Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Bing Zhang, Yuanfeng Wu, Boya Zhao, Jocelyn Chanussot, Danfeng Hong, Jing Yao, Lianru Gao
Summary: Due to advances in remote sensing satellite imaging and image processing technologies, intelligent remote sensing satellites have the potential to provide personalized, real-time, and accurate remote sensing information services. However, there are technological breakthroughs and legal challenges in the design of intelligent remote sensing satellites.
IEEE JOURNAL OF SELECTED TOPICS IN APPLIED EARTH OBSERVATIONS AND REMOTE SENSING
(2022)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Sanjeev K. Bhardwaj, Neha Bhardwaj, Vanish Kumar, Deepanshu Bhatt, Abdelmonaim Azzouz, Jayeeta Bhaumik, Ki-Hyun Kim, Akash Deep
Summary: Airborne pathogens, such as the common cold, flu, and tuberculosis, pose a threat to public health, requiring accurate monitoring and identification methods. Traditional detection techniques have limitations, leading to the development of nanomaterial-based biosensors as alternative options for portable, rapid, and direct on-site identification of target microbes. Advancements in nano-biosensors are expected for improved accuracy and portability.
ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL
(2021)
Article
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Mengru Ma, Wenping Ma, Licheng Jiao, Xu Liu, Lingling Li, Zhixi Feng, Fang Liu, Shuyuan Yang
Summary: This paper proposes a selectable Transformer and Gist CNN network (STGC-Net) that utilizes non-negative matrix factorization (NMF) and self-attention mechanism to extract unique and common features from multispectral (MS) and panchromatic (PAN) images. Experimental results show that the proposed method outperforms other methods in scene classification accuracy.
INFORMATION FUSION
(2023)
Article
Geochemistry & Geophysics
Liangzhi Li, Ling Han, Mingtao Ding, Hongye Cao
Summary: In this article, we propose a multimodal image fusion network with self-attention to merge the feature representation of the reference and sensed images. The integration information is then utilized to regress the prescribed points' displacement parameters to get PTM between the reference and sensed images. Finally, PTM is supplied into the spatial transformation network (STN), which warps the sensed image to the same coordinates as the reference image, achieving end-to-end matching. Our method is validated by qualitative and quantitative experimental results on multimodal remote sensing image matching tasks.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Dongdong Ma, Tanzeel U. Rehman, Libo Zhang, Hideki Maki, Mitchell R. Tuinstra, Jian Jin
Summary: This study examined diurnal variations in remote sensing data in crop phenotyping, and improved prediction accuracy of plant features through modeling.
Article
Engineering, Geological
Qiang Xu, Bo Zhao, Keren Dai, Xiujun Dong, Weile Li, Xing Zhu, Yinghui Yang, Xianxuan Xiao, Xin Wang, Jian Huang, Huiyan Lu, Bo Deng, Daqing Ge
Summary: China has a significant portion of land in landslide-prone areas and is using remote sensing technologies, such as Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), optical remote sensing, and laser technologies, to investigate and monitor landslides. Multi-temporal optical images and time series SAR are commonly used to detect active landslides, while the latest optical images and SAR intensity images are adopted to map fresh landslides. LiDAR technology is widely applied to identify ancient landslides. An integrated space-air-ground collaborative investigation strategy has been proposed for early identification and early warning of landslides.
ENGINEERING GEOLOGY
(2023)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Jingzhe Wang, Jianing Zhen, Weifang Hu, Songchao Chen, Ivan Lizaga, Mojtaba Zeraatpisheh, Xiaodong Yang
Summary: Soils are a critical natural resource essential for agricultural development and ecological sustainability, providing ecosystem services. Soil degradation, driven by climatic variations and human activities, threatens the environment and food security. Remote sensing (RS) techniques have been widely used to study soil degradation, offering efficiency and broad scope. This review summarizes recent advances in ground, proximal, and novel RS techniques for soil degradation-related studies. It identifies indicators, both direct and indirect, effective for monitoring soil degradation. Challenges, potential relationships with Sustainable Development Goals, and future research directions are discussed, highlighting the importance of RS technology.
INTERNATIONAL SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Mitchell Thomas, Elizabeth Tellman, Daniel E. Osgood, Ben DeVries, Akm Saiful Islam, Michael S. Steckler, Maxwell Goodman, Maruf Billah
Summary: In this study, we aim to strengthen the use of satellite data for flood index insurance by proposing a set of criteria for assessing algorithm performance and providing a framework for remote sensing application validation in data-poor environments. The results show that the adapted Sentinel-1 algorithm significantly outperforms previous algorithms on the validation criteria. The proposed validation criteria can be used to develop and validate better remote sensing products for index insurance and other flood applications in places with inadequate ground truth data.
