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2018

Albergel, C., E. Dutra, S. Munier, J.-C. Calvet, J. Muñoz Sabater, P. de Rosnay and G. Balsamo: "ERA-5 and ERA-Interim driven ISBA land surface model simulations : Which one performs better?", Hydrology and Earth Science System, 22, 3515-3532,  doi:https://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/22/3515/2018   2018

Balsamo G., A. Agustì-Panareda, C. Albergel, G. Arduini, A. Beljaars, J. Bidlot, N. Bousserez, S. Boussetta, A. Brown, R. Buizza, C. Buontempo, F. Chevallier,  M. Choulga, H. Cloke, M. Cronin, M. Dahoui, P. de Rosnay, P. Dirmeyer, M. Drusch, E. Dutra, M. Ek, P. Gentine, H. Hewitt, S. Keeley, Y. Kerr, S. Kumar, C. Lupu, J.-F. Mahfouf, J. McNorton, S. Mecklenburg, K. Mogensen,  J. Muñoz-Sabater, R. Orth, F. Rabier, R. Reichle, B. Ruston, F. Pappenberger, I. Sandu, S. Seneviratne, S. Tietsche, I. Trigo, R. Uijlenhoet, N. Wedi, R. I. Woolway, X. Zeng: "Satellite and in situ observations for advancing global Earth surface modelling: a review", Remote Sensing, 10(12), 2038, 2018, https://doi.org/10.3390/rs10122038

Helmert J., A. Sensoy, R. Alvarado Montero, C. de Michele, P. de Rosnay, M. Dumont, D. C. Finger, M. Lange, Gh. Picard, V. Potopova, S. Pullen, D. V. Schuler, and A. Nadir Arslan: "Review of Snow Data Assimilation Methods for Hydrological, Land Surface, Meteorological and Climate Models: Results from a COST HarmoSnow Survey", Geosciences, 8(12), 489, 2018, https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences8120489

Helmert J., M. Lange, J. Dong, P. de Rosnay, D. Gustafsson, E. Churulin, E. Kurzeneva, R. Müller, J. Trentmann, N. Souverijns, R. Koch, U. Böhm, M. Bartik, M. Osuch, I. Rozinkina, J.-M. Bettems, P. Samuelsson, F. Marcucci and M. Milelli: "1st Snow Data Assimilation Workshop in the framework of COST HarmoSnow ESSEM 1404", Meteorologische Zeitschrift, doi: http://doi.org/10.1127/metz/2018/0906  2018

Muñoz Sabater, J., P. de Rosnay, C. Albergel and L. Isaksen: "Sensitivity of soil moisture analyses to contrasting background and observation error scenarios" MPDI Water, 10(7), 890;  http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/10/7/890 2018

Pirazzini, R., L. Leppänen, G. Picard, J. I. Lopez Moreno, C. Marty, G. Macelloni, A. Kuntu, A von Lerber, C. Melih Tanis, M. Schneeebeli, C. Fiertz, P. de Rosnay and A. Nadir Arslan: "European in-situ snow measurements: practices and purposes", Sensors 201818(7), 2018; doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/s18072016

Tietsche S., M. A. Balmaseda, P. de Rosnay, H. Zuo, X. Tian-Kunze, and L. Kaleschke: Thin sea ice in the Arctic: comparing L-band radiometry retrievals with an ocean reanalysis. The Cryosphere, 12, 2051-2072, doi10.5194/tc-2017-247  2018

Zsoter, E.,  H. Cloke,  E. Stephens, P. de Rosnay, J. Muñoz-Sabater, C. Prudhomme and  F. Pappenberger: "Can land surface models with data assimilation adequately support flood forecasting?", submitted to Journal of Hydrometeorology, 2018


2017

Barella-Ortiz A., J. Polcher, P. de Rosnay, M. Piles and E. Gelati: Comparison of measured brightness temperatures from SMOS with modelled ones from ORCHIDEE and H-TESSEL over the Iberian Peninsula. Hydrol Earth Syst. Sci. 21, 357-375, 2017, doi:10.5194/hess-21-357-2017

