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Bangira, T. (author), Alfieri, S.M. (author), Menenti, M. (author), van Niekerk, Adriaan (author), Vekerdy, Zoltán (author)The Caprivi basin in Namibia has been affected by severe flooding in recent years resulting in deaths, displacements and destruction of infrastructure. The negative consequences of these floods have emphasized the need for timely, accurate and objective information about the extent and location of affected areas. Due to the high temporal...journal article 2017
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Wu, Y. (author), de Graaf, M. (author), Menenti, M. (author)Global quantitative aerosol information has been derived from MODerate Resolution Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MODIS) observations for decades since early 2000 and widely used for air quality and climate change research. However, the operational MODIS Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) products Collection 6 (C6) can still be biased, because of...journal article 2017
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Huang, Tianjin (author), Jia, Li (author), Menenti, M. (author), Lu, Jing (author), Zhou, Jie (author), Hu, Guangcheng (author)We present in this paper a polynomial fitting method applicable to segments of footprints measured by the Geoscience Laser Altimeter System (GLAS) to estimate glacier thickness change. Our modification makes the method applicable to complex topography, such as a large mountain glacier. After a full analysis of the planar fitting method to...journal article 2017
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Zheng, Chaolei (author), Jia, L. (author), Hu, Guangcheng (author), Menenti, M. (author), Lu, Jing (author), Zhou, J. (author), Wang, Kun (author), Li, Zhansheng (author)The Pan-Eurasian and African Continents are characterized by large ranges of climates varying from humid, semi-humid, semi-arid and arid regions, and great challenges exist in water allocation for different sectors that related to water resource and food security, which depends strongly on the water use information. Quantitative information...journal article 2017
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Faivre, R.D. (author), Colin, Jérôme (author), Menenti, M. (author)The parameterization of heat transfer based on remote sensing data, and the Surface Energy Balance System (SEBS) scheme to retrieve turbulent heat fluxes, already proved to be very appropriate for estimating evapotranspiration (ET) over homogeneous land surfaces. However, the use of such a method over heterogeneous landscapes (e.g., semi-arid...journal article 2017
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Phan Hien, V. (author), Lindenbergh, R.C. (author), Menenti, M. (author)Monitoring glacier changes is essential for estimating the water mass balance of the Tibetan Plateau. In this study, we exploit ICESat laser altimetry data in combination with the SRTM DEM and the GLIMS glacier mask to estimate trends in change in glacial thickness between 2003 and 2009 on the whole Tibetan Plateau. Considering acquisition...journal article 2017
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Li, Nana (author), Jia, Li (author), Lu, Jing (author), Menenti, M. (author), Zhou, J. (author)The regional surface soil heat flux (G0) estimation is very important for the large-scale land surface process modeling. However, most of the regional G0 estimation methods are based on the empirical relationship between G0 and the net radiation flux. A physical model based on harmonic analysis was improved (referred to as "HM model") and...journal article 2017
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Faivre, R.D. (author), Colin, Jérôme (author), Menenti, M. (author)This work presented in [1] was partly supported by the ESA Dragon 2 programme under proposal no. 5322: "Key Eco-Hydrological Parameters Retrieval and Land Data Assimilation System Development in a Typical Inland River Basin of China's Arid Region", a project which was coordinated at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) with Massimo...journal article 2017
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Wu, Y. (author), de Graaf, M. (author), Menenti, M. (author)Aerosol optical depth (AOD) product retrieved from MODerate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) measurements has greatly benefited scientific research in climate change and air quality due to its high quality and large coverage over the globe. However, the current product (e.g., Collection 6) over land needs to be further improved. The...journal article 2016
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Shang, H. (author), Jia, L. (author), Menenti, M. (author)Daily time series of microwave radiometer data obtained in one-orbit direction are full of observation gaps due to satellite configuration and errors from spatial sampling. Such time series carry information about the surface signal including surface emittance and vegetation attenuation, and the atmospheric signal including atmosphere...journal article 2016
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The Sensitivity of AOD Retrieval to Aerosol Type and Vertical Distribution over Land with MODIS DataWu, Y. (author), de Graaf, M. (author), Menenti, M. (author)This study is to evaluate the sensitivity of Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD <i style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; max-height: 100000px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: justify;">τ</i>) to aerosol vertical profile and type, using the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)...journal article 2016
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Wang, J. (author), Lindenbergh, R.C. (author), Shen, Y. (author), Menenti, M. (author)Laser scanning samples the surface geometry of objects efficiently and records versatile information as point clouds. However, often more scans are required to fully cover a scene. Therefore, a registration step is required that transforms the different scans into a common coordinate system. The registration of point clouds is usually conducted...journal article 2016
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Van Hoek, Mattijn (author), Jia, Li (author), Zhou, J. (author), Zheng, Chaolei (author), Menenti, M. (author)The time lag between anomalies in precipitation and vegetation activity plays a critical role in early drought detection as agricultural droughts are caused by precipitation shortages. The aim of this study is to explore a new approach to estimate the time lag between a forcing (precipitation) and a response (NDVI) signal in the frequency...journal article 2016
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Mousivand, A. (author), Verhoef, W. (author), Menenti, M. (author), Gorte, B.G.H. (author)Topography affects the fraction of direct and diffuse radiation received on a pixel and changes the sun–target–sensor geometry, resulting in variations in the observed radiance. Retrieval of surface–atmosphere properties from top of atmosphere radiance may need to account for topographic effects. This study investigates how such effects can be...journal article 2015
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Shang, H. (author), Li, J. (author), Menenti, M. (author)The soil wetness condition is a useful indicator of inundation hazard in floodplains, such as the Poyang Lake floodplain. Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I) passive microwave data were used to monitor water-saturated soil and open water areas of the Poyang Lake floodplain from 2001 to 2008, capturing the inundation patterns of this area in...journal article 2015
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Chen, Q. (author), Jia, L. (author), Hutjes, R. (author), Menenti, M. (author)Most land surface models require information on aerodynamic roughness length and its temporal and spatial variability. This research presents a practical approach for determining the aerodynamic roughness length at fine temporal and spatial resolution over the landscape by combining remote sensing and ground measurements. The basic framework of...journal article 2015
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Roupioz, L.F.S. (author), Nerry, F. (author), Jia, L. (author), Menenti, M. (author)Several methods currently exist to efficiently correct topographic effects on the radiance measured by satellites. Most of those methods use topographic information and satellite data at the same spatial resolution. In this study, the 30 m spatial resolution data of the Digital Elevation Model (DEM) from ASTER (Advanced Spaceborne Thermal...journal article 2014
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Li, J. (author), Menenti, M. (author), Mousivand, A. (author), Luthi, S.M. (author)Playas in endorheic basins are of environmental value and highly scientific because of their natural habitats of a wide variety of species and indicators for climatic changes and tectonic activities within continents. Remote sensing, due to its capability of acquiring repetitive data with synoptic coverage, provides a unique tool to monitor and...journal article 2014
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Cheruiyot, E.K. (author), Mito, C. (author), Menenti, M. (author), Gorte, B.G.H. (author), Koenders, R. (author), Akdim, N. (author)Delineation of aquatic plants and estimation of its surface extent are crucial to the efficient control of its proliferation, and this information can be derived accurately with fine resolution remote sensing products. However, small swath and low observation frequency associated with them may be prohibitive for application to large water bodies...journal article 2014