Manfred Owe

5.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
65 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Manfred Owe is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Manfred Owe has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Environmental Engineering, 42 papers in Atmospheric Science and 13 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Manfred Owe's work include Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing (46 papers), Precipitation Measurement and Analysis (26 papers) and Climate change and permafrost (18 papers). Manfred Owe is often cited by papers focused on Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing (46 papers), Precipitation Measurement and Analysis (26 papers) and Climate change and permafrost (18 papers). Manfred Owe collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Australia. Manfred Owe's co-authors include Richard de Jeu, A.A. van de Griend, Thomas Holmes, Jeffrey P. Walker, A. J. Dolman, E. G. Njoku, A. G. C. A. Meesters, Rolf H. Reichle, Sarith Mahanama and Ping Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control and Remote Sensing of Environment.

In The Last Decade

Manfred Owe

61 papers receiving 4.2k 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.

Multisensor historical climatology of satellite‐derived global land surface moisture

2008 803 citations Manfred Owe, Richard de Jeu et al. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres profile →
On the relationship between thermal emissivity and the normalized difference vegetation index for natural surfaces

1993 590 citations A.A. van de Griend, Manfred Owe profile →
A methodology for surface soil moisture and vegetation optical depth retrieval using the microwave polarization difference index

2001 572 citations Manfred Owe, Richard de Jeu et al. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience 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
Manfred Owe United States	26	3.5k	3.0k	1.4k	546	478	65	4.4k
Ahmad Al Bitar France	38	4.4k 1.3×	3.5k 1.1×	1.2k 0.9×	703 1.3×	904 1.9×	112	5.7k
Eric B. Jaeger Switzerland	9	1.9k 0.6×	2.7k 0.9×	3.0k 2.2×	563 1.0×	203 0.4×	10	4.6k
A.A. van de Griend Netherlands	24	1.6k 0.5×	1.2k 0.4×	849 0.6×	279 0.5×	269 0.6×	39	2.2k
Olivier Merlin France	40	3.6k 1.1×	2.8k 0.9×	1.5k 1.1×	811 1.5×	458 1.0×	118	4.8k
Maria‐José Escorihuela France	28	3.4k 1.0×	3.0k 1.0×	787 0.6×	554 1.0×	494 1.0×	72	4.5k
Arnaud Mialon France	33	3.5k 1.0×	3.1k 1.0×	825 0.6×	491 0.9×	504 1.1×	96	4.3k
Robert Parinussa Australia	29	3.4k 1.0×	3.4k 1.1×	1.6k 1.2×	699 1.3×	304 0.6×	55	4.7k
Jean‐Christophe Calvet France	48	5.5k 1.6×	5.2k 1.7×	2.8k 2.0×	1.1k 2.0×	826 1.7×	177	7.9k
Minha Choi South Korea	37	2.0k 0.6×	1.5k 0.5×	2.2k 1.6×	652 1.2×	330 0.7×	160	4.1k
Vahid Naeimi Austria	22	2.4k 0.7×	2.3k 0.7×	804 0.6×	458 0.8×	303 0.6×	50	3.2k

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Jeu, Richard de, Thomas Holmes, Robert Parinussa, & Manfred Owe. (2014). A spatially coherent global soil moisture product with improved temporal resolution. Journal of Hydrology. 516. 284–296. 50 indexed citations

Gouweleeuw, Ben, et al.. (2012). Assimilation of space-based passive microwave soil moisture retrievals and the correction for a dynamic open water fraction. 1 indexed citations

Gouweleeuw, Ben, et al.. (2012). Space-based passive microwave soil moisture retrievals and the correction for a dynamic open water fraction. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 16(6). 1635–1645. 22 indexed citations

Holmes, Thomas, et al.. (2009). Reply to comment by J. Wang and R. L. Bras on “Estimating the soil temperature profile from a single depth observation: A simple empirical heatflow solution”. Water Resources Research. 45(3). 2 indexed citations

Owe, Manfred, Richard de Jeu, & Thomas Holmes. (2008). Multisensor historical climatology of satellite‐derived global land surface moisture. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 113(F1). 803 indexed citations breakdown →

Liu, Ping, et al.. (2007). 地球観測系用の改良マイクロ波操作放射計(AMSR-E)及び走査型多重チャネルマイクロ波放射計(SMMR)による全球土壌水分抽出の比較と同化. 112. 9108. 1 indexed citations

Jeu, Richard de & Manfred Owe. (2003). Derivation of a global soil moisture and vegetation database from passive microwave signals. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 4879. 184–184. 3 indexed citations

Owe, Manfred & Guido D’Urso. (2002). Remote Sensing for Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Hydrology III. 4542. 3 indexed citations

Owe, Manfred, et al.. (2001). Estimating long term surface soil moisture from satellite microwave observations in Illinois, USA.. IAHS-AISH publication. 394–399. 1 indexed citations

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Owe, Manfred, Guido D’Urso, & Eugenio Zilioli. (2001). Remote sensing for agriculture, ecosystems, and hydrology II : 25-27 September, 2000, Barcelona, Spain. SPIE eBooks.

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Owe, Manfred, Richard de Jeu, & Jeffrey P. Walker. (2001). A methodology for surface soil moisture and vegetation optical depth retrieval using the microwave polarization difference index. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 39(8). 1643–1654. 572 indexed citations breakdown →

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Owe, Manfred, et al.. (1996). Measurement and behaviour of dual-polarization vegetation optical depth and single scattering albedo at 1.4 and 5 GHz Microwave frequencies.. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 957–965. 1 indexed citations

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Gouweleeuw, Ben, A.A. van de Griend, & Manfred Owe. (1996). Estimation of “Effective” Soil Hydraulic Properties by Top Soil Moisture and Evaporation Modeling Applied to an Arable Site in Central Spain. Water Resources Research. 32(5). 1387–1392. 3 indexed citations

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Griend, A.A. van de, et al.. (1996). Measurement and behavior of dual-polarization vegetation optical depth and single scattering albedo at 1.4- and 5-GHz microwave frequencies. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 34(4). 957–965. 42 indexed citations

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Owe, Manfred, et al.. (1993). Modelling of longterm surface moisture and monitoring vegetation response by satellite in semi-arid Botswana. GeoJournal. 29(4). 335–342. 7 indexed citations

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Griend, A.A. van de, Manfred Owe, H. F. Vugts, & Stephen D. Prince. (1989). Water and Surface Energy Balance Modeling in Botswana. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 70(11). 1404–1411. 12 indexed citations

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Owe, Manfred, et al.. (1989). Large are variability in climate-based soil moisture estimates and implications for remote sensing. GeoJournal. 19(2). 3 indexed citations

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Owe, Manfred. (1989). The utility of climatic station data in making hourly potential evapotranspiration estimates for remote sensing studies. Journal of Hydrology. 107(1-4). 99–111. 4 indexed citations

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Foster, James L., et al.. (1986). Measurements of the north polar cap of Mars and the Earth's northern hemisphere ice and snow cover. Earth Moon and Planets. 35(3). 223–235. 5 indexed citations

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Foster, James L., et al.. (1985). Comparisons of the North Polar Cap of Mars and the Earth's Northern Hemisphere snow cover. NASA STI Repository (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). 85. 34728. 2 indexed citations

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