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K. Scipal — researcher profile on SciRah

h-index: 37
Works: 137
Citations: 7,678

Most-cited papers

A Revised Hydrology for the ECMWF Model: Verification from Field Site to Terrestrial Water Storage and Impact in the Integrated Forecast System
G. Balsamo, A. Beljaars, K. Scipal, P. Viterbo +3 more
2009932 citations Open access
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The International Soil Moisture Network: serving Earth system science for over a decade
W. Dorigo, Irene Himmelbauer, Daniel Aberer, Lukas Schremmer +64 more
2021Hydrology and Earth System Sciences462 citations Open access
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An Improved Soil Moisture Retrieval Algorithm for ERS and METOP Scatterometer Observations
V. Naeimi, K. Scipal, Z. Bartalis, S. Hasenauer +1 more
2009IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing433 citations Open access
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Error characterisation of global active and passive microwave soil moisture datasets.
W. Dorigo, K. Scipal, R. Parinussa, Yi Y. Liu +3 more
2010420 citations Open access
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The European Space Agency BIOMASS mission: Measuring forest above-ground biomass from space
S. Quegan, T. Le Toan, J. Chave, J. Dall +16 more
2019Remote Sensing of Environment318 citations Open access
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The Importance of Consistent Global Forest Aboveground Biomass Product Validation
L. Duncanson, J. Armston, M. Disney, V. Avitabile +26 more
2019Surveys in geophysics198 citations Open access
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Assimilation of a ERS scatterometer derived soil moisture index in the ECMWF numerical weather prediction system
K. Scipal, M. Drusch, W. Wagner
2008188 citations Open access
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SAR tomography for the retrieval of forest biomass and height: cross-validation at two tropical forest sites in French Guiana
M. Dinh, T. Le Toan, F. Rocca, S. Tebaldini +7 more
2016168 citations Open access
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Ground Data are Essential for Biomass Remote Sensing Missions
J. Chave, S. Davies, O. Phillips, S. Lewis +13 more
2019Surveys in geophysics151 citations Open access
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Theoretical uncertainty analysis of global MODIS, CYCLOPES, and GLOBCARBON LAI products using a triple collocation method
H. Fang, Shanshan Wei, Chongya Jiang, K. Scipal
2012148 citations
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Structural and statistical properties of the collocation technique for error characterization
S. Zwieback, K. Scipal, W. Dorigo, W. Wagner
2012129 citations Open access
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Coverage of high biomass forests by the ESA BIOMASS mission under defense restrictions
J. Carreiras, S. Quegan, T. Le Toan, M. Dinh +4 more
2017104 citations Open access
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Towards a Kalman Filter based soil moisture analysis system for the operational ECMWF Integrated Forecast System
M. Drusch, K. Scipal, P. de Rosnay, G. Balsamo +3 more
2009100 citations
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In Situ Reference Datasets From the TropiSAR and AfriSAR Campaigns in Support of Upcoming Spaceborne Biomass Missions
Nicolas Labrière, S. Tao, J. Chave, K. Scipal +22 more
2018IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing79 citations
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Global monitoring of wetlands--the value of ENVISAT ASAR Global mode.
A. Bartsch, W. Wagner, K. Scipal, C. Pathe +2 more
2009Journal of Environmental Management77 citations Open access
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The Forest Observation System, building a global reference dataset for remote sensing of forest biomass
D. Schepaschenko, J. Chave, O. Phillips, S. Lewis +139 more
2019Scientific Data76 citations Open access
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Simultaneous assimilation of SMOS soil moisture and atmospheric CO2 in-situ observations to constrain the global terrestrial carbon cycle
M. Scholze, T. Kaminski, W. Knorr, S. Blessing +3 more
201674 citations
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Aboveground Woody Biomass Product Validation Good Practices Protocol
L. Duncanson, J. Armston, M. Disney, V. Avitabile +51 more
202170 citations
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Harmony: an Earth Explorer 10 Mission Candidate to Observe Land, Ice, and Ocean Surface Dynamics
P. López-Dekker, H. Rott, P. Prats-Iraola, B. Chapron +2 more
2019IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium69 citations
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Mapping above-ground biomass in tropical forests with ground-cancelled P-band SAR and limited reference data
M. Soja, S. Quegan, M. M. d'Alessandro, Francesco Banda +3 more
2020Remote Sensing of Environment61 citations Open access
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Toward a forest biomass reference measurement system for remote sensing applications
Nicolas Labrière, S. Davies, M. Disney, L. Duncanson +9 more
2022Global Change Biology59 citations Open access
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Hydrological aspects of meteorological verification
F. Pappenberger, K. Scipal, R. Buizza
200854 citations Open access
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Detection of permanent open water surfaces in central Siberia with ENVISAT ASAR wide swath data with special emphasis on the estimation of methane fluxes from tundra wetlands
A. Bartsch, C. Pathe, W. Wagner, K. Scipal
200852 citations Open access
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Triple collocation — A new tool to determine the error structure of global soil moisture products
K. Scipal, W. Dorigo, R. deJeu
2010IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium49 citations
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TomoSense: A unique 3D dataset over temperate forest combining multi-frequency mono- and bi-static tomographic SAR with terrestrial, UAV and airborne lidar, and in-situ forest census