IEEE JOURNAL OF SELECTED TOPICS IN APPLIED EARTH OBSERVATIONS AND REMOTE SENSING
(2023)
Article
Optics
Shikai Jiang, Xiyang Zhi, Wei Zhang, Dawei Wang, Jianming Hu, Wenbin Chen
Summary: High-quality remote sensing images have wide application prospects, but traditional processing methods may sacrifice details or introduce artifacts. The novel fine-processing method based on the adaptive hyper-Laplacian prior can automatically update and optimize parameters to adapt to different scenes. Experimental results show that the method can achieve fine-processing of remote sensing images, including edge enhancement, texture detail preservation, and artifact suppression.
OPTICS AND LASERS IN ENGINEERING
(2021)
Editorial Material
Environmental Sciences
Paolo Mazzanti, Saverio Romeo
Summary: Remote sensing technology has great potential in providing valuable information on natural hazards and risks at various scales. Recent advances in technology and processing methods have contributed significantly to disaster risk reduction research. This Special Issue collects state-of-the-art research that focuses on the use of remote sensing for detecting, assessing, monitoring, and modeling natural hazards, showcasing 18 open-access papers that utilize a wide range of remote sensing data and techniques.
Article
Remote Sensing
Ziyi Chen, Cheng Wang, Jonathan Li, Wentao Fan, Jixiang Du, Bineng Zhong
Summary: This paper proposes a method of combining multiple lightweight models to improve the performance of road extraction, jointly training all U-Net models through a multi-objective optimization problem, experimental results show that our model has better performance compared to other state-of-the-art semantic segmentation methods.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF APPLIED EARTH OBSERVATION AND GEOINFORMATION
(2021)
Article
Optics
Wang Chong-Ru, Yang Li-Fong, Cao Xun, Wang Yue-Ming
Summary: Airborne infrared remote sensing technology has irreplaceable advantages, such as full-time work, flexibility and high spatial resolution, and plays a key role in remote sensing science, national defense and economic development. In recent years, this technology has rapidly developed and made crucial breakthroughs in high spectral resolution infrared imaging and high spatial resolution infrared imaging. This paper introduces the significant technological breakthroughs made by the airborne remote sensing team at the Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics in full-spectrum hyperspectral imaging and area-array scanning imaging, as well as their applications in various fields.
JOURNAL OF INFRARED AND MILLIMETER WAVES
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Chelsea E. Stockwell, Megan M. Bela, Matthew M. Coggon, Georgios Gkatzelis, Elizabeth Wiggins, Emily M. Gargulinski, Taylor Shingler, Marta Fenn, Debora Griffin, Christopher D. Holmes, Xinxin Ye, Pablo E. Saide, Ilann Bourgeois, Jeff Peischl, Caroline C. Womack, Rebecca A. Washenfelder, Patrick R. Veres, J. Andrew Neuman, Jessica B. Gilman, Aaron Lamplugh, Rebecca H. Schwantes, Stuart A. McKeen, Armin Wisthaler, Felix Piel, Hongyu Guo, Pedro Campuzano-Jost, Jose L. Jimenez, Alan Fried, Thomas F. Hanisco, Lewis Gregory Huey, Anne Perring, Joseph M. Katich, Glenn S. Diskin, John B. Nowak, T. Paul Bui, Hannah S. Halliday, Joshua P. DiGangi, Gabriel Pereira, Eric P. James, Ravan Ahmadov, Chris A. McLinden, Amber J. Soja, Richard H. Moore, Johnathan W. Hair, Carsten Warneke
Summary: In this study, a novel method is proposed to estimate carbon emissions from wildfire plumes using a combination of lidar remote sensing and in situ measurements. The results show strong agreement with traditional methods and also demonstrate a strong correlation between carbon monoxide emissions and TROPOMI predictions.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
(2022)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Haibo Yang, Jialin Kong, Huihui Hu, Yao Du, Meiyan Gao, Fei Chen
Summary: Water pollution is a serious problem affecting water environments, resources, and human health. Remote sensing technology provides temporal and spatial advantages for water quality monitoring, but faces challenges in atmospheric correction, data resolution, and retrieval models.
Article
Engineering, Geological
Wenwen Qi, Wentao Yang, Xiangli He, Chong Xu
Summary: A study using Sentinel-2 images to diagnose the landslide trigger of a catastrophic flood in the Himalayan region of India revealed a high-position landslide causing massive destruction to local infrastructure. By monitoring slope stabilities in the Himalayan Mountains and beyond, it is urgent for regional sustainability in the face of similar hazard chains expected due to climate warming.
