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Paolo Ferrazzoli is affiliated with the University of Rome Tor Vergata in Italy. Their research focuses primarily on Environmental Science, with significant contributions to the subfields of Environmental Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, and Atmospheric Science. The scope of their work covers various aspects of remote sensing and earth observation technologies, applied in environmental monitoring contexts.

The scientist has published in several specialized venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
  • Global Change Biology
  • IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
  • International Journal of Remote Sensing

Paolo Ferrazzoli's main research topics include:

  • Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing
  • Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and Techniques
  • Precipitation Measurement and Analysis
  • Remote Sensing in Agriculture
  • Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Soil Geostatistics and Mapping

Their recent scholarly works feature studies on vegetation optical depth monitoring, microwave scattering, and the correlation between different remote sensing products. Notable publications include:

  • "Monitoring tropical forests under a functional perspective with satellite-based vegetation optical depth" (2020), published in Global Change Biology
  • "Influence of Vegetation Height, Plant Area Index, and Forest Intactness on SMOS L-VOD, for Different Seasons and Latitude Ranges" (2023), published in IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
  • "SMOS L-VOD Retrieved by Level 2 Algorithm and its Correlation With GEDI LIDAR Products" (2021), published in IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
  • "Microwave Scattering (1-10 GHz) From a Vertically Heterogeneous Grass Canopy" (2022), published in IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
  • "Relationship Between Active and Passive Microwave Signals Over Vegetated Surfaces" (2021), published in IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Their research is frequently collaborative, with several repeated co-authors. These include Leila Guerriero, Cristina Vittucci, Gaia Vaglio Laurin, Gianluca Tramontana, and Dario Papale.

Best Publications

  • The SMOS Soil Moisture Retrieval Algorithm

    Y. H. Kerr;P. Waldteufel;P. Richaume;J. P. Wigneron

  • L-band Microwave Emission of the Biosphere (L-MEB) Model: Description and calibration against experimental data sets over crop fields

    J.P. Wigneron;Y.H. Kerr;P. Waldteufel;K. Saleh

  • Modelling the Passive Microwave Signature from Land Surfaces: A Review of Recent Results and Application to the L-Band SMOS SMAP Soil Moisture Retrieval Algorithms

    J.-P. Wigneron;T.J. Jackson;P. O'Neill;G. De Lannoy

  • Retrieving near-surface soil moisture from microwave radiometric observations: current status and future plans

    J.-P Wigneron;J.-C Calvet;T Pellarin;A.A Van de Griend

  • Passive microwave remote sensing of forests: a model investigation

    P. Ferrazzoli;L. Guerriero

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

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

  • The potential of multifrequency polarimetric SAR in assessing agricultural and arboreous biomass

    P. Ferrazzoli;S. Paloscia;P. Pampaloni;G. Schiavon

  • Simulating L-band emission of forests in view of future satellite applications

    P. Ferrazzoli;L. Guerriero;J.-P. Wigneron

  • Retrieving soil moisture and agricultural variables by microwave radiometry using neural networks

    F Del Frate;P Ferrazzoli;G Schiavon

  • Sensitivity to microwave measurements to vegetation biomass and soil moisture content: a case study

    P. Ferrazzoli;S. Paloscia;P. Pampaloni;G. Schiavon

  • Forest biomass monitoring with GNSS-R: Theoretical simulations

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

  • Two-year global simulation of L-band brightness temperatures over land

    T. Pellarin;J.-P. Wigneron;J.-C. Calvet;M. Berger

  • SAR polarimetric features of agricultural areas

    S. Baronti;F. Del Frate;P. Ferrazzoli;S. Paloscia

  • Case study of intense scintillation events on the OTS path

    P. Basili;P. Ciotti;G. D'Auria;P. Ferrazzoli

  • Experimental and model investigation on radar classification capability

    P. Ferrazzoli;L. Guerriero;G. Schiavon

  • C-band polarimetric indexes for maize monitoring based on a validated radiative transfer model

    X. Blaes;P. Defourny;U. Wegmuller;A. Della Vecchia

  • A simple approach to monitor crop biomass from C-band radar data

    J.-P. Wigneron;P. Ferrazzoli;A. Olioso;P. Bertuzzi

  • SMOS Level 2 Retrieval Algorithm Over Forests: Description and Generation of Global Maps

    R. Rahmoune;P. Ferrazzoli;Y. H. Kerr;P. Richaume

  • SMOS retrieval over forests: Exploitation of optical depth and tests of soil moisture estimates

    C. Vittucci;P. Ferrazzoli;Y. Kerr;P. Richaume

  • Modeling Forest Emissivity at L-Band and a Comparison With Multitemporal Measurements

    A. Della Vecchia;P. Ferrazzoli;J.-P. Wigneron;J.P. Grant

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean-Pierre Wigneron
Jean-Pierre Wigneron University of Rennes
Philippe Richaume
Philippe Richaume Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Simonetta Paloscia
Simonetta Paloscia National Research Council (CNR)
Nazzareno Pierdicca
Nazzareno Pierdicca Sapienza University of Rome
Yann Kerr
Yann Kerr Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Jean-Christophe Calvet
Jean-Christophe Calvet Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Arnaud Mialon
Arnaud Mialon Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Zhongbo Su
Zhongbo Su University of Twente
Ahmad Al Bitar
Ahmad Al Bitar Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Urs Wegmüller
Urs Wegmüller Gamma Remote Sensing (Switzerland)

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