Brocca L.,  W. Crow, L. Ciabatta, C. Massari, P. de Rosnay, M. Enenkel, S. Hahn, G. Amarnath, S. Camici, A. Tarpanelli, W. Wagner: A review of the applications of ASCAT soil moisture products, Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing,  issue 99, 2017, doi: 10.1109/JSTARS.2017.2651140

Rodríguez-Fernández N., J. Muñoz Sabater, P. Richaume, P. de Rosnay, Y. Kerr, C. Albergel, M. Drusch, and S. Mecklenburg: SMOS near real time soil moisture product: processor overview and first validation results. Hydrol and Earth Sci Syst. doi:10.5194/hess-21-5201-2017

Wigneron J.-P., T. J. Jackson , P. O'Neill , G. De Lannoy , P. de Rosnay , J. P. Walker , P. Ferrazzoli, V Mironov, S. Bircher, J. P. Grant, M. Kurum, M. Schwank, J. Muñoz-Sabater, N. Das, A. Royer, A. Al-Yaari, A. Al Bitar, R. Fernandez-Moran, H. Lawrence, A. Mialon, M. Parrens, P. Richaume, S. Delwart, Y. Kerr: Modelling the passive microwave signature from land surfaces: a review of recent results and application to the SMOS & SMAP soil moisture retrieval algorithms, Remote Sensing of Environment, vol 192, pp 238-26, 2017. doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2017.01.024

2016

Mecklenburg S., M. Drusch, L. Kaleschke, N. Rodriguez-Fernandez, N. Reul, Y. Kerr, J. Font, M. Martin-Neira, R. Oliva, E. Daganzo-Eusebio, J.P. Grant, R. Sabia, G. Macelloni, K. Rautiainen, J. Fauste, P. de Rosnay, J. Muñoz-Sabater, N. Verhoest, H. Lievens, S. Delwart, R. Crapolicchio, A. de la Fuente, M. Kornber: ESA's Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity mission: From science to operational applications, Remote Sensing of Environment, vol 180, pp 3-18, 2016, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2015.12.025

2015

Albergel C., E. Dutra, J. Muñoz-Sabater, T. Haiden, G. Balsamo, A. Beljaars, L. Isaksen, P. de Rosnay, I. Sandu, N. Wedi: "Soil temperature at ECMWF: an assessment using ground based observations", accepted J. Geophys. Res., 2015 doi: 10.1002/2014JD022505 (Abstract)    

Balsamo G., C. Albergel, A. Beljaars, S. Boussetta, H. L. Cloke, D. Dee, E. Dutra, J. Muñoz-Sabater, F. Pappenberger, P. de Rosnay, T. Stockdale, and F. Vitart: ERA-Interim/Land: A global land water resources dataset, Hydrol and Earth Sci Syst., 19, pp 389-407, 2015 doi: 10.5194/hess-19-389-2015 (Abstract)

Boussetta S., G. Balsamo, E. Dutra, A. Beljaars and C. Albergel: Assimilation of surface albedo and vegetation states from satellite observations and their impact on numerical weather prediction, Remote Sensing of Environment, Vol 163, pp 111-126, 2015 ; doi: 10.1016/j.rse..2015.03.009 (Abstract).

Dorigo, W.A., Gruber, A., De Jeu, R.A.M., Wagner, W., Stacke, T., Loew, A., Albergel, C., Brocca, L., Chung, D., Parinussa, R.M., Kidd, R. : Evaluation of the ESA CCI soil moisture product using ground-based observations. Remote Sensing of Environment, Vol 162, pp 380-395, 2015 ; doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2014.07.023 (Abstract)

Louvet S. T. Pellarin, A. al Bitar, S. Galle, M. Grippa, C. Gruhier, Y. Kerr, T. Lebel, A. Mialon, E. Mougin, G. Quantin, P. Richaume, P. de Rosnay: SMOS soil moisture product evaluation over West-Africa from local to regional scale. Remote Sensing of Environment, 156, pp 383-394, doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2014.10.005

