TOR VERGATA EARTH OBSERVATION LABORATORY RESEARCH ON
MICROWAVE EMISSION AND SMOS
A large scale microwave emission model for forests. Contribution to the SMOS algorithm
Modeling Forest Emissivity at L-Band and a Comparison With Multitemporal Measurements
The effects of forest canopies and of the underlying soil moisture on microwave emission
A contribution to the vicarious routine calibration monitoring for the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission
Modeling the multifrequency emission of forests and their components
A global high resolution microwave emission model for the Earth
Improving satellite antenna temperature estimation by high-resolution emission model of the Earth
 

TEO LAB PUBLICATIONS

Y. Kerr, P. Waldteufel, P. Richaume, J.-P. Wigneron, P. Ferrazzoli, A. Mailon, A. Mahmoodi, S. Delwart , "The prototype SMOS soil moisture algorithm", IGARSS'08, Boston, MA, U.S.A., Jul. 2008.
A. Della Vecchia, P. Ferrazzoli, L. Guerriero, R. Rahmoune, S. Paloscia, S. Pettinato, E. Santi, "Modeling the multifrequency emission of forests and their components'', IGARSS'08, Boston, MA, U.S.A., Jul. 2008.
A. Della Vecchia, P. Ferrazzoli, L.Guerriero, S.Paloscia, P.Pampaloni, E.Santi, S.Pettinato, "Soil moisture effect on microwave emission under forest canopies", 10th MICROWAVE RADIOMETRY and REMOTE SENSING of the ENVIRONMENT Meeting, Florence, Italy, March 2008.
A. Della Vecchia, P. Ferrazzoli, L. Guerriero, R. Rahmoune, E. Santi, S. Pettinato, S. Paloscia, "Modeling the multi-frequency emission of Mediterranean forests and comparisons with experimental data", 10th MICROWAVE RADIOMETRY and REMOTE SENSING of the ENVIRONMENT Meeting, Florence, Italy, March 2008.
J.P. Wigneron, Y. Kerr, P. Waldteufel, K. Saleh, M.-J. Escorihuela, P. Richaume, P. Ferrazzoli, P. De Rosnay, R. Gurney, J.-C. Calvet, J.P. Grant, M. Guglielmetti, B. Hornbuckle, C. Maetzler, T. Pellarin, "L-band Microwave Emission of the Biosphere (L-MEB) Model: description and calibration against experimental data sets over crop fields", Remote Sensing of the Environment, vol. 107, pp. 639-655, 2007.
A. Della Vecchia, P. Ferrazzoli, J.P. Wigneron, J.P. Grant, "Modeling forest emissivity at L band and a comparison with multitemporal measurements", IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, vol. 4, pp. 508-512, 2007
A. Della Vecchia, K. Saleh, P. Ferrazzoli, L. Guerriero, J.P. Wigneron, "Simulating L-band emission of coniferous forests using a discrete model and a detailed geometrical representation", IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, vol. 3, pp. 364–368, 2006.
M. Guglielmetti, M. Schwank, C. Matzler, A. Della Vecchia, P. Ferrazzoli, C. Oberdorster, H. Fluhler, “Microwave radiometry experiments on a decideous forest site”, 2nd Int. Symp. Recent Advances in Quantitative Remote Sensing, Torrent, Valencia, Spain, Sept. 2006.
A. Della Vecchia, P. Ferrazzoli, F. Giorgio, L. Guerriero, “A large scale approach to estimate L-band emission from forest covered surfaces”, 2nd Int. Symp. Recent Advances in Quantitative Remote Sensing, Torrent, Valencia, Spain, Sept. 2006.
A. Della Vecchia, P. Ferrazzoli, J. P. Grant, M. Guglielmetti, M. Schwank, J.-P. Wigneron, “Modelling forest emission and comparisons with ground-based radiometric measurements”, 2nd Int. Symp. Recent Advances in Quantitative Remote Sensing, Torrent, Valencia, Spain, Sept. 2006.
J.P. Grant, J.P. Wigneron, A. Van de Griend, F. Demontoux, G. Ruffi, A. Della Vecchia, N. Skou, B. Le Crom, “L-band radiometric behaviour of pine forests for a variety of surface moisture conditions”, 2nd Int. Symp. Recent Advances in Quantitative Remote Sensing, Torrent, Valencia, Spain, Sept. 2006.
J.P. Wigneron, Y. Kerr, P. Waldteufel, P. Ferrazzoli, P. Richaume, K. Saleh, J. C. Calvet, A. Chanzy, P. De Rosnay, M.-J. Escorihuela, J. Fenollar, J. P. Grant, E. Lopez-Baeza, C. Maetzler, T. Pellarin, M. Schwank, A. Ven De Griend, A. Mahmoodi, S. Delwart, "Recent advances in modelling the land surface emission at L-band", 2nd Int. Symp. Recent Advances in Quantitative Remote Sensing, Torrent, Valencia,Spain, Sept. 2006.
