Email : albert.olioso(at)inrae.fr
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Domaine Saint Paul
F-84914 AVIGNON Cedex 9
Director of Research at Ecology of Mediterranean Forest Unit attached to the Ecology and Biodiversity Department (ECODIV).
Research
- Variation of evapotranspiration (ET) and transpiration in space and time, in relation to plant processes, water stress and drought, plant productivity, crop water requirements, aquifer recharge and atmospheric dynamic.
(example: Poster on forest ET) - Differentiating impact of water stress, thermal stress and biotic stress on transpiration.
- Impact of global changes on evapotranspiration and plant water processes
- Evapotranspiration mapping using remote sensing data
- Modeling thermal infrared land surface emissivity and radiances
- Participation to the development of new space missions with thermal infrared sensors TRISHNA (CNES-ISRA) and LSTM (ESA).
ORCID-ID : https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8342-9272
IdHal : albert-olioso
Recent publications
Under review
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Published in 2026
Aolin Jia, Kanishka Mallick, Ziyu Lin, Mauro Sulis, Zoltan Szantoi, Lilin Zhang, Chiara Corbari, Pedro Torralbo Munoz, Hector Nieto, Jean-Louis Roujean, Jordi Etchanchu, Jerome Demarty, Samuel Mwangi, Albert Olioso, Olivier Merlin, Gilles Boulet, 2026.
Sensitivity of thermal evapotranspiration models to surface and atmospheric drivers across ecosystems and aridity.
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 376, 110930
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2025.110930
https://hal.science/hal-05374909
Mwangi, S., Olioso, A., Etchanchu, J., Mallick, K., Jia, A., Demarty, J., Farhani, N., Sarrazin, E., Gamet, P., Roujean, J.-L., and Boulet, G., 2026.
Uncertainties in long-term ensemble estimates of contextual evapotranspiration over southern France
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 30, 1117–1142
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-1117-2026
Published in 2025
Druel, A., Ruffault, J., Davi, H., Chanzy, A., Marloie, O., De Cáceres, M., Olioso, A., Mouillot, F., François, C., Soudani, K., Martin-StPaul, N. K., 2025.
Enhancing environmental models with a new downscaling method for global radiation in complex terrain.
Biogeosciences, 22, 1–18.
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-1-2025 [open access]
Etchanchu J., Demarty J., Dezetter A., Farhani F., Thiam P. B., Allies A., Bodian A., Boulet G., Chahinian N., Diop L., Mainassara I., Ndiaye P. M., Ollivier C., Olioso A., Roupsard O., 2025.
Multiscale analysis of existing actual evapotranspiration products over agropastoral Sahel.
Journal of Hydrology, 651, 132585.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2024.132585
https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-04868633 [open access]
Farhani N., Etchanchu J., Boulet G., Gamet P., Olioso A., Dezetter A., Bodian A., Chahinian N., Mallick K., Ollivier C., Roupsard O., Allies A., Demarty J., 2025.
Spatially remotely sensed evapotranspiration estimates in Sahel regions using an ensemble contextual model with automated heterogeneity assessment.
Science of Remote Sensing, 100229.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.srs.2025.100229
https://hal.science/hal-05074158
Hongliang Ma, Marie Weiss, Daria Malik, Beatrice Berthelot, Marta Yebra, Rachael Nolane, Arnaud Mialon, Jiangyuan Zeng, Xingwen Quan, Håkan Torbern Tagesson, Albert Olioso, Frederic Baret, 2025.
Satellite canopy water content from Sentinel-2, Landsat-8 and MODIS: principle, algorithm and assessment.
Remote Sensing of Environment, 326, 114801
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2025.114801
Huanyu Zhang, Tian Hu, Bo-Hui Tang, Albert Olioso, Yoanne Didry, Kanishka Mallick, Patrik Hitzelberger, Yun Jiang, Yuanliang Cheng, Zoltan Szantoi, 2025.
Revisit of the temperature and emissivity separation algorithm (TES) towards model refinement.
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Publié en ligne : 10 février 2025
https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2025.3540710
Huanyu Zhang, Tian Hu, Bo-Hui Tang, Kanishka Mallick, Xiaopo Zheng, Mengmeng Wang, Albert Olioso, Vincent Rivalland, Darren Ghent, Agnieszka Soszynska, Zoltan Szantoi, Lluís Pérez-Planells, Frank M. Göttsche, Dražen Skoković, José A. Sobrino, 2025.
