Exploring the actual spatial resolution of 1 km satellite soil moisture products

L Brocca, J Gaona, D Bavera, G Fioravanti… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
High-resolution soil moisture data is crucial in the development of hydrological applications
as it provides detailed insights into the spatiotemporal variability of soil moisture. The …

Vegetation–climate feedbacks across scales

DG Miralles, J Vilà‐Guerau de Arellano… - Annals of the New …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Vegetation is often viewed as a consequence of long‐term climate conditions. However,
vegetation itself plays a fundamental role in shaping Earth's climate by regulating the …

Rainfall estimation in the West African Sahel: comparison and cross-validation of top-down vs. bottom-up precipitation products in Burkina Faso

R Yonaba, A Belemtougri, T Fowé… - Geocarto …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This study compares the performance of satellite precipitation products (SPPs) and soil
moisture-based rainfall products (SM2RPPs) in capturing rainfall patterns in Burkina Faso …

Developing an open-source flood forecasting system adapted to data-scarce regions: A digital twin coupled with hydrologic-hydrodynamic simulations

LMC Rápalo, MN Gomes Jr, EM Mendiondo - Journal of Hydrology, 2024 - Elsevier
Economic and human losses from flooding have had a significant global impact.
Undeveloped nations often require extended periods to recover from flood-related damage …

[HTML][HTML] Precipitation data merging via machine learning: Revisiting conceptual and technical aspects

P Kossieris, I Tsoukalas, L Brocca, H Mosaffa… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
The development of accurate precipitation products with wide spatio-temporal coverage is
crucial for a wide range of applications. In this context, precipitation data merging (PDM) that …

[HTML][HTML] A novel approach for estimating groundwater recharge leveraging high-resolution satellite soil moisture

J Dari, P Filippucci, L Brocca, R Quast… - Journal of …, 2025 - Elsevier
Groundwater is a massive portion of the total freshwater available, representing a primary
source of water for domestic and agricultural uses, often threatened by climate change and …

Digital twin approach for the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum: think big, model small

Y Zeng, Z Su - Frontiers in Science, 2024 - frontiersin.org
• Developing a digital twin of the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum (SPAC) augmented with
Earth Observation (SPACEO) will allow seamless integration of functional (cellular …

Digital twins of the Earth: can they keep up?

C Tague - Frontiers in Science, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Recent advances in high-resolution spatial, temporal, and spectral datasets, in machine
learning techniques and algorithms, and in large-scale data storage and analysis …

Digital Twin Earth: the next-generation Earth Information System

AP Barros - Frontiers in Science, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The future of humans is fundamentally tied to preserving the habitability of planet Earth
through safeguarding existing habitats and the sustainable use of natural resources. As the …

Interactive Assessment of Variances of High-Resolution Model Features in Digital Twin Simulations

C Kulkarni, N Privé, VP Janeja - Proceedings of the 32nd ACM …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Prior to the deployment of expensive instruments into orbit, spatio-temporal digital twin
systems modeling the whole earth are used to study the efficacy of these instruments …