Y. Kerr, P. Waldteufel, P. Richaume, J.-P. Wigneron, P. Ferrazzoli, R. J. Gurney, A. Mahmoodi, “The operational SMOS Soil moisture algorithm”, IGARSS'06, Denver, U.S.A., Jul.-Aug. 2006.
A. Della Vecchia, P. Ferrazzoli, F. Giorgio, L. Guerriero, M. Guglielmetti, M. Schwank, “A Parametric Study About Soil Emission and Vegetation Effects for Forests at L-band”, IGARSS'06, Denver, U.S.A., Jul.-Aug. 2006.
A. Della Vecchia, P. Ferrazzoli, L. Guerriero, M. Guglielmetti, M. Schwank, H. Flühler, C. Mätzler, “Modeling microwave emission from forests and comparisons with ground based radiometric measurements”, IGARSS'06, Denver, U.S.A., Jul.-Aug. 2006.
J.P. Wigneron, Y. Kerr, P. Waldteufel, P. Richaume, K. Saleh, J.P. Grant, A. Van de Griend, F. Demontoux, G. Ruffie, P. Ferrazzoli, P. De Rosnay, M.-J. Escorihuela, J.-C. Calvet, J. Fenollar, E. Lopez-Baeza, "Recent Advances in estimating the L-band microwave signature of natural land surface covers", 1st Workshop on Remote Sensing and Modeling of Surface Properties, Paris, France, June 2006.
A. Della Vecchia, P. Ferrazzoli, L. Guerriero, J.-P. Wigneron, J. P. Grant, M. Guglielmetti, M. Schwank, “Recent studies of forest emission at L-band, in view of SMOS”, 6th SMOS Workshop, Copenhagen, Denmark, May 2006.
M. Guglielmetti, M. Schwank, C. Matzler, A. Della Vecchia, P. Ferrazzoli, C. Oberdorster, H. Fluhler, “Microwave radiometry experiments on a deciduous forest site”, European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Wien, Austria, April 2006.
A. Della Vecchia, P. Ferrazzoli, L. Guerriero, M. Guglielmetti, M. Schwank, H. Fluhler, C. Matzler, “Experimental and model investigation about forest emission at L-band”, Progress in Electromagnetic Research Symposium, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A., March 2006.
M. Talone, A. Camps, M. Vallossera, S. Monerris, P. Ferrazzoli, "Surface topography and mixed pixel effects on the simulated L-band brightness temperatures", 9th Specialist Meeting on Microwave Radiometry and Remote Sensing Applications, Puerto Rico, U.S.A.. Feb. 2006.
J. Grant, A.A. Van de Griend, J.-P. Wigneron, S. Sobjarg, A. Della Vecchia, A. Kruszewski, S. Debesa, N. Skou, J. Balling, “L-band multiangle radiometric properties of pine forest; some preliminary results of Bray 2004”, 11th SPIE International Symposium on Remote Sensing, Bruges, Belgium, Sept. 2005.
A. Della Vecchia, P. Ferrazzoli, L. Guerriero, K. Saleh, J.-P. Wigneron, "Modeling L-band radiometric sensitivity to soil moisure under forests and comparisons with EUROSTARRS signatures", European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, April 2005.
J. Ballino, A. Della Vecchia, J. Grant, S. Schmidl, N. Skou, A. Van de Griend, J.-P. Wigneron, "BRAY 2004 - A long-term experiment on L-band forest radiometry", European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, April 2005.
K. Saleh, J.-P. Wigneron, J.-C. Calvet,, E. Lopez-Baeza, P. Ferrazzoli, M. Berger, P. Wursteisen, L. Simmonds, J. Miller, "The EuroSTARRS airborne campaign in support of the SMOS mission: first results over land surfaces" International Journal of Remote Sensing, vol. 25, pp. 177 - 194, 2004.
K. Saleh, L. Guerriero, A. Della Vecchia, P. Ferrazzoli, J.-P. Wigneron, A. Porté, D. Guyon, I. Champion, "A radiative model to simulate forest emission at L-band: Sensitivity of brightness temperature to forest components", IGARSS'04, Anchorage, U.S.A., Sept. 2004.
A. Della Vecchia, P. Ferrazzoli, L. Guerriero, K. Saleh, J.P. Wigneron, “Retrieving soil moisture under forests with L-band spaceborne instruments: simulation of perturbing effects”, European Geosciences Union 1st General Assembly, Nice, France, April 2004.
M. Berger, Y. Kerr, J. Font, J.-P. Wigneron, J.-C. Calvet, K. Saleh, E. Lopez-Baeza, L. Simmonds, P. Ferrazzoli, B. van de Hurk, P. Viterbo, P. Waldteufel, F. Petitcolin, A. van de Griend, E. Attema, M. Rast, "Measuring Soil Moisture with ESA's SMOS Mission. Advancing the Science", ESA Bulletin, 2003.