Deep learning coupled with split window and temperature-emissivity separation (DL-SW-TES) method improves clear-sky high resolution land surface temperature estimation.
ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 225, 1-18.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2025.04.016
Published in 2024
Kinoti I., Leblanc M., Lekula M., Tweed S., Kenabatho P,K., Olioso A., Lubczynski M.W., 2024.
Hydrogeological conceptual model of Stampriet Transboundary Aquifer System in Southern Africa
Groundwater for Sustainable Development, 26, 101301
DOI : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gsd.2024.101301 [open access]
HAL : https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-04694541v1 [open access]
Published in 2023
Tian Hu, Kaniska Mallick, Patrik Hitzelberger, Yoanne Didry, Gilles Boulet, Zoltan Szantoi, Benjamin Koetz, Itziar Alonso, Madeleine Pascolini-Campbell, Gregory Halverson, Kerry Cawse-Nicholson, Glynn C. Hulley, Simon Hook, Nishan Bhattarai, Albert Olioso, Jean-Louis Roujean, Philippe Gamet, Bob Su, 2023.
Evaluating European ECOSTRESS Hub Evapotranspiration Products Across a Range of Soil-Atmospheric Aridity and Biomes Over Europe.
Water Resources Research, 59, e2022WR034132.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2022WR034132
HAL: https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-03866684v2 [open access preprint]
Pre-print : https://doi.org/10.1002/essoar.10512884.1 [open access preprint]
Mwangi Samuel, Gilles Boulet, Michel LePage, J-P Gastellu-Etchegorry, Joaquim Bellvert, Baptiste Lemaire, Pascal Fanise, Jean-Louis Roujean, Albert Olioso, 2023.
Observation and assessment of model retrievals of surface exchange components over a row canopy using directional thermal data.
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 16, 7343-7356.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTARS.2023.3297709 [open access]
HAL: https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-04208842v1 [open access]
Ollivier C., Carrière S.D., Heath T., Olioso A., Rabefitia Z., Rakoto H., Oudin L., Satge F., 2023.
Ensemble precipitation estimates based on the assessment of 21 gridded precipitation datasets to improve precipitation estimations across Madagascar.
Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 47, 101400.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2023.101400 [open access]
HAL: https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-04153014v1 [open access]
Ruffault J., Limousin J.-M., Pimont F., Dupuy J.-L., De Càceres M., Cochard H., Mouillot F., Blackman C.J., Torres-Ruiz J.M., Parsons R.A., Moreno M., Delzon S., Jansen S., Olioso A., Choat B. and Martin-StPaul N.K., 2023.
Plant hydraulic modelling of leaf and canopy water content reveals increasing vulnerability of a Mediterranean forests to wildfire under extreme drought.
New Phytologist, 237:1256–1269.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.18614
HAL: https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-04047940v1 [No file available]
2022
Allies A., A. Olioso, B. Cappelaere, G. Boulet, J. Etchanchu, H. Barral, I. B. Moussa, J.-P. Chazarin, E. Delogu, H. B.-A. Issoufou, I. Mainassara, M. Oï, J. Demarty, 2022.
A remote sensing data fusion method for continuous daily evapotranspiration mapping at kilometric scale in Sahelian areas.
Journal of Hydrology, Volume 607, 127504.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.127504
HAL: https://hal.science/ird-04147627v1
Jacob, F., Vidal, T.H.G., Lesaignoux, A., Olioso, A., Weiss, M., Nerry, F., Jacquemoud, S., Gamet, P., Caillault, K., Labarre, L., French, A., Schmugge, T., Briottet X., Lagouarde, J.P., 2022.
A simulation-based error budget of the TES method for the design of the spectral configuration of the micro-bolometer based MISTIGRI thermal infrared sensor.
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 60, 5000919
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2021.3099896
HAL: https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-03410117 [open access accepted version]
Mwangi S., Boulet G., Olioso A., 2022.
Assessment of an extended SPARSE model for estimating evapotranspiration from directional thermal infrared data.
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 317, 108882.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2022.108882
HAL: https://hal.science/ird-03701669v1
Vidal T.H.G., Jacob F., Olioso A., Gamet P., 2022.
Optimization of Instrumental Spectral Configurations for the Split Window Method in the Context of the TRISHNA Mission.
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, en ligne
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2021.3099967
HAL: https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-03336205 [open access accepted version]
Vidal T.H.G., Gamet P., Olioso A., Jacob F., 2022.
