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Precipitation

Turk J., Ringerud, S., You Y., Camplani A., Casella D., Panegrossi G., Sanò P., Ebtehaj A., Guilloteau C., Utsumi N., Prigent C., Peters-Lidard C. Adapting Passive Microwave-Based Precipitation Algorithms to Variable Microwave Land Surface Emissivity to Improve Precipitation Estimation from the GPM Constellation, J. of Hydrometeorol., [under review]
Camplani, A., D. Casella, P. Sanò, G. Panegrossi The Passive microwave Empirical frozen Surface Classification Algorithm (PESCA): application to GMI and ATMS, J. of Hydrometeorol., [under review]
Mroz K., M. Montopoli, G. Panegrossi, L. Baldini, P. Kirtsetter Quality assessment of spaceborne active and passive microwave snowfall products over the continental United States, J. of Hydrometeorology, [under review]
Chen F., W. T. Crow, L. Ciabatta, P. Filippucci, G. Panegrossi, A. C. Marra, S. Puca, and C. Massari Enhanced large-scale validation of satellite-based land rainfall products, F. J. of Hydrometeor, 2020
Rysman J.-F., G. Panegrossi, P. Sanò, A. C. Marra, S. Dietrich, L. Milani, M. S. Kulie, D. Casella, A. Camplani, C. Claud, L. Edel Retrieving surface snowfall with GPM Microwave Imager: A new module for SLALOM algorithm, Geophys. Res. Let., doi :10.1029/2019GL084576, 2019
D’Adderio L.P., F.Porcù, G. Panegrossi, A.C. Marra, P. Sanò, S.Dietrich Comparison of the GPM DPR Single- and Double-Frequency Products Over the Mediterranean Area, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens, doi: 10.1109/TGRS.2019.2928871, 2019
Marra, A. C., S. Federico, M. Montopoli, E. Avolio, L. Baldini, D. Casella, L. P. D’Adderio, S. Dietrich, P. Sanò, R. C. Torcasio, and G. Panegrossi The Precipitation Structure of the Mediterranean Tropical-Like Cyclone Numa: Analysis of GPM Observations and NumericalWeather Prediction Model Simulations, Remote Sens. 2019, 11, 1690; doi:10.3390/rs11141690, 2019.
Amaral, L. Martins Costa, S. Barbieri, D. Vila, S. Puca, G. Vulpiani, G. Panegrossi, T. Biscaro, P. Sanò, M. Petracca, A. C. Marra, M. Gosset, S. Dietrich Assessment of Ground-Reference Data and Validation of the H-SAF Precipitation Products in Brazil, Remote Sens., 10(11), 1743; doi:10.3390/rs10111743, 2018
Petracca, M., D’Adderio, L.P., Porcù, F., Vulpiani, G., Sebastianelli, S., and Puca, S. Validation of GPM Dual-Frequency Precipitation Radar (DPR) Rainfall Products over Italy, Journal of Hydrometeorology, Vol 19, pp 907-925, 2018
Rysman, J.-F., G. Panegrossi, A. C. Marra, S. Dietrich, L. Milani, M. Kulie SLALOM: An all-surface snow water path retrieval algorithm for the GPM Microwave Imgaer, Remote Sens. 10(8), 1278; 2018
Sanò P., G. Panegrossi, D. Casella, A. C. Marra, L. P. D’Adderio, J.-F. Rysman, S. Dietrich The Passive Microwave Neural Network Precipitation Retrieval (PNPR) algorithm for the Conical Scanning GMI Radiometer, Remote Sens. 10, 1122; doi:10.3390/rs10071122, 2018
Derin, Y., E. Anagnostou, M. Anagnostou, J. Kalogiros, D. Casella, A. C. Marra, G. Panegrossi P. Sanò Passive Microwave Rainfall Error Analysis Using High- Resolution X-Band Dual-Polarization Radar Observations in Complex Terrain, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing pp(99):1-22, DOI 10.1109/TGRS.2017.2763622, 2018
Panegrossi G., J-F. Rysman, D. Casella, A. C. Marra, P. Sanò, and M. S. Kulie CloudSat-based assessment of GPM Microwave Imager snowfall observation capabilities, Rem. Sensing, 9(12), 1263; doi:10.3390/rs9121263, 2017.
Casella, D., Panegrossi G., Dietrich S., Marra A.C., Sanò P., M. S. Kulie, B. T. Johnson Evaluation of the GPM-DPR snowfall detection capability: comparison with CloudSat, Atmos. Res., 197, 64-75, doi :10.1016/j.atmosres.2017.06.018, 2017
Casella D., Casella D., L. M. Amaral, S. Dietrich, A. C. Marra, P. Sanò, and G. Panegrossi The Cloud Dynamics and Radiation Database algorithm for AMSR2: exploitation of the GPM observational dataset for operational applications, IEEE J. of Sel. Topics in Appl. Earth Obs. and Rem. Sens. (J-STARS), 10(8), DOI : 10.1109/JSTARS.2017.2713485, 2017.
Ciabatta L., Marra A. C., Panegrossi G., Casella D., Sanò P., Dietrich S., Massari C., Brocca L. Daily precipitation estimation through different microwave sensors: Verification study over Italy, J. of Hydrology, 545, 436-450, 2017
Sanò, P., Panegrossi, G., Casella, D., Marra, A. C., Di Paola, F., and Dietrich, S. The new Passive microwave Neural network Precipitation Retrieval (PNPR) algorithm for the cross-track scanning ATMS radiometer: description and verification study over Europe and Africa using GPM and TRMM spaceborne radars, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 5441-5460, doi:10.5194/amt-9-5441-2016, 2016.
Panegrossi G., D. Casella, S. Dietrich, A. C. Marra, M. Petracca, P. Sanò, A. Mugnai, L. Baldini, N. Roberto, E. Adirosi, R. Cremonini, R. Bechini, G. Vulpiani, and F. Porcù Use of the GPM constellation for monitoring heavy precipitation events over the Mediterranean region, IEEE J. of Sel. Topics in Appl. Earth Obs. and Rem. Sens. (J-STARS), Volume 9, Issue 6, Pages: 2733 - 2753, DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2016.2520660, 2016.
Casella, D., Panegrossi, G., Sanò, P., Milani, L., Petracca, M., and Dietrich, S. A novel algorithm for detection of precipitation in tropical regions using PMW radiometers, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 8, 1217-1232, doi:10.5194/amt-8-1217-2015, 2015.
Sanò, P., Panegrossi, G., Casella, D., Di Paola, F., Milani, L., Mugnai, A., Petracca, M., and Dietrich, S. The Passive microwave Neural network Precipitation Retrieval (PNPR) algorithm for AMSU/MHS observations: description and application to European case studies, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 8, 837-857, DOI:10.5194/amt-8-837-2015, 2015.
Puca, S., F. Porcù, A. Rinollo, G. Vulpiani, P. Baguis, S. Balabanova, E. Campione, A. Ertürk, S. Gabellani, R. Iwański, M. Jurašek, J. Kaňák, J. Kerényi, G. Koshinchanov, G. Kozinarova, P. Krahe, B. Łapeta, E. Lábó, L. Milani, Ľ. Okon, A. Öztopal, P. Pagliara, F. Pignone, C. Rachimow, N. Rebora, E. Roulin, I. Sönmez, A. Toniazzo, D. Biron, D. Casella, E. Cattani, S. Dietrich, F. Di Paola, S. Laviola, V. Levizzani, D. Melfi, A. Mugnai, G. Panegrossi, M. Petracca, P. Sanò, F. Zauli, P. Rosci, L. De Leonibus, E. Agosta, and F. Gattari The validation service of the hydrological SAF geostationary and polar satellite precipitation products., Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci.,14, 871-889, doi:10.5194/nhess-14-871-2014.
