependency of MODIS Polarization Sensitivity derived from on-orbit Characterization,
Proc. SPIE Earth Observing Systems XIV, San Diego, CA., August 2009.
Meister, G., B.A. Franz, and C.R. McClain (2009).
Influence of Thin Cirrus Clouds on Ocean Color Products,
Proc. SPIE Earth Observing Systems XIV, San Diego, CA., August 2009.
Franz, B.A., E.J. Kwiatkowska, G. Meister, and C.R. McClain (2007). Utility of MODIS-Terra for Ocean Color Applications, Proc. SPIE Earth Observing Systems XII, San Diego, CA., August 2007.
Werdell, P.J., Franz, B.A., Bailey, S.W., Harding, L.W.Jr., and Feldman, G.C. (2007). Approach for
the long-term spatial and temporal evaluation of ocean color satellite data products
in a coastal environment, Proc. SPIE Earth Observing Systems XII, San Diego, CA., August 2007.
Franz, B.A., P.J. Werdell, G. Meister, E.J. Kwiatkowska, S.W. Bailey, Z. Ahmad,
and C.R. McClain (2006). MODIS Land Bands for Ocean Remote Sensing
Applications, Proc. Ocean Optics XVIII, Montreal, Canada, 9-13 October 2006.
Werdell, P.J., B.A. Franz, S.W. Bailey, and C.R. McClain (2006). Recent Advances
in the Operational Vicarious Calibration of Visible and Near-Infrared Ocean
Color Sattelite Radiometry, Proc. Ocean Optics XVIII, Montreal, Canada, 9-13
October 2006.
Ahmad, Z., C.R. McClain, J.R. Herman, B.A. Franz, E.J. Kwiatkowska, W.D.
Robinson, E.J. Buscela, and M. Tzortziou (2007). Atmospheric correction for NO2
absorption in retrieving water-leaving radiances from SeaWiFS and MODIS
measurements, Proc. Ocean Optics XVIII, Montreal, Canada, 9-13 October 2006.
Franz, B.A., P.J. Werdell, G. Meister, S.W. Bailey, R.E. Eplee, G.C. Feldman,
E. Kwiatkowska, C.R. McClain, F.S. Patt, D. Thomas (2005) . The continuity of
ocean color measurements from SeaWiFS to MODIS, Proc. SPIE Earth Observing
Systems X, San Diego, CA.
Meister, G., B. Franz, K. Turpie, C. McClain, The MODIS Aqua Point-Spread
Function for Ocean Color Bands, 9th International Symposium on Physical
Measurements and Signatures in Remote Sensing, ISPRS Vol. 36, part 7/W20, pp.
334-336, ISPRS WG VII/1, Beijing, China, October 2005.
Green, G., R. Wood, R.P. Stumpf, G.C. Feldman, N. Kuring, B. Franz, A. Holt, C.
Ravillious, J. Oliver, J. Robinson, All our eggs in one basket: the present
state of coral reef conservation, 10th International Coral Reef Symposium
(ICRS), Okinawa, Japan, June 28-July 2, 2004.
Franz, B. A., et al., 2003: Changes to the Atmospheric Correction Algorithm and
Retrieval of Oceanic Optical Properties. In: Patt, F.S. et al., Algorithm
Updates for the Fourth SeaWiFS Data Reprocessing, NASA Tech. Memo. 2003-206892,
Vol. 22, Hooker and Firestone, Eds., NASA GSFC, Maryland.
Frouin, R., B. A. Franz, and J. Werdell, 2003: The SeaWiFS PAR Product. In:
Patt, F.S. et al., Algorithm Updates for the Fourth SeaWiFS Data Reprocessing,
NASA Tech. Memo. 2003-206892, Vol. 22, Hooker and Firestone, Eds., NASA GSFC,
Maryland.
Fargion, G.S., Franz, B.A., Kwiatkowska, E.J., Pietras, C.M., Bailey, C.M.,
Gales, J., Meister, G., Knobelspiesse, K.D., Werdell, J., McClain, C.R.,
SIMBIOS program in support of ocean color missions: 1997-2003.Proc. SPIE
Conference on Ocean Remote Sensing and Imaging II, San Diego, CA, August 2003.