Massari C., L. Brocca, L. Ciabatta, T. Moramarco, S. Gabellani, C. Albergel, P. de Rosnay, S. Puca and W. Wagner: The use of H-SAF soil moisture products for operational hydrology: flood modelling over Italy, Hydrology, 2(1), pp2-22, 2015 doi:  doi:10.3390/hydrology2010002 (abstract)

Muñoz-Sabater, J.: “Incorporation of microwave passive brightness temperatures in the ECMWF soil moisture analysis”. Remote Sensing. 7(5), 5758-5784; 2015. doi:10.3390/rs70505758.

2014

Alyaari A., Wigneron J.-P., Ducharne A., Kerr Y., de Rosnay P., de Jeu R., Govind A., Albitar A., Albergel C. Muñoz-Sabater J., Richaume P., Mialon A.: Global- scale evaluation of two satellite-based passive microwave soil moisture datasets (SMOS and AMSR-E) with respect to Land Data Assimilation System estimates, Remote Sensing of Environment, 149, pp 181-195, 2014 doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2014.04.006(Abstract)

de Rosnay P., G. Balsamo, C. Albergel J. Muñoz-Sabater and L. Isaksen: Initialisation of land surface variables for Numerical Weather Prediction, Surveys in Geophysics,  35(3), pp 607-621, 2014
doi: 10.1007/s10712-012-9207-x (Abstract) ,

Muñoz-Sabater J., P. de Rosnay, C. Jiménez, L. Isaksen and C. Albergel: SMOS brightness temperatures angular noise: characterization, filtering and validation. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 52, (9), pp 5827-5839, 2014 , doi:10.1109/TGRS.2013.2293200(Abstract)

Parrens M., J.-C. Calvet, P. de Rosnay and B. Decharme: Benchmarking of L-band soil microwave emission models, Remote Sensing of Environment, 140 pp 407-419, 2014,  doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2013.09.017 (Abstract) 

2013

Albergel C., W. Dorigo , G. Balsamo, J. Muñoz-Sabater, P. de Rosnay, L. Isaksen, L. Brocca, R. de Jeu and W. Wagner: Monitoring multi-decadal satellite earth observation of soil moisture products through land surface reanalyses. Remote Sensing of Environment, 138, pp77-89, 2013
doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2013.07.009 (Abstract),

Albergel C., W. Dorigo , R. Reichle, G. Balsamo, P. de Rosnay, J. Muñoz-Sabater, L. Isaksen, R. de Jeu and W. Wagner: Skill and global trend analysis of soil moisture from reanalyses and microwave remote sensing. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 14, pp 1259-1277, 2013,
doi: 10.1175/JHM-D-12-0161.1 (Abstract),

de Rosnay P., M. Drusch, D. Vasiljevic, G. Balsamo, C. Albergel and L. Isaksen: A simplified Extended Kalman Filter for the global operational soil moisture analysis at ECMWF, Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 139:1199-1213, 2013
doi: 10.1002/qj.2023, (Abstract),

Su, B., P. de Rosnay, J. Wen, L. Wang and Y. Zeng: Evaluation of ECMWF's soil moisture analyses using Observations on the Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Geophys. Res. 118, 2013,
doi: 10.1002/jgrd.50468 (Abstract) ,

Wagner W., S. Hahn, R. Kidd, T. Melzer, Z. Bartalis, S. Hasenauer, J. Figa, P. de Rosnay, A. Jann, S. Schneider, J. Komma, G. Kubu, K. Brugger, C. Aubrecht, J. Zuger, U. Gangkofner, S. Kienberger, L. Brocca, Y. Wang, G. Bloeschl, J. Eitzinger, K. Steinnocher: The ASCAT Soil Moisture Product: A review of its specifications, Validation Results, and Emerging Applications, Meteorologische Zeitschrift, 22(1): 5-33, 2013.
doi: 10.1127/0941-2948/2013/0399, (Abstract)


