François Spoto is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Ocean Engineering and Media Technology.
According to data from OpenAlex, François Spoto has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 7 papers in Ocean Engineering and 3 papers in Media Technology. Recurrent topics in François Spoto's work include Calibration and Measurement Techniques (8 papers), Satellite Image Processing and Photogrammetry (7 papers) and Infrared Target Detection Methodologies (6 papers). François Spoto is often cited by papers focused on Calibration and Measurement Techniques (8 papers), Satellite Image Processing and Photogrammetry (7 papers) and Infrared Target Detection Methodologies (6 papers). François Spoto collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, France and Italy. François Spoto's co-authors include Philippe Martimort, Omar Sy, Aimé Meygret, Valérie Fernandez, Ferran Gascon, Paolo Laberinti, Bianca Hoersch, Olivier Colin, Umberto Del Bello and Claudia Isola and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Remote Sensing of Environment and Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE.
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François Spoto
14 papers
receiving
3.2k citations
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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.
Sentinel-2: ESA's Optical High-Resolution Mission for GMES Operational Services
20123.0k citationsMatthias Drusch, Umberto Del Bello et al.Remote Sensing of Environmentprofile →
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of François Spoto
This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of François Spoto.
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Fernandez, Valérie, Philippe Martimort, François Spoto, Omar Sy, & Paolo Laberinti. (2013). Overview of Sentinel-2. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 8889. 88890K–88890K.3 indexed citations
Drusch, Matthias, Umberto Del Bello, Olivier Colin, et al.. (2012). Sentinel-2: ESA's Optical High-Resolution Mission for GMES Operational Services. Remote Sensing of Environment. 120. 25–36.3003 indexed citations breakdown →
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Meygret, Aimé, C. Déchoz, Philippe Martimort, et al.. (2011). SENTINEL-2 level 1-image processing and performances. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 8153. 81530P–81530P.2 indexed citations
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Isola, Claudia, Matthias Drusch, Ferran Gascon, et al.. (2010). Sentinel-2 Optical High Resolution Mission for GMES Land Operational Services. EGUGA. 9476.1 indexed citations
Meygret, Aimé, Ferran Gascon, C. Déchoz, et al.. (2009). SENTINEL-2 image quality and level 1 processing. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7452. 74520D–74520D.11 indexed citations
Martimort, Philippe, Michael Berger, Umberto Del Bello, et al.. (2007). Sentinel-2 - the optical high-resolution mission for GMES operational services. 131. 18–23.28 indexed citations
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Spoto, François, et al.. (2001). The Envisat satellite and its integration. 106. 26–45.16 indexed citations
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