Christoph Rüdiger

6.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
116 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Christoph Rüdiger is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Atmospheric Science and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Christoph Rüdiger has authored 116 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 91 papers in Environmental Engineering, 76 papers in Atmospheric Science and 38 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Christoph Rüdiger's work include Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing (84 papers), Precipitation Measurement and Analysis (49 papers) and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and Techniques (33 papers). Christoph Rüdiger is often cited by papers focused on Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing (84 papers), Precipitation Measurement and Analysis (49 papers) and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and Techniques (33 papers). Christoph Rüdiger collaborates with scholars based in Australia, France and United States. Christoph Rüdiger's co-authors include Jeffrey P. Walker, Jean‐Christophe Calvet, Yann H. Kerr, Clément Albergel, Rocco Panciera, Adriano Camps, Wolfgang Wagner, Nicolas Fritz, Thierry Pellarin and Olivier Merlin and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Remote Sensing of Environment.

In The Last Decade

Christoph Rüdiger

113 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

  1. Sensitivity of Sentinel-1 Backscatter to Vegetation Dynamics: An Austrian Case Study
    2018 274 citations Mariëtte Vreugdenhil, Wolfgang Wagner et al. Remote Sensing profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Christoph Rüdiger Australia 32 3.2k 2.6k 871 618 577 116 4.1k
Peggy O’Neill United States 33 3.3k 1.1× 2.7k 1.0× 417 0.5× 498 0.8× 902 1.6× 166 3.8k
Narendra N. Das United States 25 1.8k 0.6× 1.4k 0.6× 723 0.8× 365 0.6× 327 0.6× 87 2.6k
E. Santi Italy 31 2.5k 0.8× 1.8k 0.7× 397 0.5× 250 0.4× 897 1.6× 190 3.3k
Jinyang Du China 28 1.9k 0.6× 2.3k 0.9× 1.5k 1.7× 238 0.4× 202 0.4× 111 3.8k
Ji Zhou China 36 2.7k 0.9× 2.0k 0.8× 1.7k 2.0× 396 0.6× 348 0.6× 159 4.6k
Jun Wen China 32 1.8k 0.6× 2.3k 0.9× 1.2k 1.3× 529 0.9× 170 0.3× 152 3.3k
André Chanzy France 27 2.0k 0.6× 1.6k 0.6× 392 0.5× 505 0.8× 379 0.7× 73 2.5k
Christian Massari Italy 39 2.3k 0.7× 2.6k 1.0× 1.6k 1.8× 998 1.6× 203 0.4× 130 4.6k
S. Paloscia Italy 37 4.0k 1.3× 2.7k 1.1× 370 0.4× 313 0.5× 1.8k 3.0× 221 4.6k
R. J. Gurney United Kingdom 24 1.5k 0.5× 1.5k 0.6× 1.3k 1.5× 408 0.7× 142 0.2× 106 2.9k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christoph Rüdiger