2012

Albergel C., G. Balsamo, P. de Rosnay P., J. Muñoz-Sabater, and S. Boussetta: A bare ground evaporation revision in the ECMWF land-surface scheme: evaluation of its impact using ground soil moisture and satellite microwave data, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., HESS, 16, 3607-3620, 2012
doi: 10.5194/hess-16-3607-2012

Albergel C., P. de Rosnay, G. Balsamo, L. Isaksen and J. Muñoz Sabater, Soil moisture analyses at ECMWF: evaluation using global ground-based in situ observations, Journal of Hydrometeorology, 13, 1442-1460, 2012
doi: 10.1175/JHM-D-11-0107.1, (Abstract)

Albergel C., P. de Rosnay, C. Gruhier, J. Muñoz Sabater, S. Hasenauer, L. Isaksen, Y. Kerr and W. Wagner: Evaluation of remotely sensed and modelled soil moisture products using global ground-based in-situ observations, Remote Sensing of Environment, 118, pp215-226, 2012
doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2011.11.017, (Abstract)

Crow, W., M., Cosh, A. Loew, B. Mohanty, R. Panciera, P. de Rosnay, D. Ryu and J. Walker: Upscaling sparse ground-based soil moisture observations for the validation of satellite surface soil moisture products, Reviews of Geophysics, 50, RG2002, doi:10.1029/2011RG000372, 2012
doi: 10.1029/2011RG000372, (Abstract),

Mialon, A., Wigneron J.-P., de Rosnay, P., Kerr, Y. and Escorihuela M.J.: Evaluating the L-MEB model from long term microwave measurements over a rough field, SMOSREX 2006, SMOS special issue of IEEE Trans. Geosci. Rem. Sens., 2012
doi: 10.1109/TGRS.2011.2178421, (Abstract),

Muñoz Sabater J.M., A. Fouilloux and P. de Rosnay, " Technical implementation of SMOS data in the ECMWF Integrated Forecasting System", Geosci. Remote Sens. Let., vol 9(2), 2012
doi: 10.1109/LGRS.2011.2164777, (Abstract)

Seghieri J., J. Carreau, N. Boulain, P. de Rosnay, M. Arjounin, and F. Timouk, "Is water availability really the main environmental factor controlling the phenology of woody vegetation in the central Sahel? " Plant Ecology, vol 213, pp 861­870, 2012
doi: 10.1007/s11258-012-0048-y, (Abstract),

Wigneron J.-P., M. Schwank, E. Lopez Baeza, Y. Kerr, N. Novello, C. Millan, C. Moisy, P. Richaume, A. Mialon, A. Al Bitar, F. Cabot, H. Lawrence, D. Guyon, J-C Calvet, J. P. Grant, T. Casal, P. de Rosnay, K. Saleh, A. Mahmoodi, S. Delwart, S. Mecklenburg: First evaluation of the SMOS and ELBARA-II observations in the Mediterranean region, Remote Sens. Env. 124, pp26-37, 2012
doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2012.04.014, (Abstract),


2011

Baup F., E. Mougin, P. de Rosnay, P. Hiernaux, F. Frappart, P.L. Frison, M. Zribi and J. Viarre, "Mapping surface soil moisture over the Gourma mesoscale site (Mali) by using ENVISAT ASAR data", Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. vol. 15, 603-616, 2011
doi: 10.5194/hess-15-603-2011, (Abstract),

Dee D., S. Uppala, A. Simmons, P. Berrisford, P. Poli, S. Kobayashi, U. Andrae, M. Balmaseda, G. Balsamo, P. Bauer, P. Bechtold, A. Beljaars, L. van de Berg, J. Bidlot, N. Bormann, C. Delsol, R. Dragani, M. Fuentes, A. Geer, L. Haimberger, S. Healy, H. Hersbach, E. Holm, L. Isaksen, P. Kallberg, M. Köhler, M. Matricardi, T. McNally, B. Monge-Sanz, J.-J. Morcrette, B.-K. Park: C. Peubey, P. de Rosnay, C. Tavolato, J.-N. Thépaut, F. Vitart: The ERA-Interim reanalysis: Configuration and performance of the data assimilation system, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 137: 553-597, 2011
doi: 10.1002/qj.828, (Abstract),