Schwarzer, H., B. A. Franz, A. Neumann, K.-H. Sümnich, T. Walzel, G. Zimmermann,
New Results of Ground Target Based Calibration of MOS on IRS, Proc. SPIE
Conference on Earth Observing Systems, Seattle, WA, September 2002.
Franz, B.A., and J.M. Gales, A long-term intercomparison between MOS and SeaWiFS, proceedings of
the 4th International Workshop on MOS-IRS and Ocean Color, 2001.
Franz, B. A., Ewa Ainsworth, and Sean Bailey, SeaWiFS Vicarious Calibration: An
Alternative Approach Utilizing Simultaneous In Situ Observations of Oceanic and
Atmospheric Optical Properties, NASA Tech. Memo. 2001-209982, In Situ Aerosol
Optical Thickness Collected by the SIMBIOS Program (1997-2000):
Protocols and Data QC and Analysis, March 2001.
Ainsworth, Ewa. J., & , Bryan A. Franz, &, Three years of experience with
SeaWiFS calibration, in proc. PORSEC, Vol. II, Goa, India, 5-8 December 2000,
pp. 754-760.
Franz, B.A., Status of the MOS Ground System at NASA Wallops, proceedings of
the 3rd International Workshop on MOS-IRS and Ocean Color, 1999.
Isaacman, A., B.A. Franz, and R. Eplee, An Investigation of Time Variability
in water-Leaving Radiances Retrieved from Ocean Color Measurements, proceedings
of ALPS, 1999.
Franz, B.A., A Simple Destriping Algorithm for MOS Imagery, proceedings of the
2nd International Workshop on MOS-IRS and Ocean Colour, 1998.
Wang, M. and B.A. Franz, A Vicarious Intercalibration Between SeaWiFS and MOS,
proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on MOS-IRS and Ocean Colour, 1998.
Reach, W.T., Franz, B.A., Kelsall, T. and Weiland, J.L. DIRBE Observations of the Zodiacal Light,
American Institute of Physics Conference Proceedings No. 348:
Unveiling the Cosmic Infrared Background (AIP, New York; Ed. E. Dwek), p. 37-46, 1996.
Franz, B.A., Reach, W.T., Kelsall, T. and Weiland, J.L. Inversion of the DIRBE Photometry to
Derive the Three Dimensional Distribution of the Interplanetary Dust, AIP Conf. Proc. No.
348: Unveiling the Cosmic Infrared Background (AIP, New York; Ed. E. Dwek), p. 296-300, 1996.
Reach , W.T., B.A. Franz, and J.L Weiland, Three-Dimensional Structure of the
Zodiacal Dust Bands, proceedings IAU Conference, 1995.
Sodroski, T.J., R.G. Arendt, M.G. Hauser, N. Boggess, E. Dwek, T. Kelsall, S.H. Moseley,
T.L. Murdock, R.F. Silverberg, G.B. Berriman, B.A. Franz, H.T. Freudenreich, C.M. Lisse,
M. Mitra, N.P. Odegard, W.J. Spiesman, S.W. Stemwedel, G.N. Toller and J.L. Weiland,
Observations of the Large-Scale Infrared Emission from the Galactic Plane Region by the Diffuse Infrared Background
Experiment, proceedings Conference SPIE Infrared Spaceborne Remote
Sensing, S. Scholl (ed.), 1993.
Freudenreich, H.T, Sodroski, T.J., Berriman, G.B., Dwek, E., Franz, B.A., Hauser, M.G., Kelsall, T.,
Moseley, S.H., Odegard, N.P., Silverberg, R.F., Toller, G.N. and Weiland, J.L., DIRBE Evidence for a
Warp in the Galaxy, American Institute of Physics Proceedings No. 278: Back to the Galaxy
(AIP, New York; Eds. S.S. Hold and F. Verter), p. 485-488, 1993.
Sodroski, T.J., Hauser, M.G., Dwek, E., Kelsall, T., Moseley, S.H., Silverberg, R.F., Boggess,
N., Odegard, N., Weiland, J.L. and Franz, B., Large-scale Physical Conditions in the Interstellar
Medium from DIRBE Observations, American Institute of Physics Conference Proceedings No. 278:
Back to the Galaxy (AIP, New York; Eds. S.S. Hold and F. Verter), p. 218-221, 1993.