Mugnai, A., Casella, D., Cattani, E., Dietrich, S., Laviola, S., Levizzani, V., Panegrossi, G., Sanò, P., Biron, D., De Leonibus, L., Melfi, D., Rosci, P., Vocino, A., Zauli, F., Puca, S., Rinollo, A., Milani, L., Porcù, F., and Gattari, F. Precipitation products from the Hydrology SAF, Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 13, 1959-1981, DOI: 10.5194/nhess-13-1959-2013, 2013.
Casella, D., Panegrossi, G., Sanò, P., Mugnai, A., Smith, E.A., Tripoli, G.J., Dietrich, S., Formenton, M., Di Paola, F., Leung, H. W.-Y., and Mehta, A.V. Transitioning from CRD to CDRD in Bayesian retrieval of rainfall from satellite passive microwave measurements, Part 2: Overcoming database profile selection ambiguity by consideration of meteorological control on microphysics, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens, vol.51, no.9, pp.4650-4671, 2013, DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2013.2258161, 2013.
Smith, E.A., Leung, H. W.-L., Elsner, J.B., Mehta, A.V., Tripoli, G.J., Casella, D., Dietrich, S., Mugnai, A., Panegrossi, G., and Sanò, P. Transitioning from CRD to CDRD in Bayesian retrieval of rainfall from satellite passive microwave measurements, Part 3: Identification of optimal meteorological tags, Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 13, 1185–1208, 2013.
Mugnai A., E. A. Smith, G. J. Tripoli, B. Bizzarri, D. Casella, S. Dietrich, F. Di Paola, G. Panegrossi, P. Sanò CDRD and PNPR Satellite Passive Microwave Precipitation Retrieval Algorithms: EuroTRMM / EURAINSAT Origins and H-SAF Operations, Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 13, 887-912, 2013.
Laviola S., V. Levizzani, E. Cattani, and C. Kidd The 183-WSL fast rainrate retrieval algorithm. Part II: Validation using ground radar measurements. Atmos. Res., 134, 77-86, 2013.
Levizzani V., S. Laviola, E. Cattani, and M. J. Costa Extreme precipitation on the Island of Madeira on 20 February 2010 as seen by satellite passive microwave sounders. European J. Remote Sensing, 46, 475-489, 2013.
Rinollo A., G. Vulpiani, S. Puca, P. Pagliara, J. Kanák, E. Lábo, L. Okon, E. Roulin, P. Baguis, E. Cattani, S. Laviola, and V. Levizzani Definition and impact of a quality index for radar-based reference measurements in the H-SAF precipitation product validation. Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 13, 2695-2705, 2013.
Casella, D., Panegrossi, G., Sanò, P., Mugnai, A., Smith, E.A., Tripoli, G.J., Dietrich, S., Formenton, M., Di Paola, F., Leung, H. W.-Y., and Mehta, A.V. Transitioning from CRD to CDRD in Bayesian retrieval of rainfall from satellite passive microwave measurements, Part 2: Overcoming database profile selection ambiguity by consideration of meteorological control on microphysics. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens, vol.51, no.9, 4650-4671, doi: 10.1109/TGRS.2013.2258161, 2013
Laviola, S., V. Levizzani, E. Cattani, and C. Kidd The 183-WSL fast rainrate retrieval algorithm. Part II: Validation using ground radar measurements. Atmos. Res., 134, 77-86, 2013
Levizzani V., S. Laviola, E. Cattani, and M. J. Costa Extreme precipitation on the Island of Madeira on 20 February 2010 as seen by satellite passive microwave sounders. European J. Remote Sens., 46, 475-489, 2013
Miglietta M. M., S. Laviola, A. Malvaldi, D. Conte, V. Levizzani, and C. Price Analysis of tropical like cyclones over the Mediterranean Sea through a combined modelling and satellite approach. Geophys. Res. Lett., 40, 2400-2405, 2013
Mugnai A., E. A. Smith, G. J. Tripoli, B. Bizzarri, D. Casella, S. Dietrich, F. Di Paola, G. Panegrossi, P. Sanò CDRD and PNPR Satellite Passive Microwave Precipitation Retrieval Algorithms: EuroTRMM / EURAINSAT Origins and H SAF Operations. Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 13, 887-912, 2013
Mugnai, A., Casella, D., Cattani, E., Dietrich, S., Laviola, S., Levizzani, V., Panegrossi, G., Sanò, P., Biron, D., De Leonibus, L., Melfi, D., Rosci, P., Vocino, A., Zauli, F., Puca, S., Rinollo, A., Milani, L., Porcù, F., and Gattari, F. Precipitation products from the Hydrology SAF. Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 13, 1959-1981, 2013
Puca S., F. Porcù, A. Rinollo, G. Vulpiani, P. Baguis, E. Campione, A. Ertürk, S. Gabellani, R. Iwanski, M. Jurašek, J. Kanák, J. Kerényi, G. Koshinchanov, G. Kozinarova, P. Krahe, B. Lapeta, E. Lábó, L. Milani, L. Okon, A. Öztopal, P. Pagliara, F. Pignone, C. Rachimow, N. Rebora, E. Roulin, I. Sönmez, A. Toniazzo, D. Biron, D. Casella, E. Cattani, S. Dietrich, S. Laviola, V. Levizzani, D. Melfi, A. Mugnai, G. Panegrossi, M. Petracca, P. Sanò, F. Zauli, P. Rosci, L. De Leonibus, E. Agosta, F. Gattari The validation service of the hydrological SAF geostationary and polar satellite precipitation products. Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 14, 871-889,
Rinollo, A., G. Vulpiani, S. Puca, J. Kanák, E. Lábó, L. Okon, E. Roulin, E. Cattani, S. Laviola, and V. Levizzani Definition and impact of a quality index for radar-based reference measurements in the H SAF precipitation product validation. Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 13, 2695-2705, 2013
Sanò, P., et al. Transitioning from CRD to CDRD in Bayesian retrieval of rainfall from satellite passive microwave measurements, Part 1: Algorithm description and testing. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., Vol. 51, no. 7, 4119-4143, doi: 10.1109/TGRS.2012.2227332, 2013
Smith, E. A., Leung, H. W.-L., Elsner, J.B., Mehta, A.V., Tripoli, G.J., Casella, D., Dietrich, S., Mugnai, A., Panegrossi, G., and Sanò, P. Transitioning from CRD to CDRD in Bayesian retrieval of rainfall from satellite passive microwave measurements, Part 3: Identification of optimal meteorological tags. Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 13, 1185–1208, 2013
Conte, D., M. M. Miglietta, and V. Levizzani Analysis of instability indexes during the development of a Mediterranean tropical-like cyclone using MSG-SEVIRI products and the LAPS model. Atmos. Res., 101, 264-279, 2011
Laing, A. G., R. E. Carbone, and V. Levizzani Cycles and propagation of deep convection over equatorial Africa. Mon. Wea. Rev., 139, 2832-2853, 2011
Laviola S., and V. Levizzani The 183-WSL fast rain rate retrieval algorithm. Part I: Retrieval design. Atmos. Res., 99, 443-461, 2011
Laviola, S., A. Moscatello, M. Miglietta, E. Cattani, and V. Levizzani Satellite and numerical model investigation of two heavy rain events over Central Mediterranean. J. Hydrometeor., 12, 634-649, 2011
Levizzani, V., S. Laviola, and E. Cattani Detection and measurement of snowfall from space. Remote Sensing, 3(1), 145-166, 2011
Conte, D., M. M. Miglietta, A. Moscatello, S. Albers, and V. Levizzani A GIS approach to ingest Meteosat Second Generation data into the Local Analysis and Prediction System. Environ. Model. Softw., 25, 1064-1074, 2010

Soil Moisture

