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Simonetta Paloscia 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 Simonetta Paloscia sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 291 publications — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Simonetta Paloscia 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 Simonetta Paloscia sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 42 D-Index — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to active and passive microwave remote sensing of vegetation and land surfaces

Overview

Simonetta Paloscia is affiliated with the National Research Council (CNR) in Italy and conducts research primarily in environmental science and earth and planetary sciences. Their work extensively covers various aspects of remote sensing technologies and their applications in environmental monitoring and analysis.

Paloscia's research fields include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Their subfields of expertise are:

  • Environmental Engineering
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Ecology
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Media Technology

Main research topics addressed by Paloscia include:

  • Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing
  • Remote Sensing in Agriculture
  • Soil Geostatistics and Mapping
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
  • Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and Techniques
  • Climate change and permafrost

Paloscia has several frequent coauthors, demonstrating collaborative work in the field. Key collaborators include:

  • E. Santi
  • S. Pettinato
  • Giacomo Fontanelli
  • Giuliano Ramat
  • Fabrizio Baroni

Important venues where Paloscia's research is published include:

  • IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
  • Remote Sensing
  • IGARSS 2022 - 2022 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
  • IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
  • European Journal of Remote Sensing

Selected recent publications illustrate the scope and focus of their work:

  • "Remote Sensing of Forest Biomass Using GNSS Reflectometry," 2020, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
  • "Comparison of Machine Learning Methods Applied to SAR Images for Forest Classification in Mediterranean Areas," 2020, Remote Sensing
  • "The Potential of Spaceborne GNSS Reflectometry for Soil Moisture, Biomass, and Freeze-Thaw Monitoring: Summary of a European Space Agency-funded study," 2021, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine
  • "Ground-Based Remote Sensing of Forests Exploiting GNSS Signals," 2020, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
  • "Early-Season Crop Mapping on an Agricultural Area in Italy Using X-Band Dual-Polarization SAR Satellite Data and Convolutional Neural Networks," 2022, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing

Paloscia was awarded the title of IEEE Fellow in 2012 for contributions to active and passive microwave remote sensing of vegetation and land surfaces.

Best Publications

  • Soil moisture mapping using Sentinel-1 images: Algorithm and preliminary validation

    S. Paloscia;S. Pettinato;E. Santi;C. Notarnicola

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

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

  • The relationship between the backscattering coefficient and the biomass of narrow and broad leaf crops

    G. Macelloni;S. Paloscia;P. Pampaloni;F. Marliani

  • Microwave polarization index for monitoring vegetation growth

    S. Paloscia;P. Pampaloni

  • Microwave Emission and Plant Water Content: A Comparison between Field Measurements and Theory

    Paolo Pampaloni;Simonetta Paloscia

  • Airborne GNSS-R Polarimetric Measurements for Soil Moisture and Above-Ground Biomass Estimation

    Alejandro Egido;Simonetta Paloscia;Erwan Motte;Leila Guerriero

  • A Comparison of Algorithms for Retrieving Soil Moisture from ENVISAT/ASAR Images

    S. Paloscia;P. Pampaloni;S. Pettinato;E. Santi

  • A multifrequency algorithm for the retrieval of soil moisture on a large scale using microwave data from SMMR and SSM/I satellites

    S. Paloscia;G. Macelloni;E. Santi;T. Koike

  • Remote monitoring of soil moisture using passive microwave-based techniques — Theoretical basis and overview of selected algorithms for AMSR-E

    I.E. Mladenova;T.J. Jackson;E. Njoku;R. Bindlish

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

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

  • Global Navigation Satellite Systems Reflectometry as a Remote Sensing Tool for Agriculture

    Alejandro Egido;Marco Caparrini;Giulio Ruffini;Simonetta Paloscia

  • Application of artificial neural networks for the soil moisture retrieval from active and passive microwave spaceborne sensors

    Emanuele Santi;Simonetta Paloscia;Simone Pettinato;Giacomo Fontanelli

  • Soil Moisture Estimates From AMSR-E Brightness Temperatures by Using a Dual-Frequency Algorithm

    S. Paloscia;G. Macelloni;E. Santi

  • A new empirical model for radar scattering from bare soil surfaces

    Nicolas Baghdadi;Mohammad Choker;Mehrez Zribi;Mohammad El Hajj

  • SAR polarimetric features of agricultural areas

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

  • Microwave vegetation indexes for detecting biomass and water conditions of agricultural crops

    S Paloscia;P Pampaloni

  • The potential of multifrequency SAR images for estimating forest biomass in Mediterranean areas

    Emanuele Santi;Simonetta Paloscia;Simone Pettinato;Giacomo Fontanelli

  • Evaluation of the Oh, Dubois and IEM Backscatter Models Using a Large Dataset of SAR Data and Experimental Soil Measurements

    Mohammad Choker;Nicolas Baghdadi;Mehrez Zribi;Mohammad El Hajj

  • The potential of C- and L-band SAR in estimating vegetation biomass: the ERS-1 and JERS-1 experiments

    S. Paloscia;G. Macelloni;P. Pampaloni;S. Sigismondi

  • Multifrequency passive microwave remote sensing of soil moisture and roughness

    S. Paloscia;P. Pampaloni;L. Chiarantini;P. Coppo

Frequent Co-Authors

Giovanni Macelloni
Giovanni Macelloni National Research Council (CNR)
Claudia Notarnicola
Claudia Notarnicola European Academy of Bozen
Nazzareno Pierdicca
Nazzareno Pierdicca Sapienza University of Rome
Paolo Ferrazzoli
Paolo Ferrazzoli University of Rome Tor Vergata
Guido Luzi
Guido Luzi University of Florence
Mehrez Zribi
Mehrez Zribi Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Stefano Baronti
Stefano Baronti National Research Council (CNR)
Marco Tedesco
Marco Tedesco Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Luca Brocca
Luca Brocca National Research Council (CNR)
Nicolas Baghdadi
Nicolas Baghdadi University of Montpellier

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