Deep learning in environmental remote sensing: Achievements and challenges

Q Yuan, H Shen, T Li, Z Li, S Li, Y Jiang, H Xu… - Remote sensing of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Various forms of machine learning (ML) methods have historically played a valuable role in
environmental remote sensing research. With an increasing amount of “big data” from earth …

Simulating current and future river-flows in the Karakoram and Himalayan regions of Pakistan using snowmelt-runoff model and RCP scenarios

H Hayat, TA Akbar, AA Tahir, QK Hassan, A Dewan… - Water, 2019 - mdpi.com
Upper Indus Basin (UIB) supplies more than 70% flow to the downstream agricultural areas
during summer due to the melting of snow and glacial ice. The estimation of the stream flow …

A distributed cellular automata model to simulate potential future impacts of climate change on snow cover area

AJ Collados-Lara, E Pardo-Igúzquiza… - Advances in water …, 2019 - Elsevier
Snow dynamics in alpine systems play an important role in water resources management.
One of the main variables that characterises the snowpack is snow cover area. In this paper …

Remote sensing for snow hydrology in China: challenges and perspectives

J Wang, H Li, X Hao, X Huang, J Hou… - Journal of Applied …, 2014 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Snow is one of the most important components of the cryosphere. Remote sensing of snow
focuses on the retrieval of snow parameters and monitoring of variations in snow using …

[HTML][HTML] STAR NDSI collection: A cloud-free MODIS NDSI dataset (2001–2020) for China

Y Jing, X Li, H Shen - Earth System Science Data, 2022 - essd.copernicus.org
Snow dynamics are crucial in ecosystems, affecting radiation balance, hydrological cycles,
biodiversity, and human activities. Snow areas with notably diverse characteristics are …

Enhanced scaling effects significantly lower the ability of MODIS normalized difference snow index to estimate fractional and binary snow cover on the Tibetan Plateau

H Zhang, F Zhang, G Zhang, W Yan, S Li - Journal of Hydrology, 2021 - Elsevier
MODIS fractional (FSC) and binary (BSC) snow-cover data are important for obtaining
accurate spatiotemporal snow-cover information for the Tibetan Plateau (TP) where rapid …

Validation of regional-scale remote sensing products in China: From site to network

S Wang, X Li, Y Ge, R Jin, M Ma, Q Liu, J Wen, S Liu - Remote Sensing, 2016 - mdpi.com
Validation is mandatory to quantify the reliability of remote sensing products (RSPs).
However, this process is not straightforward and usually presents formidable challenges in …

On the value of available MODIS and Landsat8 OLI image pairs for MODIS fractional snow cover mapping based on an artificial neural network

J Hou, C Huang, Y Zhang, J Guo - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article investigates how to select the optimal Moderate-Resolution Imaging
Spectroradiometer (MODIS) and Landsat 8 OLI image pairs for MODIS fractional snow cover …

Binary and Fractional MODIS Snow Cover Mapping Boosted by Machine Learning and Big Landsat Data

W Luan, X Zhang, P Xiao, H Wang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
It is promising to improve Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) snow
cover mapping by training effective machine learning models. However, considering the …

Assessing the impact of climate change–and its uncertainty–on snow cover areas by using cellular automata models and stochastic weather generators

AJ Collados-Lara, E Pardo-Igúzquiza… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Climate change will modify the spatiotemporal distribution of water resources in the future.
Snow availability in alpine systems plays an important role for water dependent ecosystems …