A review on regional dynamical downscaling in intraseasonal to seasonal simulation/prediction and major factors that affect downscaling ability

Y Xue, Z Janjic, J Dudhia, R Vasic, F De Sales - Atmospheric research, 2014 - Elsevier
Regional climate models (RCMs) have been developed and extensively applied for
dynamically downscaling coarse resolution information from different sources, such as …

Observing floods from space: Experience gained from COSMO-SkyMed observations

N Pierdicca, L Pulvirenti, M Chini, L Guerriero… - Acta Astronautica, 2013 - Elsevier
The COSMO-SkyMed mission offers a unique opportunity to obtain all weather radar images
characterized by short revisit time, thus being useful for flood evolution mapping. The …

A synergistic use of a high-resolution numerical weather prediction model and high-resolution earth observation products to improve precipitation forecast

M Lagasio, A Parodi, L Pulvirenti, AN Meroni, G Boni… - Remote Sensing, 2019 - mdpi.com
The Mediterranean region is frequently struck by severe rainfall events causing numerous
casualties and several million euros of damages every year. Thus, improving the forecast …

A prototype software package to retrieve soil moisture from Sentinel-1 data by using a bayesian multitemporal algorithm

N Pierdicca, L Pulvirenti, G Pace - IEEE Journal of Selected …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Sentinel-1 mission will offer the opportunity to obtain C-band radar data characterized
by short revisit time, thus allowing for the generation of frequent soil moisture maps. This …

InSAR water vapor data assimilation into mesoscale model MM5: Technique and pilot study

E Pichelli, R Ferretti, D Cimini… - IEEE Journal of …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this study, a technique developed to retrieve integrated water vapor from interferometric
synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) data is described, and a three-dimensional variational …

Understanding the impact of soil moisture on precipitation under different climate and meteorological conditions: A numerical sensitivity study over the CONUS

M Koukoula, CS Schwartz… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Accurate quantitative precipitation forecasts are essential for water resources management,
agriculture, and other applications. Soil moisture is among the most important boundary …

Analysis of ASCAT, SMOS, in-situ and land model soil moisture as a regionalized variable over Europe and North Africa

N Pierdicca, F Fascetti, L Pulvirenti… - Remote Sensing of …, 2015 - Elsevier
A comparison of soil moisture products derived from satellite data, in-situ measurements and
land models was performed in the frame of the EUMETSAT H-SAF project. In particular, soil …

Flood mapping using synthetic aperture radar sensors from local to global scales

A Dasgupta, S Grimaldi… - Global flood hazard …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) sensors have emerged as the preferred mode of flood
monitoring due to their all‐weather, all‐day imaging capabilities. Current and upcoming …

A comparison of ASCAT and SMOS soil moisture retrievals over Europe and Northern Africa from 2010 to 2013

F Fascetti, N Pierdicca, L Pulvirenti… - International journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract A comparison between ASCAT/H-SAF and SMOS soil moisture products was
performed in the frame of the EUMETSAT H-SAF project. The analysis was extended to the …

Analysis of different interpolation methods for soil moisture mapping using field measurements and remotely sensed data

MZ İmamoğlu, E Sertel - International Journal of Environment and …, 2016 - dergipark.org.tr
In this research, we comparatively analyzed different interpolation methods to create soil
moisture maps by using field measurements and remotely sensed data. Impacts of number …