PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS (WEB OF SCIENCE CORE COLLECTION)
1. [*] Wang, S, Ibrom, A, Bauer-Gottwein, P & Garcia, M. 2017. Incorporating diffuse radiation into a light use efficiency and evapotranspiration model: an 11-year study in a high latitude deciduous forest.Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, In press.
2. 3Na-U-Dom T., Mo X., M. Garcia. 2017. Ecosystem resilience to drought and temperature anomalies in the Mekong River Basin. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 68 (1), 012012.
3. Na-U-Dom, T. X Mo, M Garcia. 2017. Assessing the Climatic Effects on Vegetation Dynamics in the Mekong River Basin. Environments MDPI, 4 (1) 17.
4. Kustas, W.P., Nieto, H., Morillas L., Anderson MC, Alfieri JG, Hipps, LE., Villagarcía, L., Domingo F., & M. Garcia. 2016. Revisiting the paper “Using radiometric surface temperature for surface energy flux estimation in Mediterranean drylands from a two-source perspective. Remote Sensing of Environment 184, 645-653. [Top 10% citations]
5. Tagesson, T., Fensholt, R., Guiro, I., Rasmussen, M, Huber, S., Mbow, C., M. Garcia, et al. 2014. Ecosystem properties of semiarid savanna grassland in West Africa and its relationship with environmental variability.Global Change Biology. 1: 250-264. [Top 10% citations]
6. Garcia, M, N. Fernández, L. Villagarcía, F. Domingo, J. Puigdefábregas, I. Sandholt. 2014. Accuracy of the Temperature–Vegetation Dryness Index using MODIS under water-limited vs. energy-limited evapotranspiration conditions, Remote Sensing of Environment, Volume 149, 2014, Pages 100-117. [Top 10% citations]
7. [*] Morillas, L. Villagarcía L., Nieto, H., Domingo, F. García, M. 2014. Environmental factors affecting the accuracy of surface fluxes from a two-source model in Mediterranean drylands: Upscaling instantaneous to daytime estimates. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 189-190: 140-158.
8. [*] Morillas, L., Leuning, R Villagarcía, L., García, Serrano-Ortiz, P., M., Domingo, F. Improving evapotranspiration estimates in Mediterranean drylands: the role of soil evaporation. 2013. Water Resources Research, 49 (10), 6572-6586
9. [*] Morillas, L., Garcia, M., Nieto, H., Villagarcia, L., Sandholt I., Gonzalez-Dugo M.P, Zarco-Tejada P., & Domingo, F. 2013. Using radiometric surface temperature for energy flux estimation in Mediterranean drylands from a two-source perspective. Remote Sensing of Environment 136, 234-246.
10. García, M., Sandholt, I., Ceccato, P., Ridler, M., Mougin, E., Kergoat, L., Morillas, L., Timouk L., Fensholt, & R., Domingo, F. 2013. Actual Evapotranspiration in Drylands from In-Situ and Satellite Data: Assessing Biophysical constraints. Remote Sensing of Environment, 131, 103:118 [Top 10% citations]
11. Palacios-Orueta, A., Huesca, M., Whiting, Litago, J. M., García, M., & Ustin, S.L. 2012.Derivation of phenological metrics by function fitting to time-series of spectral shape indexes AS1 and AS2: Mapping cotton phenological stages using MODIS time series. Remote Sensing of Environment, 126: 148-15.
12. Domingo, F., Serrano-Ortiz, P., Were, A, Villagarcía, L., García, M. Ramírez, D., Kowalski, A., J. Moro, Rey, A., & C. Oyonarte. 2011. Carbon and water balances in semi-arid ecosystems of SE Spain, Journal of Arid Environments 75(12): 1275-1281.
13. Villagarcía, L., Were, A., García, M. & F. Domingo. 2010. Sensitivity of a clumped model of evapotranspiration to surface resistance parameterizations: application in a semi-arid environment. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 150, 1065–1078.
14. García, M., Litago, J., Palacios-Orueta A., Pinzón J., Ustin S.L. 2010. Short-Term Propagation of Rainfall Perturbations on Terrestrial Ecosystems in Central California. Journal of Applied Vegetation Science, 13(2): 146-162.
