Publications about or mentioning CIMR 

Baur, M.J., Jagdhuber, T., Feldman, A.F., Akbar, R., Entekhabi, D., (2019) Estimation of relative canopy absorption and scattering at L-, C- and X-bands, Remote Sensing of Environment, Volume 233, 111384, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2019.111384

Braakmann-Folgmann, A. and Donlon, C. (2019), Estimating snow depth on Arctic sea ice using satellite microwave radiometry and a neural network, The Cryosphere, 13, 2421–2438, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-2421-2019

Chaparro, D., Duveiller, G., Piles, M., Cescatti, A., Vall-llossera, M., Camps, A., Entekhabi, D. (2019), Sensitivity of L-band vegetation optical depth to carbon stocks in tropical forests: a comparison to higher frequencies and optical indices, Remote Sensing of Environment, Volume 232, 111303, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2019.111303

Ciani, D., Santoleri, R., Liberti, G. L., Prigent, C., Donlon, C., & Buongiorno Nardelli, B. (2019), Copernicus Imaging Microwave Radiometer (CIMR) Benefits for the Copernicus Level 4 Sea-Surface Salinity Processing Chain. Remote Sensing, 11(15), 1818.https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11151818

Colliander, A., Mousavi, M., Marshall, S., Samimi, S., Kimball, J. S., Miller, J. Z., et al. (2022). Ice sheet surface and subsurface melt water discrimination using multi-frequency microwave radiometry. Geophysical Research Letters, 49, e2021GL096599. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL096599

Jiménez, C., Tenerelli, J., Prigent, C., Kilic, L., Lavergne, T., Skarpalezos, S., et al. (2021). Ocean and sea ice retrievals from an end-to-end simulation of the Copernicus Imaging Microwave Radiometer (CIMR) 1.4–36.5 GHz measurements. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 126, e2021JC017610. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JC017610

Karthikeyan, L., Pan, M., Konings, A.G., Piles, M., Fernandez-Moran, R., Kumar, D.N., Wood, E.F. (2019), Simultaneous retrieval of global scale Vegetation Optical Depth, surface roughness, and soil moisture using X-band AMSR-E observations, Remote Sensing of Environment, Volume 234, 111473, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2019.111473

Kilic, L., Prigent, C., Aires, F., Boutin, J., Heygster, G., Tonboe, R. T., Roquet, H., Jimenez, C.,  and Donlon, C. (2018), Expected performances of the Copernicus Imaging Microwave Radiometer (CIMR) for an all‐weather and high spatial resolution estimation of ocean and sea ice parameters. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 123, doi: 10.1029/2018JC014408

Kilic, L., Prigent, C., Boutin, J., Meissner, T., English, S., and Yueh, S. (2019) Comparisons of Ocean Radiative Transfer Models with SMAP and AMSR2 Observations, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, doi: 10.1029/2019JC015493.

Kilic, L.; Prigent, C.; Aires, F.; Heygster, G.; Pellet, V.; Jimenez, C. (2020), Ice Concentration Retrieval from the Analysis of Microwaves: A New Methodology Designed for the Copernicus Imaging Microwave Radiometer. Remote Sensing, 12, 1060, https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12071060

Kilic, L., Prigent, C., Jimenez, C., & Donlon, C. (2021). A sensitivity analysis from 1 to 40 GHz for observing the Arctic Ocean with the Copernicus Imaging Microwave Radiometer. Ocean Science, 17(2), 455-461.

Lavergne, T., Sørensen, A. M., Kern, S., Tonboe, R., Notz, D., Aaboe, S., Bell, L., Dybkjær, G., Eastwood, S., Gabarro, C., Heygster, G., Killie, M. A., Brandt Kreiner, M., Lavelle, J., Saldo, R., Sandven, S., and Pedersen, L. T. (2019), Version 2 of the EUMETSAT OSI SAF and ESA CCI sea-ice concentration climate data records, The Cryosphere, 13, 49-78, doi: 10.5194/tc-13-49-2019

Lavergne, T., Piñol Solé, M., Down, E., and Donlon, C. (2021): Towards a swath-to-swath sea-ice drift product for the Copernicus Imaging Microwave Radiometer mission, The Cryosphere, 15, 3681–3698, doi: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3681-2021

Le Traon, P.Y., Repucci, A., Álvarez-Fanjul, E., et al., (2019) From Observation to Information and Users: The Copernicus Marine Service Perspective, Frontiers in Marine Science, 6, 234, . https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00234

Mateo-Sanchis, A., Piles, M., Muñoz-Marí, J., Adsuara, J.E.,  Pérez-Suay, A., Camps-Valls, G., (2019) Synergistic integration of optical and microwave satellite data for crop yield estimation, Remote Sensing of Environment, 234, 111460, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2019.111460,

Meissner T, Manaster A. SMAP Salinity Retrievals near the Sea-Ice Edge Using Multi-Channel AMSR2 Brightness Temperatures. (2021) Remote Sensing; 13(24):5120. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13245120

Nielsen-Englyst, P., L Høyer, J., Toudal Pedersen, L., L Gentemann, C., Alerskans, E., Block, T., & Donlon, C. (2018). Optimal estimation of sea surface temperature from AMSR-E. Remote Sensing, 10(2), 229. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs10020229

O'Carroll, Anne G.; Armstrong, Edward M.; Beggs, Helen; Bouali, Marouan; Casey, Kenneth S.; Corlett, Gary K.; Dash, Prasanjit; Donlon, Craig; Gentemann, Chelle L.; Høyer, Jacob L. (2019). Observational needs of sea surface temperature. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6, [420]. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00420

Pearson, K.; Good, S.; Merchant, C.J.; Prigent, C.; Embury, O.; Donlon, C. (2019), Sea Surface Temperature in Global Analyses: Gains from the Copernicus Imaging Microwave Radiometer. Remote Sensing, 11, 2362, https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11202362

Prigent, C., Jimenez, C., and P. Bousquet, (2019), ‘Satellite-derived global surface water extent and dynamics over the last 25 years (GIEMS-2)’, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmosphere, 124, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JD030711

Prigent, C.; Kilic, L.; Aires, F.; Pellet, V.; Jimenez, C. (2020), Ice Concentration Retrieval from the Analysis of Microwaves: Evaluation of a New Methodology Optimized for the Copernicus Imaging Microwave Radiometer. Remote Sensing, 12, 1594, https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12101594

Prigent, C., & Jimenez, C. (2021). An evaluation of the synergy of satellite passive microwave observations between 1.4 and 36 GHz, for vegetation characterization over the Tropics. Remote Sensing of Environment, 257, 112346.

Scarlat, R. C., Spreen, G., Heygster, G., Huntemann, M., Paţilea, C., Toudal Pedersen, L., & Saldo, R. (2020). Sea Ice and Atmospheric Parameter Retrieval From Satellite Microwave Radiometers: Synergy of AMSR2 and SMOS Compared With the CIMR Candidate Mission. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 125, e2019JC015749. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JC015749

Soriot, C., Picard, G., Prigent, C., Frappart, F. and Domine, F (2022). Year-round sea ice and snow characterization from combined passive and active microwave observations and radiative transfer modeling, Remote Sensing of Environment, Volume 278, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2022.113061

Soriot, C., Prigent, C. , Jimenez, C., Frappart, F. (2022). Arctic sea ice thickness estimation from passive microwave satellite observations between 1.4 and 36 GHz, Earth and Space Science, https://doi.org/10.1029/2022EA002542 

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