P. Paillou

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

P. Paillou is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Ocean Engineering and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, P. Paillou has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Environmental Engineering, 11 papers in Ocean Engineering and 10 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in P. Paillou's work include Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing (12 papers), Geophysical Methods and Applications (10 papers) and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and Techniques (10 papers). P. Paillou is often cited by papers focused on Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing (12 papers), Geophysical Methods and Applications (10 papers) and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and Techniques (10 papers). P. Paillou collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Germany. P. Paillou's co-authors include Malcolm Davidson, S. Quegan, Herman H. Shugart, Stephen Plummer, F. Rocca, Lars M. H. Ulander, Heiko Balzter, Sassan Saatchi, Kostas Papathanassiou and Thuy Le Toan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Remote Sensing of Environment.

In The Last Decade

P. Paillou

23 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

  1. The BIOMASS mission: Mapping global forest biomass to better understand the terrestrial carbon cycle
    2011 525 citations S. Quegan, P. Paillou et al. profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
P. Paillou 563 411 379 309 220 23 1.2k
Philippe Paillou 386 0.7× 684 1.7× 209 0.6× 353 1.1× 180 0.8× 40 1.4k
Bruce Chapman 744 1.3× 611 1.5× 785 2.1× 154 0.5× 349 1.6× 102 1.8k
R. N. Treuhaft 1.4k 2.5× 579 1.4× 1.5k 3.9× 334 1.1× 409 1.9× 62 2.3k
Katherine J. Quinn 370 0.7× 650 1.6× 123 0.3× 88 0.3× 170 0.8× 23 1.3k
Hansheng Wang 198 0.4× 1.1k 2.7× 624 1.6× 160 0.5× 178 0.8× 99 2.2k
Lori A. Magruder 1.0k 1.8× 431 1.0× 146 0.4× 29 0.1× 432 2.0× 59 1.6k
A. A. Borsa 267 0.5× 384 0.9× 458 1.2× 88 0.3× 81 0.4× 52 1.4k
Florian Seitz 229 0.4× 305 0.7× 366 1.0× 315 1.0× 146 0.7× 119 1.8k
Pedro Pina 123 0.2× 261 0.6× 115 0.3× 290 0.9× 212 1.0× 90 1.0k
Meric Srokosz 454 0.8× 1.3k 3.1× 224 0.6× 58 0.2× 309 1.4× 161 3.2k

Countries citing papers authored by P. Paillou

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Fields of papers citing papers by P. Paillou

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by P. Paillou. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by P. Paillou. The network helps show where P. Paillou may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of P. Paillou

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of P. Paillou. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of P. Paillou based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with P. Paillou. P. Paillou is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Quegan, S., M. Lomas, Konstantinos Papathanassiou, et al.. (2018). Calibration Challenges for the Biomass P-Band SAR Instrument. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 8575–8578. 11 indexed citations
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Skonieczny, Charlotte, P. Paillou, Aloys Bory, et al.. (2015). African humid periods triggered the reactivation of a large river system in Western Sahara. Nature Communications. 6(1). 75 indexed citations
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Cherqui, Frédéric, et al.. (2014). Évaluation de l’aléa débordement du système d’assainissement. Techniques Sciences Méthodes. 38–48. 1 indexed citations
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Wall, S. D., R. M. C. Lopes, E. R. Stofan, et al.. (2009). Cassini RADAR images at Hotei Arcus and western Xanadu, Titan: Evidence for geologically recent cryovolcanic activity. Geophysical Research Letters. 36(4). 43 indexed citations
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Lasne, Y., P. Paillou, A. Freeman, et al.. (2009). Study of Hypersaline Deposits and Analysis of Their Signature in Airborne and Spaceborne SAR Data: Example of Death Valley, California. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 47(8). 2581–2598. 12 indexed citations
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Radebaugh, J., R. D. Lorenz, T. G. Farr, et al.. (2009). Linear dunes on Titan and earth: Initial remote sensing comparisons. Geomorphology. 121(1-2). 122–132. 76 indexed citations
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Lorenz, R. D., K. L. Mitchell, Randolph L. Kirk, et al.. (2008). Titan's inventory of organic surface materials. Geophysical Research Letters. 35(2). 161 indexed citations
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Dubois-Fernandez, Pascale, et al.. (2006). PolInSAR analysis of X-band data over vegetated and urban areas. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 44(2). 356–364. 31 indexed citations
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Lasne, Y., P. Paillou, Gilles Ruffié, & Marc Crapeau. (2005). Effect of multiple scattering on the phase signature of wet subsurface structures: applications to polarimetric L- and C-band SAR. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 43(8). 1716–1726. 18 indexed citations
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Paillou, P., et al.. (2004). A JERS-1 radar mosaic for subsurface geology mapping in East Sahara. 3. 1870–1872. 11 indexed citations
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Paillou, P. & Åke Rosenqvist. (2004). The SAHARASAR project: potential support to water prospecting in arid Africa by SAR. 3. 1493–1495. 2 indexed citations
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Gelautz, Margrit, et al.. (2004). A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF RADAR STEREO AND INTERFEROMETRY FOR DEM GENERATION. 550. 15. 7 indexed citations
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Lasne, Y., et al.. (2004). A phase signature for detecting wet subsurface structures using polarimetric L-band SAR. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 42(8). 1683–1694. 25 indexed citations
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Berthelier, J. J., M. Hamelin, F. Costard, et al.. (2003). GPR, a ground‐penetrating radar for the Netlander mission. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 108(E4). 26 indexed citations
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Paillou, P., et al.. (2003). Subsurface imaging in south-central egypt using low-frequency radar: bir safsaf revisited. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 41(7). 1672–1684. 59 indexed citations
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Rodríguez, S., P. Paillou, M. Dobrijévic, et al.. (2003). Impact of aerosols present in Titan's atmosphere on the CASSINI radar experiment. Icarus. 164(1). 213–227. 24 indexed citations
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Paillou, P., et al.. (2002). Sub-surface imaging by combining airborne SAR and GPR: application to water detection in arid zones. 3. 1384–1386. 3 indexed citations
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Grandjean, Gilles, et al.. (2001). Subsurface structures detection by combining L-band polarimetric SAR and GPR data: example of the Pyla Dune (France). IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 39(6). 1245–1258. 47 indexed citations
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Paillou, P. & Margrit Gelautz. (1999). Relief reconstruction from SAR stereo pairs: the "optimal gradient" matching method. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 37(4). 2099–2107. 24 indexed citations

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