| Soil as a natural rain gauge: Estimating global rainfall from satellite soil moisture data L Brocca, L Ciabatta, C Massari, T Moramarco, S Hahn, S Hasenauer, ... Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 119 (9), 5128-5141, 2014 | 409 | 2014 |
| Toward global soil moisture monitoring with Sentinel-1: Harnessing assets and overcoming obstacles B Bauer-Marschallinger, V Freeman, S Cao, C Paulik, S Schaufler, ... IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 57 (1), 520-539, 2018 | 377 | 2018 |
| Soil moisture for hydrological applications: Open questions and new opportunities L Brocca, L Ciabatta, C Massari, S Camici, A Tarpanelli Water 9 (2), 140, 2017 | 322 | 2017 |
| On the performance of satellite precipitation products in riverine flood modeling: A review V Maggioni, C Massari Journal of hydrology 558, 214-224, 2018 | 257 | 2018 |
| SM2RAIN–ASCAT (2007–2018): Global daily satellite rainfall data from ASCAT soil moisture observations L Brocca, P Filippucci, S Hahn, L Ciabatta, C Massari, S Camici, ... Earth System Science Data 11 (4), 1583-1601, 2019 | 208 | 2019 |
| Altimetry for the future: Building on 25 years of progress S Abdalla, AA Kolahchi, M Ablain, S Adusumilli, SA Bhowmick, ... Advances in Space Research 68 (2), 319-363, 2021 | 164 | 2021 |
| An assessment of the performance of global rainfall estimates without ground-based observations C Massari, W Crow, L Brocca Hydrology and earth system sciences 21 (9), 4347-4361, 2017 | 150 | 2017 |
| Potential of soil moisture observations in flood modelling: Estimating initial conditions and correcting rainfall C Massari, L Brocca, T Moramarco, Y Tramblay, JFD Lescot Advances in Water Resources 74, 44-53, 2014 | 145 | 2014 |
| Soil moisture from fusion of scatterometer and SAR: Closing the scale gap with temporal filtering B Bauer-Marschallinger, C Paulik, S Hochstöger, T Mistelbauer, ... Remote Sensing 10 (7), 1030, 2018 | 135 | 2018 |
| A review of the applications of ASCAT soil moisture products L Brocca, WT Crow, L Ciabatta, C Massari, P De Rosnay, M Enenkel, ... IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote …, 2017 | 134 | 2017 |
| SM2RAIN-CCI: A new global long-term rainfall data set derived from ESA CCI soil moisture L Ciabatta, C Massari, L Brocca, A Gruber, C Reimer, S Hahn, C Paulik, ... Earth System Science Data 10 (1), 267-280, 2018 | 133 | 2018 |
| Exploiting satellite-based surface soil moisture for flood forecasting in the Mediterranean area: State update versus rainfall correction C Massari, S Camici, L Ciabatta, L Brocca Remote Sensing 10 (2), 292, 2018 | 129 | 2018 |
| Small amplitude sharp pressure waves to diagnose pipe systems S Meniconi, B Brunone, M Ferrante, C Massari Water Resources Management 25, 79-96, 2011 | 122 | 2011 |
| Data assimilation of satellite soil moisture into rainfall-runoff modelling: A complex recipe? C Massari, L Brocca, A Tarpanelli, T Moramarco Remote Sensing 7 (9), 11403-11433, 2015 | 117 | 2015 |
| Irrigation in the Earth system S McDermid, M Nocco, P Lawston-Parker, J Keune, Y Pokhrel, M Jain, ... Nature Reviews Earth & Environment 4 (7), 435-453, 2023 | 111 | 2023 |
| A review of irrigation information retrievals from space and their utility for users C Massari, S Modanesi, J Dari, A Gruber, GJM De Lannoy, M Girotto, ... Remote Sensing 13 (20), 4112, 2021 | 104 | 2021 |
| Rainfall estimation from in situ soil moisture observations at several sites in Europe: an evaluation of the SM2RAIN algorithm L Brocca, C Massari, L Ciabatta, T Moramarco, D Penna, G Zuecco, ... Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics 63 (3), 201-209, 2015 | 101 | 2015 |
| How reliable are satellite precipitation estimates for driving hydrological models: A verification study over the Mediterranean area S Camici, L Ciabatta, C Massari, L Brocca Journal of hydrology 563, 950-961, 2018 | 100 | 2018 |
| Discharge estimation and forecasting by MODIS and altimetry data in Niger-Benue River A Tarpanelli, G Amarnath, L Brocca, C Massari, T Moramarco Remote Sensing of Environment 195, 96-106, 2017 | 94 | 2017 |
| Experimental evidence of hysteresis in the head-discharge relationship for a leak in a polyethylene pipe M Ferrante, C Massari, B Brunone, S Meniconi Journal of Hydraulic Engineering 137 (7), 775-780, 2011 | 91 | 2011 |
Luca BroccaDirector of Research, National Research Council (IT)Verified email at irpi.cnr.it