Publications

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Journal papers

2022

W. Wagner, R. Lindorfer, T. Melzer, S. Hahn, B. Bauer-Marschallinger, K. Morrison, J.C. Calvet, S. Hobbs, R. Quast, I. Greimeister-Pfeil, M. Vreugdenhil: “Widespread occurrence of anomalous C-band backscatter signals in arid environments caused by subsurface scattering”; Remote Sensing of Environment, 276 (2022), 113025; 1 - 14.

2021

H. Beck, M. Pan, D. Miralles, R. Reichle, W. Dorigo, S. Hahn, J. Sheffield, L. Karthikeyan, G. Balsamo, R. Parinussa, A. Van Dijk, J. Du, J. Kimball, N. Vergopolan, E. Wood: “Evaluation of 18 satellite- and model-based soil moisture products using in situ measurements from 826 sensors”; Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 25 (2021**, 1; 17 - 40.

S. Hahn, W. Wagner, S. Steele-Dunne, M. Vreugdenhil, T. Melzer: “Improving ASCAT Soil Moisture Retrievals With an Enhanced Spatially Variable Vegetation Parameterization”; IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 59 (2021), 10; 8241 - 8256.

S. Steele-Dunne, S. Hahn, W. Wagner, M. Vreugdenhil: “Towards Including Dynamic Vegetation Parameters in the EUMETSAT H SAF ASCAT Soil Moisture Products”; Remote Sensing, 13 (2021), 8; 1463-1 - 1463-16.

R. van der Schalie, T. Scanlon, W. Preimesberger, A. Pasik, M. van der Vliet, L. Mösinger, N. Rodriguez-Fernandez, R. Madelon, S. Hahn, M. Hirschi, R. Kidd, R. De Jeu, W. Dorigo: “[Hydrological cycle] Soil Moisture [in “State of the Climate in 2020”]”; Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 102 (2021), 8; S67 - S68.

2020

M. Vreugdenhil, C. Navacchi, B. Bauer-Marschallinger, S. Hahn, S. Steele-Dunne, I. Greimeister-Pfeil, W. Dorigo, W. Wagner: “Sentinel-1 Cross Ratio and Vegetation Optical Depth: A Comparison over Europe”; Remote Sensing, 12 (2020), 20; 3401-1 - 3401-19.

2019

A. Al-Yaari, J. Wigneron, W. Dorigo, A. Colliander, T. Pellarin, S. Hahn, A. Mialon, P. Richaume, R. Fernández-Morán, L. Fan, Y. Kerr, G. De Lannoy: “Assessment and inter-comparison of recently developed/reprocessed microwave satellite soil moisture products using ISMN ground-based measurements”; Remote Sensing of Environment, 224 (2019), 289 - 303.

L. Brocca, P. Filippucci, S. Hahn, L. Ciabatta, C. Massari, S. Camici, L. Schüller, B. Bojkov, W. Wagner: “SM2RAIN-ASCAT (2007-2018): global daily satellite rainfall data from ASCAT soil moisture observations”; Earth System Science Data, 11 (2019), 4; 1583 - 1601.

T. Scanlon, R. van der Schalie, W. Preimesberger, C. Reimer, S. Hahn, A. Gruber, R. Kidd, R. De Jeu, W. Dorigo: “[Hydrological cycle] Soil Moisture [in “State of the Climate in 2018”]”; Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 100 (2019), 9; 38 - 39.

D. Shamambo, B. Bonan, J.C. Calvet, C. Albergel, S. Hahn: “Interpretation of ASCAT Radar Scatterometer Observations Over Land: A Case Study Over Southwestern France”; Remote Sensing, 11 (2019), 23; 2842-1 - 2842-21.

S. Steele-Dunne, S. Hahn, W. Wagner, M. Vreugdenhil: “Investigating vegetation water dynamics and drought using Metop ASCAT over the North American Grasslands”; Remote Sensing of Environment, 224 (2019), 219 - 235.

2018

L. Ciabatta, C. Massari, L. Brocca, A. Gruber, C. Reimer, S. Hahn, C. Paulik, W. Dorigo, R. Kidd, W. Wagner: “SM2RAIN-CCI: a new global long-term rainfall data set derived from ESA CCI soil moisture”; Earth System Science Data, 10 (2018), 267 - 280.

W. Dorigo, T. Scanlon, A. Gruber, R. van der Schalie, C. Reimer, S. Hahn, C. Paulik, W. Wagner, R. De Jeu: “[Hydrological cycle] Soil Moisture [in “State of the Climate in 2017”]”; Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 99 (2018), 8; 35 - 36.

F. Greifeneder, C. Notarnicola, S. Hahn, M. Vreugdenhil, C. Reimer, E. Santi, S. Paloscia, W. Wagner: “The Added Value of the VH/VV Polarization-Ratio for Global Soil Moisture Estimations From Scatterometer Data”; IEEE Journal Of Selected Topics In Applied Earth Observations And Remote Sensing, 11 (2018), 10; 3668 - 3679.

I. Greimeister-Pfeil, M. Vreugdenhil, S. Hahn, W. Wagner, P. Strauss, G. Blöschl: “Improving the Seasonal Representation of ASCAT Soil Moisture and Vegetation Dynamics in a Temperate Climate”; Remote Sensing, 10 (2018), 11; 1788-1 - 1788-23.

S. Thaler, L. Brocca, L. Ciabatta, J. Eitzinger, S. Hahn, W. Wagner: “Effects of Different Spatial Precipitation Input Data on Crop Model Outputs under a Central European Climate”; Atmosphere, 9 (2018), 8; 290-1 - 290-25.

