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A spatial ensemble approach for broad-area mapping of land surface properties 10.1016/j.rse.2018.03.032 2018-04-06 Understanding rapid global change requires land cover maps with broad spatial extent, but also fine spatial and temporal resolution. Developing such maps presents a unique challenge, as variability in relationships between spectral characteristics (i.e., pred...
Mapping of forest alliances with simulated multi-seasonal hyperspectral satellite imagery 10.1016/j.rse.2018.03.021 2018-04-06 A consistent and hierarchical classification of vegetation, such as the U.S. National Vegetation Classification (NVC) system, supports comprehensive conservation and management of natural ecosystems. At a detailed level, the NVC alliance is defined by diagnos...
The accuracy of snow melt-off day derived from optical and microwave radiometer data — A study for Europe 10.1016/j.rse.2018.03.029 2018-04-03 This paper describes the methodology for deriving yearly pixel-wise snow melt-off day maps from optical data-based FSC (Fractional Snow Cover) without conducting any interpolation for cloud-obscured pixels or otherwise missing data. The Copernicus CryoLand Pa...
Topographic controls on the surging behaviour of Sabche Glacier, Nepal (1967 to 2017) 10.1016/j.rse.2018.03.036 2018-04-03 Using a combination of Landsat, Pléiades and CORONA satellite imagery from 1967 to 2017, we map changes in the terminus position, ice surface velocity and surface elevation of Sabche Glacier, and report the first observations of surging behaviour in central N...
A continent-wide search for Antarctic petrel breeding sites with satellite remote sensing 10.1016/j.rse.2018.02.071 2018-04-03 The Antarctic petrel (Thalassoica antarctica) has been identified as a key species for monitoring the status and health of the Southern Ocean and Antarctic ecosystems. Breeding colonies of the Antarctic petrel are often found on isolated nunataks far from inh...
Quantifying vulnerability of Antarctic ice shelves to hydrofracture using microwave scattering properties 10.1016/j.rse.2018.03.025 2018-03-30 Recent ice shelf disintegrations on the Antarctic Peninsula and subsequent increases in ice sheet mass loss have highlighted the importance of tracking ice shelf stability with respect to surface melt ponding and hydrofracture. In this study, we use active mi...
An algorithm for optically-deriving water depth from multispectral imagery in coral reef landscapes in the absence of ground-truth data 10.1016/j.rse.2018.03.024 2018-03-30 Although numerous approaches for deriving water depth from bands of remotely-sensed imagery in the visible spectrum exist, digital terrain models for remote tropical carbonate landscapes remain few in number. The paucity is due, in part, to the lack of in sit...
A modified version of the kernel-driven model for correcting the diffuse light of ground multi-angular measurements 10.1016/j.rse.2018.03.030 2018-03-30 When using the kernel-driven bidirectional reflectance distribution function (BRDF) model to process multi-angular measurements, the input multi-angular measurements must be corrected for atmospheric effects. However, in current databases, a significant numbe...
Influence of reconstruction scale, spatial resolution and pixel spatial relationships on the sub-pixel mapping accuracy of a double-calculated spatial attraction model 10.1016/j.rse.2018.03.015 2018-03-30 Mixed pixels universally exist in remote sensing images, and they are one of the main obstacles for further improving the accuracy of land cover recognition and classification. Since the concept of sub-pixel mapping (SPM) is proposed, SPM technology has rapid...
Spatially-explicit monitoring of crop photosynthetic capacity through the use of space-based chlorophyll fluorescence data 10.1016/j.rse.2018.03.031 2018-03-30 Plant functional traits such as photosynthetic capacity are critical parameters for terrestrial biosphere models. However, their spatial and temporal characteristics are still poorly represented. In this study, we used satellite observations of sun-induced fl...

A spatial ensemble approach for broad-area mapping of land surface properties

10.1016/j.rse.2018.03.032

2018-04-06

Understanding rapid global change requires land cover maps with broad spatial extent, but also fine spatial and temporal resolution. Developing such maps presents a unique challenge, as variability in relationships between spectral characteristics (i.e., pred...

Mapping of forest alliances with simulated multi-seasonal hyperspectral satellite imagery

10.1016/j.rse.2018.03.021

2018-04-06

A consistent and hierarchical classification of vegetation, such as the U.S. National Vegetation Classification (NVC) system, supports comprehensive conservation and management of natural ecosystems. At a detailed level, the NVC alliance is defined by diagnos...

The accuracy of snow melt-off day derived from optical and microwave radiometer data — A study for Europe

10.1016/j.rse.2018.03.029

2018-04-03

This paper describes the methodology for deriving yearly pixel-wise snow melt-off day maps from optical data-based FSC (Fractional Snow Cover) without conducting any interpolation for cloud-obscured pixels or otherwise missing data. The Copernicus CryoLand Pa...

Topographic controls on the surging behaviour of Sabche Glacier, Nepal (1967 to 2017)

10.1016/j.rse.2018.03.036

2018-04-03

Using a combination of Landsat, Pléiades and CORONA satellite imagery from 1967 to 2017, we map changes in the terminus position, ice surface velocity and surface elevation of Sabche Glacier, and report the first observations of surging behaviour in central N...

A continent-wide search for Antarctic petrel breeding sites with satellite remote sensing

10.1016/j.rse.2018.02.071

2018-04-03

The Antarctic petrel (Thalassoica antarctica) has been identified as a key species for monitoring the status and health of the Southern Ocean and Antarctic ecosystems. Breeding colonies of the Antarctic petrel are often found on isolated nunataks far from inh...

Quantifying vulnerability of Antarctic ice shelves to hydrofracture using microwave scattering properties

10.1016/j.rse.2018.03.025

2018-03-30

Recent ice shelf disintegrations on the Antarctic Peninsula and subsequent increases in ice sheet mass loss have highlighted the importance of tracking ice shelf stability with respect to surface melt ponding and hydrofracture. In this study, we use active mi...

An algorithm for optically-deriving water depth from multispectral imagery in coral reef landscapes in the absence of ground-truth data

10.1016/j.rse.2018.03.024

2018-03-30

Although numerous approaches for deriving water depth from bands of remotely-sensed imagery in the visible spectrum exist, digital terrain models for remote tropical carbonate landscapes remain few in number. The paucity is due, in part, to the lack of in sit...

A modified version of the kernel-driven model for correcting the diffuse light of ground multi-angular measurements

10.1016/j.rse.2018.03.030

2018-03-30

When using the kernel-driven bidirectional reflectance distribution function (BRDF) model to process multi-angular measurements, the input multi-angular measurements must be corrected for atmospheric effects. However, in current databases, a significant numbe...

Influence of reconstruction scale, spatial resolution and pixel spatial relationships on the sub-pixel mapping accuracy of a double-calculated spatial attraction model

10.1016/j.rse.2018.03.015

2018-03-30

Mixed pixels universally exist in remote sensing images, and they are one of the main obstacles for further improving the accuracy of land cover recognition and classification. Since the concept of sub-pixel mapping (SPM) is proposed, SPM technology has rapid...

Spatially-explicit monitoring of crop photosynthetic capacity through the use of space-based chlorophyll fluorescence data

10.1016/j.rse.2018.03.031

2018-03-30

Plant functional traits such as photosynthetic capacity are critical parameters for terrestrial biosphere models. However, their spatial and temporal characteristics are still poorly represented. In this study, we used satellite observations of sun-induced fl...