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Roberto Colombo is affiliated with the University of Milano-Bicocca in Italy and focuses research within the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences.

The scientist's work spans various subfields including Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Plant Science, and Environmental Engineering. Core research topics covered include Remote Sensing in Agriculture, Cryospheric Studies and Observations, Climate Change and Permafrost, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, and Remote-Sensing Image Classification.

Roberto Colombo is frequently published in several scientific venues, most notably:

  • Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Remote Sensing
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
  • Sensors

Some recent publications include:

  • The PRISMA imaging spectroscopy mission: overview and first performance analysis (2021, Remote Sensing of Environment)
  • Mapping methane point emissions with the PRISMA spaceborne imaging spectrometer (2021, Remote Sensing of Environment)
  • Heatwave breaks down the linearity between sun-induced fluorescence and gross primary production (2021, New Phytologist)
  • Hybrid retrieval of crop traits from multi-temporal PRISMA hyperspectral imagery (2022, ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing)
  • Multi-Scale Evaluation of Drone-Based Multispectral Surface Reflectance and Vegetation Indices in Operational Conditions (2020, Remote Sensing)

Roberto Colombo collaborates with a group of frequent co-authors including:

  • Micol Rossini
  • Sergio Cogliati
  • Uwe Rascher
  • Biagio Di Mauro
  • Roberto Garzonio

The research contributions of Roberto Colombo focus on the application of remote sensing technologies to environmental and agricultural contexts, often utilizing hyperspectral and multispectral imagery. This work integrates atmospheric and ecological data to address topics such as crop trait analysis, greenhouse gas emissions, and vegetation responses to climatic stressors.

Best Publications

  • Biomarkers of Oxidative Damage in Human Disease

    Isabella Dalle-Donne;Ranieri Rossi;Roberto Colombo;Daniela Giustarini

  • Remote sensing of solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence: Review of methods and applications

    M. Meroni;M. Rossini;L. Guanter;L. Alonso

  • Remote sensing of solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) in vegetation: 50 years of progress.

    Gina H. Mohammed;Roberto Colombo;Elizabeth M. Middleton;Uwe Rascher

  • Validation of global moderate-resolution LAI products: a framework proposed within the CEOS land product validation subgroup

    J.T. Morisette;F. Baret;J.L. Privette;R.B. Myneni

  • Retrieval of leaf area index in different vegetation types using high resolution satellite data

    Roberto Colombo;Dario Bellingeri;Dante Fasolini;Carlo M. Marino

  • Integration of remote sensing data and GIS for accurate mapping of flooded areas

    P. A. Brivio;R. Colombo;M. Maggi;R. Tomasoni

  • The actin cytoskeleton response to oxidants: from small heat shock protein phosphorylation to changes in the redox state of actin itself.

    Isabella Dalle-Donne;Ranieri Rossi;Aldo Milzani;Paolo Di Simplicio

  • Molecular mechanisms and potential clinical significance of S-glutathionylation.

    Isabella Dalle-Donne;Aldo Milzani;Nicoletta Gagliano;Roberto Colombo

  • Estimation of leaf and canopy water content in poplar plantations by means of hyperspectral indices and inverse modeling

    R. Colombo;M. Meroni;A. Marchesi;L. Busetto

  • The PRISMA imaging spectroscopy mission: overview and first performance analysis

    Sergio Cogliati;F Sarti;L Chiarantini;M Cosi

  • Sun-induced fluorescence - a new probe of photosynthesis: First maps from the imaging spectrometer HyPlant.

    Uwe Rascher;L Alonso;Andreas Burkart;C Cilia;C Cilia

  • Using digital repeat photography and eddy covariance data to model grassland phenology and photosynthetic CO2 uptake

    Mirco Migliavacca;Marta Galvagno;Edoardo Cremonese;Micol Rossini

  • Inversion of a radiative transfer model with hyperspectral observations for LAI mapping in poplar plantations

    M. Meroni;R. Colombo;C. Panigada

  • Mapping methane point emissions with the PRISMA spaceborne imaging spectrometer

    Luis Guanter;Itziar Irakulis-Loitxate;Javier Gorroño;Elena Sánchez-García

  • The fourth phase of the radiative transfer model intercomparison (RAMI) exercise: Actual canopy scenarios and conformity testing

    Jean Luc Widlowski;Corrado Mio;Mathias Disney;Jennifer Adams

  • Movement and Habitat Selection by Invasive Asian Carps in a Large River

    Kelly L. DeGrandchamp;James E. Garvey;Robert E. Colombo

  • Combining medium and coarse spatial resolution satellite data to improve the estimation of sub-pixel NDVI time series

    Lorenzo Busetto;Michele Meroni;Roberto Colombo

  • Red and far red Sun‐induced chlorophyll fluorescence as a measure of plant photosynthesis

    M. Rossini;L. Nedbal;L. Guanter;A. Ač

  • Performance of spectral fitting methods for vegetation fluorescence quantification

    M. Meroni;L. Busetto;R. Colombo;L. Guanter

  • Nitrogen Status Assessment for Variable Rate Fertilization in Maize through Hyperspectral Imagery

    Chiara Cilia;Cinzia Panigada;Micol Rossini;Michele Meroni

  • Carving and Adaptive Drainage Enforcement of Grid Digital Elevation Models

    Pierre Soille;Jürgen Vogt;Roberto Colombo

  • Deriving drainage networks and catchment boundaries: a new methodology combining digital elevation data and environmental characteristics

    Jürgen V Vogt;Roberto Colombo;Francesca Bertolo

  • Leaf level detection of solar induced chlorophyll fluorescence by means of a subnanometer resolution spectroradiometer

    M. Meroni;R. Colombo

Frequent Co-Authors

Michele Meroni
Michele Meroni University of Milano-Bicocca
Uwe Rascher
Uwe Rascher Forschungszentrum Jülich
Aldo Milzani
Aldo Milzani University of Milan
Isabella Dalle-Donne
Isabella Dalle-Donne University of Milan
Mirco Migliavacca
Mirco Migliavacca Joint Research Centre
Alexander Damm
Alexander Damm University of Zurich
Luis Guanter
Luis Guanter Universitat Politècnica de València
Ranieri Rossi
Ranieri Rossi University of Siena
Daniela Giustarini
Daniela Giustarini University of Siena
Edoardo Cremonese
Edoardo Cremonese CIMA Research Foundation

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