Optimizing TRISHNA TIR channels configuration for improved land surface temperature and emissivity measurements.
Remote Sensing of Environment, 272, 112939
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2022.112939
HAL: https://hal.science/hal-03577600v1 [open access accepted version]
2021
Delogu, E., Olioso, A., Alliès, A., Demarty, J., Boulet, G., 2021.
Evaluation of Multiple Methods for the Production of Continuous Evapotranspiration Estimates from TIR Remote Sensing
Remote Sensing, 13, no. 6, 1086.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13061086 [open access]
HAL: https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-03174535 [open access]
Carrière S.D., Loiseau B., Champollion C., Ollivier C., Martin-StPaul N.K., Lesparre N., Olioso A., Hinderer J., Jougnot D., 2021.
First evidence of correlation between Evapotranspiration and Gravity at a daily time scale from two vertically spaced superconducting gravimeters.
Geophysical Research Letters, 48 (24), pp.e2021GL096579.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL096579
HAL: https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-03494887v1 [open access accepted version]
Ollivier C., A. Olioso, S.D. Carrière, J-B. Charlier, H. Davi, N. K. Martin St-Paul, M. Weiss, G. Simioni, O. Marloie, N. Mazzilli, K. Chalikakis, C. Emblanch, D. Combemale and A. Chanzy, 2021.
An evapotranspiration model driven by remote sensing data for assessing groundwater resource in karst watershed.
Science of the Total Environment, 781, 146706.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146706
HAL: https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-03203364 [open access accepted version]
2020
Allies A., J. Demarty, A. Olioso, I. Bouzou Moussa, H. B.-A. Issoufou, C. Velluet, M. Bahir, I. Mainassara, M. Oï, J.-P. Chazarin, B. Cappelaere. 2020.
Evapotranspiration Estimation in the Sahel Using a New Ensemble-Contextual Method.
Remote Sensing, 12, 380.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12030380 [open access]
HAL: https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-02903308 [open access]
Carrière S.D., Ruffault J., Cakpo C.B., Olioso A., Doussan C., Simioni G., Chalikakis K., Patris N., Davi H., Martin-StPaul N.K., 2020.
Intra-specific variability in deep water extraction between trees growing on a Mediterranean karst.
Journal of Hydrology, 590, 125428
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.125428
HAL: https://hal.science/hal-03111285v1 [open access accepted version]
Carrière, S., Martin St-Paul, N., Cakpo, C. B., Patris, N., Gillon, M., Chalikakis, K., Doussan, C., Olioso, A., Babic, M., Jouineau, A., Simioni, G., Davi, H., 2020.
The role of deep vadose zone water in tree transpiration during drought periods in karst settings – Insights from isotopic tracing and leaf water potential.
Science of the Total Environment, 699, 134332.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134332
HAL: http://prodinra.inra.fr/record/483355 [open access accepted version]
Carrière S., Martin-StPaul N.K., Cakpo C.-B., Patris N., Gillon M., Chalikakis K., Doussan C., Olioso A., Babic M., Jouineau A., Simioni G., Davi H., 2020.
Tree xylem water isotope analysis by Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry and Laser Spectroscopy: a dataset to explore drought response.
Data in Brief, 29, 105349.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2020.105349 [open access]
HAL: https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-02525931 [open access]
Ollivier, C., Mazzilli, N., Olioso, A., Chalikakis, K., Carrière, S., Danquigny, C., Emblanch, C., 2020.
Karst recharge-discharge semi distributed model to assess spatial variability of flows.
Science of the Total Environment, 703, 134368.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134368
HAL: https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-02309565 [open access accepted version]
2019
Guillevic, P.C., Olioso, A., Hook, S.J., Fisher, J.B., Lagouarde, J.-P., Vermote, E.F., 2019.
Impact of the revisit of thermal infrared remote sensing observation on evapotranspiration uncertainty – A sensitivity study using AmeriFlux data.
Remote Sensing, 11, 573.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11050573. [open access]
HAL: https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-02620039 [open access]
2018
Alkassem Alosman M., Ruy S., Buis S., Lecharpentier P., Bader J.C., Charron F., Olioso A., 2018.
An improved method to estimate soil hydrodynamic and hydraulic roughness parameters by using easily measurable data during flood irrigation experiments and inverse modeling.
Water, 10(11), 1581.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/w10111581
Delogu, E., Boulet, G., Olioso, A., Garrigues, S., Brut, A., Tallec, T., Demarty, J., Soudani, K., Lagouarde, J.-P., 2018.
