Shannon de Roos
Shannon de Roos
Agriculture - Earth Observation - Climate Extremes - Land Degradation
Agriculture - Earth Observation - Climate Extremes - Land Degradation
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I'm an environmental scientist with a background in Earth sciences (BSc, Utrecht University), Physical geography (MSc, Utrecht University), and a PhD in Bioscience Engineering obtained at KU Leuven. I'm passionate about solving problems related to land degradation and climate extremes, for which I make use of Earth observation, geospatial datasets and spatial models.
I currently work as a postdoctoral researcher at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), in a climate research team, where I focus on effects of extreme heat on global crop yield using Earth system modelling.
Key Publications
PhD Thesis
de Roos, S., De Lannoy, G. (sup.), Raes, D. (cosup.) (2023). Assimilation of microwave backscatter data into a regional crop model: estimating soil moisture and biomass over European croplands. Thesis link
Journal articles - peer-reviewed
de Roos, S., Rabin, S., Lombardozzi, D., & Thiery, W. (preprint). Introducing crop heat stress in the Community Land Model v5. Geoscientific Model Development. doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-5484
de Roos, S., Bechtold, M., Busschaert, L., Lievens, H., & De Lannoy, G. J. (2024). Assimilation of Sentinel‐1 backscatter to update AquaCrop estimates of soil moisture and crop biomass. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 129(10), e2024JG008231. doi.org/10.1029/2024JG008231
de Roos, S., Busschaert, L., Lievens, H., Bechtold, M., De Lannoy, G., Raes, D., De Lannoy, G. (2023). Optimisation of AquaCrop backscatter simulations using Sentinel-1 observations. Remote Sensing Of Environment, 294, Art.No. 113621. doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2023.113621
de Roos, S., De Lannoy, G.J M., Raes, D. (2021). Performance analysis of regional AquaCrop (v6.1) biomass and surface soil moisture simulations using satellite and in situ observations. Geoscientific Model Development, 14 (12), 7309-7328. doi: 10.5194/gmd-14-7309-2021
de Roos, S., Turner, D., Lucieer, A., Bowman, D.M J S. (2018). Using Digital Surface Models from UAS Imagery of Fire Damaged Sphagnum Peatlands for Monitoring and Hydrological Restoration. DRONES, 2 (4), Art.No. ARTN 45. doi:10.3390/drones2040045
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