Article
Geography, Physical
Emanuel Arnal Storey, Douglas Alan Stow, Matthew James Plummer
GISCIENCE & REMOTE SENSING
(2019)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Sory I. Toure, Douglas A. Stow, Keith Clarke, John Weeks
GEOCARTO INTERNATIONAL
(2020)
Article
Remote Sensing
Douglas Stow, Philip Riggan, Gavin Schag, William Brewer, Robert Tissell, Janice Coen, Emanuel Storey
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REMOTE SENSING
(2019)
Article
Geography, Physical
Lloyd L. Coulter, M. J. Plummer, N. H. Zamora, D. A. Stow, R. W. McCreight
GISCIENCE & REMOTE SENSING
(2019)
Article
Plant Sciences
Kellie A. Uyeda, Kelsey K. Warkentin, Douglas A. Stow, John F. O'Leary, Rachel A. Snavely, Julie Lambert, Leslie A. Bolick, Kimberly O'Connor, Bryan Munson, Andrew C. Loerch
APPLIED VEGETATION SCIENCE
(2020)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Kellie A. Uyeda, Douglas A. Stow, Casey H. Richart
ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT
(2020)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Cheng-Wei Huang, Dan J. Krofcheck, Tomer Duman, Andrew M. Fox, William T. Pockman, Christopher D. Lippit, Cameron D. McIntire, Marcy E. Litvak
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-BIOGEOSCIENCES
(2020)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Hsiao-chien Shih, Douglas A. Stow, Kou-Chen Chang, Dar A. Roberts, Konstadinos G. Goulias
Summary: Utilizing Landsat imagery and various input features for RF classification can produce more detailed urban land-use and change maps. Incorporating GLCM V-I-S and temporal variation of Vegetation as input features slightly improves the accuracy of RF classifiers, indicating the value of studying urban land-use change.
GEOCARTO INTERNATIONAL
(2022)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Isabel M. Rojas, Megan K. Jennings, Erin Conlisk, Alexandra D. Syphard, Jack Mikesell, Alicia M. Kinoshita, Krista West, Doug Stow, Emanuel Storey, Mark E. De Guzman, Diane Foote, Alexandria Warneke, Amber Pairis, Sherry Ryan, Lorraine E. Flint, Alan L. Flint, Rebecca L. Lewison
Summary: This study emphasizes the importance of considering not only climate refugia, but also other stressors such as human-induced changes in fire and hydrology, for conservation efforts. The authors introduced a new conceptual approach called "domains of refugia" to assess refugial capacity and identify areas with low exposure to multiple stressors. Results suggest that areas with high refugial capacity may be underrepresented in existing protected area networks, highlighting the need for expanding conservation efforts.
CONSERVATION BIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Geography
Yan Lin, Christopher Lippitt, Daniel Beene, Joseph Hoover
Summary: The study evaluated the impact of uncertainties in street network datasets on spatial accessibility measures, highlighting greater uncertainties in bus travel. It emphasized the importance of careful selection of reliable street sources and model parameters, and the necessity to consider potential biases when using spatial accessibility measures to inform policy.
CARTOGRAPHY AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Xinxing Yuan, Alan Smith, Rodrigo Sarlo, Christopher D. Lippitt, Fernando Moreu
Summary: This study introduced an algorithm that automatically identifies rebar positions using LiDAR, resulting in an automatic Rebar Layout Quality Index (RLQI). By comparing real rebar mat data with design drawings, the quality of structural construction was evaluated and quantified with a new flexural relative moment strength index.
AUTOMATION IN CONSTRUCTION
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Rowan L. Converse, Christopher D. Lippitt, Caitlin L. Lippitt
Summary: Drought intensity and duration are expected to increase in the semiarid western United States due to anthropogenic climate change. Historic data show that megadroughts have led to widespread ecosystem transitions in the region. Remote sensing with multi-endmember spectral mixture analysis (MESMA) can successfully monitor changes in relative vegetation fractions in semiarid grass and shrubland systems in New Mexico.
Article
Chemistry, Analytical
Liping Yang, Joshua Driscol, Sarigai Sarigai, Qiusheng Wu, Christopher D. Lippitt, Melinda Morgan
Summary: This article provides a systematic review of the applications of artificial intelligence and remote sensing technologies in the water resources sector, focusing on intelligent water body extraction and water quality detection. The main challenges and research priorities of leveraging AI and RS for intelligent water information extraction are discussed. An interactive web application is also developed for readers to access the relevant literature.
Review
Environmental Sciences
Liping Yang, Joshua Driscol, Sarigai Sarigai, Qiusheng Wu, Haifei Chen, Christopher D. Lippitt
Summary: Remote sensing plays a crucial role in various domains, with the integration of AI methods in GEE offering a promising pathway towards automated monitoring programs.
Article
Geography
Pankaj Bajracharya, Christopher D. Lippitt, Selima Sultana
PROFESSIONAL GEOGRAPHER
(2020)