Bordoni, M., Vivaldi, V., Lucchelli, L., Ciabatta, L., Brocca, L., Galve, J.P., Meisina, C. (2021) Development of a data-driven model for spatial and temporal shallow landslides probability of occurrence at catchment scale. Landslides, in press, doi:10.1007/s10346-020-01592-3
Kumar, A., Ramsankaran, R.A.A.J., Brocca, L., Munoz-Arriola, F. (2021) A simple machine learning approach to model real-time streamflow using satellite inputs: Demonstration in a data scarce catchment. Journal of Hydrology, in press
Peng, J., Albergel, C., Balenzano, A., Brocca, L., Cartus, O., Cosh, M., …, Loew, A. (2021) A roadmap for high-resolution satellite soil moisture applications – confronting product characteristics with user requirements. Remote Sensing of Environment, 252, 112162, 10.1016/j.rse.2020.112162
Azimi, S., Dariane, A. B., Modanesi, S., Bauer-Marschallinger, B., Bindlish, R., Wagner, W., & Massari, C. (2020) Assimilation of Sentinel 1 and SMAP–based satellite soil moisture retrievals into SWAT hydrological model: the impact of satellite revisit time and product spatial resolution on flood simulations in small basins. Journal of Hydrology, 581, 124367, doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2019.124367
Brocca, L., Massari, C., Pellarin, T., Filippucci, P., Ciabatta, L., Camici, S., Kerr, Y.H., Fernández-Prieto, D. (2020) River flow prediction in data scarce regions: soil moisture integrated satellite rainfall products outperform rain gauge observations in West Africa. Scientific Reports, 10, 12517, doi:10.1038/s41598-020-69343-x
Camici, S, Massari, C., Ciabatta, L., Marchesini, I., Brocca, L. (2020) Which rainfall metric is more informative about the flood simulation performance? A comprehensive assessment on 1318 basins over Europe. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 24, 4869–4885, doi:10.5194/hess-24-4869-2020
El Khalki Mahdi, Tramblay, Y., Massari, C., Brocca, L., Saidi Mohamed El Mehdi (2020) Challenges in flood modelling over data scarce regions: how to exploit globally available soil moisture products to estimate antecedent soil wetness conditions in Morocco. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 20, 2591–2607, doi:10.5194/nhess-20-2591-2020
Gruber, A., De Lannoy, G., Albergel, C., Al-Yaari, A., Brocca, L., Calvet, J.-C., Colliander, A., Cosh, M., Crow, W., Dorigo, W., Draper, C., Hirschi, M., Kerr, Y., Konings, A., Lahoz, W., McColl, K., Montzka, C., Munoz-Sabater, J., Peng, J., Reichle, R., Richaume, P., Rudiger, C., Scanlon, T., van der Schalie, R., Wagner, W. (2020) Validation practices for satellite soil moisture products: What are (the) errors? Remote Sensing of Environment, 244, 111806, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2020.111806
Massari, C., Brocca, L., Pellarin, T., Abramowitz, G., Filippucci, P., Ciabatta, L., Maggioni, V., Kerr, Y., Fernández-Prieto, D. (2020) A daily/25km short-latency rainfall product for data scarce regions based on the integration of the GPM IMERG Early Run with multiple satellite soil moisture products. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 24, 2687–2710, doi:10.5194/hess-24-2687-2020
Pellarin, T., Román-Cascón, C., Baron, C., Bindlish, R., Brocca, L., Camberlin, P., Fernandez-Prieto, D., Kerr, Y.H., Massari, C., Panthou, G., Philippon, N., Quantin, G. (2020) The Precipitation Inferred from Soil Moisture (PrISM) near real-time rainfall product: evaluation and comparison. Remote Sensing, 12(3), 481, doi:10.3390/rs12030481
Duygu, M. B. and Z. Akyurek Using Cosmic-Ray Neutron Probes in Validating Satellite Soil Moisture Products and Land Surface Models”. Water 11, 1362, 2019, doi:10.3390/w11071362
"Floods in Central Europe in June 2013" , ECMWF, newsletter 136, Summer 2013, 9-11pp
Albergel, C, W. Dorigo, G. Balsamo, J. Munoz-Sabater, P. de Rosnay, L. Isaksen, L. Brocca, R. de Jeu, and W. Wagner Monitoring multi-decadal satellite earth observation of soil moisture products through land surface reanalyses, Remote Sensing of Environment, 138, 77-89, 2013
Laviola, S., V. Levizzani, E. Cattani, and C. Kidd, 2013: The 183-WSL fast rain rate retrieval algorithm. Part II: Validation using ground radar measurements. Atmos. Res., 134, 77-86
Brocca, L., Melone, F., Moramarco, T., Wagner, W., Albergel, C. (2013) Scaling and filtering approaches for the use of satellite soil moisture observations. "Remote Sensing of Land Surface Turbulent Fluxes and Soil Surface moisture Content: State of the Art.", book chapter, Taylor & Francis Ed, 2013
W. Wagner, W., Figa, J., Albergel, C., Brocca, L., Hahn, S., Hasenauer, S., Dorigo (2013) Operations, challenges and prospects of satellite-based surface soil moisture monitoring services. "Remote Sensing of Land Surface Turbulent Fluxes and Soil Surface moisture Content: State of the Art.", book chapter, Taylor & Francis Ed, 2013
Albergel C., P. de Rosnay, C. Gruhier, J. Muñoz-Sabater, S. Hasenauer, L. Isaksen, Y. Kerr & W. Wagner: Evaluation of remotely sensed and modelled soil moisture products using global ground-based in situ observations, Remote Sensing of Environment, 10.1016/j.rse.2011.11.017, 118, 215–226, 2012
Brocca, L., Melone, F., Moramarco, T., Penna, D., Borga, M., Matgen, P., Gumuzzio, A., Martinez-Fernández, J., W. Wagner (2012) Soil moisture monitoring in small experimental basins through remote sensing observations. In: V. Vuglinsky, Z. Kopaliani, S. Zhuravin (Eds), Studies of Hydrological Processes in Research Basins: Current Challenges and Prospects, Roshydromet, St. Petersburg, 89-93
Tarpanelli, A., Brocca, L., Melone, F., Moramarco, T., Lacava, T., Wagner, W. (2012) Utilizzo di dati satellitari per applicazioni idrologiche nel bacino dell'Alto-Medio Tevere. Atti del XXIII Convegno di Idraulica e Costruzioni Idrauliche, 10-15 September 2012, Brescia, Italy, 10 pp
Brocca, L., Melone, F., Moramarco, T., Wagner, W. (2011) What perspective in remote sensing of soil moisture for hydrological applications. In: C.M.U. Neale, A. Maltese, K. Richter (Eds), Remote Sensing for Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Hydrology XIII, Proc. of SPIE, Vol. 8174, 81740A (12 pp), doi:10.1117/12.898034
Lacava T., Brocca L., Giustarini L., Matgen P., Moramarco T., Pergola N., Tramutoli V. (2011) Assessing multi-sensor (SMOS, AMSR-E and ASCAT) satellite-based soil moisture products with in-situ observations. Proc Int. Conf. SMOS Science Workshop, 27-29 September 2011, Arles, France, 29-32

Snow

Piazzi, G., C.M. Tanış, S. Kuter, B. Simsek, S. Puca, A. Toniazzo, M. Takala, Z. Akyurek, S. Gabellani, A. N. Arslan Cross-Country Assessment of H SAF Snow Products by Sentinel-2 Imagery Validated against In-Situ Observations and Webcam Photography. Geosciences. 9, 129, 2019; doi:10.3390/geosciences9030129
Surer,S., J. Parajka, and Z. Akyurek Validation of the operational MSG-SEVIRI snow cover product over Austria, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 18, 763–774, 2014
Surer, S., J. Parajka, and Z. Akyurek Validation of the operational MSG-SEVIRI snow cover product over Austria, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. Discuss., 10, 1–33, 2013 doi:10.5194/hessd-10-1-2013
