OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Remote Sensing of Environment is 82. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	355
Corrigendum to “Evaluation of historic and new detection algorithms for different types of plastics over land and water from hyperspectral data and imagery” [Remote Sensing of Environemnt 298 (2023) 1	354
Corrigendum to “Evaluating and mitigating the impact of systematic geolocation error on canopy height measurement performance of GEDI” [Remote Sensing of Environment, volume 291 (2023) 113571]	339
Deriving leaf-scale chlorophyll index (CIleaf) from canopy reflectance by correcting for the canopy multiple scattering based on spectral invariant theory	271
Examining partial-column density retrieval of lower-tropospheric CO2 from GOSAT target observations over global megacities	260
Seasonality of vegetation greenness in Southeast Asia unveiled by geostationary satellite observations	245
A novel identification method for unrevealed mesoscale eddies with transient and weak features-Capricorn Eddies as an example	233
Downscaling canopy photochemical reflectance index to leaf level by correcting for the soil effects	230
A model based on spectral invariant theory for correcting topographic effects on vegetation canopy reflectance	224
A parametric approach for global estimation of forest above-ground biomass with SMOS and SMAP L-band radiometer data	219
Entity-based image analysis: A new strategy to map rural settlements from Landsat images	212
Mechanism and algorithm for addressing the impact of multiple scattering on surface elevation extraction in photon-counting LiDAR data	210
Persistent upwelling in the Mid-Atlantic Bight detected using gap-filled, high-resolution satellite SST	204
Joint mapping of melt pond bathymetry and water volume on sea ice using optical remote sensing images and physical reflectance models	173
Correcting for the clumping effect in leaf area index calculations using one-dimensional fractal dimension	163
Estimation of summer pan-Arctic ice draft from satellite passive microwave observations	161
Modeling the start of frozen dates with leaf senescence over Tibetan Plateau	161
Recent change in ecosystem water use efficiency in China mainly dominated by vegetation greening and increased CO2	155
Automated detection and tracking of medium-large icebergs from Sentinel-1 imagery using Google Earth Engine	150
Learning spectral-indices-fused deep models for time-series land use and land cover mapping in cloud-prone areas: The case of Pearl River Delta	149
An interpretable attention-based deep learning method for landslide prediction based on multi-temporal InSAR time series: A case study of Xinpu landslide in the TGRA	149
3D Monte Carlo surface-atmosphere radiative transfer modelling with DART	147
Generating high-resolution total canopy SIF emission from TROPOMI data: Algorithm and application	145
Global land characterisation using land cover fractions at 100 m resolution	145
A PSI targets characterization approach to interpreting surface displacement signals: A case study of the Shanghai metro tunnels	144

Evaluating urban methane emissions from space using TROPOMI methane and carbon monoxide observations	142
Unsupervised object-based spectral unmixing for subpixel mapping	139
Field-scale dynamics of planting dates in the US Corn Belt from 2000 to 2020	139
Gravity recovery from SWOT altimetry using geoid height and geoid gradient	135
Exploring spectral and phylogenetic diversity links with functional structure of aquatic plant communities	134
Mapping smallholder cashew plantations to inform sustainable tree crop expansion in Benin	122
True global error maps for SMAP, SMOS, and ASCAT soil moisture data based on machine learning and triple collocation analysis	121
Geographically and temporally weighted neural network for winter wheat yield prediction	120
Multi-decadal analysis of high-resolution albedo changes induced by urbanization over contrasted Chinese cities based on Landsat data	120
Extracting flowering phenology from grassland species mixtures using time-lapse cameras	119
Multi-source data analysis to assess the past and present kinematics of the Pisciotta Deep-Seated Gravitational Slope Deformation (southern Italy)	117
Estimating 1 km gridded daily air temperature using a spatially varying coefficient model with sign preservation	114
Deep-learning-based burned area mapping using the synergy of Sentinel-1&2 data	114
Thermal infrared reflectance characteristics of natural leaves in 8–14 μm region: Mechanistic modeling and relationships with leaf water content	113
A new fog and low stratus retrieval for tropical South America reveals widespread fog in lowland forests	112
Multipeak retracking of radar altimetry waveforms over ice sheets	111
A deep learning model for incorporating temporal information in haze removal	109
Indices enhance biological soil crust mapping in sandy and desert lands	109