Grippa, M., L. Kergoat, F. Frappart, Q. Araud, A. Boone, P. de Rosnay, J.-M. Lemoine, S. Gascoin, G. Balsamo, C. Ottlé, B. Decharme, S. Saux-Picarti and G. Ramillien, "Land water storage variability over West Africa estimated by Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) and land surface models", Water Resources Research, vol 47, W05549, 18 pp., 2011
doi: 10.1029/2009WR008856, (Abstract),

Kergoat L., Grippa M., Baille A., Eymard L., Lacaze R., Mougin E., Ottlé C., Pellarin T., Polcher J. , de Rosnay P., Roujean J.-L., Sandholt I., Taylor C., Zin I. and Zribi M., "Remote sensing of the land surface during the African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis (AMMA)", Atm. Sci. Lett., 2011
doi: 10.1002/asl.325, (Abstract)

Muñoz Sabater J.M., P. de Rosnay, G. Balsamo, "Sensitivity of L-band microwave emission to soil roughness", IJRS,2011
doi: 10.1080/01431161.2010.507260, (Abstract),

Wigneron J.-P., Chanzy A., Kerr Y., Lawrence H., Shi J.-C., Escorihuela M.J. Mironov V., Mialon A., Demontoux F., de Rosnay P. and Saleh-Contell K. Evaluating an improved parameterization of the soil emission in L-MEB, IEEE TGRS, vol 49 (4), 1177-1189, 2011
doi: 10.1109/TGRS.2010.2075935, (Abstract),


2010

Albergel, C., J.-C. Calvet, P. de Rosnay, G. Balsamo, W. Wagner, S. Hasenauer, V. Naeimi, E. Martin, E. Bazile, F. Bouyssel, J.-F. Mahfouf, "Cross-evaluation of modelled and remotely sensed surface soil moisture with in situ data in southwestern France", Hydrol. and Earth Syst. Sci., 14, 2177-2191, 2010
doi: 10.5194/hess-14-2177-2010, (Abstract),

Domínguez M., M. A. Gaertner, P. de Rosnay and T. Losada, "A regional climate model simulation over West Africa: parameterization tests and analysis of land surface fields", climate dynamics, 2010
doi: 10.1007/s00382-010-0769-3, (Abstract),

Guichard F., N. Ascencio, C. Peugeot, O. Block, J.-L. Redelsperger, X. Cui, M. Garvert, B. Lamptey, E. Orlandi, J. Sander, F. Fierli, M.A. Gaertner, S. Jones, J.-P. Lafore, A. Morse, M. Nuret, A. Boone, G. Balsamo, P. de Rosnay, B. Decharme, P. Harris, J.-C. Berges, "An intercomparison of simultaed rainfall and evapotranspiration associated with a mesoscale convective system over West Africa", Weather and forecasting, vol 25, pp37-60, 2010
doi: 10.1175/2009WAF2222250.1, (Abstract),

Gruhier, C., de Rosnay, P., Hasenauer, S., Holmes, T., de Jeu, R., Kerr, Y., Mougin, E., Njoku, E., Timouk, F., Wagner, W., and Zribi, M, "Soil moisture active and passive microwave products: intercomparison and evaluation over a Sahelian site", Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. vol 14, pp 141-156, 2010
doi: 10.5194/hess-14-141-2010, (Abstract),

Schwank M., I Völksch, J.-P. Wigneron, Y. Kerr, A. Mialon, P. de Rosnay, C. Mätzler, "Comparison of two surface reflectivity models and validation with radiometer measurements", IEEE TGRS, vol. 48, pp. 325-337, 2010
doi: 10.1109/TGRS.2009.2026894, (Abstract),