Evaluation of the SPARSE dual-source model for predicting water stress and evapotranspiration from thermal infra-red data over multiple crops and climates.
Remote Sensing, 10(11), 1806;
DOI:https://doi.org/10.3390/rs10111806
Durand JL.; Delusca K.; K. Boote; J. Lizaso; R. Manderscheid; HJ. Weigel; A. Ruane; C. Rosenzweig; J. Jones; L. Ahuja; S. Anapalli; B. Basso; C. Baron; P.Bertuzzi; C. Biernath; D. Deryng; F. Ewert; T. Gaiser; S. Gayler; F. Heinlein; KC. Kersebaum; SH. Kim; C. Müller; C. Nendel; A. Olioso, E. Priesack; J. Ramirez Villegas; K. Waha; D. Ripoche; E. R. Rötter; S. Seidel; A. Srivastava; F. Tao; D. Timlin; T. Twine; E. Wang; H. Webber; Z. Zhao, 2018.
How accurately do maize crop models simulate the interactions of atmospheric CO2 concentration levels and limited water supply on water use and yield?
European Journal of Agronomy, 100, 67-75.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eja.2017.01.002
Garrigues S., A. Boone, B. Decharme, A. Olioso, C. Albergel, J-C. Calvet, S. Moulin, S. Buis, E. Martin, 2018.
Impacts of the soil water transfer parametrization on the simulation of evapotranspiration over a 14-year Mediterranean crop succession.
Journal of Hydrometeorology, 19 (January 2018), 3-25.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-17-0058.1
2017
Bahir, M., Boulet, G., Olioso, A., Rivalland, V., Gallego-Elvira, B., Mira, M., Rodriguez, J.C., Jarlan, L., Merlin, O., 2017.
Evaluation and aggregation properties of Thermal Infra-Red –based evapotranspiration algorithms from 100 m to the km scale over a semi-arid irrigated agricultural area.
Remote Sensing, 9(11), 1178.
DOI:https://doi.org/10.3390/rs9111178
Jacob, F., Lesaignoux, A., Olioso, A., Weiss, M., Caillault, K., Jacquemoud, S., Nerry, F., French, A., Schmugge, T., Briottet, X., Lagouarde, J.-P., 2017.
Reassessment of the temperature - emissivity separation from multispectral thermal infrared data: Introducing the impact of vegetation canopy by simulating the cavity effect with the SAIL-Thermique model.
Remote Sensing of Environment, 198: 160-172.
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2017.06.006
Shen H, Leblanc M, Frappart F, Seoane L, O’Grady D, Olioso A and Tweed S, 2017.
A comparative study of GRACE with continental evapotranspiration estimates in Australian semi-arid and arid basins.
Water, 9, 614.
DOI:https://doi.org/10.3390/w9090614
2016
Mira M., Olioso A., Gallego-Elvira B., Courault D., Garrigues S., Marloie O., Hagolle O., Guillevic P., Boulet G., 2016.
Uncertainty assessment of surface net radiation derived from Landsat images,
Remote sensing of Environment, 175, 251–270.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2015.12.054
Duffour, C., J.-P. Lagouarde, A. Olioso, J. Demarty, J.-L. Roujean, 2016.
Driving factors of the directional variability of thermal infrared signal in temperate regions.
Remote Sensing of Environment, 177, 248-264.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2016.02.024
Trolard, F., Bourrié, G., Baillieux, A., Buis, S., Chanzy, A., Clastre, P., Closet, J.-F., Courault, D., Dangeard, M.-L., Di Virgilio, N., Dussouliez, P., Fleury, J., Gasc, J., Géniaux, G., Jouan, R., Keller, C., Lecharpentier, P., Lecroart, J., Napoleone, C., Mohammed, G., Olioso, A., Reynders, S., Rossi, F., Tennant, M., de Vicente Lopez, J., 2016.
The PRECOS framework: Measuring the impacts of the global changes on soils, water, agriculture on territories to better anticipate the future.
Journal of Environmental Management, 181, 590–601.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.07.002
Inoue, Y., Guérif, M., Baret, F., Skidmore, A., Gitelson, A., Schlerf, M., Darvishzadeh, R., Olioso, A., 2016.
Simple and robust methods for remote sensing of canopy chlorophyll content: a comparative analysis of hyperspectral data for different types of vegetation.