Surer S., and Z. Akyurek Evaluating the utility of the EUMETSAT HSAF snow recognition product over mountainous areas of eastern Turkey, Hydrological Science Journal, 57 (8), 1-11, 2012
Siljamo, N. and O. Hyvärinen New Geostationary Satellite–Based Snow-Cover Algorithm. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 50, 1275–1290, 2011,

Contributions to book

Massari, C., Camici, S., Ciabatta, L., Penna, D., Marra, A. C., & Panegrossi, G. Floods in the Mediterranean area: The role of soil moisture and precipitation. In Water Resources in the Mediterranean Region. Mehrez Zibri, Luca Brocca, Yves Tramblay, François Molle, pp. 191-218. Eds. Elsevier, May 2020
Panegrossi, G. 2020 Heavy precipitation systems in the Mediterranean area: The role of GPM. In: Satellite Precipitation Measurement. V. Levizzani, C. Kidd, D. B. Kirschbaum, C. D. Kummerow, K. Nakamura, F. J. Turk, Eds. Advances in Global Change Research, 69, Springer Nature, Cham, 819-841, doi:10.1007/978-3-030-35798-6_1
Conte, D., M. M. Miglietta, and V. Levizzani Analysis of instability indexes during the development of a Mediterranean tropical-like cyclone using MSG-SEVIRI products and the LAPS model. Atmos. Res., 101, 264-279, 2011
Kidd, C., V. Levizzani, and S. Laviola: Quantitative precipitation estimation from Earth observation satellites. In: Rainfall State of the science, F. Testik and M. Gebremichael, Eds., AGU, Geophysical Monograph Series, 191, ISBN 978-0-87590-481-8, 127-158, 2010
Conte, D., M. M. Miglietta, A. Moscatello, S. Albers, and V. Levizzani A GIS approach to ingest Meteosat Second Generation data into the Local Analysis and Prediction System. Environ. Model. Softw., 25, 1064-1074, 2010

International Conferences: Proceedings and Contributions

Montopoli M., K Mroz, G Panegrossi, L Baldini, A Battaglia, P Kirstetter Quality Assessment of Space-Borne Active and Passive Microwave Snowfall Products Over the Continental United States, AGU Fall Meeting 2020
Montopoli M., Kamil Mroz, Giulia Panegrossi, Daniele Casella, Luca Baldini, Paolo Sanò, Andrea Camplani, Sante Laviola, Pierre Kirstetter, Mark Kulie, Alessandro Battaglia Verification study of passive microwave snowfall products using ground-based radar network observations, EGU General Assembly 2020
Daniele Casella, Andrea Camplani, Paolo Sanò, Giulia Panegrossi, Mark Kulie Frozen Surface Classification Scheme for ATMS and GMI, EGU General Assembly 2020
Akyurek Z., Ç. Karaman, K. Bolat, M. Takala. Using the Jupyter Notebook as a Tool for analyzing the EUMETSAT HSAF snow products” EGU, 4-8. May. 2020. Vienna-Austria.
Semih Kuter, Zuhal Akyurek Exploring the Recent Developments in Snow Cover Mapping by Machine Learning Algorithms”, 9th EARSeL workshop on Land Ice and Snow, 3-5 February 2020, Bern, Switzerland.
Zuhal Akyurek, Ali Nadir Arslan, Kenan Bolat, Simone Gabellani, Silvia Puca, Burak Simsek, Semih Kuter, Matias Takala, Alexander Toniazzo “EUMETSAT HSAF Snow Cover Products: 10 Years On”, 9th EARSeL workshop on Land Ice and Snow, 3-5 February 2020, Bern, Switzerland.
Matias Takala , Ali Nadir Arslan, Zuhal Akyürek, Kari Luojus, Jouni Pulliainen, Kenan Bolat, Burak Simsek “Development Of The New Snow Water Equivalent Product H65 In EUMETSAT H SAF Project”, 9th EARSeL workshop on Land Ice and Snow, 3-5 February 2020, Bern, Switzerland.
Niilo Siljamo, Otto Hyvärinen “Operational Satellite-based Daily H SAF Snow Extent Products”, 9th EARSeL workshop on Land Ice and Snow, 3-5 February 2020, Bern, Switzerland.
Burak Simsek, Matias Takala, Ali Nadir Arslan, Kari Luojus, Zuhal Akyurek, Kenan Bolat “EUMETSAT HSAF AVHRR-Based Fractional Snow Cover Products”, 9th EARSeL workshop on Land Ice and Snow, 3-5 February 2020, Bern, Switzerland.
Panegrossi G., Marra A. C., D. Casella, L. P. D’Adderio, S. Dietrich, P. Sanò, D. Melfi Characterization and monitoring of heavy precipitation events in the Mediterranean area using the H-SAF precipitation products, HSAF/HEPEX Joint Users Workshop 2019, Reading, UK, 25-28 Nov. 2019
Marra A. C., D. Casella, L. P. D’Adderio, S. Dietrich, G. Panegrossi, P. Sanò The new H-SAF H67 and H68 precipitation products, HSAF/HEPEX Joint Users Workshop 2019, Reading, UK, 25-28 Nov. 2019
Panegrossi G. Satellite-based precipitation estimates: analysis of extreme events in the Mediterranean area XXV Jornades de Meteorologia Eduard Fontseré Barcelona, 15-17 Nov. 2019
Panegrossi Assessment of snowfall observational capabilities of GMI and ATMS through the exploitation of observational datasets, PMM Science Team Meeting, Indianapolis, USA, Oct. 2019
Melfi D. and H SAF Precipitation cluster team Recent Developments on Rainfall Estimation in H SAF (EUMETSAT Satellite Application Facility in Support to Operational Hydrology and Water Management), Eumetsat Conference 2019, Boston, MA, 30 Sep.-4 Oct 2019
Panegrossi G. Multisensor analysis of the exceptional 29 October 2018 event over Italy, 2nd Congresso AISAM Italian Association of Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology (AISAM), University of Partenope Naples, Naples, Sep. 2019
Camplani A., G. Panegrossi, D. Casella, P Sanò, A. C. Marra, S. Dietrich, L. P. D’Adderio, M. Crespi CloudSat Based Assesment of ATMS Snowfall Observation Capabilities, 2° International Summer Snowfall Workshop 2019; Univ. of Helsinki, Hyttala Research Station, Finalnd, 27-30 August 2019
Melfi D. and H SAF Precipitation Cluster Team Recenti sviluppi nella stima delle precipitazioni nell'ambito del progetto H SAF (EUMETSAT Satellite Application Facility on support to Operational Hydrology and Water Management), Prima Conferenza Nazionale sulle Previsioni Meteorologiche e Climatiche, Bologna Italy, 17-18 June 2019
Panegrossi G , Marra A , D'Adderio L , Dietrich S , Sanò P , Federico S , Baldini L , Montopoli M , Porcù Characterization and monitoring of heavy precipitation events in the Mediterranean area: role of the GPM mission, ESA Living Planet Symposium, Milan 13-17 May 2019
Marra A. C., G. Panegrossi, D. Casella, L. P. D’Adderio, S. Dietrich, P. Sanò, and S. Federico Characterization and monitoring of heavy precipitation events in the Mediterranean area: role of the GPM mission, 2019 EGU General Assembly, Vienna, April 2019
Camplani A., G. Panegrossi, P. Sanò, D. Casella, A. C. Marra, S. Dietrich, M. Crespi CloudSat-based assessment of ATMS snowfall observation capabilities, 2019 EGU General Assembly, Vienna, April 2019
Ciabatta L., C. Massari, G. Panegrossi, A. C. Marra, P. Filippucci, P. Sanò, S. Dietrich, D. Melfi, L. Brocca The HSAF H64 soil moisture-precipitation integrated product: development and preliminary results, 2019 EGU General Assembly, Vienna, April 2019
Panegrossi G., J-F Rysman, P. Sanò, A. C. Marra, L. P. D’Adderio, and S. Dietrich, H SAF-GPM collaboration activity on precipitation retrieval SLALOM and PNPR, PMM Science Team Meeting 2018, Phoenix, AZ. USA, Oct. 2018
