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79
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41692
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988
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428

Rolf H. Reichle publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Rolf H. Reichle sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 396 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Rolf H. Reichle D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Rolf H. Reichle sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 79 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Rolf H. Reichle is affiliated with the Goddard Space Flight Center in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with substantial contributions in related subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Environmental Engineering, Global and Planetary Change, Water Science and Technology, and Ecology.

Their work covers several main topics of scientific investigation, notably:

  • Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing
  • Precipitation Measurement and Analysis
  • Climate Change and Permafrost
  • Cryospheric Studies and Observations
  • Climate Variability and Models
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations

Reichle's recent papers illustrate a focus on satellite soil moisture applications, validation methods, and global productivity changes related to climatic variables. Selected publications include:

  • "A roadmap for high-resolution satellite soil moisture applications - confronting product characteristics with user requirements," 2020, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • "Evaluation of 18 satellite- and model-based soil moisture products using in situ measurements from 826 sensors," 2021, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
  • "Validation practices for satellite soil moisture retrievals: What are (the) errors?", 2020, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • "Validation of Soil Moisture Data Products From the NASA SMAP Mission," 2021, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
  • "Recent Amplified Global Gross Primary Productivity Due to Temperature Increase Is Offset by Reduced Productivity Due to Water Constraints," 2020, AGU Advances

Frequent collaborators include Wade T. Crow, John S. Kimball, Gabriëlle De Lannoy, Michel Bechtold, and Randal D. Koster, reflecting a network of partnerships focused on similar topics.

The most common venues for their published work are:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Hydrometeorology
  • Remote Sensing of Environment
  • IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
  • Water Resources Research

Best Publications

  • The Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications, Version 2 (MERRA-2)

    Ronald Gelaro;Will McCarty;Max J. Suárez;Max J. Suárez;Ricardo Todling

  • MERRA: NASA’s Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications

    Michele M. Rienecker;Max J. Suarez;Ronald Gelaro;Ricardo Todling

  • The Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) Mission

    Dara Entekhabi;Eni G Njoku;Peggy E O'Neill;Kent H Kellogg

  • Hydrologic Data Assimilation with the Ensemble Kalman Filter

    Rolf H. Reichle;Dennis B. McLaughlin;Dara Entekhabi

  • Bias reduction in short records of satellite soil moisture

    Rolf H. Reichle;Rolf H. Reichle;Randal D. Koster

  • Assessment and Enhancement of MERRA Land Surface Hydrology Estimates

    Rolf H. Reichle;Randal D. Koster;Gabriëlle J. M. De Lannoy;Barton A. Forman

  • Data assimilation methods in the Earth sciences

    Rolf H. Reichle;Rolf H. Reichle

  • Assimilation of GRACE Terrestrial Water Storage Data into a Land Surface Model: Results for the Mississippi River Basin

    Benjamin F. Zaitchik;Matthew Rodell;Rolf H. Reichle

  • Performance Metrics for Soil Moisture Retrievals and Application Requirements

    Dara Entekhabi;Rolf H. Reichle;Randal D. Koster;Wade T. Crow

  • Drought indicators based on model‐assimilated Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) terrestrial water storage observations

    Rasmus Houborg;Matthew Rodell;Bailing Li;Rolf Reichle

  • Comparison and assimilation of global soil moisture retrievals from the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for the Earth Observing System (AMSR‐E) and the Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer (SMMR)

    Rolf H. Reichle;Rolf H. Reichle;Randal D. Koster;Ping Liu;Ping Liu;Sarith P. P. Mahanama;Sarith P. P. Mahanama

  • Extended versus Ensemble Kalman Filtering for Land Data Assimilation

    Rolf H. Reichle;Jeffrey P. Walker;Randal D. Koster;Paul R. Houser

  • Snow depth variability in the Northern Hemisphere mountains observed from space.

    Hans Lievens;Hans Lievens;Matthias Demuzere;Matthias Demuzere;Hans-Peter Marshall;Hans-Peter Marshall;Rolf H. Reichle

  • Global intercomparison of 12 land surface heat flux estimates

    C. Jiménez;C. Prigent;B. Mueller;S. I. Seneviratne

  • Assessment of MERRA-2 Land Surface Hydrology Estimates

    Rolf H. Reichle;Clara S. Draper;Clara S. Draper;Q. Liu;Manuela Girotto;Manuela Girotto

  • Land Surface Precipitation in MERRA-2

    Rolf H. Reichle;Q. Liu;Randal D. Koster;Clara S. Draper

  • Evaluation of global observations-based evapotranspiration datasets and IPCC AR4 simulations

    Brigitte Mueller;S. I. Seneviratne;C. Jimenez;T. Corti

  • Skill in streamflow forecasts derived from large-scale estimates of soil moisture and snow

    Randal D. Koster;Sarith P. P. Mahanama;Sarith P. P. Mahanama;Ben Livneh;Dennis P. Lettenmaier

  • A roadmap for high-resolution satellite soil moisture applications ─ confronting product characteristics with user requirements

    Jian Peng;Jian Peng;Jian Peng;Clement Albergel;Anna Balenzano;Luca Brocca

  • Global Soil Moisture from Satellite Observations, Land Surface Models, and Ground Data: Implications for Data Assimilation

    Rolf H. Reichle;Randal D. Koster;Jiarui Dong;Aaron A. Berg

  • Multiscale assimilation of Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer–EOS snow water equivalent and Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer snow cover fraction observations in northern Colorado

    Gabriëlle J. M. De Lannoy;Gabriëlle J. M. De Lannoy;Rolf H. Reichle;Kristi R. Arsenault;Paul R. Houser

  • Evaluation of 18 satellite- and model-based soil moisture products using in situ measurements from 826 sensors

    Hylke E. Beck;Ming Pan;Diego G. Miralles;Rolf H. Reichle

Frequent Co-Authors

Randal D. Koster
Randal D. Koster Goddard Space Flight Center
John S. Kimball
John S. Kimball University of Montana
Sarith Mahanama
Sarith Mahanama National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Wade T. Crow
Wade T. Crow Agricultural Research Service
Matthew Rodell
Matthew Rodell Goddard Space Flight Center
Sujay V. Kumar
Sujay V. Kumar Goddard Space Flight Center
Andreas Colliander
Andreas Colliander California Institute of Technology
Michael H. Cosh
Michael H. Cosh Agricultural Research Service
Paul R. Houser
Paul R. Houser George Mason University

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