Pietro Ceccato

8.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
76 papers, 6.3k citations indexed

About

Pietro Ceccato is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Pietro Ceccato has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 6.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 26 papers in Ecology and 22 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Pietro Ceccato's work include Remote Sensing in Agriculture (21 papers), Precipitation Measurement and Analysis (13 papers) and Malaria Research and Control (13 papers). Pietro Ceccato is often cited by papers focused on Remote Sensing in Agriculture (21 papers), Precipitation Measurement and Analysis (13 papers) and Malaria Research and Control (13 papers). Pietro Ceccato collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Italy. Pietro Ceccato's co-authors include Tufa Dinku, Stephen J. Connor, S. Flasse, Jean‐Marie Grégoire, Stefano Tarantola, Chester F. Ropelewski, Stéphane Jacquemoud, Christelle Vancutsem, E. Grover‐Kopec and Nadine Gobron and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Pietro Ceccato

74 papers receiving 6.0k 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.

Detecting vegetation leaf water content using reflectance in the optical domain

2001 822 citations Pietro Ceccato et al. Remote Sensing of Environment profile →
Validation of the CHIRPS satellite rainfall estimates over eastern Africa

2018 556 citations Tufa Dinku, Chris Funk et al. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society profile →
Validation of satellite rainfall products over East Africa's complex topography

2007 545 citations Tufa Dinku, Pietro Ceccato et al. International Journal of Remote Sensing profile →
Evaluation of MODIS land surface temperature data to estimate air temperature in different ecosystems over Africa

2009 479 citations Pietro Ceccato, Tufa Dinku et al. Remote Sensing of Environment profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Pietro Ceccato United States	33	3.5k	2.2k	1.9k	1.5k	715	76	6.3k
James Rowland United States	13	3.4k 1.0×	2.2k 1.0×	877 0.5×	643 0.4×	232 0.3×	32	5.3k
Geoffrey M. Henebry United States	46	3.7k 1.1×	1.3k 0.6×	3.6k 1.9×	1.8k 1.2×	194 0.3×	175	6.8k
Elfatih A. B. Eltahir United States	52	7.9k 2.2×	5.1k 2.4×	714 0.4×	1.8k 1.2×	659 0.9×	176	11.1k
Chonggang Xu United States	35	2.6k 0.7×	845 0.4×	861 0.5×	490 0.3×	243 0.3×	95	5.4k
Jorge Enrique Díaz Pinzón United States	25	4.6k 1.3×	2.6k 1.2×	3.7k 2.0×	1.2k 0.8×	96 0.1×	107	7.5k
Andrea Rinaldo Italy	42	1.4k 0.4×	682 0.3×	2.3k 1.2×	1.2k 0.8×	383 0.5×	94	6.4k
Neville Nicholls Australia	60	8.8k 2.5×	5.7k 2.6×	1.1k 0.6×	988 0.7×	248 0.3×	176	12.3k
Markus Neteler Italy	33	1.2k 0.3×	568 0.3×	1.8k 0.9×	990 0.7×	764 1.1×	98	5.2k
Noemi Vergopolan United States	17	2.5k 0.7×	1.7k 0.8×	938 0.5×	1.5k 1.0×	111 0.2×	31	6.1k
Forrest Melton United States	26	2.0k 0.6×	560 0.3×	980 0.5×	549 0.4×	209 0.3×	70	3.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Pietro Ceccato

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Fields of papers citing papers by Pietro Ceccato

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pietro Ceccato

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Pietro Ceccato. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Pietro Ceccato 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 Pietro Ceccato. Pietro Ceccato is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Baethgen, Walter, et al.. (2019). Can we Monitor Height of Native Grasslands in Uruguay with Earth Observation?. Remote Sensing. 11(15). 1801–1801. 14 indexed citations

Lebrini, Youssef, Abdelghani Boudhar, Rachid Hadria, et al.. (2019). Identifying Agricultural Systems Using SVM Classification Approach Based on Phenological Metrics in a Semi-arid Region of Morocco. Earth Systems and Environment. 3(2). 277–288. 33 indexed citations

Cian, Fabio, Mattia Marconcini, & Pietro Ceccato. (2018). Normalized Difference Flood Index for rapid flood mapping: Taking advantage of EO big data. Remote Sensing of Environment. 209. 712–730. 180 indexed citations

Cian, Fabio, Mattia Marconcini, Pietro Ceccato, & Carlo Giupponi. (2018). Flood depth estimation by means of high-resolution SAR images and lidar data. Natural hazards and earth system sciences. 18(11). 3063–3084. 60 indexed citations

Thomson, Madeleine C., et al.. (2018). Climate Information for Public Health Action: An Interdisciplinary Approach. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2018. 1 indexed citations

Koné, Brama, Jacques André Ndione, Ibrahima Sy, et al.. (2018). Impact of climate variability on the transmission risk of malaria in northern Côte d'Ivoire. PLoS ONE. 13(6). e0182304–e0182304. 28 indexed citations

Dinku, Tufa, Chris Funk, Pete Peterson, et al.. (2018). Validation of the CHIRPS satellite rainfall estimates over eastern Africa. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 144(S1). 292–312. 556 indexed citations breakdown →

Dinku, Tufa, Chris Funk, Tsegaye Tadesse, & Pietro Ceccato. (2017). Validation of the CHIRPS Satellite Rainfall Estimates over Eastern of Africa. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2017. 2 indexed citations

Manyangadze, Tawanda, Moses John Chimbari, Michael Gebreslasie, Pietro Ceccato, & Samson Mukaratirwa. (2016). Modelling the spatial and seasonal distribution of suitable habitats of schistosomiasis intermediate host snails using Maxent in Ndumo area, KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. Parasites & Vectors. 9(1). 572–572. 57 indexed citations

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Miehe, Sabine, et al.. (2015). Does EO NDVI seasonal metrics capture variations in species composition and biomass due to grazing in semi-arid grassland savannas?. Biogeosciences. 12(14). 4407–4419. 25 indexed citations

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Thomson, Madeleine C., Simon J. Mason, Judy Omumbo, et al.. (2014). Climate and health in Africa. 1(1). 17–17. 7 indexed citations

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García‐Pando, Carlos Pérez, Michelle C. Stanton, Peter J. Diggle, et al.. (2014). Soil Dust Aerosols and Wind as Predictors of Seasonal Meningitis Incidence in Niger. Environmental Health Perspectives. 122(7). 679–686. 91 indexed citations

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Miehe, Sabine, et al.. (2014). Does Vegetation Parameterization from EO NDVI Data Capture Grazing induced Variations in Species Composition and Biomass in Semi-Arid Grassland Savanna?. 2 indexed citations

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Ceccato, Pietro, S. Trzaska, Carlos Pérez García‐Pando, et al.. (2013). Improving decision-making activities for meningitis and malaria. Geocarto International. 29(1). 19–38. 4 indexed citations

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Jensen, Kim, et al.. (2013). Development of an early warning system for extreme rainfall, surface inundation, and malaria in East Africa. AGUFM. 2013. 1 indexed citations

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Corral, John del, et al.. (2012). Climate information for public health: the role of the IRI climate data library in an integrated knowledge system. Geospatial health. 6(3). 15–15. 24 indexed citations

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Martin, Vincent, Lorenzo De Simone, Juan Lubroth, Pietro Ceccato, & Véronique Chevalier. (2007). Perspectives on using remotely-sensed imagery in predictive veterinary epidemiology and global early warning systems. Geospatial health. 2(1). 3–3. 28 indexed citations

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Dinku, Tufa, et al.. (2007). Validation of satellite rainfall products over East Africa's complex topography. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 28(7). 1503–1526. 545 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dinku, Tufa, Pietro Ceccato, E. Grover‐Kopec, Stephen J. Connor, & Chester F. Ropelewski. (2006). Validation and Inter-comparison of Satellite Rainfall Products over East Africa's Complex Topography. AGU Spring Meeting Abstracts. 2007. 2 indexed citations

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Connor, Stephen J., Pietro Ceccato, Tufa Dinku, et al.. (2006). Using climate information for improved health in Africa: relevance, constraints and opportunities. Geospatial health. 1(1). 17–17. 8 indexed citations

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