Tropical peatlands and their contribution to the global carbon cycle and climate change

K Ribeiro, FS Pacheco, JW Ferreira… - Global change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Peatlands are carbon‐rich ecosystems that cover 185–423 million hectares (Mha) of the
earth's surface. The majority of the world's peatlands are in temperate and boreal zones …

Utilizing geospatial information to implement SDGs and monitor their Progress

R Avtar, R Aggarwal, A Kharrazi, P Kumar… - Environmental …, 2020 - Springer
It is more than 4 years since the 2030 agenda for sustainable development was adopted by
the United Nations and its member states in September 2015. Several efforts are being …

China's wetlands loss to urban expansion

D Mao, Z Wang, J Wu, B Wu, Y Zeng… - Land degradation & …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Humans benefit from multiple ecosystem services of wetlands, but massive wetland loss has
occurred worldwide due to rapid urbanization. To assess the problem, it is necessary to …

Global coastal wetland change under sea-level rise and related stresses: The DIVA Wetland Change Model

T Spencer, M Schuerch, RJ Nicholls, J Hinkel… - Global and Planetary …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The Dynamic Interactive Vulnerability Assessment Wetland Change Model
(DIVA_WCM) comprises a dataset of contemporary global coastal wetland stocks (estimated …

Conversions between natural wetlands and farmland in China: A multiscale geospatial analysis

D Mao, L Luo, Z Wang, MC Wilson, Y Zeng… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Agricultural activity is widely recognized as a leading driver of natural wetland loss in many
parts of the world. However, little is known about the spatiotemporal patterns of conversion …

[HTML][HTML] Drivers of wetland conversion: a global meta-analysis

S Asselen, PH Verburg, JE Vermaat, JH Janse - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Meta-analysis of case studies has become an important tool for synthesizing case study
findings in land change. Meta-analyses of deforestation, urbanization, desertification and …

Development of a global inundation map at high spatial resolution from topographic downscaling of coarse-scale remote sensing data

E Fluet-Chouinard, B Lehner, LM Rebelo… - Remote Sensing of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Large-scale estimates of the area of terrestrial surface waters have greatly improved over
time, in particular through the development of multi-satellite methodologies, but the …

[图书][B] Physical principles of remote sensing

G Rees - 2013 - books.google.com
Fully updated and containing significant new material on photography, laser profiling and
image processing, the third edition of this popular textbook covers a broad range of remote …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of water bodies in a Landsat 8 OLI image using a J48 decision tree

TD Acharya, DH Lee, IT Yang, JK Lee - Sensors, 2016 - mdpi.com
Water bodies are essential to humans and other forms of life. Identification of water bodies
can be useful in various ways, including estimation of water availability, demarcation of …

[HTML][HTML] Measuring freshwater aquatic ecosystems: The need for a hyperspectral global mapping satellite mission

EL Hestir, VE Brando, M Bresciani, C Giardino… - Remote Sensing of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Freshwater ecosystems underpin global water and food security, yet are some of the most
endangered ecosystems in the world because they are particularly vulnerable to land …