Land surface phenology as indicator of global terrestrial ecosystem dynamics: A systematic review

JA Caparros-Santiago, V Rodriguez-Galiano… - ISPRS Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Vegetation phenology is considered an important biological indicator in understanding the
behaviour of ecosystems and how it responds to environmental cues. Changes in vegetation …

Predicting and mapping land cover/land use changes in Erbil/Iraq using CA-Markov synergy model

NR Khwarahm, S Qader, K Ararat… - Earth science …, 2021 - Springer
One of the most dynamic components of the environment is land use land cover (LULC),
which have been changing remarkably since after the industrial revolution at various scales …

[HTML][HTML] Characterizing land cover/land use from multiple years of Landsat and MODIS time series: A novel approach using land surface phenology modeling and …

LH Nguyen, DR Joshi, DE Clay, GM Henebry - Remote sensing of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Over the last 20 years, substantial amounts of grassland have been converted to other land
uses in the Northern Great Plains. Most of land cover/land use (LCLU) assessments in this …

The role of earth observation in achieving sustainable agricultural production in arid and semi-arid regions of the world

SH Qader, J Dash, VA Alegana, NR Khwarahm… - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
Crop production is a major source of food and livelihood for many people in arid and semi-
arid (ASA) regions across the world. However, due to irregular climatic events, ASA regions …

[HTML][HTML] Urban land use and land cover classification with interpretable machine learning–A case study using Sentinel-2 and auxiliary data

B Hosseiny, AM Abdi, S Jamali - Remote Sensing Applications: Society …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The European Commission launch of the twin Sentinel-2 satellites provides new
opportunities for land use and land cover (LULC) classification because of the ready …

Forecasting wheat and barley crop production in arid and semi-arid regions using remotely sensed primary productivity and crop phenology: A case study in Iraq

SH Qader, J Dash, PM Atkinson - Science of the total Environment, 2018 - Elsevier
Crop production and yield estimation using remotely sensed data have been studied widely,
but such information is generally scarce in arid and semi-arid regions. In these regions, inter …

Prediction of land use land cover changes of a river basin using the CA-Markov model

A Jana, MK Jat, A Saxena, M Choudhary - Geocarto International, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Simulation and prediction of land use land cover (LULC) has been presented using Hybrid
CA-Markov model for the Mahi River basin. LULC information for the year 2000, 2010, and …

Machine learning for modeling water demand

MC Villarin, VF Rodriguez-Galiano - Journal of Water Resources …, 2019 - ascelibrary.org
This work shows the application of machine learning (ML) methods to the modeling of water
demand for the first time. Classification and regression trees (CART) and random forest (RF) …

Estimating daily reference evapotranspiration in a semi-arid region using remote sensing data

PM Najmaddin, MJ Whelan, H Balzter - Remote Sensing, 2017 - mdpi.com
Estimating daily evapotranspiration is challenging when ground observation data are not
available or scarce. Remote sensing can be used to estimate the meteorological data …

Spatiotemporal monitoring and change detection of vegetation cover for drought management in the Middle East

EG Karakani, A Malekian, S Gholami, J Liu - Theoretical and Applied …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract The Middle East (ME), as an arid and semi-arid region, is prone to environmental
risks and stresses, such as drought are inseparable phenomena of the region. In this study …