Bryan A. Franz

Bryan A. Franz is currently a Research Scientist and an Assistant Chief for Science Research at the Ocean Ecology Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA. Since 1996, he has been supporting research and operations for satellite remote sensing of ocean biology and biogeochemistry at NASA, including the development of science data products from the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS), Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS), Visible and Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS), and other satellite-based remote sensing radiometers. Since 2009, he has also been serving as the Ocean Discipline Leader for the MODIS Science Team and the combined MODIS and VIIRS Science Team. He is currently leading the development of the Science Data Segment (SDS) for the Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) Mission. His work at NASA has focused on the standardization of atmospheric correction and bio-optical algorithms, vicarious calibration, and instrument cross-calibration techniques to derive consistent, multimission time series of ocean optical and biogeochemical properties.