Panegrossi G., J. F. Rysm Fan, P. Sanò, A. C. Marra, S. Dietrich, D. Casella, and M. Kulie On the use of spaceborne active and passive microwave coincident observations: perspectives for EPS-SG MWI and MWS global precipitation products, EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference 2018, Tallin, Estonia, 2018
Panegrossi, G. J.F. Rysman, D. Casella, P. Sanò, A. C. Marra, S. Dietrich, M. S. Kulie Exploitation of GPM/CloudSat Coincidence Dataset For Global Snowfall Retrieval, 2018 IEEE Proc. IGARSS, 22-27 Luglio, Valencia, Spagna, 2018
Rysman J.-F., A. C. Marra, G. Panegrossi, P. Sanò, L. P. D'Adderio, S. Dietrich, D. Casella Heavy snow events over the Mediterranean basin: applications of a new GPM Microwave Imager snowfall retrieval algorithm, 11th HyMeX Workshop, Lecce, May 2018
Rysman, J-F, G. Panegrossi, A. C. Marra, P. Sanò, S. Dietrich, L. Milani, M. Kulie Snowfall retrieval algorithm for the GPM Microwave Imager exploiting CloudSat/Calipso, 2018 EGU General Assembly, Vienna April 2018
Sanò P., Panegrossi G., Casella D., A.C. Marra, Rysman J.F., Dietrich S. Design and Performances of the Passive Microwave Neural Network Precipitation Retrieval (PNPR) Algorithm for the Conical Scanning GMI Radiometer, 2018 EGU General Assembly, Vienna April 2018
Derin Y., E.Anagnostou, M. Anagnostou, J. Kalogiros, D. Casella, A. C. Marra, G. Panegrossi, P. Sanò Passive Microwave Precipitation Retrieval Uncertainty Characterized based on Field Compaign Data over Complex Terrain, AGU Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 2017
Panegrossi G., P. Sanò, A, C, Marra, J-F Rysman, D. Casella, S. Dietrich H SAF-GPM collaboration activity: assessment of GMI snowfall detection capabilities based on synergistic CloudSat observations (and the new PNPR for GMI) , PMM Science Team Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA, October 2017
Panegrossi G., P. Sanò, A. C. Marra, D. Casella, S. Dietrich, B. Johnson, M. S. Kulie Passive Microwave Precipitation products in H-SAF: recent developments and related activities within the collaboration with GPM, 2017 EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference, October 2017, Rome, Italy, 2017
Amaral L., Panegrossi G., Marra A. C., Sanò P. Dietrich S., Casella D., Vila D. Analysis of H-SAF Bayesian passive microwave precipitation products over Brazil and improvements based on GPM observations 2017 EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference, October 2017, Rome, Italy, 2017
Kidd, C., G. Panegrossi, Sanò P., Ringerud S., Casella D., Stocker, E. Inter-comparison of precipitation products over Western Europe from the EUMETSAT H-SAF and NASA PPS., 2017 EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference, October 2017, Rome, Italy, 2017
Petracca M., S. Puca, S. Sebastianelli, G. Vulpiani, L. P. D’Adderio, F. Porcù, P. Sanò, S. Dietrich, A. C. Marra, G. Panegrossi Evaluation of different GMI products over Italy using H-SAF validation methodology, 2017 EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference, October 2017, Rome, Italy, 2017
Marra A. C., D. Casella, L. M. Amaral, P. Sanò, S. Dietrich, and G. Panegrossi The new Cloud Dynamics and Radiation Database algorithms for AMSR2 and GMI: exploitation of the GPM observational database for operational applications, 2017 EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference, October 2017, Rome, Italy, 2017
Sanò P., G. Panegrossi, D. Casella, A. C. Marra, L. Amaral, S. Dietrich The Passive Microwave Neural Network Precipitation Retrieval (PNPR) for the Conical Scanning GMI Radiometer: description and application to case studies, 2017 EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference, October 2017, Rome, Italy, 2017
Panegrossi G., A. C. Marra, P. Sanò, St. Dietrich, D. Casella, L. Ciabatta, C. Massari, L. Brocca Verification study of microwave-based gridded daily precipitation estimates: perspectives for the future development of H-SAF H23 product, (3), 2017 EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference, October 2017, Rome, Italy, 2017
Camici S., L. Ciabatta, C. Massari, L. Brocca, G. Panegrossi, S. Puca How reliable are Satellite precipitation estimates for driving hydrological models: a verification study over the mediterranean area, 2017 EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference, October 2017, Rome, Italy, 2017
Panegrossi G., Casella D., Dietrich S., Marra A. C., Rysman J. F., Sanò P., Kulie M. S., Johnson B. T. Use of coincident radar and radiometer observations from GPM and CloudSat for global spaceborne snowfall observation assessment, 1st International Summer Snowfall Workshop, Cologne, Germany, June 2017
Panegrossi G., S. Dietrich, A. C. Marra, P. Sanò, D. Casella, L. Baldini, A. Mugnai, G. Vulpiani, M. Petracca, F. Porcù Role and capabilities of the GPM mission in the characterization and monitoring of extreme precipitation events in the Mediterranean region, 10th Hymex Workshop, Barcellona, Spain, July 2017
Panegrossi G., D. Casella, P. Sanò, A. C. Marra, S. Dietrich, B. T. Johnson, and M. S. Kulie, 2017 Use of coincident radar and radiometer observations from GPM, ATMS, and CloudSat for global spaceborne snowfall observation assessment, EGU General Assembly 2017, Vol. 19, EGU2017-14114, 23-28 April 2017, Vienna, Austria
Kidd C., G. Panegrossi, S. Ringerud, and E. Stocker, 2017 Inter-comparison of the EUMETSAT H-SAF and NASA PPS precipitation products over Western Europe, EGU General Assembly 2017, Vol. 19, EGU2017-7506, 23-28 April 2017, Vienna, Austria
Anna Cinzia Marra, Daniele Casella, Lia Martins Costa do Amaral, Paolo Sanò, Stefano Dietrich, and Giulia Panegrossi, 2017 The new Cloud Dynamics and Radiation Database algorithms for AMSR2 and GMI: exploitation of the GPM observational database for operational applications, EGU General Assembly 2017, Vol. 19, EGU2017-14114-2, 23-28 April 2017, Vienna, Austria
Panegrossi G., D. Casella, S. Dietrich, A. C. Marra, P. Sanò, L. Baldini, M. Petracca, and F. Porcù Role and capabilities of GPM mission in the characterization and monitoring of extreme precipitation events in the Mediterranean region, IV Annual Conference Of The Italian Society For Climate Sciences 2016, Cagliari, Italy, 19-20 Oct. 2016, 2016
Panegrossi G., D. Casella, P. Sanò, A. C. Marra, S. Dietrich, and the H-SAF Precipitation Product Development Team Recent precipitation retrieval algorithm developments within H-SAF in the context of the GPM, 2016 PMM Science Team Meeting, 3-7 October 2016, Houston, TX, USA
Panegrossi G., L. Baldini, D. Casella, S. Dietrich, A. C. Marra, A. Mugnai, M. Petracca, F. Porcù, P. Sanò, and G. Vulpiani Observational analysis of an exceptionally intense hailstorm over the Mediterranean area: Role of the GPM Core Observatory, 2016 PMM Science Team Meeting, 3-7 October 2016, Houston, TX, USA
Casella D., Panegrossi G., Sanò P., Marra A. C., Dietrich S., Kulie M. S., and Johnson B. T. Active and passive microwave observations of snowfall from space, 8th IPWG and 5th IWSSM Workshop, Bologna Italy, 3-7 October 2016, 2016