15. García M., Oyonarte C., Villagarcía, L., Contreras, S. Domingo, F. & Puigdefábregas, J. 2008. Monitoring land degradation risk using ASTER data: the non-evaporative fraction as an indicator of ecosystem function. Remote Sensing of Environment, 112 (9): 3720-3736.
16. Campra, P., García, M., Cantón, Y., & Palacios-Orueta, A. 2008. Surface air temperature cooling trends and negative radiative forcing due to land use change towards greenhouse farming in southeastern Spain. Journal of Geophysical Research, 113, D18109, doi:10.1029/2008JD009912.
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17. Contreras, S., Boer, M.M., Alcalá, F.J., Domingo, F., García, M., Pulido-Bosch, A. & Puigdefábregas, J. 2008. An ecohydrological modelling approach for assessing long-term recharge rates in semiarid karstic landscapes. Journal of Hydrology, 351(1-2): 42-57.
18. Villagarcía, L., Were A., Domingo, F., García, M. & Alados-Arboledas, L. 2007. Estimation of soil boundary-layer resistance in sparse semiarid stands for evapotranspiration modelling. Journal of Hydrology,342(1-2): 173-183.
19. García, M., Villagarcía, L., Contreras, S. Domingo, F. & Puigdefábregas, J. 2007. Comparison of three operative models for estimating the surface water deficit using ASTER reflective and thermal data. Sensors MDPI, 7: 860-883.
20. García, M., & S. L. Ustin. 2001. Detection of inter-annual vegetation responses to climatic variability using AVIRIS data in a coastal savannah in California. IEEE Transactions on GeoScience and Remote Sensing V39:1480-1490.
21. Ustin, S.L., Roberts, D.A., Green, R., Zomer, R. & Garcia, M. 1999. Remote sensing methods monitor natural resources. Photonics Spectra, v33, 108-111, 113.
BOOK CHAPTERS
1. Escribano, P., Schmid, T., Chabrillat, S., Rodríguez-Caballero, E., García, M. 2017. Optical remote sensing for soil mapping and monitoring. In: Pereira, P., Brevik, E., Muñoz-Rojas, M., Miller, B. (Eds.), Soil mapping and process modelling for sustainable land use management. Elsevier, Amsterdam. p. 87-124. ISBN: 9780128052013.
2. García, M., Contreras, S., Domingo, F., & Puigdefábregas, J. 2009. Mapping land degradation risk: Potential of the non-evaporative fraction using Aster and MODIS data. In: Roeder, A. & Hill, J. (Eds.): Recent Advances in Remote Sensing and Geoinformation Processing for Land Degradation Assessment p: 261-280. Boca Raton, NY, Leiden: CRC Press (Taylor & Francis). ISBN 978-0-415-39769-8.
3. García, M., Fernández, N., & Delibes, M. 2010. Relationship between evapotranspiration and rainfall variability in the Doñana region, Spain. Third Recent Advance in Quantitative Remote Sensing, J.A. Sobrino (Ed.), p. 466: 470, Pub. Universitat de Valencia, Valencia, Spain. ISBN: 978-84-370-795-5,
4. García, M., Palacios-Orueta, A., Puigdefábregas, J., Contreras, S., del Barrio, G., Fernández-Abad, F.J., Moreno, M. 2006. Estimating evapotranspiration from TVDI: Towards a land degradation indicator for regional analysis. Second Recent Advances in Quantitative Remote Sensing, J.A. Sobrino (Ed.). Servicio de Pub. Universitat de Valencia. Valencia. p. 664-669. ISBN: 843706533X.
5. Villagarcía, L., Were, A., Morillas, L., García, M., Domingo, F. & Puigdefábregas, J. 2009. Influence of soil moisture on the modelling of evapotranspiration in sparse vegetation. Advances in studies on Desertification, Romero-Díaz, A. et al. (Eds.), Servicio Publicaciones Universidad de Murcia EDITUM, Murcia, pp. 631-634. ISBN 978-84-8371-888-9.
6. Morillas, L, García, M., Zarco-Tejada, P., Ladrón de Guevara, M., Villagarcía, L., Were, A. & Domingo, F. 2009. Derivation of the canopy conductance from surface temperature and spectral indices for estimating evapotranspiration in semiarid vegetation. Advances in Studies on Desertification, Romero-Díaz, A. et al. (Eds.), Servicio Publicaciones Universidad de Murcia EDITUM, Murcia pp. 583-586. ISBN 978-84-8371-888-9.
