The Watershed Allied Telemetry Experimental Research (WATER) is a simultaneous
airborne, satellite‐borne, and ground‐based remote sensing experiment aiming to improve …

Foundation of China (NSFC) in 2010. The scientific objectives of the Heihe Plan is to reveal
the processes and mechanisms of the eco-hydrological system in an inland river basin at …

This paper describes an open-source geographical information system (GIS) called
Whitebox Geospatial Analysis Tools (Whitebox GAT). Whitebox GAT was designed to …

Due to rapid urbanization, industrialization and population growth, wetland area in China
has shrunk rapidly and many wetland ecosystems have been reported to degrade during …

Actinobacteria are known for their metabolic potential of producing diverse secondary
metabolites such as antibiotics. Actinobacteria also playimportant roles in biogeochemical …

With the development of global urbanization, land use conflicts have become one of the
major issues hindering sustainable land use and human-environment coordination in …

A few recent studies revealed that the intensity of UHI is increasing in medium-class cities
due to the rapid degradation of natural vegetation covers. This study explores the patch …

With an aim to understand the fragmentation of Usri watershed with the aid of open access
remotely sensed data and FRAGSTATS. Long term (1976–1989–2000–2014) Landsat …

To curb the severe ecological deterioration in the lower Heihe River Basin (HRB) in
northwest China, a water diversion project was initiated in 2000. A comprehensive analysis …

The increasing adoption of land use models in planning and policy development highlights
the need for an integrated approach that combines analytical modelling techniques with …