Manfred Zink

4.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
162 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Manfred Zink is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Environmental Engineering and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Manfred Zink has authored 162 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 146 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 59 papers in Environmental Engineering and 47 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Manfred Zink's work include Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and Techniques (134 papers), Advanced SAR Imaging Techniques (89 papers) and Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing (58 papers). Manfred Zink is often cited by papers focused on Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and Techniques (134 papers), Advanced SAR Imaging Techniques (89 papers) and Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing (58 papers). Manfred Zink collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Netherlands. Manfred Zink's co-authors include Gerhard Krieger, Alberto Moreira, Irena Hajnsek, Marwan Younis, Marian Werner, Hauke Fiedler, Markus Bachmann, Daniel Schulze, Paola Rizzoli and Michele Martone and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Remote Sensing of Environment and IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing.

In The Last Decade

Manfred Zink

149 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

TanDEM-X: A Satellite Formation for High-Resolution SAR I... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 2017 400 800 1.2k

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Manfred Zink Germany 19 2.7k 1.3k 1.2k 381 359 162 3.6k
A. Freeman United States 31 4.0k 1.5× 1.0k 0.8× 2.4k 1.9× 324 0.9× 501 1.4× 142 5.0k
Thomas Fritz Germany 22 2.1k 0.8× 874 0.7× 777 0.6× 256 0.7× 468 1.3× 114 2.8k
Markus Bachmann Germany 24 1.9k 0.7× 893 0.7× 830 0.7× 230 0.6× 231 0.6× 135 2.7k
Kun‐Shan Chen China 31 1.3k 0.5× 1.4k 1.1× 1.7k 1.4× 167 0.4× 373 1.0× 210 3.6k
S.N. Madsen United States 27 3.2k 1.2× 1.5k 1.2× 1.4k 1.1× 855 2.2× 286 0.8× 85 4.3k
S. Hensley United States 16 2.2k 0.8× 1.1k 0.8× 958 0.8× 656 1.7× 213 0.6× 42 3.1k
Franz J. Meyer United States 29 1.5k 0.5× 1.1k 0.8× 462 0.4× 184 0.5× 311 0.9× 167 2.8k
J.J. van Zyl United States 28 3.8k 1.4× 1.6k 1.3× 3.1k 2.5× 543 1.4× 444 1.2× 83 5.4k
Giovanni Nico Italy 28 1.5k 0.6× 802 0.6× 633 0.5× 547 1.4× 510 1.4× 147 2.4k
Francesco De Zan Germany 26 2.8k 1.1× 1.0k 0.8× 1.2k 1.0× 503 1.3× 231 0.6× 128 3.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Manfred Zink

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Moreira, Alberto, Gerhard Krieger, Carolina González, Matteo Nannini, & Manfred Zink. (2019). Tandem-L: A Highly Innovative Bistatic SAR Mission for Monitoring Earth's System Dynamics. elib (German Aerospace Center). 18927.
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Schwerdt, Marco, Kersten Schmidt, Núria Tous Ramon, et al.. (2018). Radiometric Performance of the TerraSAR-X Mission over More Than Ten Years of Operation. Remote Sensing. 10(5). 754–754. 9 indexed citations
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Schwerdt, Marco, Kersten Schmidt, Núria Tous Ramon, et al.. (2017). Independent System Calibration of Sentinel-1B. Remote Sensing. 9(6). 511–511. 64 indexed citations
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Schwerdt, Marco, et al.. (2016). Sentinel-1B Independent In-Orbit System Calibration- First Results -. 1–4. 4 indexed citations
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Schwerdt, Marco, et al.. (2014). Independent Verification of the Sentinel-1A System Calibration- First Results -. 1–4. 6 indexed citations
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Rizzoli, Paola, Benjamin Bräutigam, & Manfred Zink. (2014). TanDEM-X Large-Scale Study of Tropical Rainforests for Spaceborne SAR Calibration in X-band. elib (German Aerospace Center). 71(1-2). 1–4. 2 indexed citations
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Schulze, Daniel, Markus Bachmann, Paola Rizzoli, et al.. (2014). Status of TanDEM-X DEM Acquisition, Calibration and Performance. elib (German Aerospace Center). 1–4. 2 indexed citations
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Zink, Manfred. (2014). TanDEM-X: Key Features and Mission Status. elib (German Aerospace Center). 1–4. 3 indexed citations
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Snoeij, P., Björn Rommen, Dirk Geudtner, et al.. (2013). Sentinel-1 In-Orbit Calibration Approach. elib (German Aerospace Center). 722(3). 159–38. 3 indexed citations
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Snoeij, P., Dirk Geudtner, Michael Brown, et al.. (2012). Sentinel-1 in-orbit calibration plan. European Radar Conference. 334–336. 2 indexed citations
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Samaniego, Luis, Rohit Kumar, & Manfred Zink. (2011). Extreme drought events in Germany during the last 60 yrs. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2011. 1 indexed citations
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Zink, Manfred, et al.. (2010). TanDEM-X: Mission Overview and Status. 1–4. 7 indexed citations
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Kahle, Ralph, et al.. (2010). Extending the TerraSAR-X Ground Segment for TanDEM-X. 1–4. 6 indexed citations
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Schwerdt, Marco, et al.. (2010). In-Orbit Calibration Plan of Sentinel-1. elib (German Aerospace Center). 1–4. 7 indexed citations
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Zink, Manfred, et al.. (2005). TerraSAR-L Product Philosophy. ESASP. 572. 2 indexed citations
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Zink, Manfred. (2003). Update on Antenna Elevation Pattern Estimation from Rain Forest Data. ESA Special Publication. 531. 2 indexed citations
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Hounam, D., Betlem Rosich, Thomas Börner, et al.. (2002). SAR PRODUCT CONTROL SOFTWARE. elib (German Aerospace Center). 526. 5. 2 indexed citations
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Zink, Manfred, et al.. (2001). The radar imaging instrument and its applications: ASAR. 106. 46–55. 8 indexed citations
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Zink, Manfred, et al.. (1995). Next Generation SAR - External Calibration.. Annals of Emergency Medicine. 17(8). 860–1. 4 indexed citations
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Zink, Manfred. (1993). Calibration of SAR systems. OpenGrey (Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique). 2 indexed citations

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