**Juan Manuel S ´anchez**

Juan M. Sanchez is currently an associate professor with the Applied Physics Department and a ´ researcher with the Regional Development Institute at the University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. He received his BSc, MSc, and PhD degrees in physics from the University of Valencia, Spain, in 2003, 2005, and 2008, respectively. His research interests focus on thermal infrared remote sensing in general and on surface energy balance in particular. He has published more than 50 papers in international journals, 6 book chapters, and more than 100 conference papers. He has participated in 25 international, national, and regional projects (PI for two of them), and he is a referee in 18 international journals. Dr. Sanchez was awarded the Nobert Gerbier-MUMM Internatinal Award ´ 2010 by the World Meteorological Organization.

### **C ´esar Coll**

Cesar Coll is a professor of earth physics with the Department of Earth Physics and ´ Thermodynamics, Faculty of Physics, University of Valencia, since 2010 and was an associate professor at the same institution from 1997. He received his BSc, MSc, and PhD degrees in physics from the University of Valencia, Spain, in 1989, 1992, and 1994, respectively. His research interests focus on the physical processes of thermal-infrared (TIR) remote sensing; atmospheric and emissivity corrections; temperature-emissivity separation; and ground validation of TIR products from AATSR, MODIS, ASTER, and other satellite sensors. He has published more than 60 papers in SCI international journals. Dr. Coll is currently the director of the Remote Sensing Master's degree program at the University of Valencia.

#### **Raquel Nicl `os**

Raquel Niclos has been an associate professor at the Earth Physics and Thermodynamics Department of the University of Valencia (UV) since 2017. She received her BSc, MSc, and PhD degrees in physics from the UV in 2000, 2002, and 2005, respectively. She has 20 years of research experience in Earth physics and has published more than 40 papers in journals included in the Journal Citation Reports (JCR), with more than 30 within the top quartile. She has also published book chapters and non-JCR papers, and she was an editor of an international book about thermal remote sensing advances. She has been the supervisor to six PhD theses, the principal investigator of three R&D&i projects in competitive calls and of five contracts with outstanding companies, a member of five international scientific committees, a regular reviewer for seven relevant JCR journals, and a member of scientific and organizing committees of symposiums.