S. Tebaldini, M. M. d'Alessandro, L. Ulander, Patrik J. Bennet +16 more
2023Remote Sensing of Environment38 citations Open access
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Increasing stratification as observed by satellite sea surface salinity measurements
E. Olmedo, A. Turiel, V. González-Gambau, C. González-Haro +10 more
2022Scientific Reports35 citations Open access
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A Joint ESA-NASA Multi-mission Algorithm and Analysis Platform (MAAP) for Biomass, NISAR, and GEDI
C. Albinet, A. Whitehurst, L. Jewell, K. Bugbee +9 more
2019Surveys in geophysics35 citations Open access
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Scientific Developments and the EPS-SG Scatterometer
A. Stoffelen, S. Aaboe, J. Calvet, J. Cotton +6 more
2017IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing35 citations Open access
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The BIOMASS mission — An ESA Earth Explorer candidate to measure the BIOMASS of the earth's forests
K. Scipal, M. Arcioni, J. Chave, J. Dall +10 more
2010IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium35 citations Open access
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Interferometric Ground Cancellation for Above Ground Biomass Estimation
Mauro Mariotti d'Alessandro, S. Tebaldini, S. Quegan, M. Soja +2 more
2020IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing29 citations
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Assessment of a Power Law Relationship Between P-Band SAR Backscatter and Aboveground Biomass and Its Implications for BIOMASS Mission Performance
M. Schlund, K. Scipal, S. Quegan
2018IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing26 citations Open access
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The BIOMASS Level 2 Prototype Processor: Design and Experimental Results of Above-Ground Biomass Estimation
Francesco Banda, D. Giudici, T. Le Toan, M. M. d'Alessandro +8 more
2020Remote Sensing25 citations Open access
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Assessment of soil moisture fields from imperfect climate models with uncertain satellite observations
G. Schumann, D. Lunt, P. Valdes, R. de Jeu +2 more
200923 citations Open access
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Forest classification and impact of BIOMASS resolution on forest area and aboveground biomass estimation
M. Schlund, K. Scipal, M. Davidson
2017International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation21 citations
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ESA's biomass mission candidate system and payload overview
M. Arcioni, P. Bensi, M. Davidson, M. Drinkwater +5 more
2012IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium19 citations
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The Biomass mission, status of the satellite system
M. Arcioni, P. Bensi, M. Fehringer, F. Fois +3 more
20142014 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium18 citations
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Comparison of Aboveground Biomass Estimation From InSAR and LiDAR Canopy Height Models in Tropical Forests
M. Schlund, S. Erasmi, K. Scipal
2020IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters17 citations
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El Niño southern oscillation influences represented in ERS scatterometer-derived soil moisture data.
C. Kuenzer, D. Zhao, K. Scipal, D. Sabel +6 more
200917 citations
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The SAOCOM-CS mission: ESA's first bistatic and tomographic L-band mission
K. Scipal, M. Davidson
2017IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium15 citations
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Biomass P-band SAR interferometric mission selected as 7th Earth Explorer Mission
F. Hélière, F. Fois, M. Arcioni, P. Bensi +2 more
201415 citations
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The Salinity Pilot-Mission Exploitation Platform (Pi-MEP): A Hub for Validation and Exploitation of Satellite Sea Surface Salinity Data
S. Guimbard, N. Reul, R. Sabia, S. Herlédan +11 more
2021Remote Sensing14 citations Open access
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Earth observation for land-atmosphere interaction science
M. Marconcini, D. Fernández-Prieto, A. Reissell, M. Ellis +20 more
201114 citations
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Mapping Paleohydrology of the Ephemeral Kuiseb River, Namibia, from Radar Remote Sensing
P. Paillou, S. Lopez, E. Marais, K. Scipal
2020Water13 citations Open access
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The Biomass mission — ESA'S P-band polarimetric, interferomtric SAR mission
K. Scipal
2017IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium9 citations
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IB-AGC: Annual 25 km global live biomass carbon product from SMOS L-band passive microwave vegetation optical depth
Xiao-Jun Li, P. Ciais, F. Frappart, K. Scipal +10 more
2025Scientific Data8 citations Open access
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Afrisar-Tropisar: Forest Biomass Retrieval by P-Band Sar Tomography
Y.-N. Ngo, D. H. T. Minh, I. Moussawi, L. Villard +6 more
2018IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium8 citations
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Soil Moisture Information Content in SMOS, SMAP, AMSR2, and ASCAT Level-1 Data Over Selected In Situ Sites
M. Link, M. Drusch, K. Scipal
2020IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters7 citations
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The science and measurement concepts underlying the BIOMASS mission
S. Quegan, J. Chave, J. Dall, T. Le Toan +7 more
2012IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium6 citations
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Biomass, CoReH2O, PREMIER: ESA's candidate 7th Earth Explorer Missions
M. Arcioni, P. Bensi, J. Bézy, B. Carnicero +16 more
2010IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium6 citations
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Exploitation of satellite data in the surface analysis
M. Drusch, K. Scipal, P. de Rosnay, G. Balsamo +3 more
20086 citations
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