Dr. Dr. Lluis Perez Planells

  • Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
    IMKASF
    P.O. Box 3640
    76021 Karlsruhe

Work Experience

Since 02/2021

Scientist at KIT, Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research – Atmospheric Trace Gases and Remote Sensing (IMK-ASF)

03/2020 – 05/2020

Visiting Scientist at KIT, IMK-ASF

07/2019 – 10/2019

Visiting Scientist at Instituto de Hidrología de Llanuras - Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas (IHLLA-CIC), Tandil (Argentina)

07/2015 – 02/2021

Senior Research Technician at Earth Physics and Thermodynamics department, Faculty of Physics, University of Valencia (Spain)

Academic studies

09/2017 – 02/2021

PhD in Remote Sensing (Faculty of Physics, University of Valencia, Spain).

Thesis Title: Characterization of the surface emissivity and temperature at heterogeneous sites for different zenith viewing angles using remote sensing

Awarded with the ‘Extraordinary doctoral award’ in Physics by University of Valencia and the ‘UV-Banco Santander 2022-2023 award’

09/2014 – 09/2015

Master in Remote Sensing (Faculty of Physics, University of Valencia, Spain).

Thesis title: Comparison of different profiles to characterize the atmosphere in three MODIS thermal infrared bands

09/2010 – 09/2014

Bachelor’s degree in Physics (Faculty of Physics, University of Valencia, Spain).

Research Interests

My research topics are focused in remote sensing techniques in the thermal infrared (TIR) domain. Currently, I am working on validation of Land Surface Temperature (LST) derived from satellite data and the modelling of annual and diurnal surface temperature cycle. During my PhD, I studied the characterization in the TIR domain of the land surface emissivity and its modelling. Further topics of interest are the atmospheric characterization in the TIR domain, the LST and Surface Air Temperature (SAT) relationship and the surface urban heat island (SUHI) effect.

Projects

Courses Taught

  • Experimental Physics
  • Climatology and meteorology
  • Elemental physics
  • Green energies and solar radiation
  • Remote sensing instruments lab – Thermal radiometry
  • Thermal remote sensing

Further Profiles

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1035-9757

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lluis-Perez-Planells

Publications Lluis Perez Planells


2025
Global evaluation of high-resolution ECOSTRESS land surface temperature and emissivity products: Collection 1 versus Collection 2
Zhang, H.; Mahmood, A. N.; Hu, T.; Mallick, K.; Didry, Y.; Hitzelberger, P.; Szantoi, Z.; Pérez-Planells, L.; Göttsche, F. M.; Hulley, G. C.; Hook, S. J.
2025. Remote Sensing of Environment, 326, 114799. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2025.114799
Deep learning coupled with split window and temperature-emissivity separation (DL-SW-TES) method improves clear-sky high-resolution land surface temperature estimation
Zhang, H.; Hu, T.; Tang, B.-H.; Mallick, K.; Zheng, X.; Wang, M.; Olioso, A.; Rivalland, V.; Ghent, D.; Soszynska, A.; Szantoi, Z.; Pérez-Planells, L.; Göttsche, F. M.; Skoković, D.; Sobrino, J. A.
2025. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 225, 1–18. doi:10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2025.04.016
Empirical methods to determine surface air temperature from satellite-retrieved data
Vedrí, J.; Niclòs, R.; Pérez-Planells, L.; Valor, E.; Luna, Y.; Estrela, M. J.
2025. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 136, 104380. doi:10.1016/j.jag.2025.104380
2024
Demonstrating the Suitability of the Radiance- Based Method for Assessing the Accuracy of MODIS Land Surface Temperature Products
Coll, C.; Niclòs, R.; Puchades, J.; García-Santos, V.; Perelló, M.; Pérez-Planells, L.
2024. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 62, 1–15. doi:10.1109/TGRS.2024.3454377
Investigation and validation of two all-weather land surface temperature products with in-situ measurements
Meng, Y.; Zhou, J.; Göttsche, F.-M.; Tang, W.; Martins, J.; Perez-Planells, L.; Ma, J.; Wang, Z.
2024. Geo-spatial Information Science, 27 (3), 670–682. doi:10.1080/10095020.2023.2255037
2023
Combined modelling of annual and diurnal land surface temperature cycles
Pérez-Planells, L.; Göttsche, F.-M.
2023. Remote Sensing of Environment, 299, Article no: 113892. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2023.113892
Retrieval Consistency between LST CCI Satellite Data Products over Europe and Africa
Pérez-Planells, L.; Ghent, D.; Ermida, S.; Martin, M.; Göttsche, F.-M.
2023. Remote Sensing, 15 (13), Art.-Nr.: 3281. doi:10.3390/rs15133281
2022
Retrieval of Land Surface Emissivities Over Partially Vegetated Surfaces From Satellite Data Using Radiative Transfer Models
Perez-Planells, L.; Niclos, R.; Valor, E.; Gottsche, F.-M.
2022. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 60, 1–21. doi:10.1109/TGRS.2022.3224639
2021
Validation of Sentinel-3 SLSTR Land Surface Temperature Retrieved by the Operational Product and Comparison with Explicitly Emissivity-Dependent Algorithms
Pérez-Planells, L.; Niclòs, R.; Puchades, J.; Coll, C.; Göttsche, F.-M.; Valiente, J. A.; Valor, E.; Galve, J. M.
2021. Remote sensing, 13 (11), Article no: 2228. doi:10.3390/rs13112228