Amaral L., G. Panegrossi, D. Casella, A. C. Marra, P. Sanò, S. Dietrich, and D. Vila Investigation on CDRD and GPROF performance over central Amazon region during GoAmazon/CHUVA campaigns, 8th IPWG and 5th IWSSM Workshop, Bologna Italy, 3-7 October 2016, 2016
Alcoba, A., M. Gosset, G. Panegrossi, M. Kacou, D. Casella, A. C. Marra, P. Sanò, S. Dietrich Validation study of CDRD and PNPR precipitation microwave retrieval (Level 2) over West Africa using X-pol radar and rain gauges observations, 8th IPWG and 5th IWSSM Workshop, Bologna Italy, 3-7 October 2016, 2016
Marra A. C., G. Panegrossi, D. Casella, P. Sanò, S. Dietrich, L. Ciabatta, C. Massari, and L. Brocca Verification study over Africa and Europe of gridded daily precipitation obtained by merging multiple microwave-based satellite products, 8th IPWG and 5th IWSSM Workshop, Bologna Italy, 3-7 October 2016, 2016
Panegrossi G., Casella D., Dietrich S., Marra A.C., Sanò P., Mugnai A., Baldini L., Roberto N., Adirosi E., Cremonini R., Bechini R., Vulpiani G., Petracca M., and Porcù F. , 2016 On the use of GPM constellation for monitoring heavy precipitation events over the Mediterranean region. 15th Plinius Conference on Mediterranean Risks. Vol. 15, Plinius15-31, 8-11 June 2016, Giardini Naxos, Italy
Petracca M., Puca S., Vulpiani G., Casella D., Dietrich S., Marra A.C, Panegrossi G., Sanò P., and Porcù F., 2016 Performance of the H-SAF rainfall products on the Mediterranean basin: a quality-controlled validation with radar and rain gauges. Vol. 15, Plinius15-54, 8-11 June 2016, Giardini Naxos, Italy
Sano' P., Casella D., Panegrossi G., Marra A.C., and Dietrich S., 2016 The Passive Microwave Neural Network Precipitation Retrieval (PNPR) for AMSU/MHS and ATMS cross-track scanning radiometers. EGU General Assembly, Vol. 18, EGU2016-15021-1, 17–22 April 2016, Vienna, Austria
Panegrossi G., Casella D., Marra A.C, Sanò P., Dietrich S., Brocca L., Ciabatta L., and Massari C., 2016 Estimation of daily rainfall over Italy by merging multiple microwave-based satellite products. EGU General Assembly, Vol. 18, EGU2016-18080-3, 17–22 April 2016, Vienna, Austria, 2016
Petracca M., F. Porcù, D. Casella, S. Dietrich, A. C. Marra, G. Panegrossi, P. Sanò (2015) STUDY OF LIGHTNING INITIATION FROM MSG SUPER RAPID SCAN SERVICE OVER ITALY, EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference, Toulouse, Sept. 2015, 2015
Sanò P., D. Casella, G. Panegrossi, A. C. Marra, M. Petracca, and S. Dietrich The Passive Microwave Neural Network Precipitation Retrieval (PNPR) for the Cross-track Scanning ATMS Radiometer, EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference, Toulouse, Sept. 2015, 2015
Panegrossi G., D. Casella, S. Dietrich, A. C. Marra, M. Petracca, P. Sanò, L. Baldini, N. Roberto, E. Adirosi, R. Cremonini, R. Bechini, G. Vulpiani Use of the constellation of PMW radiometers in the GPM ERA for heavy precipitation event monitoring and analysis during fall 2014 in Italy, IEEE Proc. IGARSS, DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2015.7326993, 2015
Panegrossi G., D. Casella, S. Dietrich, A. C. Marra, M. Petracca, P. Sanò, L. Baldini, N. Roberto, E. Adirosi, R. Bechini, R. Cremonini, G. Vulpiani, and F. Porcù USE OF THE GPM CONSTELLATION FOR MONITORING AND ANALYSIS OF HEAVY PRECIPITATION EVENTS IN ITALY DURING FALL 2014, EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference, Toulouse, Sept. 2015, 2015
Derin Y., Anagnostou E. N., J. A Kalogiros, Anagnostou M., Marra, A.C., Panegrossi G., Levizzani V., Cattani E., Casella D. and Sanò P., 2015 Passive Microwave Rainfall Error Analysis using High-Resolution X-band Dual-Polarization Radar Observations in Complex Terrain. AGU Fall Meeting. 14-18 December 2015. San Francisco, USA
Marra, A. C., D. Casella, P. Sanò, G. Panegrossi, M. Petracca, S. Dietrich, and V. Levizzani, 2015 Analysis and comparison of global precipitation datasets with gridded products from passive microwave retrieval algorithms in the GPM era. Earth Observation for Water Cycle Science, Frascati, 20-23 Oct.
Casella, D.; Panegrossi, G.; Marra, A. C.; Sanò, P.; Petracca, M.; Dietrich, S., 2015 Verification Study of CDRD and PNPR Passive Microwave Precipitation Retrieval Algorithms Using Spaceborne Precipitation Radars, Earth Observation for Water Cycle Science 2015, 20-23 October, 2015, ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy
Sanò, P.; Casella, D.; Panegrossi, G.; Marra, A.C.; Petracca, M.; Dietrich, S., 2015 The Passive Microwave Neural Network Precipitation Retrieval (PNPR) for the Cross‐track Scanning ATMS Radiometer, Earth Observation for Water Cycle Science 2015, 20-23 October, 2015, ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy
Ciabatta, L., Brocca, L., Massari, C., Moramarco, T., Fanelli, G., Salciarini, D., Tamagnini, C., Panegrossi, G. Marra, A.C., Casella D., Sanò P., Dietrich, S., Gabellani S. Puca S. , Ponziani, F., Berni, N., Wagner, W., 2015 Impact of Satellite Rainfall and Soil Moisture Products on Landslides and Floods Prediction over the Italian Territory, Earth Observation for Water Cycle Science 2015, 20-23 October, 2015, ESA-ESRIN, Frascati (Rome), Italy
Panegrossi G., D. Casella, P. Sanò, A. C. Marra, S. Dietrich, and H-SAF Precipitation Product Development Team Recent developments within H-SAF in the context of the GPM, 2015 PMM Science Team Meeting, 13-17 July 2015, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 2015
Panegrossi, G., Casella, D., Dietrich, S., Marra, A.C., Petracca, M., Sanò, P., Baldini, L., Roberto, N., Adirosi, E., Cremonini, R., Bechini, R., Campana, V., Vulpiani, G., and Porcù, F. Analysis of heavy precipitation events in Italy during the Fall 2014 using the GPM constellation, 2014 PMM Science Team Meeting, 13-17 July 2015, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 2015
Panegrossi, G., Casella, D., Marra, A. C., Petracca, M., Sanò, P., Dietrich, S. 2015 CDRD and PNPR passive microwave precipitation retrieval algorithms: verification study over Africa and Southern Atlantic. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 17, EGU2015-14643-1, 2015, EGU General Assembly 2015, Vienna
Casella D., P. Sanò, G. Panegrossi, L. Milani, M. Petracca, S. Dietrich A Novel Algorithm for Detection of Precipitation in Tropical Regions Using PMW Radiometers. 2014 PMM Science Team Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, USA , 2014
Panegrossi G., D. Casella, P. Sanò, S. Dietrich, A. C. Marra, and M. Petracca CDRD and PNPR passive microwave precipitation retrieval algorithms: extension to the MSG full disk area within H-SAF. 7th IPWG Workshop on Precipitation Measurements Tsukuba, 17-21 November, 2014
Panegrossi G., D. Casella, S. Dietrich, A. C. Marra, L. Milani, M. Petracca, P. Sanò, and A. Mugnai CDRD and PNPR passive microwave precipitation retrieval algorithms: extension to the MSG full disk area, Proc. 2014 EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference, Geneva, Sept. 2014
Surer S., J. Parajka, Z. Akyurek Sensitivity Analysis of a Conceptual HBV Rainfall-Runoff Model using EUMETSAT snow covered area product. AGU 2014, December 15-19, USA.
