Index - H SAF Official web site

Precipitation

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
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
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
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., 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
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
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

Soil Moisture

"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
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

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 books

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, 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
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

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., 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
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
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
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., 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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., 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, 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., 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., 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
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
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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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