Satellite-Observed Major Greening and Biomass Increase in South China Karst During Recent Decade

Satellite passive microwaves reveal recent climate-induced carbon losses in African drylands

(2018) Martin Brandt et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

A win-win strategy for ecological restoration and biodiversity conservation in Southern China

(2017) Shixiong Cao et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Quantifying the effectiveness of ecological restoration projects on long-term vegetation dynamics in the karst regions of Southwest China

(2017) Xiaowei Tong et al.   International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

The application of geospatial techniques in monitoring karst vegetation recovery in southwest China

(2017) Chunhua Zhang et al.   PROGRESS IN PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

L-band vegetation optical depth and effective scattering albedo estimation from SMAP

(2017) Alexandra G. Konings et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Modelling the passive microwave signature from land surfaces: A review of recent results and application to the L-band SMOS & SMAP soil moisture retrieval algorithms

(2017) J.-P. Wigneron et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

SMOS-IC: An Alternative SMOS Soil Moisture and Vegetation Optical Depth Product

(2017) Roberto Fernandez-Moran et al.   Remote Sensing

Human population growth offsets climate-driven increase in woody vegetation in sub-Saharan Africa

(2017) Martin Brandt et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Multiple afforestation programs accelerate the greenness in the ‘Three North’ region of China from 1982 to 2013

(2016) Yao Zhang et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

Ecosystem water imbalances created during ecological restoration by afforestation in China, and lessons for other developing countries

(2016) Shixiong Cao et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

SMOS retrieval over forests: Exploitation of optical depth and tests of soil moisture estimates

(2016) C. Vittucci et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Remote sensing of vegetation dynamics in drylands: Evaluating vegetation optical depth (VOD) using AVHRR NDVI and in situ green biomass data over West African Sahel

(2016) Feng Tian et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Overview of SMOS performance in terms of global soil moisture monitoring after six years in operation

(2016) Y.H. Kerr et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Improvements in ecosystem services from investments in natural capital

(2016) Z. Ouyang et al.   SCIENCE

Enhanced seasonal CO2 exchange caused by amplified plant productivity in northern ecosystems

(2016) M. Forkel et al.   SCIENCE

Opportunities for biodiversity gains under the world’s largest reforestation programme

(2016) Fangyuan Hua et al.   Nature Communications

Greening of the Earth and its drivers

(2016) Zaichun Zhu et al.   Nature Climate Change

Contrasting Responses of Planted and Natural Forests to Drought Intensity in Yunnan, China

(2016) Hui Luo et al.   Remote Sensing

Will China be the first to initiate climate engineering?

(2016) John C. Moore et al.   Earths Future

Detection and attribution of vegetation greening trend in China over the last 30 years

(2015) Shilong Piao et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Political risks arising from the impacts of large-scale afforestation on water resources of the Tibetan Plateau

(2015) Shixiong Cao et al.   GONDWANA RESEARCH

Stratified aboveground forest biomass estimation by remote sensing data

(2015) Hooman Latifi et al.   International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Evaluating temporal consistency of long-term global NDVI datasets for trend analysis

(2015) Feng Tian et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Recent reversal in loss of global terrestrial biomass

(2015) Yi Y. Liu et al.   Nature Climate Change

The climate hazards infrared precipitation with stations—a new environmental record for monitoring extremes

(2015) Chris Funk et al.   Scientific Data

Interaction of ecological and social factors affects vegetation recovery in China

(2014) Shixiong Cao et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Rocky desertification in Southwest China: Impacts, causes, and restoration

(2014) Zhongcheng Jiang et al.   EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS

Forest biomass carbon sinks in East Asia, with special reference to the relative contributions of forest expansion and forest growth

(2014) Jingyun Fang et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Near Real-Time Vegetation Monitoring at Global Scale

(2014) Aleixandre Verger et al.   IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing

The contribution of China’s Grain to Green Program to carbon sequestration

(2014) Dan Liu et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Is Forest Restoration in the Southwest China Karst Promoted Mainly by Climate Change or Human-Induced Factors?

(2014) Hongyan Cai et al.   Remote Sensing

SMOS Radio Frequency Interference Scenario: Status and Actions Taken to Improve the RFI Environment in the 1400–1427-MHz Passive Band

(2012) Roger Oliva et al.   IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING

Greenness in semi-arid areas across the globe 1981–2007 — an Earth Observing Satellite based analysis of trends and drivers

(2012) Rasmus Fensholt et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Impact of China's Large-Scale Ecological Restoration Program on the Environment and Society in Arid and Semiarid Areas of China: Achievements, Problems, Synthesis, and Applications

(2011) Shixiong Cao   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Excessive reliance on afforestation in China's arid and semi-arid regions: Lessons in ecological restoration

(2010) Shixiong Cao et al.   EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS

Why Large-Scale Afforestation Efforts in China Have Failed To Solve the Desertification Problem

(2008) Shixiong Cao   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY