S. Quegan

13.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
201 papers, 8.7k citations indexed

About

S. Quegan is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Environmental Engineering and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, S. Quegan has authored 201 papers receiving a total of 8.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 102 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 84 papers in Environmental Engineering and 36 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in S. Quegan's work include Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and Techniques (88 papers), Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing (48 papers) and Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (32 papers). S. Quegan is often cited by papers focused on Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and Techniques (88 papers), Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing (48 papers) and Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (32 papers). S. Quegan collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, France and Germany. S. Quegan's co-authors include Chris Oliver, R. J. Moffett, T. J. Fuller‐Rowell, M. Codrescu, Thuy Le Toan, Jiong Yu, H. Rishbeth, D. Rees, G. J. Bailey and Asmala Ahmad and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Remote Sensing of Environment and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

S. Quegan

190 papers receiving 8.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Understanding Synthetic Aperture Radar Images

1998 1.4k citations S. Quegan et al. profile →
Response of the thermosphere and ionosphere to geomagnetic storms

1994 774 citations R. J. Moffett, S. Quegan et al. profile →
The BIOMASS mission: Mapping global forest biomass to better understand the terrestrial carbon cycle

2011 525 citations Thuy Le Toan, S. Quegan et al. profile →

Peers

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Fields of papers citing papers by S. Quegan

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of S. Quegan

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

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Loss of tropical moist broadleaf forest has turned Africa’s forests from a carbon sink into a source 2025 ·Scientific Reports ·Pedro Rodríguez‐Veiga, João M. B. Carreiras, S. Quegan, Janne Heiskanen, Petri Pellikka, Hari Adhikari, Arnan Araza, Martin Herold, Oliver Cartus, T. Luke Smallman, Mathew Williams, (unknown), Narumasa Tsutsumida, Casey M. Ryan, (unknown), Nezha Acil, Heiko Balzter	0
2	Sub-hectare resolution forest biomass mapping from Copernicus DEM with low-dimensional models 2025 ·Science of Remote Sensing ·Maciej J. Soja, Maurizio Santoro, (unknown), Stefano Tebaldini, (unknown), Krzysztof Stereńczak, S. Quegan, Sander Janssen, (unknown)	1
3	Design And Parameter Estimation Robustness Of The Global Above-Ground Biomass Estimation Algorithm For Esa’s 7^th Earth Explorer Mission Biomass 2023 ·Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling ·Maciej J. Soja, (unknown), (unknown), Mauro Mariotti d’Alessandro, S. Quegan, Nuno Miranda, Klaus Scipal	1
4	Satellite-based global maps are rarely used in forest reference levels submitted to the UNFCCC 2023 ·Environmental Research Letters ·Joana Melo, Timothy R. Baker, Dirk Nemitz, S. Quegan, Guy Ziv	14
5	Interferometric Ground Cancellation for Above Ground Biomass Estimation 2020 ·IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing ·Mauro Mariotti d’Alessandro, Stefano Tebaldini, S. Quegan, Maciej J. Soja, Lars M. H. Ulander, Klaus Scipal	18
6	Spatio-temporal variations and uncertainty in land surface modelling for high latitudes: univariate response analysis 2020 ·Biogeosciences ·Didier Leibovici, S. Quegan, Edward Comyn‐Platt, Garry Hayman, Maria Val Martin, Matthieu Guimberteau, (unknown), Dan Zhu, Philippe Ciais	1
7	A detailed portrait of the forest aboveground biomass pool for the year 2010 obtained from multiple remote sensing observations 2018 ·EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts ·Maurizio Santoro, Oliver Cartus, Stéphane Mermoz, Alexandre Bouvet, Thuy Le Toan, Nuno Carvalhais, Danaë M. A. Rozendaal, Martin Herold, Valerio Avitabile, S. Quegan, João M. B. Carreiras, Yrjö Rauste, Heiko Balzter, Christiane Schmullius, F. Seifert	13
8	Reviews and syntheses: Systematic Earth observations for use in terrestrial carbon cycle data assimilation systems 2017 ·Biogeosciences ·Marko Scholze, Michael Buchwitz, Wouter Dorigo, Luis Guanter, S. Quegan	57
9	Improving the representation of fire disturbance in dynamic vegetation models by assimilating satellite data: a case study over the Arctic 2015 ·Geoscientific model development ·Euripides P. Kantzas, S. Quegan, M. Lomas	8
10	Evaluation of the snow regime in dynamic vegetation land surface models using field measurements 2014 ·The cryosphere ·Euripides P. Kantzas, S. Quegan, M. Lomas, Elena Zakharova	2
11	Classifying Indonesian Plantation And Natural Forest Cover And Measuring Changes With C-And L-Band SAR Data 2013 ·ESASP ·Xichao Dong, S. Quegan, (unknown), Tao Zeng	2
12	LAND USE/COVER CLASSIFICATION AND RICE MAPPING BASED ON ENVISAT ASAR DATA 2006 ·ESASP ·S. Quegan, Guojin He, (unknown), Xiaoqin Wang, (unknown)	0
13	The changing earth - new scientific challenges for ESA's living planet programme 2006 ·Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich) ·Paul Simon, A. Hollingsworth, (unknown), (unknown), Hans Rott, K.C. Partington, (unknown), Michael E. Schaepman, Wolfram Mauser, (unknown), Martin Visbeck, Bert Vermeersen, Tonie van Dam, C. Reigber, (unknown), Philippe Bougeault, Philip England, (unknown), Johnny A. Johannessen, H. Kelder, Pascal Kosuth, Nadia Pinardi, S. Quegan, José A. Sobrino	3
14	Indoor C-band polarimetric interferometry observations of a mature wheat canopy 2006 ·IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing ·José Gómez‐Dans, S. Quegan, John C. Bennett	17
15	Attempting a verified regional terrestrial biota full carbon account: Experiences from Central Siberia 2005 ·IIASA PURE (International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis) ·Staffan Nilsson, А. Shvidenko, Ian McCallum, Christiane Schmullius, Heiko Balzter, (unknown), Mikhail Korets, Wolfgang Lucht, S. Quegan, (unknown), Vasiliy Sokolov, А. И. Сухинин, Thuy Le Toan, (unknown)	1
16	A statistical description of polarimetric and interferometric synthetic aperture radar data 1995 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·(unknown), D. Blacknell, S. Quegan	157
17	Comparison of the USU ionospheric model with the UCL-Sheffield coupled thermospheric-ionospheric model 1992 ·Advances in Space Research ·J. J. Sojka, R. W. Schunk, D. Rees, T. J. Fuller‐Rowell, R. J. Moffett, S. Quegan	3
18	Modelling the ionospheric and plasmaspheric plasma 1989 ·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·R. J. Moffett, G. J. Bailey, S. Quegan, (unknown), Abby Samson, R. Sellek	12
19	The influence of convection on the structure of the high-latitude ionosphere 1989 ·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·S. Quegan, (unknown)	5
20	Automatic interpretation strategies for synthetic aperture radar images 1988 ·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·S. Quegan, (unknown), A. Hendry, (unknown), (unknown)	8

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