Akyurek Z. The use of H SAF snow products on mountainous areas, H SAF and HEPEX workshops on coupled hydrology 3-7 November 2014, Reading-UK.
Surer S., J. Parajka, Z. Akyurek Assimilation of EUMETSAT snow covered area data into conceptual hydrologic model. EARSel, 7th EARSeL workshop on Land Ice and Snow, February 2014, Switzerland.
Panegrossi G. H-SAF precipitation products: general overview and areas of potential collaboration with GPM, 2013 PMM Science Team Meeting, 18-21 March 2013, Annapolis, Maryland, USA, 2013
Sanò P., D. Casella, S. Dietrich, G. Panegrossi, M. Petracca, and A. Mugnai Passive microwave Neural network Precipitation Retrieval (PNPR): an algorithm for cross-track scanning radiometers, Proc. 2013 Joint EUMETSAT/AMS EUMETSAT Meteorology Satellite Conference, Vienna, Austria, 2013
Panegrossi, G., Casella, D., Dietrich, S., Sanò, P., Petracca, M., and Mugnai, A. A Verification study over Europe of AMSU/MHS and SSMIS passive microwave precipitation retrieval, Proc. 2013 Joint EUMETSAT/AMS Meteorological Satellite Conference, Vienna Sept. 2013, 2013
Petracca M., D. Casella, S. Dietrich, G. Panegrossi and P. Sanò Multisensor Atmospheric data Mapping System: a web-based graphic tool for multisensor observations of atmospheric data and NWP model forecasts, Proc. 2013 Joint EUMETSAT/AMS EUMETSAT Meteorology Satellite Conference, Vienna, Austria, Sept. 2013
Sanò P., D. Casella, S. Dietrich, L. Milani, G. Panegrossi, M. Petracca, A. Mugnai Verification study of CDRD and PNPR algorithms for precipitation retrieval within the H-SAF project. 6th Interantional Workshop for GPM Ground Validation, 5-7 November 2013 Rome, Italy, 2013
Panegrossi G., P. Sano`, D. Casella, S. Dietrich, M. Petracca, A. Mugnai The H-SAF passive microwave precipitation retrieval algorithms: a verification study over Europe. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2013 - Vienna, April 2013
Dietrich S., F. Di Paola, G. Panegrossi, H.D. Betz, D. Casella, M. Moehrlein, M. Petracca, P. Sanò, A. Mugnai, C. Price Using lightning and microwave satellite rainfall retrievals to obtain continuous rainfall fields. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2013 - Vienna, 07 – 12 April 2013
Dietrich S., V. Levizzani, A. Mugnai, D. Casella, E. Cattani, F. Di Paola, S. Laviola, G. Panegrossi, P. Sanò Satellite-based precipitation measurements in Europe: the algorithms for H-SAF, Proc. International Workshop on Terrestrial water cycle observation and modeling from Space: Innovation and reliability of data products, Beijing, China, April 2013
Cattani, E., C. Acquistapace, S. Laviola, and V. Levizzani Satellite-based VIS/IR multispectral screening of precipitating clouds: A case study during summer at mid-latitudes. EGU General Assembly, Vienna, 7-12 Apr., 2013
Laviola, S., V. Levizzani, E. Cattani, and C. Kidd Validation of the 183-WSL retrieval method using ground radar measurements. 6th Int. Workshop for GPM Ground Validation, Roma, 5-7 Nov, 2013
Dietrich S., V. Levizzani, A. Mugnai, D. Casella, E. Cattani, F. Di Paola, S. Laviola, G. Panegrossi, P. Sanò Satellite-based precipitation measurements in Europe: the algorithms for H SAF, Proc. International Workshop on Terrestrial water cycle observation and modeling from Space: Innovation and reliability of data products, Beijing, China, April 2013
Levizzani, V., S. Laviola, E. Cattani, and M. J. Costa Extreme precipitation on the island of Madeira on 20 February 2010 as seen by satellite passive microwave sounders. EGU General Assembly, Vienna, 7-12 Apr., 2013
Surer S., J. Parajka, Z. Akyurek Calibration of a conceptual hydrological model using EUMETSAT snow covered area product. AGU 2013, December 9-13, USA
Surer S., J. Parajka, Z. Akyurek Potential of MSG-SEVIRI snow cover images for hydrological modeling”. EGU 2013, April 7-12, Austria
Panegrossi G., D. Casella, S. Dietrich, P. Sanò, M. Petracca, and A. Mugnai A verification study over Europe of AMSU-A/MHS and SSMIS passive microwave precipitation retrievals, Proc. 2013 Joint EUMETSAT/AMS EUMETSAT Meteorology Satellite Conference, Vienna, Austria, 2013
Panegrossi G., P. Sano`, D. Casella, S. Dietrich, M. Petracca, and A. Mugnai The H SAF passive microwave precipitation retrieval algorithms: a verification study over Europe, EGU General Assembly, Vienna, April 2013
Panegrossi G., et al. H SAF precipitation products: general overview and areas of potential collaboration with GPM, PMM Science Team Meeting, Annapolis, USA, March 2013
Porcù F., G. Vulpiani, et al. H SAF network ground validation system, 6th Int. Workshop for GPM Ground Validation, Rome, Italy, November 2013
Puca S., et al. HSAF Activities Related to Spaceborne Estimation of Precipitation and GV, 6th Int. Workshop for GPM Ground Validation, Rome, Italy, November 2013
Sanò P., D. Casella, S. Dietrich, G. Panegrossi, M. Petracca, and A. Mugnai Passive microwave Neural network Precipitation Retrieval (PNPR): an algorithm for cross-track scanning radiometers, Proc. 2013 Joint EUMETSAT/AMS EUMETSAT Meteorology Satellite Conference, Vienna, Austria, 2013
Silvia Puca, Pierre Baguis, Emanuela Campione, Aydin Ertürk, Rafal Iwanski, Marián Juracek, Ján Kanák, Judit Kerényi, Georgy Koshinchanov, Gergana Kozinarova, Peter Krahe, Bocena Lapeta, Lisa Milani, Luboslav Okon, Ahmet Öztopal, Paola Pagliara, Federico Porcù, Claudia Rachimow, Angelo Rinollo, Emmanuel Roulin, Paolo Sanò, Ibrahim Sönmez, Alexander Toniazzo, Gianfranco Vulpiani, Daniele Casella, Elsa Cattani, Stefano Dietrich, Sante Laviola, Vincenzo Levizzani, Alberto Mugnai, Giulia Panegrossi, Francesco Zauli, Paolo Rosci, Luigi De Leonibus The validation service of the hydrological SAF geostationary and polar satellite precipitation products Proc. 2012 EUMETSAT Meteorology Satellite Conference, Sopot, Poland, 2012
Panegrossi G., D. Casella, E. Cattani, S. Dietrich, S. Laviola, V. Levizzani, A. Mugnai, P. Sanò, D. Biron, L. De Leonibus, D. Melfi, P. Rosci, A. Vocino, F. Zauli, L. Milani, F. Porcù, S. Puca, A. Rinollo, and F. Gattari Precipitation Products from the Hydrology SAF, Proc. 2012 EUMETSAT Meteorology Satellite Conference, Sopot, Poland, 2012
Casella, D., Dietrich, S., Formenton, M., Mugnai, A., Panegrossi, G., Sanò, P., Smith, E.A., and Tripoli, G.J Verification of Cloud Dynamics and Radiation Database (CDRD) passive microwave precipitation retrieval algorithm using TRMM satellite radar and radiometer measurements over southern Mediterranean basin, in: Extended Abstract Volume of the 12th Specialist Meeting on Microwave Radiometry and Remote Sensing of the Environment, Rome, Italy, 5-9 March 2012, 4 pp., 2012
