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Pierre-Emmanuel Kirstetter

Pierre-Emmanuel Kirstetter

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
44
Citations
7287
World Ranking
6756
National Ranking
2414

Overview

Pierre-Emmanuel Kirstetter is affiliated with the University of Oklahoma in the United States and has a substantial body of research in Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work spans various subfields, including Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Engineering, Water Science and Technology, and Oceanography.

The main topics covered in Kirstetter's research include:

  • Precipitation Measurement and Analysis
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing
  • Climate Variability and Models
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research

Kirstetter's frequent publication venues demonstrate a focus on hydrology and meteorology, with numerous articles in:

  • Journal of Hydrometeorology
  • Journal of Hydrology
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Geophysical Research Letters

Among recent papers associated with their field and collaborations are:

  • Use of radar data for characterizing extreme precipitation at fine scales and short durations (2020), published in Environmental Research Letters
  • Horus-A Fully Digital Polarimetric Phased Array Radar for Next-Generation Weather Observations (2023), published in IEEE Transactions on Radar Systems
  • A Primer on Phased Array Radar Technology for the Atmospheric Sciences (2022), published in Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • CREST-iMAP v1.0: A fully coupled hydrologic-hydraulic modeling framework dedicated to flood inundation mapping and prediction (2021), published in Environmental Modelling & Software
  • Evaluation of GPM IMERG and its constellations in extreme events over the conterminous united states (2021), published in Journal of Hydrology

Kirstetter collaborates frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Jonathan J. Gourley (10 joint publications)
  • Manabendra Saharia (10 joint publications)
  • Jeffrey B. Basara (9 joint publications)
  • Robert D. Palmer (7 joint publications)
  • David M. Bodine (7 joint publications)

Best Publications

  • The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Mission for Science and Society

    Gail Skofronick-Jackson;Walter A Petersen;Wesley Berg;Chris Kidd

  • The Catastrophic Flash-Flood Event of 8–9 September 2002 in the Gard Region, France: A First Case Study for the Cévennes–Vivarais Mediterranean Hydrometeorological Observatory

    G. Delrieu;John Nicol;E. Yates;P.E. Kirstetter

  • Similarity and difference of the two successive V6 and V7 TRMM multisatellite precipitation analysis performance over China

    Sheng Chen;Yang Hong;Qing Cao;Jonathan J. Gourley

  • Analysis of flash flood parameters and human impacts in the US from 2006 to 2012

    Maruša Špitalar;Maruša Špitalar;Jonathan J. Gourley;Celine Lutoff;Pierre-Emmanuel Kirstetter;Pierre-Emmanuel Kirstetter

  • The FLASH Project: Improving the Tools for Flash Flood Monitoring and Prediction across the United States

    Jonathan J. Gourley;Zachary L. Flamig;Humberto Vergara;Pierre-Emmanuel Kirstetter

  • Mapping Flash Flood Severity in the United States

    Manabendra Saharia;Manabendra Saharia;Pierre-Emmanuel Kirstetter;Pierre-Emmanuel Kirstetter;Humberto Vergara;Humberto Vergara;Humberto Vergara;Jonathan J. Gourley

  • Comparing Satellite and Surface Rainfall Products over West Africa at Meteorologically Relevant Scales during the AMMA Campaign Using Error Estimates

    Rémy Roca;Philippe Chambon;Isabelle Jobard;Pierre-Emmanuel Kirstetter

  • Toward a Framework for Systematic Error Modeling of Spaceborne Precipitation Radar with NOAA/NSSL Ground Radar–Based National Mosaic QPE

    Pierre-Emmanuel Kirstetter;Pierre-Emmanuel Kirstetter;Y. Hong;J. J. Gourley;S. Chen

  • Evaluation of the successive V6 and V7 TRMM multisatellite precipitation analysis over the Continental United States

    Sheng Chen;Yang Hong;Jonathan J. Gourley;George J. Huffman

  • A Unified Flash Flood Database across the United States

    Jonathan J. Gourley;Yang Hong;Zachary L. Flamig;Ami Arthur

  • Comparison of TRMM 2A25 Products, Version 6 and Version 7, with NOAA/NSSL Ground Radar-Based National Mosaic QPE

    Pierre-Emmanuel Kirstetter;Pierre-Emmanuel Kirstetter;Y. Hong;J. J. Gourley;M. Schwaller

  • Performance of IMERG as a Function of Spatiotemporal Scale

    Jackson Tan;Walter A. Petersen;Pierre-Emmanuel Kirstetter;Yudong Tian

  • To What Extent is the Day 1 GPM IMERG Satellite Precipitation Estimate Improved as Compared to TRMM TMPA-RT?

    Abebe S. Gebregiorgis;Pierre‐Emmanuel Kirstetter;Pierre‐Emmanuel Kirstetter;Yang E. Hong;Jonathan J. Gourley

  • Performance evaluation of radar and satellite rainfalls for Typhoon Morakot over Taiwan: Are remote-sensing products ready for gauge denial scenario of extreme events?

    Sheng Chen;Yang Hong;Qing Cao;Pierre-Emmanuel Kirstetter;Pierre-Emmanuel Kirstetter

  • Use of radar data for characterizing extreme precipitation at fine scales and short durations

    Katharina Lengfeld;Pierre-Emmanuel Kirstetter;Hayley J Fowler;Jingjing Yu

  • Probabilistic precipitation rate estimates with ground‐based radar networks

    Pierre-Emmanuel Kirstetter;Pierre-Emmanuel Kirstetter;Jonathan J. Gourley;Yang Hong;Jian Zhang

  • Evaluation of diurnal variation of GPM IMERG-derived summer precipitation over the contiguous US using MRMS data

    Sungmin O;Pierre‐Emmanuel Kirstetter;Pierre‐Emmanuel Kirstetter

  • Toward an error model for radar quantitative precipitation estimation in the Cévennes-Vivarais region, France.

    Pierre-Emmanuel Kirstetter;Guy Delrieu;Brice Boudevillain;Charles Obled

  • Geostatistical radar–raingauge merging: A novel method for the quantification of rain estimation accuracy

    Guy Delrieu;Annette Wijbrans;Brice Boudevillain;Dominique Faure

  • Characterization of floods in the United States

    Manabendra Saharia;Manabendra Saharia;Pierre-Emmanuel Kirstetter;Pierre-Emmanuel Kirstetter;Humberto Vergara;Humberto Vergara;Humberto Vergara;Jonathan J. Gourley

  • Mapping Flash Flood Severity in the United States

    M. Saharia;P. E. Kirstetter;J. J. Gourley;Y. Hong

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonathan J. Gourley
Jonathan J. Gourley National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Yang Hong
Yang Hong University of Oklahoma
Guy Delrieu
Guy Delrieu Grenoble Alpes University
Jian Zhang
Jian Zhang University of Hong Kong
Emmanouil N. Anagnostou
Emmanouil N. Anagnostou University of Connecticut
Yudong Tian
Yudong Tian University of Maryland, College Park
Alexis Berne
Alexis Berne École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Véronique Ducrocq
Véronique Ducrocq Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Efi Foufoula-Georgiou
Efi Foufoula-Georgiou University of California, Irvine

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