2009

Boone, A., I. Poccard-Leclerq, Y. Xue, J. Feng and P. de Rosnay, "Evaluation of the WAMME model surface fluxes using results from the AMMA land surface model intercomparison project" Clim. Dyn., 2009
doi: 10.1007/s00382-009-0653-1, (Abstract),

Boone A., P. de Rosnay, G. Balsamo, A. Beljaars, F. Chopin, B. Decharme, C. Delire, A. Ducharne, S. Gascoin, F. Guichard, Y. Gusev, P. Harris, L. Jarlan, L. Kergoat, E. Mougin, O. Nasonova, A. Norgaard, T. Orgeval, C. Ottlé, I. Poccard-Leclercq, J. Polcher, I. Sandholt, S. Saux-Picart, C. M. Taylor, and Y. Xue, "The AMMA Land Surface Model Intercomparison Project (ALMIP)", Bull. American Meteor. Soc., 2009
doi: 10.1175/2009BAMS2786.1, (Abstract),

de Rosnay P., C. Gruhier, F. Timouk, E. Mougin, P. Hiernaux, L. Kergoat, V. LeDantec" Multi-scale soil moisture measurements at the Gourma meso-scale site in Mali", J. of Hydrol., Vol 375, pp 241-252, 2009
doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.01.015, (Abstract),

de Rosnay P., M. Drusch, A. Boone, G. Balsamo, B. Decharme, P. Harris, Y. Kerr, T. Pellarin, J. Polcher and J.-P. Wigneron, "The AMMA Land Surface Model Intercomparison Experiment coupled to the Community Microwave Emission Model: ALMIP-MEM", J. Geophys. Res., Vol 114, 2009
doi: 10.1029/2008JD010724, (Abstract),

Drusch M., T. Holmes, P. de Rosnay and G. Balsamo, “Comparing ERA-40 based L-band brightness temperatures with Skylab observations: a calibration/validation study using the Community Microwave Emission Model”, Journal of Hydrometeorology, Vol 10, pp213-225, 2009
doi: 10.1175/2008JHM964.1, (Abstract),

Drusch M., K. Scipal, P. de Rosnay, G. Balsamo, E. Andersson, P. Bougeault and P. Viterbo: Towards a Kalman Filter based soil moisture analysis system for the operational ECMWF Integrated Forecast System, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L10401, 2009
doi: 10.1029/2009GL037716, (Abstract)

Escorihuela M.J., Y. Kerr, P. de Rosnay, K. Saleh, J.-P. Wigneron, J.-C. Calvet: “Effect of dew on the radiometric signal over a grass field at L-Band”, IEEE TGRS Letter, 6(1), pp67-71, 2009
doi: 10.1109/LGRS.2008.2000714, (Abstract)

Holmes T., M. Drusch, J.-P. Wigneron and R. de Jeu: “A Global Simulation of Microwave Emission: Error Structures Based on Output From ECMWF's Operational Integrated Forecast System” IEEE TGRS, 46(3), pp846-856, 2008
doi: 10.1109/TGRS.2007.914798, (Abstract)

Mougin E., P. Hiernaux, L. Kergoat, M. Grippa, P. de Rosnay, F. Timouk, V. Le Dantec, V. Demarez, M. Arjounin, F. Lavenu, N. Soumaguel, E. Ceschia, B. Mougenot, F. Baup, F. Frappart, P.L. Frison, J. Gardelle, C. Gruhier, L. Jarlan, S. Mangiarotti, B. Sanou, Y.Tracol, F. Guichard, V. Trichon, L. Diarra, A. Soumaré, M. Koité, F. Dembélé, C. Lloyd, N.P. Hanan, C. Damesin, C. Delon, D. Serça, C. Galy-Lacaux, J. Seghieri, S. Becerra, H. Dia F. Gangneron, P. Mazzega, "The AMMA-CATCH Gourma observatory site in Mali: Relating climatic variations to changes in vegetation, surface hydrology, fluxes and natural resources", J. of Hydrol., Vol 375, pp 14-33, 2009
doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.06.045 , (Abstract)

