Kostas Papathanassiou

4.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
78 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Kostas Papathanassiou is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Environmental Engineering and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Kostas Papathanassiou has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 48 papers in Environmental Engineering and 27 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Kostas Papathanassiou's work include Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and Techniques (66 papers), Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing (35 papers) and Cryospheric studies and observations (25 papers). Kostas Papathanassiou is often cited by papers focused on Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and Techniques (66 papers), Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing (35 papers) and Cryospheric studies and observations (25 papers). Kostas Papathanassiou collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Italy and France. Kostas Papathanassiou's co-authors include Irena Hajnsek, Alberto Moreira, Thomas L. Ainsworth, M.R. Grunes, S. Quegan, Lars M. H. Ulander, Herman H. Shugart, Thuy Le Toan, F. Rocca and Sassan Saatchi and has published in prestigious journals such as Remote Sensing of Environment, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing and Electronics Letters.

In The Last Decade

Kostas Papathanassiou

76 papers receiving 2.8k citations

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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.

The BIOMASS mission: Mapping global forest biomass to better understand the terrestrial carbon cycle

2011 525 citations Thuy Le Toan, S. Quegan et al. profile →
Three-stage inversion process for polarimetric SAR interferometry

2003 507 citations Kostas Papathanassiou et al. IEE Proceedings - Radar Sonar and Navigation profile →
Radar Remote Sensing of Agricultural Canopies: A Review

2017 274 citations Kostas Papathanassiou et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kostas Papathanassiou Germany	21	2.1k	1.8k	787	506	479	78	3.0k
Paul Siqueira United States	23	1.1k 0.5×	1.2k 0.7×	589 0.7×	498 1.0×	314 0.7×	124	2.2k
Stefano Tebaldini Italy	30	2.8k 1.3×	1.7k 1.0×	699 0.9×	232 0.5×	807 1.7×	200	3.4k
E. Santi Italy	31	897 0.4×	2.5k 1.4×	1.8k 2.2×	528 1.0×	268 0.6×	190	3.3k
Dinh Ho Tong Minh France	21	791 0.4×	1.0k 0.6×	474 0.6×	817 1.6×	311 0.6×	50	2.0k
Johan E. S. Fransson Sweden	29	1.0k 0.5×	2.1k 1.2×	393 0.5×	846 1.7×	284 0.6×	126	2.6k
Lars M. H. Ulander Sweden	38	4.3k 2.0×	3.0k 1.7×	1.1k 1.4×	843 1.7×	709 1.5×	264	6.0k
S. Paloscia Italy	37	1.8k 0.8×	4.0k 2.3×	2.7k 3.5×	692 1.4×	325 0.7×	221	4.6k
Mohammad El Hajj France	28	774 0.4×	1.9k 1.1×	1.2k 1.6×	729 1.4×	200 0.4×	55	2.6k
Jaan Praks Finland	27	1.1k 0.5×	811 0.5×	469 0.6×	423 0.8×	216 0.5×	175	2.3k
M.C. Dobson United States	30	2.3k 1.1×	3.7k 2.1×	1.6k 2.0×	871 1.7×	383 0.8×	109	5.0k

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Antropov, Oleg, Jukka Miettinen, Tuomas Häme, et al.. (2022). Intercomparison of Earth Observation Data and Methods for Forest Mapping in the Context of Forest Carbon Monitoring. IGARSS 2022 - 2022 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. 5777–5780. 2 indexed citations

Hajnsek, Irena, et al.. (2018). Mapping the Ice Zones of West Greenland Using Multi-Frequency Polarimetric SAR Data. elib (German Aerospace Center). 1 indexed citations

Cazcarra-Bes, Victor, et al.. (2016). Assessment of forest structure estimation by means of SAR Tomography: Potential and limitations. 32–35. 7 indexed citations

Hajnsek, Irena, Masanobu Shimada, Michael Eineder, et al.. (2014). Tandem-L: Science Requirements and Mission Concept. elib (German Aerospace Center). 1–4. 15 indexed citations