NON WEB OF SCIENCE PUBLICATIONS
1. Garcia, M. Davidsen, C. & P. Hammer Andersson. 2017. Training interdisciplinary hydrologists: differences between Chinese and Danish students. ETALEE conference proceedings, p. 125.(Peer-reviewd)
2. Wang S., Dam-Hansen C. Zarco Tejada P., Malureanu R, Bandini F., Jakobsen J., Ibrom A., Bauer-Gottwein P., & Garcia M., 2017. Optimizing sensitivity of Unmanned Aerial System optical sensors for low zenith angles and cloudy conditions. 10th EARSeL SIG Imaging Spectroscopy Workshop, 19 – 21 April 2017, EARSeL & University of Zurich, Switzerland.
3. Kai, L, Garcia, M, Yu, J, Zhang, Y, Wang, P, Wang, S & Liu, X. 2017. Ecological restoration of groundwater-dependent vegetation in the arid Ejina Delta: evidences from satellite evapotranspiration. Geophysical Research Abstracts, vol y, EGU2017-19121-2.
4. Muñoz-Rojas M., Escribano P., & M. Garcia. 2017. Developing ecological fingerprints for ecoclimatic zones in Australian drylands to inform land restoration. EGU 2017 General Assembly Conference Abstracts EGU2017-18278-2.
5. Wang, S, Ibrom, A, Pilegaard, K, Bauer-Gottwein, P & Garcia, M 2017. Effects of diffuse radiation on carbon and water fluxes of a high latitude temperate deciduous forest. Geophysical Research Abstracts, vol 19, EGU2017-12865-2.
6. Wang, S, Bandini, F, Jakobsen, J, Zarco Tejada, PJ, Köppl, CJ, Olesen D., Ibrom A, Bauer-Gottwein, P & Garcia, M. 2017. A continuous hyperspatial monitoring system of evapotranspiration and gross primary productivity from Unmanned Aerial Systems' Geophysical Research Abstracts, vol 19, EGU2017-12426-4.
7. Sobejano-Paz, V, Wang, S, Jakobsen, J, Bandini, F, Bauer-Gottwein, P & Garcia, M. 2016, 'Multi‐angular observations of vegetation indices from UAV cameras. Sustain-ATV Conference 2016, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark, 30/11/2016 - 30/11/2016,
8. Wang S., Köppl, CJ, Bandini, F, Jakobsen, J, Olesen, DH, Ibrom, A, Bauer-Gottwein, P & Garcia, M. 2016. Hyperspatial mapping of water, energy and carbon fluxes with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. Nordic UAS Event, Odense, Denmark, 01/06/2016 - 03/06/2016
9. Garcia, M. Bauer-Gottwein, P., Bandini, F, Jakobsen, J, Olesen, DH,P. Knudsen, L. Orsoe, A.Friis, M. Messerschmidt. M. 2015. Using thermal and multispectral imaging in UAVs environmental monitoring. Nordic UAS Event, Odense, Denmark, 01/06/2015 - 03/06/2015
10. Moyano M., M. Garcia, L. Tornos, L. Recuero, A. Palacios-Orueta, L. Juana. 2015. Assessing regional crop water demand using a satellite-based combination equation with a land surface temperature component. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts 17, 15503.
11. García M., N Fernández, L Villagarcía, F Domingo, J Puigdefábregas. 2015. Sensitivity of a satellite-derived drought index under soil moisture-limited vs. energy-limited evapotranspiration. 7th International Scientific Conference on the Global Water and Energy Cycle 2015.
12. Vicente-Serrano S., N Martin-Hernández, M Tomas-Burguera, Azorín-Molina, M Dominguez-Duran, F. Reig, A. Sanchez-Lorenzo, S. Beguería, A. El Kenawy, M. Garcia. 2015. A bi-weekly actual evapotranspiration dataset derived from NOAA-AVHRR images across the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic islands, 1981-2015.SM Earth Observation for Water Cycle Science 2015.
13. Fernandez M., M Garcia, N Fernandez. Global Ecosystem Restoration Index.2015. The GEO Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON): Enhancing Biodiversity. 2015, p 14-15.