Pellarin T., T. Tran, J.-M. Cohard, S. Galle, J.-P. Laurent, P. de Rosnay, T. Vischel, "Soil moisture mapping over West Africa with a 30-minute temporal resolution using AMSR-E observations and a satellite-based rainfall product", Hydrl. Earth Syst. Sci., Vol 13, pp 1887-1896, 2009
doi: 10.5194/hess-13-1887-2009, (Abstract)

Seghieri J., A. Vescovo, K. Padel, R. Soubie, M. Arjounin, N. Boulain, P. de Rosnay, S. Galle, M. Gosset, A. H Mouctar, C. Peugeot, F. Timouk, "Relationships between climate, soil moisture and phenology of the woody cover in two sites located along the West African latitudinal gradient" J. of Hydrol. Vol 375, pp 78-89, 2009
doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.01.023, (Abstract)

Timouk F., L. Kergoat, E. Mougin, C. R. Lloyd, E. Ceschia, J.-M. Cohard, P. de Rosnay, P. Hiernaux, V. Demarez, C. M. Taylor, "Response of heat and radiation fluxes to water regime and vegetation development in a sahelian landscape", J. of Hydrol. Vol 375, pp 178-189, 2009
doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.04.022, (Abstract)

Zribi M., M. Pardé, P. de Rosnay, F. Baup, N. Boulain, L. Descroix, T. Pellarin, E. Mougin, C. Ottlé, B. Decharme, "ERS Scatterometer surface soil moisture analysis of two sites in south and north of the Sahel region of West Africa" , J. of Hydrol. Vol 375, pp 252-261, , 2009
doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2008.11.046, (Abstract)


2008

Gruhier C., P. de Rosnay, Y. Kerr, E. Mougin, E. Ceschia, J.-C. Calvet, and P. Richaume, “Evaluation of AMSR-E soil moisture products based on ground soil moisture measurements over temperate and semi-arid regions”, Geophysical Research Letter, 35, 2008
doi: 10.1029/2008GL033330, (Abstract)

Janicot S., A. Ali, N. Asencio, G. Berry, O. Bock, B. Bourles, G. Caniaux, F. Chauvin, A. Deme, L. Kergoat, J.-P. Lafore, C. Lavaysse, T. Lebel, B. Marticorena, F. Mounier, J.-L. Redelsperger, C. Reeves, R. Roca, P. de Rosnay, B. Sultan, C. Thorncroft, M. Tomasini, and ACMAD forecasters team, “Large-scale overview of the summer monsoon over West and Central Africa during AMMA field experiment in 2006”, Annale Geophysica, 25(9), pp2569-2595, 2008
doi: 10.5194/angeo-26-2569-2008, (Abstract),

d'Orgeval T., J. Polcher, P. de Rosnay, "Sensitivity of the West African hydrological cycle in ORCHIDEE to infiltration processes", Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 12, 1387-1401, 2008
doi: 10.5194/hess-12-1387-2008, (Abstract),

Scipal K., Holmes T., de Jeu R., Naemi V. and Wagner W.: "A possible solution for the problem of estimating the error structure of global soil moisture data sets", Geophys. Res. Letters, 35, L24403
doi: 10.1029/2008GL035599, (Abstract),

Scipal K., Drusch M., and Wagner W.: "Assimilation of a ERS scatterometer derived soil moisture index in the ECMWF numerical weather prediction system", Adv. Water Resources 31(8): 1101-1112
doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2008.04.013, (Abstract),

Wigneron J.-P., A. Chanzy, P. de Rosnay, C. Rüdiger, J.C. Calvet, "Estimating the effective temperature at L-band as a function of soil properties", IEEE TGRS SMOS special issue, Vol 46(3), pp797-807, 2008
doi: 10.1109/TGRS.2007.914806, (Abstract),