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Nazzareno Pierdicca

Nazzareno Pierdicca

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Engineering and Technology

D-Index
43
Citations
7051
World Ranking
6197
National Ranking
196

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
43
Citations
7075
World Ranking
7102
National Ranking
146

Overview

Nazzareno Pierdicca is affiliated with Sapienza University of Rome in Italy. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, engineering, and earth and planetary sciences, with significant contributions in the subfields of environmental engineering, aerospace engineering, atmospheric science, oceanography, and ocean engineering.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including:

  • Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing
  • Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and Techniques
  • Precipitation Measurement and Analysis
  • Soil Geostatistics and Mapping
  • Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
  • Cryospheric Studies and Observations
  • Geophysical Methods and Applications

Pierdicca has published extensively in various journals and conferences. Frequent venues include:

  • IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
  • IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
  • IGARSS 2022 - 2022 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
  • IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters
  • Remote Sensing

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Pierdicca include:

  • An Introduction to the HydroGNSS GNSS Reflectometry Remote Sensing Mission, 2021, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
  • Remote Sensing of Forest Biomass Using GNSS Reflectometry, 2020, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
  • Monitoring Freeze-Thaw State by Means of GNSS Reflectometry: An Analysis of TechDemoSat-1 Data, 2020, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
  • Space-Borne GNSS-R Signal Over a Complex Topography: Modeling and Validation, 2020, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
  • Desert Roughness Retrieval Using CYGNSS GNSS-R Data, 2020, Remote Sensing

Throughout Pierdicca's research career, collaboration with several co-authors has been frequent. Key collaborators include:

  • Leila Guerriero
  • Davide Comite
  • E. Santi
  • Laura Dente
  • Maria Paola Clarizia

Best Publications

  • An algorithm for operational flood mapping from Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data using fuzzy logic

    L. Pulvirenti;N. Pierdicca;M. Chini;L. Guerriero

  • Flood monitoring using multi-temporal COSMO-SkyMed data: Image segmentation and signature interpretation

    L. Pulvirenti;M. Chini;N. Pierdicca;L. Guerriero

  • Analysis of CYGNSS Data for Soil Moisture Retrieval

    Maria Paola Clarizia;Nazzareno Pierdicca;Fabiano Costantini;Nicolas Floury

  • Satellite radar and optical remote sensing for earthquake damage detection: results from different case studies

    S. Stramondo;C. Bignami;M. Chini;N. Pierdicca

  • Airborne GNSS-R Polarimetric Measurements for Soil Moisture and Above-Ground Biomass Estimation

    Alejandro Egido;Simonetta Paloscia;Erwan Motte;Leila Guerriero

  • Sentinel-1 InSAR Coherence to Detect Floodwater in Urban Areas: Houston and Hurricane Harvey as A Test Case

    Marco Chini;Ramona Pelich;Luca Pulvirenti;Nazzareno Pierdicca

  • Use of SAR Data for Detecting Floodwater in Urban and Agricultural Areas: The Role of the Interferometric Coherence

    Luca Pulvirenti;Marco Chini;Nazzareno Pierdicca;Giorgio Boni

  • Exploiting SAR and VHR Optical Images to Quantify Damage Caused by the 2003 Bam Earthquake

    M. Chini;N. Pierdicca;W.J. Emery

  • Global Navigation Satellite Systems Reflectometry as a Remote Sensing Tool for Agriculture

    Alejandro Egido;Marco Caparrini;Giulio Ruffini;Simonetta Paloscia

  • GEROS-ISS: GNSS REflectometry, Radio Occultation, and Scatterometry Onboard the International Space Station

    Jens Wickert;Estel Cardellach;Manuel Martin-Neira;Jorge Bandeiras

  • Forest biomass monitoring with GNSS-R: Theoretical simulations

    P. Ferrazzoli;L. Guerriero;N. Pierdicca;R. Rahmoune

  • Soil moisture estimation over vegetated terrains using multitemporal remote sensing data.

    Nazzareno Pierdicca;Luca Pulvirenti;Christian Bignami

  • Bayesian estimation of precipitating cloud parameters from combined measurements of spaceborne microwave radiometer and radar

    F.S. Marzano;A. Mugnai;G. Panegrossi;N. Pierdicca

  • Observing floods from space: Experience gained from COSMO-SkyMed observations

    N. Pierdicca;L. Pulvirenti;M. Chini;L. Guerriero

  • SAVERS: A Simulator of GNSS Reflections From Bare and Vegetated Soils

    Nazzareno Pierdicca;Leila Guerriero;Roberto Giusto;Marco Brogioni

  • An Introduction to the HydroGNSS GNSS Reflectometry Remote Sensing Mission

    Martin J. Unwin;Nazzareno Pierdicca;Estel Cardellach;Kimmo Rautiainen

  • Analysis and Interpretation of the COSMO-SkyMed Observations of the 2011 Japan Tsunami

    M. Chini;L. Pulvirenti;N. Pierdicca

  • A Prototype System for Flood Monitoring Based on Flood Forecast Combined With COSMO-SkyMed and Sentinel-1 Data

    Giorgio Boni;Luca Ferraris;Luca Pulvirenti;Giuseppe Squicciarino

  • Integrating Physical and Topographic Information Into a Fuzzy Scheme to Map Flooded Area by SAR

    Nazzareno Pierdicca;Marco Chini;Luca Pulvirenti;Flavia Macina

  • Monitoring Flood Evolution in Vegetated Areas Using COSMO-SkyMed Data: The Tuscany 2009 Case Study

    Luca Pulvirenti;Nazzareno Pierdicca;Marco Chini;Leila Guerriero

  • Impact of different satellite soil moisture products on the predictions of a continuous distributed hydrological model

    Paola Laiolo;Simone Gabellani;Lorenzo Campo;Francesco Silvestro

Frequent Co-Authors

Frank S. Marzano
Frank S. Marzano Sapienza University of Rome
Marco Chini
Marco Chini National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Simonetta Paloscia
Simonetta Paloscia National Research Council (CNR)
Salvatore Stramondo
Salvatore Stramondo National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Paolo Ferrazzoli
Paolo Ferrazzoli University of Rome Tor Vergata
Claudia Notarnicola
Claudia Notarnicola European Academy of Bozen
Fabio Rocca
Fabio Rocca Polytechnic University of Milan
Mehrez Zribi
Mehrez Zribi Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
C. K. Shum
C. K. Shum The Ohio State University
Patrick Matgen
Patrick Matgen Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology

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