Pardini, Matteo, et al.. (2012). On the estimation of forest vertical structure from multibaseline polarimetric SAR data. elib (German Aerospace Center). 48. 3443–3446. 16 indexed citations

Pardini, Matteo, Kostas Papathanassiou, Vittorio Bianco, & Antonio Iodice. (2012). Phase calibration of multibaseline SAR data based on a minimum entropy criterion. elib (German Aerospace Center). 5198–5201. 28 indexed citations

Toan, Thuy Le, Lars M. H. Ulander, Kostas Papathanassiou, et al.. (2012). The BIOMASS mission retrieval algorithms: Results from recent campaigns. Chalmers Research (Chalmers University of Technology). 15. 5546–5549. 1 indexed citations

Zan, Francesco De, Marwan Younis, Kostas Papathanassiou, et al.. (2011). BIOMASS end-to-end mission simulation and performance assessment. elib (German Aerospace Center). 1 indexed citations

Hajnsek, Irena & Kostas Papathanassiou. (2010). Fully Polarimetric Terrasar-X Data: Data Quality and Scientific Analysis. elib (German Aerospace Center). 79(9). 978–978. 4 indexed citations

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Sauer, Stefan, Florian Kugler, Seung-Kuk Lee, & Kostas Papathanassiou. (2010). Polarimetric Decomposition Applied to 3D SAR Images of Forested Terrain. elib (German Aerospace Center). 1–4. 1 indexed citations

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Caicoya, Astor Toraño, Florian Kugler, Kostas Papathanassiou, Peter Biber, & Hans Pretzsch. (2010). Biomass estimation as a function of vertical forest structure and forest height - Potential and limitations for Radar Remote Sensing. 1–4. 20 indexed citations

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Hensley, Scott, Curtis Chen, Baris I. Erkmen, et al.. (2010). A Performance Estimation Methodology for DESDynI. 1–4. 2 indexed citations

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Scipal, Klaus, Jérôme Chave, Jørgen Dall, et al.. (2010). The BIOMASS mission — An ESA Earth Explorer candidate to measure the BIOMASS of the earth's forests. Chalmers Publication Library (Chalmers University of Technology). 52–55. 24 indexed citations

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Lee, Seung-Kuk, Florian Kugler, Irena Hajnsek, & Kostas Papathanassiou. (2010). The potential and challenges of polarimetric SAR interferometry: techniques for forest parameter estimation at P-band. Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich). 1–3. 3 indexed citations

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Moreira, Alberto, Irena Hajnsek, Gerhard Krieger, et al.. (2009). TANDEM-L: MONITORING THE EARTH'S DYNAMICS WITH INSAR AND POL-INSAR. ESASP. 668(7-9). 2–6. 38 indexed citations

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Scheiber, Rolf, Irena Hajnsek, Ralf Horn, et al.. (2008). Recent Developments and Applications of Multi-Pass Airborne Interferometric SAR using the E-SAR System. elib (German Aerospace Center). 1–4. 5 indexed citations

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Touzi, R., et al.. (2006). On the use of Symmetric Target Tilt Angle for PALSAR Calibration. 38. 340–343. 1 indexed citations

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Grunes, M.R., et al.. (2005). Forest Classification Based on L-Band Polarimetric and Interferometric SAR Data. ESASP. 586. 6. 11 indexed citations

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Krieger, Gerhard, H. Fiedler, Josef Mittermayer, Kostas Papathanassiou, & Alberto Moreira. (2003). Analysis of multistatic configurations for spaceborne SAR interferometry. IEE Proceedings - Radar Sonar and Navigation. 150(3). 87–96. 81 indexed citations

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Papathanassiou, Kostas, et al.. (2003). Three-stage inversion process for polarimetric SAR interferometry. IEE Proceedings - Radar Sonar and Navigation. 150(3). 125–134. 507 indexed citations breakdown →

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