S. Thaler, J. Eitzinger, M. Trnka, M. Mozný, S. Hahn, W. Wagner, P. Hlavinka: “The performance of Metop Advanced SCATterometer soil moisture data as a complementary source for the estimation of crop-soil water balance in Central Europe”; Journal of Agricultural Science, 156 (2018), 577 - 598.

2017

L. Brocca, 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”; IEEE Journal Of Selected Topics In Applied Earth Observations And Remote Sensing, 10 (2017), 5; 2285 - 2306.

W. Dorigo, D. Chung, A. Gruber, S. Hahn, T. Mistelbauer, R. Parinussa, C. Reimer, R. van der Schalie, R. De Jeu, W. Wagner: “[Hydrological cycle] Soil Moisture [in “State of the Climate in 2016”]””; Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 98 (2017), 8; 30 - 32.

S. Hahn, C. Reimer, M. Vreugdenhil, T. Melzer, W. Wagner: “Dynamic Characterization of the Incidence Angle Dependence of Backscatter Using Metop ASCAT”; IEEE Journal Of Selected Topics In Applied Earth Observations And Remote Sensing, 10 (2017), 5; 2348 - 2359.

H. Lievens, B. Martens, N. Verhoest, S. Hahn, R. Reichle, D. Miralles: “Assimilation of global radar backscatter and radiometer brightness temperature observations to improve soil moisture and land evaporation estimates”; Remote Sensing of Environment, 189 (2017), 194 - 210.

K. Miyaoka, A. Gruber, F. Ticconi, S. Hahn, W. Wagner, J. Figa-Saldaña, C. Anderson: “Triple Collocation Analysis of Soil Moisture From Metop-A ASCAT and SMOS Against JRA-55 and ERA-Interim”; IEEE Journal Of Selected Topics In Applied Earth Observations And Remote Sensing, 10 (2017), 5; 2274 - 2284.

M. Vreugdenhil, S. Hahn, T. Melzer, B. Bauer-Marschallinger, C. Reimer, W. Dorigo, W. Wagner: “Assessing Vegetation Dynamics Over Mainland Australia With Metop ASCAT”; IEEE Journal Of Selected Topics In Applied Earth Observations And Remote Sensing, 10 (2017), 5; 2240 - 2248.

2016

W. Dorigo, D. Chung, A. Gruber, S. Hahn, T. Mistelbauer, R. Parinussa, C. Paulik, C. Reimer, R. van der Schalie, R. De Jeu, W. Wagner: “[Hydrological cycle] Soil Moisture [in “State of the Climate in 2015”]”; Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 97 (2016), 8; S31 - S32.

M. Vreugdenhil, W. Dorigo, W. Wagner, R. De Jeu, S. Hahn, M. Van Marle: “Analyzing the Vegetation Parameterization in the TU-Wien ASCAT Soil Moisture Retrieval”; IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 54 (2016), 6; 3513 - 3531.

2014

L. Brocca, L. Ciabatta, C. Massari, T. Moramarco, S. Hahn, S. Hasenauer, R. Kidd, W. Dorigo, W. Wagner, V. Levizzani: “Soil as a natural rain gauge: Estimating global rainfall from satellite soil moisture data”; Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 119 (2014), 9; 5128 - 5141.

W. Dorigo, D. Chung, R. Parinussa, C. Reimer, S. Hahn, Y. Liu, W. Wagner, R. De Jeu, C. Paulik, G. Wang: “Soil moisture”; Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 95 (2014), 7; S25 - S26.

W. Wagner, L. Brocca, V. Naeimi, R. Reichle, C. Draper, R. De Jeu, D. Ryu, C. Su, A. Western, J.C. Calvet, Y. Kerr, D. Leroux, M. Drusch, T. Jackson, S. Hahn, W. Dorigo, C. Paulik: “Clarifications on the “Comparison Between SMOS, VUA, ASCAT, and ECMWF Soil Moisture Products Over Four Watersheds in U.S.””; IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 52 (2014), 3; 1901 - 1906.

2013

W. Wagner, S. Hahn, R. Kidd, T. Melzer, Z. Bartalis, S. Hasenauer, J. Figa-Saldaña, P. de Rosnay, A. Jann, S. Schneider, J. Komma, G. Kubu, K. Brugger, C. Aubrecht, J. Züger, U Gangkofner, S. Kienberger, L. Brocca, Y. Wang, G. Blöschl, J. Eitzinger, K. Steinnocher, P. Zeil, F Rubel: “The ASCAT soil moisture product: A review of its specifications, validation results, and emerging applications”; Meteorologische Zeitschrift, 22 (2013), 1; 5 - 33.

2012

L. Brocca, T. Moramarco, F. Melone, W. Wagner, S. Hasenauer, S. Hahn: “Assimilation of surface- and root-zone ASCAT soil moisture products into rainfall-runoff modeling”; IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 50 (2012), 7; 2542 - 2555.

S. Hahn, T. Melzer, W. Wagner: “Error assessment of the initial near real-time METOP ASCAT Surface Soil Moisture Product”; IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 50 (2012), 7; 2556 - 2565.

2011

W. Dorigo, W. Wagner, R. Hohensinn, S. Hahn, C. Paulik, A. Xaver, A. Gruber, M. Drusch, S. Mecklenburg, P. van Oevelen, A. Robock, T. Jackson: “The International Soil Moisture Network: a data hosting facility for global in situ soil moisture measurements”; Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 15 (2011), 1675 - 1698.