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All Works

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Muñoz-Martín, Joan Francesc, R. Onrubia, Daniel Pascual, et al.. (2021). Single-Pass Soil Moisture Retrieval Using GNSS-R at L1 and L5 Bands: Results from Airborne Experiment. Remote Sensing. 13(4). 797–797. 29 indexed citations
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Vasco, D. W., et al.. (2021). Interferometric SAR modelling of near surface data to improve geological model in the Surat Basin, Australia. Journal of Applied Geophysics. 194. 104444–104444. 3 indexed citations
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Vreugdenhil, Mariëtte, Wolfgang Wagner, Bernhard Bauer-Marschallinger, et al.. (2018). Sensitivity of Sentinel-1 Backscatter to Vegetation Dynamics: An Austrian Case Study. Remote Sensing. 10(9). 1396–1396. 274 indexed citations breakdown →
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Rüdiger, Christoph, et al.. (2018). Determining the minimum sampling frequency for ground measurements of burn severity. International Journal of Wildland Fire. 27(6). 387–395. 2 indexed citations
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Rüdiger, Christoph, et al.. (2017). Variability of soil moisture proxies and hot days across the climate regimes of Australia. Geophysical Research Letters. 44(14). 7265–7275. 23 indexed citations
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Brocca, Luca, Thierry Pellarin, Wade T. Crow, et al.. (2016). Rainfall estimation by inverting SMOS soil moisture estimates: A comparison of different methods over Australia. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 121(20). 66 indexed citations
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Yee, Mei Sun, Jason Beringer, Valentijn Pauwels, et al.. (2014). Measuring evapotranspiration: comparison of eddy covariance, scintillometers and enclosed chambers. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 4590. 1 indexed citations
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Yee, Mei Sun, et al.. (2013). Towards land surface model validation from using satellite retrieved soil moisture. Piantadosi, J., Anderssen, R.S. and Boland J. (eds) MODSIM2013, 20th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation. 4 indexed citations
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Walker, Jeffrey P., et al.. (2012). The AACES field experiments: SMOS calibration and validation across the Murrumbidgee River catchment. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 16(6). 1697–1708. 58 indexed citations
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Rüdiger, Christoph, Jeffrey P. Walker, Yann H. Kerr, et al.. (2011). Validation of the Level 1c and Level 2 SMOS products with airborne and ground-based observations. Chan, F., Marinova, D. and Anderssen, R.S. (eds) MODSIM2011, 19th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation.. 8 indexed citations
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Ye, Nan, et al.. (2011). The effect of urban cover fraction on the retrieval of space-borne surface soil moisture at L-band. Chan, F., Marinova, D. and Anderssen, R.S. (eds) MODSIM2011, 19th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation.. 3 indexed citations
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Wu, Xiaoling, et al.. (2011). Towards medium-resolution brightness temperature retrieval from active and passive microwave. Chan, F., Marinova, D. and Anderssen, R.S. (eds) MODSIM2011, 19th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation.. 3 indexed citations
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Walker, Jeffrey P., et al.. (2011). Towards soil hydraulic parameter retrieval from land surface models using near-surface soil moisture data. Chan, F., Marinova, D. and Anderssen, R.S. (eds) MODSIM2011, 19th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation.. 4 indexed citations
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Albergel, Clément, Jean‐Christophe Calvet, Jean‐François Mahfouf, et al.. (2010). Monitoring of water and carbon fluxes using a land data assimilation system: a case study for southwestern France. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 14(6). 1109–1124. 67 indexed citations
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Albergel, Clément, Christoph Rüdiger, Dominique Carrer, et al.. (2009). An evaluation of ASCAT surface soil moisture products with in-situ observations in Southwestern France. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 13(2). 115–124. 176 indexed citations
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Brut, Aurore, Christoph Rüdiger, S. Lafont, et al.. (2009). Modelling LAI at a regional scale with ISBA-A-gs: comparison with satellite-derived LAI over southwestern France. Biogeosciences. 6(8). 1389–1404. 32 indexed citations
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Rüdiger, Christoph, et al.. (2009). MoistureMap: A soil moisture monitoring, prediction and reporting system for sustainable land and water management. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2009. 1 indexed citations
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Albergel, Clément, Christoph Rüdiger, Thierry Pellarin, et al.. (2008). From near-surface to root-zone soil moisture using an exponential filter: an assessment of the method based on in-situ observations and model simulations. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 12(6). 1323–1337. 388 indexed citations
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Albergel, Clément, Christoph Rüdiger, Dominique Carrer, et al.. (2008). An evaluation of ASCAT surface soil moisture products with in-situ observations in southwestern France. 8 indexed citations
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Rüdiger, Christoph, Jean‐Christophe Calvet, Jean‐François Mahfouf, et al.. (2007). Assimilation of land surface variables for model initialisation at Meteo-France. Congress on Modelling and Simulation. 1716–1722. 2 indexed citations

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