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Konstantinos Papathanassiou

Konstantinos Papathanassiou

D-Index & Metrics

Computer Science

D-Index
36
Citations
11415
World Ranking
10978
National Ranking
548

Konstantinos Papathanassiou publication distribution in Computer Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Computer Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Konstantinos Papathanassiou sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 344 publications — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 991 publications or more.

Konstantinos Papathanassiou D-index placement in Computer Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Computer Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Konstantinos Papathanassiou sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 131+

This scientist: 36 D-Index — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 131 D-Index or more.

Overview

Konstantinos Papathanassiou is affiliated with the German Aerospace Center in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and engineering, with significant contributions to aerospace engineering and environmental engineering. The scientist's work also extends to subfields such as atmospheric science, management, monitoring, policy and law, and ecology.

They have been involved in research on multiple topics, including:

  • Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and Techniques
  • Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Remote Sensing in Agriculture
  • Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing
  • Soil erosion and sediment transport

Konstantinos Papathanassiou has published extensively in various scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
  • Remote Sensing
  • IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
  • IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Aboveground biomass density models for NASA's Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) lidar mission," 2022, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • "Modeling and Compensation of the Penetration Bias in InSAR DEMs of Ice Sheets at Different Frequencies," 2020, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
  • "Polarimetric SAR Time Series Change Analysis Over Agricultural Areas," 2020, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
  • "Forest Height Estimation by Means of TanDEM-X InSAR and Waveform Lidar Data," 2021, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
  • "The BIOMASS Level 2 Prototype Processor: Design and Experimental Results of Above-Ground Biomass Estimation," 2020, Remote Sensing

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers. Notable co-authors include:

  • Matteo Pardini
  • Changhyun Choi
  • John Armston
  • Irena Hajnsek
  • Roman Guliaev

Best Publications

  • A tutorial on synthetic aperture radar

    A. Moreira;P. Prats-Iraola;M. Younis;G. Krieger

  • Polarimetric SAR interferometry

    S.R. Cloude;K.P. Papathanassiou

  • Single-baseline polarimetric SAR interferometry

    K.P. Papathanassiou;S.R. Cloude

  • The BIOMASS mission: Mapping global forest biomass to better understand the terrestrial carbon cycle

    T. Le Toan;S. Quegan;M.W.J. Davidson;Heiko Balzter

  • Three-stage inversion process for polarimetric SAR interferometry

    Shane Cloude;Konstantinos Papathanassiou

  • A new technique for noise filtering of SAR interferometric phase images

    Jong-Sen Lee;K.P. Papathanassiou;T.L. Ainsworth;M.R. Grunes

  • Tandem-L: A Highly Innovative Bistatic SAR Mission for Global Observation of Dynamic Processes on the Earth's Surface

    Alberto Moreira;Gerhard Krieger;Irena Hajnsek;Konstantinos Papathanassiou

  • Very-High-Resolution Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar Imaging: Signal Processing and Applications

    A. Reigber;R. Scheiber;M. Jager;Pau Prats-Iraola

  • Potential of Estimating Soil Moisture Under Vegetation Cover by Means of PolSAR

    I. Hajnsek;T. Jagdhuber;H. Schon;K.P. Papathanassiou

  • Tropical-Forest-Parameter Estimation by Means of Pol-InSAR: The INDREX-II Campaign

    I. Hajnsek;F. Kugler;Seung-Kuk Lee;K.P. Papathanassiou

  • TanDEM-X Pol-InSAR Performance for Forest Height Estimation

    Florian Kugler;Daniel Schulze;Irena Hajnsek;Hans Pretzsch

  • Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Missions Employing Formation Flying

    Gerhard Krieger;Irena Hajnsek;Konstantinos Panagiotis Papathanassiou;Marwan Younis

  • Generation of digital elevation models by using SIR-C/X-SAR multifrequency two-pass interferometry: the Etna case study

    R. Lanari;G. Fornaro;D. Riccio;M. Migliaccio

  • Forest Height Estimation by Means of Pol-InSAR Data Inversion: The Role of the Vertical Wavenumber

    Florian Kugler;Seung-Kuk Lee;Irena Hajnsek;Konstantinos P. Papathanassiou

  • Polarimetric and interferometric characterization of coherent scatterers in urban areas

    R.Z. Schneider;K.P. Papathanassiou;I. Hajnsek;A. Moreira

  • Pine Forest Height Inversion Using Single-Pass X-Band PolInSAR Data

    F. Garestier;P.C. Dubois-Fernandez;K.P. Papathanassiou

  • Analysis of multistatic configurations for spaceborne SAR interferometry

    Gerhard Krieger;Hauke Fiedler;Josef Mittermayer;Konstantinos Papathanassiou

  • Speckle filtering and coherence estimation of polarimetric SAR interferometry data for forest applications

    Jong-Sen Lee;S.R. Cloude;K.P. Papathanassiou;M.R. Grunes

  • Biomass estimation from polarimetric SAR interferometry over heterogeneous forest terrain

    T. Mette;K. Papathanassiou;I. Hajnsek

  • Quantification of Temporal Decorrelation Effects at L-Band for Polarimetric SAR Interferometry Applications

    Seung-Kuk Lee;Florian Kugler;Konstantinos P. Papathanassiou;Irena Hajnsek

  • An Iterative Generalized Hybrid Decomposition for Soil Moisture Retrieval Under Vegetation Cover Using Fully Polarimetric SAR

    Thomas Jagdhuber;Irena Hajnsek;Konstantinos P. Papathanassiou

  • Height Estimation of Boreal Forest: Interferometric Model-Based Inversion at L- and X-Band Versus HUTSCAT Profiling Scatterometer

    J. Praks;F. Kugler;K.P. Papathanassiou;I. Hajnsek

  • Spaceborne polarimetric SAR interferometry: performance analysis and mission concepts

    Gerhard Krieger;Konstantinos Panagiotis Papathanassiou;Shane R. Cloude

  • The tandem-L mission proposal: Monitoring earth's dynamics with high resolution SAR interferometry

    G. Krieger;I. Hajnsek;K. Papathanassiou;M. Eineder

  • First demonstration of airborne SAR tomography using multibaseline L-band data

    A. Reigber;A. Moreira;K.P. Papathanassiou

  • SIR‐C/X‐SAR multifrequency multipass interferometry: A new tool for geological interpretation

    Mauro Coltelli;Gianfranco Fornaro;Giorgio Franceschetti;Riccardo Lanari

  • Correcting Distortion of Polarimetric SAR Data Induced by Ionospheric Scintillation

    Jun Su Kim;Konstantinos P. Papathanassiou;Rolf Scheiber;Shaun Quegan

Frequent Co-Authors

Irena Hajnsek
Irena Hajnsek German Aerospace Center
Alberto Moreira
Alberto Moreira German Aerospace Center
Gerhard Krieger
Gerhard Krieger German Aerospace Center
Marwan Younis
Marwan Younis Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Andreas Reigber
Andreas Reigber German Aerospace Center
Michael Eineder
Michael Eineder German Aerospace Center
Pau Prats
Pau Prats German Aerospace Center
Riccardo Lanari
Riccardo Lanari National Research Council (CNR)
Shaun Quegan
Shaun Quegan University of Sheffield
Mauro Coltelli
Mauro Coltelli National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology

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