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Overview

Nicolas Reul is affiliated with the French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea in France. Their research expertise centers on the study of oceanographic and atmospheric processes, with a strong focus on remote sensing techniques, oceanography, and atmospheric science.

Their recent scholarly work includes publications in various recognized scientific journals. Notable papers include:

  • Sea surface salinity estimates from spaceborne L-band radiometers: An overview of the first decade of observation (2010-2019), 2020, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Estimating tropical cyclone surface winds: Current status, emerging technologies, historical evolution, and a look to the future, 2021, Tropical Cyclone Research and Review
  • Satellite-Based Sea Surface Salinity Designed for Ocean and Climate Studies, 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • Pronounced Impact of Salinity on Rapidly Intensifying Tropical Cyclones, 2020, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Satellite Remote Sensing of Surface Winds, Waves, and Currents: Where are we Now?, 2023, Surveys in Geophysics

Frequently collaborating with other researchers, Nicolas Reul's principal coauthors include:

  • Sébastien Guimbard
  • Jean-Luc Vergely
  • Semyon A. Grodsky
  • Jacqueline Boutin
  • Nicolas Kolodziejczyk

Their publications regularly appear in journals and venues such as:

  • Remote Sensing
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • Surveys in Geophysics
  • Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Nicolas Reul's work spans several fields of study, predominantly:

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Environmental Science

The subfields within these broader fields include:

  • Oceanography
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Earth-Surface Processes

The main topics of research covered in their publications encompass:

  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing
  • Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Climate variability and models

Best Publications

  • The SMOS Mission: New Tool for Monitoring Key Elements ofthe Global Water Cycle

    Yann H Kerr;Philippe Waldteufel;Jean-Pierre Wigneron;Steven Delwart

  • On the limiting aerodynamic roughness of the ocean in very strong winds

    M. A. Donelan;B. K. Haus;N. Reul;W. J. Plant

  • SMOS: The Challenging Sea Surface Salinity Measurement From Space

    Jordi Font;Adriano Camps;Andrés Borges;Manuel Martín-Neira

  • ESA's Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity Mission: Mission Performance and Operations

    S. Mecklenburg;M. Drusch;Y. H. Kerr;J. Font

  • Sea surface salinity estimates from spaceborne L-band radiometers: An overview of the first decade of observation (2010–2019)

    Nicolás Reul;S.A. Grodsky;Manuel Arias;Jacqueline Boutin

  • Satellite Salinity Observing System: Recent Discoveries and the Way Forward

    Nadya Vinogradova;Tong Lee;Jacqueline Boutin;Kyla Drushka

  • New SMOS Sea Surface Salinity with reduced systematic errors and improved variability

    Jacqueline Boutin;Jean-Luc Vergely;Stéphane Marchand;Francesco D'Amico

  • Overview of the SMOS Sea Surface Salinity Prototype Processor

    S. Zine;J. Boutin;J. Font;N. Reul

  • SMOS satellite L-band radiometer: A new capability for ocean surface remote sensing in hurricanes

    Nicolas Reul;Joseph Tenerelli;Bertrand Chapron;Doug Vandemark

  • Satellite and In Situ Salinity: Understanding Near-Surface Stratification and Subfootprint Variability

    J. Boutin;Y. Chao;W. E. Asher;Thierry Delcroix

  • Sea Surface Salinity Observations from Space with the SMOS Satellite: A New Means to Monitor the Marine Branch of the Water Cycle

    Nicolas Reul;Séverine Fournier;Jacqueline Boutin;Olga Hernandez

  • Haline hurricane wake in the Amazon/Orinoco plume: AQUARIUS/SACD and SMOS observations

    Semyon A. Grodsky;Nicolas Reul;Gary Lagerloef;Gilles Reverdin

  • A model of sea-foam thickness distribution for passive microwave remote sensing applications

    Nicolas Reul;Bertrand Chapron

  • SMOS first data analysis for sea surface salinity determination

    Jordi Font;Jacqueline Boutin;Nicolas Reul;Paul Spurgeon

  • Air flow separation over unsteady breaking waves

    Nicolas Reul;Hubert Branger;Jean-Paul Giovanangeli

  • Status of Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) in the 1400-1427MHz passive band based on six years of SMOS mission

    R. Oliva;E. Daganzo;P. Richaume;Y. Kerr

  • First Assessment of SMOS Data Over Open Ocean: Part II—Sea Surface Salinity

    J. Boutin;N. Martin;Xiaobin Yin;J. Font

  • Use of satellite observations for operational oceanography: recent achievements and future prospects

    P.-Y. Le Traon;D. Antoine;A. Bentamy;H. Bonekamp

  • Air Flow Structure Over Short-gravity Breaking Water Waves

    Nicolas Reul;Hubert Branger;Jean-Paul Giovanangeli

  • Importance of the sea surface curvature to interpret the normalized radar cross section

    Alexis Mouche;Alexis Mouche;Bertrand Chapron;Nicolas Reul;D Hauser

  • Remotely Sensed Winds and Wind Stresses for Marine Forecasting and Ocean Modeling

    Mark A. Bourassa;Thomas Meissner;Ivana Cerovecki;Paul Chang

Frequent Co-Authors

Jacqueline Boutin
Jacqueline Boutin Sorbonne University
Bertrand Chapron
Bertrand Chapron French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Jordi Font
Jordi Font Spanish National Research Council
Gilles Reverdin
Gilles Reverdin Sorbonne University
Douglas Vandemark
Douglas Vandemark University of New Hampshire
Craig Donlon
Craig Donlon European Space Agency
Yann Kerr
Yann Kerr Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Tong Lee
Tong Lee California Institute of Technology
Adriano Camps
Adriano Camps Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Mehrez Zribi
Mehrez Zribi Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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