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.
New global forest/non-forest maps from ALOS PALSAR data (2007–2010)
2014534 citationsMasanobu Shimada, Takuya Itoh et al.profile →
The Global Mangrove Watch—A New 2010 Global Baseline of Mangrove Extent
2018474 citationsÅke Rosenqvist, Takuya Itoh et al.Remote Sensingprofile →
PALSAR Radiometric and Geometric Calibration
2009458 citationsMasanobu Shimada, Osamu Isoguchi et al.profile →
ALOS PALSAR: A Pathfinder Mission for Global-Scale Monitoring of the Environment
2007409 citationsÅke Rosenqvist, Masanobu Shimada et al.profile →
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Shimada, Masanobu, Noriyuki Kawano, Manabu Watanabe, Takeshi Motooka, & Masato Ohki. (2013). Calibration and validation of the Pi-SAR-L2. IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar.25 indexed citations
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Thapa, Rajesh Bahadur, Masanobu Shimada, Manabu Watanabe, Takeshi Motohka, & Tomohiro Shiraishi. (2013). L-band SAR data and spatially explicit model to analyse forest loss between 2007 and 2030 in central Sumatra. IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar. 108–111.2 indexed citations
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Shimada, Masanobu, Manabu Watanabe, Takeshi Motooka, et al.. (2011). Generation of 10m resolution PALSAR and JERS-1 SAR MOSAIC and forest/non-forest maps for forest carbon trackning. IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar. 1–4.1 indexed citations
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Shimada, Masanobu, et al.. (2010). The First Bistatic SAR Experiment with the Spaceborne SAR : PALSAR and the Airborne SAR : Pi-SAR-L. IEICE Technical Report; IEICE Tech. Rep.. 110(348). 49–52.1 indexed citations
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Gambardella, Attilio, et al.. (2009). SEA OIL SLICK OBSERVATION BY MEANS OF FULLY-POLARIMETRIC ALOS PALSAR DATA. ESASP. 668. 60.1 indexed citations
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Shimada, Masanobu & Masato Ohki. (2008). PALSAR Polarimetry - Two years experiences for calibration. 1–4.1 indexed citations
Shimada, Masanobu. (2007). The Overview of ALOS. National Remote Sensing Bulletin. 27(4). 394–396.2 indexed citations
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Shimada, Masanobu, Osamu Isoguchi, Takeo Tadono, R. Higuchi, & Kazuo Isono. (2007). Palsar Calibration and Validation. 23(1). 36–42.2 indexed citations
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Nishimura, Y, et al.. (2007). Crustal Deformation Caused by Earthquake Detected by InSAR Technique Using ALOS/PALSAR Data. AGUFM. 2007.4 indexed citations
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Shimada, Masanobu, et al.. (2006). Interferometric capabilities of ALOS PALSAR and its utilization. ESASP. 610. 34.5 indexed citations
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Ouchi, Kazuo, Haipeng Wang, Manabu Watanabe, et al.. (2005). On the Forest Biomass and the Order Parameter of K-Distribution in High-Resolution Airborne Polarimetric SAR Data. IEICE Technical Report; IEICE Tech. Rep.. 104(699). 5–9.1 indexed citations
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Shimada, Masanobu, Åke Rosenqvist, Manabu Watanabe, & Takeo Tadono. (2005). The Polarimetric and Interferometric Potential of ALOS PALSAR. ESASP. 586. 41.15 indexed citations
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Kobayashi, Tatsuharu, Makoto Satake, Seiho Uratsuka, et al.. (2000). Airborne Dual-Frequency Polarimetric and Interferometric SAR. IEICE Transactions on Communications. 83(9). 1945–1954.34 indexed citations
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