14. K. Mallick, E. Boegh, M Garcia, L Morillas, A. Kleidon, M. Renner, D .Niyogi. 2015. Towards Developing a Framework of Global Evapotranspiration and Drought Product for the Sentinel-3 Mission. Sentinel-3 for Science Workshop 2015.
15. Bandini, F., Garcia, M., Bauer-Gottwein, P. 2014. Remote sensing from UAVs for hydrological monitoring. European Plant Phenotyping Workshop, Copenhagen, Denmark.
16. Fernández, N., M. García, E. Gil, E. Serrano; M. Delibes. 2014. Bottom-up resource limitation: the ecosystem energy balance predicts the quality of nutrition in a herbivore prey. Remote sensing for conservation: uses, prospects and challenges Conference. London, United Kingdom. 22-23/05/2014. Zoological Society of London, CEOS, DLR, NASA.
17. Garcia, M., Mu, Q., Ceccato, P., Ardo, J.P., Mougin, E., Kergoat, L., Timouk, F., Sandholt, I., Fisher, J. 2013. Satellite-based drought monitoring in the Sahel: Evaluation of two global physically-based evapotranspiration algorithms. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 15, EGU2013-13379-1, 2013.
18. Garcia, M., Fernandez, N. and Delibes, M. 2013. Ecosystems resilience to drought: indicators derived from time-series of Earth Observation data. Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 15, EGU2013-13474, 2013, EGU General Assembly 2013. ISBN 978-1-4244-2807-6
19. Proud, S., Nieto, H., Mendiguren G., Guzinski, R., Garcia M., Sandholt, I. 2012. Monitoring the Earth System with Meteosat/SEVIRI. Monitoring weather and climate from Space. Eumetsat conference 2012. Sept 3-7 2012 EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference 3-7 September 2012, Sopot, Poland.
20. Morillas L., Villagarcía L., Were A., García M., Domingo F. 2012.The role of canopy transpiration in the water balance of Mediterranean drylands. XI Edición del Simposio Hispano-Portugués de Relaciones Hídricas en las Plantas. Sevilla, Spain.
21. García, M., Ceccato, P., M., Sandholt, I. 2012. Modeling daily evapotranspiration in the Sahel using MSG-SEVIRI and MODIS products between 2003-2008. 30th Agricultural and Forest Meteorology Conference, Boston, June 2012
22. García, M., Sandholt, I., Ceccato, P., Ridler, M., Fensholt, R., Mougin, E., & Timouk, F. 2011. Deriving Biophysical Constraints from MODIS Sensor to Estimate Evapotranspiration in Semiarid Regions. FLUXNET and Remote Sensing Open Workshop: Towards Upscaling Flux Information from Towers to the Globe. Abstract book Pp 27-28. Selected Young Scientist.
23. García, M., Fernández, N., González-Dugo, M.P. & Delibes, M. 2009. Impact of annual drought on the water and energy exchanges of different vegetation types in the protected area of Doñana (Spain). Earth Observation and Water Cycle Science Conference Proceedings. 18-20 November 2009. European Space Agency ESRIN. Frascati, Italy.
24. García, M., Fernández-Abad, F., Villagarcía, L., Palacios-Orueta, A., & Puigdefábregas, & Domingo, F. 2008. Estimating latent and sensible heat fluxes using the temperature vegetation dryness index (TVDI) and MODIS data. In IGARSS’08. Proceedings of the International and Remote sensing Symposium July, 2008, Boston (USA). IEEE, Piscataway (N.J), vol. 3, pp: 867-870.
25. García M., and S.L. Ustin. 2000. Interannual Response of Vegetation to Climatic Variability in a Coastal Savanna in California. In Proceedings of the 9th NASA-JPL Airborne Earth Science Workshop: Jet Propulsion Laboratory Publication 00-18, pp. 261 - 269.
26. García M., Barreiro P., Ruiz Altisent M., Alonso R. & L. Júdez. 1998. Development of a virtual expert for color classification of tobacco leaves. Validation against human experts.1998. From Sensors to Decision Support System in Agriculture, Food Industry and Environment. SENSORAL. V. Bellon-Maurel (Ed.), CEMAGREF Editions Vol 1, pp:105-117. ISBN 2-85362-499-4.(Peer-reviewed)
[*] Indicates that Monica Garcia was the main thesis main supervisor.