T. Pellarin, J.-P. Wigneron, J.-C. Calvet, M. Berger, H. Douville, P. Ferrazzoli, Y.H. Kerr, E. Lopez-Baeza, J. Pulliainen, L.P. Simmonds, P. Waldteufel, "Two-year global simulation of L-band brightness temperatures over land", IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing, vol.41, pp. 2135- 2139, 2003.
J.-P. Wigneron, J.-C. Calvet, T. Pellarin, A. Van de Griend, M. Berger, P. Ferrazzoli, "Retrieving near-surface soil moisture from microwave radiometric observations: current status and future plans", Remote Sensing of the Environment, vo. 85, pp. 489-506, June 2003.
K. Saleh, J.P. Wigneron, J.C. Calvet, E. Lopez-Baeza, P. Ferrazzoli, M. Berger, P. Wursteisen, L. Simmonds, J. Miller, "The EuroSTARRS airborne campaign in support of the SMOS mission: First results over land surfaces", Int. J. Remote Sensing, 2003.
J.-P. Wigneron, P. Ferrazzoli, J-C Calvet, T. Pellarin, P. Waldteufel, Y. Kerr, "Monitoring land surface soil moisture from multiangular SMOS observations", IGARSS'03, Toulouse, France, July 2003.
P. Ferrazzoli, L. Guerriero, "Recent studies on forest radiometry", Rivista Italiana di Telerilevamento, 2003.
M. Parde', J.-P. Wigneron, A. Chanzy, P. Ferrazzoli, "Characterizing the vegetation microwave parameters dependence on view angle and polarization (SMOS mission)", Proc. Int. Symp. Recent Advances in Quantitative Remote Sensing, Valencia, Spain, Sept. 2002.
T. Pellarin, J.-C. Calvet, J.-P. Wigneron, L.P. Simmonds, Ernesto Lopez-Baeza, M. Berger, A. Camps, A. Chanzy, P. Ferrazzoli, M. T. Hallikainen, Y. H. Kerr, C. Maetzler, W. Mauser, A. van de Griend, B. van den Hurk, P. J. van Oevelen, P. Viterbo, P. Waldteufel, "Soil moisture retrieval by SMOS: a global feasibility study", IGARSS'02, Toronto, Canada, June 2002.
P. Pampaloni, G. Decarolis, D. Entekhabi, P. Ferrazzoli, Y. Kim, G. Pasquariello, N. Pierdicca, F. Posa, S. Zecchetto, C. Zelli, P. Castracane, F. Debiasio, G. Desantis, L. Guerriero, G. Macelloni, E. Njoku, C. Notarnicola, F. Mattia, S. Paoloscia, G. Satalino, "HYDRO-POL - A Spaceborne polarimetric radar-radiometer for land hydrology and ocean salinity", IGARSS'02, Toronto, Canada, June 2002.
N. Pierdicca, B. Greco, A. Martini, P. Castracane, L. Pulvirenti, P. Ferrazzoli, L. Guerriero, G. Schiavon, P. Ciotti, F.S. Marzano, P. Basili, S. Bonafoni, V. Mattioli, "Passive calibration of the backscattering coefficient of the ENVISAT RA-2: Evaluation of radiative models for sea and land'', IGARSS'02, Toronto, Canada, 2002.
P. Ferrazzoli, L. Guerriero, J.P. Wigneron, "Simulating L-band emission of forests in view of future satellite applications'', IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 40.12, pp. 2700-2708, 2002.
P. Ferrazzoli, L. Guerriero, J.P. Wigneron, "L-band emission of forests: theory and applications'', Proc. 2002 URSI-F Open Symp. Propagation and Remote Sensing, 2002.
P. Ferrazzoli, L. Guerriero, J.P. Wigneron, "Simulating microwave emission of forests in view of future satellite applications'', Proc. 8th Int. Symp. Physical Measurements and Signatures in Remote Sensing, pp. 539-548, 2001.
P. Ferrazzoli, L. Guerriero, "Passive microwave remote sensing of forests: a model investigation'', IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing, vol. 34, pp.433-443, 1996.
P. Ferrazzoli, L. Guerriero, "Emissivity of vegetation: theory and computational aspects'', J. Electromagnetic Waves and Applications, vol. 10, pp. 609--628, 1996.
P. Ferrazzoli, L. Guerriero, S. Paoloscia, P. Pampaloni, "Modeling X and K_a band emission from leafy vegetation'', J. Electromagnetic Waves and Applications, vol. 9, pp. 393-406, 1995.
G. Luzi, P. Coppo, P. Ferrazzoli, S. Gagliani, T. Mazzoni, "Microwave radiometry as a tool for forest fires detection: model analysis and preliminary experiments'', Microwave Radiometry and Remote Sensing of the Environment, Ed. by D. Solimini, VSP Press, Utrecht, The Netherlands, pp. 411-418, 1995.
P. Ferrazzoli, L. Guerriero, S. Paloscia, P. Pampaloni, and D. Solimini, "Modelling polarization properties of emission from soil covered with vegetation", IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing, vol. GE-30, pp. 157-165, 1992.

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