Smith E.A., A. Mugnai, G.J. Tripoli, D. Casella, S. Dietrich, G. Panegrossi, P. Sanò Transitioning from CRD to CDRD in Bayesian Satellite Precipitation Retrieval: Mitigating Against Solution Ambiguity in Use of Multi-channel Passive Microwave Radiometer Measurements. 4th TRMM and GPM International Science Conference. 13 - 16 November 2012; Tokyo, Japan
Panegrossi G. , D. Casella, S. Dietrich, A. Mugnai, M. Petracca, P. Sano`, E. A. Smith, G. J. Tripoli Application of Two Passive Microwave recipitation Retrieval Algorithms to Heavy Precipitation Events in Mediterranean Basin During 2011 /2012 Autumn Seasons. 14tb Plinius Conference on Mediterranean Storms, Palma de Mallorca, 13-16 November 2012
Casella, D., Dietrich, S., Formenton, M., Mugnai, A., Panegrossi, G., Sanò, P., Smith, E.A., and Tripoli, G.J Verification of Cloud Dynamics and Radiation Database (CDRD) passive microwave precipitation retrieval algorithm using TRMM satellite radar and radiometer measurements over southern Mediterranean basin, in: Extended Abstract Volume of the 12th Specialist Meeting on Microwave Radiometry and Remote Sensing of the Environment, Rome, Italy, 5-9 March 2012, 4 pp., 2012
Cattani, E., S. Laviola, V. Levizzani, and R. Westerhoff Satellite precipitation products in the frame of the GLOWASIS Project, a GMES Global Water Scarcity Information Service. Conf. CeTeM-AIT, Bari, Dec. 4-5, 2012
Laviola, S., E. Cattani, and V. Levizzani Application of microwave high frequencies for the evaluation of cloud properties and retrieval of precipitation rates. Conf. CeTeM-AIT, Bari, Dec. 4-5, 2012
Laviola, S., V. Levizzani, E. Cattani, and C. Kidd First validation of retrieved rain rates and snow cover mask of the 183-WSL retrieval method. IEEE Proc. MicroRad 2012, 12th Specialist Meeting of Microwave Radiometry and Remote Sensing of the Environment, Villa Mondragone, 5-9 Mar., doi:10.1109/MicroRad.2012.6185242, 2012
Surer S., J. Parajka, Z. Akyurek, G. Blöschl Evaluating the potential of MSG-SEVIRI snow cover images for hydrological modeling. AGU 2012, December 8-12, USA
Akyurek, Z., S. Surer, Ö. Beşer , K. Bolat, A. Şensoy, A. Şorman, A.G. Ertürk The Use of Satellite Data for Sustainable Development of the Water Resources in the Mountainous Terrain. 10th International Congress on Advances in Civil Engineering 2012, October17-19, Turkey.
Akyurek, Z., A.G. Ertürk S. Surer, Ö. Beşer , K. Bolat , A. Şensoy, A. Şorman “The use of HSAF Snow Products in Hydrological Modeling in the Mountainous Terrain of Turkey”. 2012 EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference. 2012, September, Poland.
Laviola, S., A. Moscatello, M. M. Miglietta, E. Cattani, and V. Levizzani A satellite and numerical model combined approach to study extreme rain events over the Mediterranean basin. EGU General Assembly, Vienna, 22-27 April, 2012
Mugnai, A., D. Biron, D. Casella, E. Cattani, L. De Leonibus, S. Dietrich, S. Laviola, V. Levizzani, D. Melfi, G. Panegrossi, M. Petracca, F. Porcù, S. Puca, A. Rinollo, P. Sanò, and F. Zauli Precipitation products from EUMETSAT’s Satellite Application Facility on Support to Operational Hydrology and Water Management (H SAF). 4th TRMM and GPM Int. Sci. Conf, Tokyo, 13-16 Nov., 2012
Panegrossi G., D. Casella, E. Cattani, S. Dietrich, S. Laviola, V. Levizzani, A. Mugnai, P. Sanò, D. Biron, L. De Leonibus, D. Melfi, P. Rosci, A. Vocino, F. Zauli, L. Milani, F. Porcù, S. Puca, A. Rinollo, and F. Gattari Precipitation Products from the Hydrology SAF, Proc. 2012 EUMETSAT Meteorology Satellite Conference, Sopot, Poland, 2012
Panegrossi G., D. Casella, S. Dietrich, A. Mugnai, M. Petracca, P. Sano`, E. A. Smith, and G. J. Tripoli Application of two passive precipitation retrieval algorithms to heavy precipitation events in the Mediterranean region during 2011 and 2012 fall seasons, 14th EGU Plinius Conference on Mediterranean Storms and MEDEX Final Conference, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, November 2012
Laviola, S., E. Cattani, and V. Levizzani Rainfall estimations and characterization of snow-covered terrains: Validation of the new version of the 183-WSL retrieval method. EGU General Assembly, Vienna, 3-8 April, 2011
Mugnai, A., V. Levizzani, S. Dietrich, D. Biron, D. Casella, E. Cattani, L. De Leonibus, F. Di Paola, M. Formenton, S. Laviola, D. Melfi, S. Puca, P. Sanò, F. Zauli Precipitation products from the Hydrology SAF. 30th EUMETSAT STG Science Working Group Meeting, Darmstadt, 14-15 March, 2011
Mugnai, A., S. Dietrich, V. Levizzani, D. Casella, E. Cattani, F. Di Paola, M. Formenton, S. Laviola, P. Sanò, L. De Leonibus, F. Zauli, D. Biron, D. Melfi, F. Porcù, and S. Puca Precipitation products from the Hydrology SAF. 13th EGU Plinius Conf. on Mediterranean Storms, Savona, 7-9 Sept., 2011
Mugnai, A., S. Dietrich, V. Levizzani, D. Casella, E. Cattani, F. Di Paola, M. Formenton, S. Laviola, and P. Sanò Precipitation retrieval from satellite within EUMETSAT’s H SAF. 4th HyMEX Workshop, Bologna, 8-10 June, 2010
Mugnai, A., S. Dietrich, V. Levizzani, D. Casella, E. Cattani, F. Di Paola, M. Formenton, S. Laviola, and P. Sanò Precipitation retrieval from satellite with EUMETSAT’s H SAF. 12th Plinius Conf. On Mediterranean Storms, Corfu, 1-4- Sept., 2010
Surer S., Z. Akyurek. A.U. Şorman Validating the EUMETSAT HydroSAF Snow Recognition Product over Mountainous Areas of Turkey. 30th EARSeL Symposium: Remote Sensing for Science, Education and Culture. 31 May- 3 June 2010, Paris, France.
Laviola, S., S. D’Aurizio, E. Cattani, and V. Levizzani Characterization of snow-covered terrains and detection of snowfall by using the 183-WSL retrieval method. Proc. 4th Int. Precipitation Working Group Workshop, Hamburg, 11-15 Oct., ISSN1614-1199, 170-181, 2010
Surer S., Z. Akyurek, A.G. Erturk, A.Ü. Şorman, J. Kanak Evaluating the utility of the EUMETSAT HSAF snow recognition product in mapping snow cover extent. 33rd International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment (ISRSE), May 4-8, 2009 in Stresa, Italy
Siljamo N., O. Hyvärinen and J. Koskinen Operational snowcover mapping using MSG/SEVIRI data. International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium 2008, IGARSS v.5, 41-44.
Akyurek, Z., A. Şensoy, A.A. Sorman, A.U. Sorman Calibration/validation of satellite derived snow products with in situ data over the mountanious eastern part of Turkey. Remote Sensing for Environmnetal Monitoring and Change Detection (Proceedings of Symposium HS3007 at IUGG2007 Perugia, July 2007), IAHS Publ. 316, 157-168, 2007.

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