Plant, Cell and Environment, 39, 2609-2623.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.12815
2015
Boulet, G., B. Mougenot, J.-P. Lhomme, P. Fanise, Z. Lili-Chabaane, A. Olioso, M. Bahir, V. Rivalland, L. Jarlan, O. Merlin, B. Coudert, S. Er-Raki, J.-P. Lagouarde. 2015.
The SPARSE model for the prediction of water stress and evapotranspiration components from thermal infra-red data and its evaluation over irrigated and rainfed wheat.
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 19, 4653-4672.
www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/19/4653/2015/
doi:10.5194/hess-19-4653-2015
Duffour, C., A. Olioso, J. Demarty, C. Van der Tol, J.-P. Lagouarde, 2015.
An evaluation of SCOPE: a tool to simulate the directional anisotropy of satellite-measured surface temperatures.
Remote Sensing of Environment, 158, 362–375.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2014.10.019
Garrigues, S., Olioso, A., Calvet, J-C., Martin, E., Lafont, S., Moulin, S., Chanzy, A., Marloie, O., Buis, S., Desfonds, V., Bertrand, N., Renard, D., 2015.
Evaluation of land surface model simulations of evapotranspiration over a 12-year crop succession: impact of soil hydraulic and vegetation properties. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 19, 3109-3131.
www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/19/3109/2015/. doi:10.5194/hess-19-3109-2015
Garrigues, S., Olioso, A., Carrer, D., Decharme, B., Martin, E., Calvet, J.-C., Moulin, S., Marloie, O., 2015.
Impact of climate, vegetation, soil and crop management variables on multi-year ISBA-A-gs simulations of evapotranspiration over a Mediterranean crop site.
Geoscientific Model Development, 8, 3033-3053.
http://www.geosci-model-dev.net/8/3033/2015/gmd-8-3033-2015.html. doi:10.5194/gmd-8-3033-2015.
Mira M., Weiss M., Baret F., Courault D., Hagolle O., Gallego-Elvira B., Olioso A., 2015.
The MODIS (collection V006) BRDF/albedo product MCD43D: temporal course evaluated over agricultural landscape.
Remote Sensing of Environment, 170, 216-228.
doi:10.1016/j.rse.2015.09.021
2014
Davin E. L., Seneviratne S. I., Ciais P., Olioso A. and Wang T., 2014.
Preferential cooling of hot extremes from cropland albedo management.
PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America), 111 (27): 9757–9761.
doi:10.1073/pnas.1317323111.
Review in Nature: http://www.nature.com/news/unploughed-fields-take-edge-off-heatwaves-1.15438
Gilmanov, T.G., Baker, J.M., Bernacchi, C.J., Billesbach, D.P., Burba, G.G., Castro, S., Chen, J., Eugster, W., Fischer, M.L., Gamon, J.A., Gebremedhin, M.T., Glenn, A.J., Griffis, T.P., Hatfield, J.L, Heuer, M.W., Howard, D.M., Leclerc, M.Y., Loescher, H.W., Marloie, O., Meyers, T.P., Olioso, A., Phillips, R.L., Prueger, J.H., Skinner, R.H., Suyker, A.E., Tenuta, M., Wylie, B.K., 2014.
Productivity and CO2 exchange of the leguminous crops: Estimates from flux-tower measurements.
Agronomy Journal, 106, 545–559.
doi:10.2134/agronj2013.0270
Guillevic, P.C., Biard, J., Hulley, G.C., Privette, J.L., Hook, S.J., Olioso, A., Göttsche, F.M., Radocinski, R., Román, M.O., Yu, Y., Csiszar, I., 2014.
Validation of Land Surface Temperature products derived from the Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) using ground-based and heritage satellite measurements.
Remote Sensing of Environment, 154, 19-37.
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2014.08.013
Merlin O., Chirouze J., Olioso A., Jarlan L., Chehbouni G., Boulet G., 2014.
An image-based four-source surface energy balance model to estimate crop evapotranspiration from solar reflectance/thermal emission data (SEB-4S).
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 184, 188-203.
Tang, X., Li, H., Desai, A.R., Nagy, Z., Luo, J., Kolb T.E., Olioso, A., Xu, X., Yao, L., Kutsch, W., Pilegaard, K., Köstner, B., Ammann, C., 2014.
How is water-use efficiency of terrestrial ecosystems distributed and changing on Earth?
Scientific Reports, 4, 7483.
DOI: 10.1038/srep07483.
http://www.nature.com/srep/2014/141215/srep07483/full/srep07483.html
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