Marco Fossa

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
119 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Marco Fossa is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Mechanical Engineering and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Marco Fossa has authored 119 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 40 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 31 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in Marco Fossa's work include Geothermal Energy Systems and Applications (32 papers), Soil and Unsaturated Flow (21 papers) and Heat Transfer and Optimization (20 papers). Marco Fossa is often cited by papers focused on Geothermal Energy Systems and Applications (32 papers), Soil and Unsaturated Flow (21 papers) and Heat Transfer and Optimization (20 papers). Marco Fossa collaborates with scholars based in Italy, France and Australia. Marco Fossa's co-authors include G. Guglielmini, Antonella Priarone, Annalisa Marchitto, A. Boccalatte, Giovanni Tanda, Francesco Devia, Christophe Ménézo, Christophe Ménézo, E. Leonardi and Roberto Sacile and has published in prestigious journals such as Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Applied Energy and International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer.

In The Last Decade

Marco Fossa

118 papers receiving 2.2k citations

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Smart Sensors and Smart Data for Precision Agriculture: A Review

2024 104 citations Abdellatif Soussi, Enrico Zero et al. Sensors profile →

Peers

Marco Fossa

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Wey H. Leong Canada

Mahmood Yaghoubi Iran

Guohui Gan United Kingdom

Eduardo Blanco Spain

Yiqiang Jiang China

Hal Gurgenci Australia

Elizaldo Domingues dos Santos Brazil

Luíz Alberto Oliveira Rocha Brazil

Liércio André Isoldi Brazil

Yong Sheng United Kingdom

Wey H. Leong Canada

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Countries citing papers authored by Marco Fossa

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Marco Fossa

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Thebault, Martin, et al.. (2025). Optimal tilt angles for bifacial photovoltaic plants across Europe based on cumulative sky and Typical Meteorological Year data. Solar Energy. 293. 113475–113475. 5 indexed citations

Fossa, Marco, et al.. (2025). Best tilt of PV system in Canada: Effect of the sky radiation model and climate conditions. Renewable Energy. 254. 123716–123716. 1 indexed citations

Fossa, Marco, et al.. (2025). Sky radiance distribution based model for rear and front insolation estimation on PV bifacial modules. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 289. 113677–113677. 2 indexed citations

Fossa, Marco, et al.. (2025). A Review and Comparative Analysis of Solar Tracking Systems. Energies. 18(10). 2553–2553. 7 indexed citations

Fossa, Marco, et al.. (2024). Extended version at 25 years of the ASHRAE-Tp8 method for the design of BHE fields operating with geothermal heat pumps. Geothermics. 123. 103128–103128. 1 indexed citations

Fossa, Marco, et al.. (2024). Extending the ASHRAE method to a 25-year horizon through the Tp8 model for temperature penalty accurate estimation. CINECA IRIS Institutial Research Information System (University of Genoa). 1 indexed citations

Soussi, Abdellatif, Enrico Zero, Roberto Sacile, Daniele Trinchero, & Marco Fossa. (2024). Smart Sensors and Smart Data for Precision Agriculture: A Review. Sensors. 24(8). 2647–2647. 104 indexed citations breakdown →

Boccalatte, A., Martin Thebault, Riccardo Paolini, et al.. (2023). Assessing the combined effects of local climate and mounting configuration on the electrical and thermal performance of photovoltaic systems. Application to the greater Sydney area. Renewable Energy. 219. 119478–119478. 3 indexed citations

Fossa, Marco, et al.. (2023). Ray tracing analysis of linear Fresnel concentrators and the effect of plant azimuth on their optical efficiency. Renewable Energy. 216. 119121–119121. 6 indexed citations

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Pasquier, Philippe, et al.. (2023). A spectral method aimed at explaining the role of the heat transfer rate when the Infinite Line Source model is applied to Thermal Response Test analyses. Geothermics. 111. 102722–102722. 11 indexed citations

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Priarone, Antonella, et al.. (2023). Low-Cost Distributed Thermal Response Test for the Estimation of Thermal Ground and Grout Conductivities in Geothermal Heat Pump Applications. Energies. 16(21). 7393–7393. 2 indexed citations

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Fossa, Marco, et al.. (2023). Accurate design of BHE fields for geothermal heat pump systems: The ASHRAE-Tp8 method compared to non aggregated schemes applied to different European test cases. Energy and Buildings. 303. 113814–113814. 5 indexed citations

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Boccalatte, A., Martin Thebault, Christophe Ménézo, Julien Ramousse, & Marco Fossa. (2022). Evaluating the impact of urban morphology on rooftop solar radiation: A new city-scale approach based on Geneva GIS data. Energy and Buildings. 260. 111919–111919. 49 indexed citations

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Beier, Richard A., et al.. (2020). Models of thermal response tests on deep coaxial borehole heat exchangers through multiple ground layers. Applied Thermal Engineering. 184. 116241–116241. 38 indexed citations

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Fossa, Marco, et al.. (2003). The measurement of interface velocity in solid–liquid slugging fluidised beds. Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science. 28(1). 37–44. 1 indexed citations

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Fossa, Marco & Giovanni Tanda. (2002). Free convection frost formation on a cold plate in a vertical channel. CINECA IRIS Institutial Research Information System (University of Genoa). 1 indexed citations

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Fossa, Marco & Renzo Di Felice. (2000). Dynamic measurements of particle concentration in solid-liquid slugging suspensions. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part E Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering. 214(3). 209–215. 3 indexed citations

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Fossa, Marco. (1998). Design and performance of a conductance probe for measuring the liquid fraction in two-phase gas-liquid flows. Flow Measurement and Instrumentation. 9(2). 103–109. 148 indexed citations

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Fossa, Marco, Corrado Schenone, & Maurizio Schenone. (1995). Discrete modelling of road traffic noise in urban areas. CINECA IRIS Institutial Research Information System (University of Genoa).

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Fossa, Marco, et al.. (1989). A Vision Architecture for Navigation. 325–335. 3 indexed citations

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