Birgit Wessel

2.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
72 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Birgit Wessel is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Atmospheric Science and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Birgit Wessel has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 32 papers in Atmospheric Science and 28 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Birgit Wessel's work include Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and Techniques (44 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (30 papers) and Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing (16 papers). Birgit Wessel is often cited by papers focused on Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and Techniques (44 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (30 papers) and Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing (16 papers). Birgit Wessel collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Austria. Birgit Wessel's co-authors include Achim Roth, Martin Huber, Astrid Gruber, Markus Bachmann, Thomas Fritz, Detlev Kosmann, Ursula Marschalk, Manfred Zink, Gerhard Krieger and Alberto Moreira and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Forest Ecology and Management and Remote Sensing.

In The Last Decade

Birgit Wessel

69 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Generation and performance assessment of the global TanDEM-X digital elevation model

2017 380 citations Paola Rizzoli, Michele Martone et al. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing profile →
Accuracy assessment of the global TanDEM-X Digital Elevation Model with GPS data

2018 302 citations Birgit Wessel, Martin Huber et al. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Birgit Wessel Germany	19	975	883	713	344	313	72	2.0k
Thomas Jagdhuber Germany	24	1.1k 1.1×	966 1.1×	1.6k 2.2×	270 0.8×	173 0.6×	147	2.2k
Paola Rizzoli Germany	22	1.2k 1.2×	1.3k 1.5×	715 1.0×	332 1.0×	392 1.3×	123	2.6k
Alberto Refice Italy	20	665 0.7×	525 0.6×	378 0.5×	563 1.6×	515 1.6×	106	1.5k
Batuhan Osmanoğlu United States	16	948 1.0×	809 0.9×	381 0.5×	193 0.6×	426 1.4×	73	1.8k
Michele Martone Germany	16	1.1k 1.1×	774 0.9×	633 0.9×	194 0.6×	278 0.9×	86	1.6k
Thomas Fritz Germany	22	2.1k 2.1×	874 1.0×	777 1.1×	189 0.5×	256 0.8×	114	2.8k
Dirk Geudtner Netherlands	17	1.0k 1.0×	660 0.7×	483 0.7×	139 0.4×	274 0.9×	76	1.6k
S. Hensley United States	16	2.2k 2.2×	1.1k 1.2×	958 1.3×	211 0.6×	656 2.1×	42	3.1k
E. Attema Netherlands	15	792 0.8×	1.1k 1.2×	1.3k 1.8×	226 0.7×	116 0.4×	66	2.0k
Luca Pulvirenti Italy	27	758 0.8×	1.3k 1.5×	1.2k 1.6×	1.5k 4.4×	160 0.5×	136	2.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Birgit Wessel

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Birgit Wessel

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Sørensen, Louise Sandberg, Sebastian B. Simonsen, Noël Gourmelen, et al.. (2024). Improved monitoring of subglacial lake activity in Greenland. The cryosphere. 18(2). 505–523. 2 indexed citations

Abdullahi, Sahra, D. Burgess, Birgit Wessel, Luke Copland, & Achim Roth. (2023). Quantifying the impact of X-band InSAR penetration bias on elevation change and mass balance estimation. Annals of Glaciology. 64(92). 396–410.

Holzwarth, Stefanie, Frank Thonfeld, Sahra Abdullahi, et al.. (2023). Earth-Observation-Based Monitoring of Forests in Germany—Recent Progress and Research Frontiers: A Review. Remote Sensing. 15(17). 4234–4234. 15 indexed citations

Schlund, Michael, et al.. (2023). Assessment of TanDEM-X DEM 2020 Data in Temperate and Boreal Forests and Their Application to Canopy Height Change. PFG – Journal of Photogrammetry Remote Sensing and Geoinformation Science. 91(2). 107–123. 2 indexed citations

Wessel, Birgit, Martin Huber, Christian Wohlfart, et al.. (2021). TanDEM-X PolarDEM 90 m of Antarctica: Generation and errorcharacterization. 7 indexed citations

Wessel, Birgit, Martin Huber, Christian Wohlfart, et al.. (2021). TanDEM-X PolarDEM 90 m of Antarctica: generation and error characterization. The cryosphere. 15(11). 5241–5260. 19 indexed citations

Abdullahi, Sahra, Birgit Wessel, Martin Huber, et al.. (2019). Estimating Penetration-Related X-Band InSAR Elevation Bias: A Study over the Greenland Ice Sheet. Remote Sensing. 11(24). 2903–2903. 26 indexed citations

Wessel, Birgit, Martin Huber, Christian Wohlfart, et al.. (2018). Accuracy assessment of the global TanDEM-X Digital Elevation Model with GPS data. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. 139. 171–182. 302 indexed citations breakdown →

González, Carolina, Paola Rizzoli, Michele Martone, et al.. (2017). The New Global Digital Elevation Model :TanDEM-X DEM and its Final Performance. elib (German Aerospace Center). 8978. 3 indexed citations

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Wessel, Birgit. (2013). TanDEM-X Ground Segment – DEM Products Specification Document. elib (German Aerospace Center). 107 indexed citations

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Gruber, Astrid, et al.. (2012). Quality assessment of first TanDEM-X DEMs for different terrain types. elib (German Aerospace Center). 101–104. 9 indexed citations

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Schmitt, Andreas & Birgit Wessel. (2010). Introducing Partial Polarimetric Layers into a Curvelet-based Change Detection. elib (German Aerospace Center). 1–4. 1 indexed citations

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Wessel, Birgit, et al.. (2010). Surface Water Body Detection in High-Resolution TerraSAR-X Data using Active Contour Models. elib (German Aerospace Center). 1–4. 29 indexed citations

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Schmitt, Andreas, Birgit Wessel, & Achim Roth. (2009). CURVELET APPROACH FOR SAR IMAGE DENOISING, STRUCTURE ENHANCEMENT, AND CHANGE DETECTION. elib (German Aerospace Center). 20 indexed citations

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Huber, Martin, Birgit Wessel, Detlev Kosmann, et al.. (2009). Ensuring globally the TanDEM-X height accuracy: Analysis of the reference data sets ICESat, SRTM and KGPS-tracks. II–769. 50 indexed citations

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Wessel, Birgit, Ursula Marschalk, Astrid Gruber, et al.. (2008). Design of the DEM Mosaicking and Calibration Processor for TanDEM-X. elib (German Aerospace Center). 1–4. 28 indexed citations

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Wessel, Birgit, Martin Huber, & Achim Roth. (2007). Automatic Image-to-Image Registration of Near-Real-Time SAR Images. elib (German Aerospace Center). 2 indexed citations

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Sun, Mingui, et al.. (2006). Passing data and supplying power to neural implants. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine. 25(5). 39–46. 31 indexed citations

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Wessel, Birgit, Paul Roche, Mingui Sun, & Robert J. Sclabassi. (2005). Optimization of an implantable volume conduction antenna. PubMed. 4. 4111–4114. 7 indexed citations

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Hellwich, Olaf, Christian Heipke, & Birgit Wessel. (2002). Sensor and data fusion contest: information for mapping from airborne SAR and optical imagery. 6. 2793–2795. 10 indexed citations

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