UrbanWatch: A 1-meter resolution land cover and land use database for 22 major cities in the United States	108
Difference in seasonal peak timing of soybean far-red SIF and GPP explained by canopy structure and chlorophyll content	107
Eutrophication state in the Eastern China based on Landsat 35-year observations	106
Joint exploitation of space-borne and ground-based multitemporal InSAR measurements for volcano monitoring: The Stromboli volcano case study	106
Arctic Sea ice leads detected using sentinel-1B SAR image and their responses to atmosphere circulation and sea ice dynamics	105
Filling gaps in cloudy Landsat LST product by spatial-temporal fusion of multi-scale data	103
Using time series of MODIS land surface phenology to model temperature and photoperiod controls on spring greenup in North American deciduous forests	103
Air pollution scenario over Pakistan: Characterization and ranking of extremely polluted cities using long-term concentrations of aerosols and trace gases	101
BESSv2.0: A satellite-based and coupled-process model for quantifying long-term global land–atmosphere fluxes	101
World Settlement Footprint 3D - A first three-dimensional survey of the global building stock	98
Semantic segmentation of water bodies in very high-resolution satellite and aerial images	98
Characterization and prediction of InSAR-derived ground motion with ICA-assisted LSTM model	97
Deep learning solver unites SDGSAT-1 observations and Navier–Stokes theory for oceanic vortex streets	95
Extrapolation of electromagnetic pointing error corrections for Sentinel-1 Doppler currents from land areas to the open ocean	95
Monitoring volcanic CO2 flux by the remote sensing of vegetation on Mt. Etna, Italy	93
Improving the combined use of reflectance and thermal channels for ocean and coastal cloud detection for the Sea and Land Surface Temperature Radiometer (SLSTR)	93
Estimating river discharge across scales with a novel regional gauging method driven by Sentinel satellite data	92
This is MATE: A Multiple scAttering correcTion rEtrieval algorithm for accurate lidar profiling of seawater optical properties	92
Millimeter to centimeter scale precision water-level monitoring using GNSS reflectometry: Application to the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, China	91
A generalized framework for drought monitoring across Central European grassland gradients with Sentinel-2 time series	90
A new Multivariate Drought Severity Index to identify short-term hydrological signals: case study of the Amazon River basin	90
Consistent metropolitan boundaries for the remote sensing of urban land	90
Net primary production in the Labrador Sea between 2014 and 2022 derived from ocean colour remote sensing based on ecological regimes	90
Corrigendum to “Characterizing satellite-derived freeze/thaw regimes through spatial and temporal clustering for the identification of growing season constraints on vegetation productivity” [Remote Se	89
STARS: A novel gap-filling method for SDGSAT-1 nighttime light imagery using spatiotemporal and spectral synergy	88
A machine learning-based accuracy enhancement on EUMETSAT H-SAF H35 effective snow-covered area product	88
Spatial homogeneity from temporal stability: Exploiting the combined hyper-frequent revisit of Terra and Aqua to guide Earth System Science	87
Ozone profiles without blind area retrieved from MAX-DOAS measurements and comprehensive validation with multi-platform observations	87
Spectral-temporal traits in Sentinel-1 C-band SAR and Sentinel-2 multispectral remote sensing time series for 61 tree species in Central Europe	87
Determining maximum entropy in 3D remote sensing height distributions and using it to improve aboveground biomass modelling via stratification	87
Unoccupied aerial system (UAS) Structure-from-Motion canopy fuel parameters: Multisite area-based modelling across forests in California, USA	86
The influence of surface canopy water on the relationship between L-band backscatter and biophysical variables in agricultural monitoring	86

On the ambiguity removal of wind direction derived from space-borne SAR imagery using deep learning	86
Distinguishing forest types in restored tropical landscapes with UAV-borne LIDAR	85
Radar altimeter waveform simulations in Antarctica with the Snow Microwave Radiative Transfer Model (SMRT)	84
A moisture-based triangle approach for estimating surface evaporative fraction with time-series of remotely sensed data	83
Novel algorithms for pair and pixel selection and atmospheric error correction in multitemporal InSAR	83
Evolution of geodetic mass balance over the largest lake-terminating glacier in the Tibetan Plateau with a revised radar penetration depth based on multi-source high-resolution satellite data	83
A unified deep learning framework for urban functional zone extraction based on multi-source heterogeneous data	83
Analyzing GOES-R ABI BRDF-adjusted EVI2 time series by comparing with VIIRS observations over the CONUS	82