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Héctor Nieto is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain. Their research primarily covers the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with notable contributions in subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Plant Science, Environmental Engineering, and Soil Science.

The scientist's work addresses a range of topics including:

  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Remote Sensing in Agriculture
  • Horticultural and Viticultural Research
  • Urban Heat Island Mitigation
  • Irrigation Practices and Water Management
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Greenhouse Technology and Climate Control

Nieto has published research in several frequent venues, reflecting a focus on applied environmental and agricultural sciences. These venues include:

  • Irrigation Science
  • Remote Sensing
  • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • HydroShare Resources

They have also contributed to book publications through Universitat de València eBooks, including the 2023 title "Edició digital de les composicions i transcripcions musicals de José Antonio Valls Subirats (1958-1983)."

Héctor Nieto often collaborates with several frequent co-authors, suggesting a network of research partnerships. These collaborators include William P. Kustas, Alfonso F. Torres-Rua, Lawrence E. Hipps, Joseph G. Alfieri, and María Mar Alsina.

Significant recent papers authored or co-authored by Nieto demonstrate a strong engagement with remote sensing and environmental monitoring technologies. Selected examples include:

  • "Modelling High-Resolution Actual Evapotranspiration through Sentinel-2 and Sentinel-3 Data Fusion" (2020) published in Remote Sensing
  • "The Role of Remote Sensing for the Assessment and Monitoring of Forest Health: A Systematic Evidence Synthesis" (2021) published in Forests
  • "Feasibility of Using the Two-Source Energy Balance Model (TSEB) with Sentinel-2 and Sentinel-3 Images to Analyze the Spatio-Temporal Variability of Vine Water Status in a Vineyard" (2020) published in Remote Sensing
  • "Using high-spatiotemporal thermal satellite ET retrievals to monitor water use over California vineyards of different climate, vine variety and trellis design" (2020) published in Agricultural Water Management
  • "The effect of pixel heterogeneity for remote sensing based retrievals of evapotranspiration in a semi-arid tree-grass ecosystem" (2021) published in Remote Sensing of Environment

Best Publications

  • Development of a framework for fire risk assessment using remote sensing and geographic information system technologies

    Emilio Chuvieco;Inmaculada Aguado;Marta Yebra;Héctor Nieto

  • Estimating evaporation with thermal UAV data and two-source energy balance models

    H. Hoffmann;H. Nieto;R. Jensen;R. Guzinski

  • Air temperature estimation with MSG-SEVIRI data: Calibration and validation of the TVX algorithm for the Iberian Peninsula

    Héctor Nieto;Inge Sandholt;Inmaculada Aguado;Emilio Chuvieco

  • Evapotranspiration estimates derived using thermal-based satellite remote sensing and data fusion for irrigation management in California vineyards

    Kyle R. Knipper;William P. Kustas;Martha C. Anderson;Joseph G. Alfieri

  • Evaluating the feasibility of using Sentinel-2 and Sentinel-3 satellites for high-resolution evapotranspiration estimations

    Radoslaw Guzinski;Héctor Nieto

  • Estimation of dead fuel moisture content from meteorological data in Mediterranean areas. Applications in fire danger assessment

    I. Aguado;E. Chuvieco;R. Borén;H. Nieto

  • Assessment of Methods for Land Surface Temperature Retrieval from Landsat-5 TM Images Applicable to Multiscale Tree-Grass Ecosystem Modeling

    Lidia Vlassova;Fernando Pérez-Cabello;Héctor Nieto;M. Pilar Martín

  • Evaluation of TSEB turbulent fluxes using different methods for the retrieval of soil and canopy component temperatures from UAV thermal and multispectral imagery

    Héctor Nieto;William P. Kustas;Alfonso F. Torres-Rúa;Joseph G. Alfieri

  • Crop water stress maps for an entire growing season from visible and thermal UAV imagery

    Helene Hoffmann;Rasmus Jensen;Anton Thomsen;Hector Nieto

  • THE GRAPE REMOTE SENSING ATMOSPHERIC PROFILE AND EVAPOTRANSPIRATION EXPERIMENT.

    William P. Kustas;Martha C. Anderson;Joseph G. Alfieri;Kyle Knipper

  • Combining AVHRR and meteorological data for estimating live fuel moisture content

    Mariano García;Emilio Chuvieco;Héctor Nieto;Inmaculado Aguado

  • Monitoring and validating spatially and temporally continuous daily evaporation and transpiration at river basin scale

    Lisheng Song;Lisheng Song;Shaomin Liu;William P. Kustas;Hector Nieto

  • Modelling High-Resolution Actual Evapotranspiration through Sentinel-2 and Sentinel-3 Data Fusion

    Radoslaw Guzinski;Hector Nieto;Inge Sandholt;Georgios Karamitilios

  • Drivers of spatio-temporal variability of carbon dioxide and energy fluxes in a Mediterranean savanna ecosystem

    Tarek S. El-Madany;Markus Reichstein;Oscar Perez-Priego;Arnaud Carrara

  • Applications of a thermal-based two-source energy balance model using Priestley-Taylor approach for surface temperature partitioning under advective conditions

    Lisheng Song;Lisheng Song;William P. Kustas;Shaomin Liu;Paul D. Colaizzi

  • Using a thermal-based two source energy balance model with time-differencing to estimate surface energy fluxes with day–night MODIS observations

    R. Guzinski;M. C. Anderson;W. P. Kustas;H. Nieto

  • The Role of Remote Sensing for the Assessment and Monitoring of Forest Health: A Systematic Evidence Synthesis

    Pablo Torres;Marina Rodes-Blanco;Alba Viana-Soto;Hector Nieto

  • Revisiting the paper “Using radiometric surface temperature for surface energy flux estimation in Mediterranean drylands from a two-source perspective”

    William P. Kustas;Hector Nieto;Laura Morillas;Martha C. Anderson

  • Using radiometric surface temperature for surface energy flux estimation in Mediterranean drylands from a two-source perspective

    L. Morillas;M. García;M. García;H. Nieto;L. Villagarcia

  • Utility of the two-source energy balance (TSEB) model in vine and interrow flux partitioning over the growing season

    W. P. Kustas;J. G. Alfieri;H. Nieto;T. G. Wilson

  • Disaggregation of SMOS soil moisture over West Africa using the Temperature and Vegetation Dryness Index based on SEVIRI land surface parameters

    T. Tagesson;S. Horion;H. Nieto;V. Zaldo Fornies

  • Dead fuel moisture estimation with MSG-SEVIRI data. Retrieval of meteorological data for the calculation of the equilibrium moisture content

    Héctor Nieto;Héctor Nieto;Inmaculada Aguado;Emilio Chuvieco;Inge Sandholt

Frequent Co-Authors

William P. Kustas
William P. Kustas Agricultural Research Service
Lawrence E. Hipps
Lawrence E. Hipps Utah State University
John H. Prueger
John H. Prueger Agricultural Research Service
Joseph G. Alfieri
Joseph G. Alfieri Agricultural Research Service
Martha C. Anderson
Martha C. Anderson Agricultural Research Service
David Riaño
David Riaño Spanish National Research Council
Emilio Chuvieco
Emilio Chuvieco University of Alcalá
Inge Sandholt
Inge Sandholt University of Copenhagen
Christopher Hain
Christopher Hain Marshall Space Flight Center
Andrew J. McElrone
Andrew J. McElrone United States Department of Agriculture

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