List of works by Luca Brocca

34 years of remotely sensed soil moisture: What climate signals do we (not) see?

A First Assessment of the SMOS Soil Moisture Product With In Situ and Modeled Data in Italy and Luxembourg

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A multi-sensor (SMOS, AMSR-E and ASCAT) satellite-based soil moisture products inter-comparison

A new method for rainfall estimation through soil moisture observations

scholarly article

A physically based approach for the estimation of root-zone soil moisture from surface measurements

ASCAT soil wetness index validation through in situ and modeled soil moisture data in central Italy

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ASCAT-derived soil moisture data: a case study of the Torgiovannetto landslide in Central Italy

Scientific article

Absolute versus temporal anomaly and percent of saturation soil moisture spatial variability for six networks worldwide

Altimetry for the future: Building on 25 years of progress

scientific article published in July 2021

Application of a model-based rainfall-runoff database as efficient tool for flood risk management

Application of a model-based rainfall-runoff database as efficient tool for flood risk management

Assimilation of Surface- and Root-Zone ASCAT Soil Moisture Products Into Rainfall–Runoff Modeling

article by Luca Brocca et al published July 2012 in IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Assimilation of satellite soil moisture data into rainfall-runoff modelling for several catchments worldwide

Clarifications on the “Comparison Between SMOS, VUA, ASCAT, and ECMWF Soil Moisture Products Over Four Watersheds in U.S.”

Comparison of Different Satellite Rainfall Products Over the Italian Territory

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Complexity-reduction modelling for assessing the macro-scale patterns of historical soil moisture in the Euro-Mediterranean region

Cultivation Area Affects the Presence of Fungal Communities and Secondary Metabolites in Italian Durum Wheat Grains

scientific article published on 03 February 2020

Detecting and mapping irrigated areas in a Mediterranean environment by using remote sensing soil moisture and a land surface model

journal article from 'Journal of Hydrology' published in 2021

ESA CCI Soil Moisture for improved Earth system understanding: State-of-the art and future directions

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Effects of Different Spatial Precipitation Input Data on Crop Model Outputs under a Central European Climate

scholarly article by Sabina Thaler et al published 26 July 2018 in Atmosphere

Evaluation of the ESA CCI soil moisture product using ground-based observations

scholarly article by W.A. Dorigo et al published June 2015 in Remote Sensing of Environment

Global-scale evaluation of 22 precipitation datasets using gauge observations and hydrological modeling

Global-scale evaluation of 23 precipitation datasets using gauge observations and hydrological modeling

High-resolution (1 km) satellite rainfall estimation from SM2RAIN applied to Sentinel-1: Po River basin as a case study

scientific article published in 2022

Improving runoff prediction through the assimilation of the ASCAT soil moisture product

Integration of Optical and Passive Microwave Satellite Data for Flooded Area Detection and Monitoring

Integration of Satellite Soil Moisture and Rainfall Observations over the Italian Territory

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Irrigation Mapping on Two Contrasted Climatic Contexts Using Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 Data

scientific article published on 3 March 2022

Irrigation estimates from space: Implementation of different approaches to model the evapotranspiration contribution within a soil-moisture-based inversion algorithm

scientific article published in May 2022

Measurements and Observations in the XXI century (MOXXI): innovation and multi-disciplinarity to sense the hydrological cycle

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Modeling the response of soil moisture to climate variability in the Mediterranean region

scientific article published in 2021

Monitoring multi-decadal satellite earth observation of soil moisture products through land surface reanalyses

scholarly article by Clément Albergel et al published November 2013 in Remote Sensing of Environment

NDVI Prediction of Mediterranean Permanent Grasslands Using Soil Moisture Products

scientific article published in 2024

On the potential of MetOp ASCAT-derived soil wetness indices as a new aperture for hydrological monitoring and prediction: a field evaluation over Luxembourg

Precipitation Estimation Using L-Band and C-Band Soil Moisture Retrievals.

scientific article published on 6 September 2016

Regional data sets of high-resolution (1 and 6 km) irrigation estimates from space

Regional data sets of high-resolution (1 and 6 km) irrigation estimates from space

scientific article published in 2023

Remote Sensing of Terrestrial Rainfall From Ku-Band Scatterometers

River discharge estimation through MODIS data

article published in 2011

Soil Moisture Estimation in Alpine Catchments through Modeling and Satellite Observations

scientific article published in 2013

Soil Moisture from Fusion of Scatterometer and SAR: Closing the Scale Gap with Temporal Filtering

Soil as a natural rain gauge: Estimating global rainfall from satellite soil moisture data

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Soil moisture estimation through ASCAT and AMSR-E sensors: An intercomparison and validation study across Europe

article by Luca Brocca et al published December 2011 in Remote Sensing of Environment

Soil moisture variability estimation through AMSU radiometer

Soil moisture variations monitoring by AMSU-based soil wetness indices: A long-term inter-comparison with ground measurements

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Spatiotemporal densification of river water level time series by multimission satellite altimetry

Toward the estimation of river discharge variations using MODIS data in ungauged basins

scholarly article by Angelica Tarpanelli et al published September 2013 in Remote Sensing of Environment

Twenty-three unsolved problems in hydrology (UPH) – a community perspective

scientific article published on 10 June 2019

Understanding the global hydrological droughts of 2003-2016 and their relationships with teleconnections

scientific article published on 24 September 2018

Use of satellite and modeled soil moisture data for predicting event soil loss at plot scale

Scientific article

Validation practices for satellite soil moisture retrievals: What are (the) errors?

scientific article

Validation practices for satellite‐based Earth observation data across communities

scientific article published in 2017

What perspective in remote sensing of soil moisture for hydrological applications by coarse-resolution sensors

Which rainfall score is more informative about the performance in river discharge simulation? A comprehensive assessment on 1318 basins over Europe

scientific article published on 13 October 2020