Remote Sensing of Environment

Papers
(The TQCC of Remote Sensing of Environment is 26. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
ArticleCitations
HIDYM: A high-resolution gross primary productivity and dynamic harvest index based crop yield mapper328
Estimating global transpiration from TROPOMI SIF with angular normalization and separation for sunlit and shaded leaves323
Spectrotemporal fusion: Generation of frequent hyperspectral satellite imagery301
Estimates of the global ocean surface dissolved oxygen and macronutrients from satellite data251
Harnessing data assimilation and spatial autocorrelation for forest inventory234
Seasonality of vegetation greenness in Southeast Asia unveiled by geostationary satellite observations230
Linear integrated mass enhancement: A method for estimating hotspot emission rates from space-based plume observations218
Editorial Board214
Monitoring erosion in tropical savannas from C-band radar coherence211
Multi-season unmixing of vegetation class fractions across diverse Californian ecoregions using simulated spaceborne imaging spectroscopy data205
Mapping snow cover in forests using optical remote sensing, machine learning and time-lapse photography202
Temporal decorrelation of C-band radar data over wheat in a semi-arid area using sub-daily tower-based observations202
Eutrophication state in the Eastern China based on Landsat 35-year observations191
Generating high-resolution total canopy SIF emission from TROPOMI data: Algorithm and application191
Global sea surface salinity via the synergistic use of SMAP satellite and HYCOM data based on machine learning190
A fast cloud geometrical thickness retrieval algorithm for single-layer marine liquid clouds using OCO-2 oxygen A-band measurements183
Transitioning from remote sensing archaeology to space archaeology: Towards a paradigm shift159
Retrieval of Chlorophyll-a concentration and associated product uncertainty in optically diverse lakes and reservoirs159
Generation of country-scale canopy height maps over Gabon using deep learning and TanDEM-X InSAR data152
Editorial Board147
Global modeling diurnal gross primary production from OCO-3 solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence147
InSAR-based method for monitoring the long-time evolutions and spatial-temporal distributions of unstable slopes with the impact of water-level fluctuation: A case study in the Xiluodu reservoir147
Disentangling error structures of precipitation datasets using decision trees143
An improved triple collocation-based integration of multiple gravity anomaly grids from satellite altimetry: Contribution of ICESat-2139
Mapping snow density through thermal inertia observations138
Detection of signals linked to climate change, land-cover change and climate oscillators in Tropical Montane Cloud Forests135
3D Monte Carlo surface-atmosphere radiative transfer modelling with DART133
Editorial Board129
Leaf properties estimation enhancement over heterogeneous vegetation by correcting for terrestrial laser scanning beam divergence effect127
Contextual uncertainty assessments for InSAR-based deformation retrieval using an ensemble approach127
Editorial Board126
Estimation of summer pan-Arctic ice draft from satellite passive microwave observations124
Synergic use of altimeter and model sea level data in inner and coastal seas122
Multi-source data analysis to assess the past and present kinematics of the Pisciotta Deep-Seated Gravitational Slope Deformation (southern Italy)122
Editorial Board118
Global estimates of surface albedo from Sentinel-3 OLCI and SLSTR data for Copernicus Climate Change Service: Algorithm and preliminary validation114
A PSI targets characterization approach to interpreting surface displacement signals: A case study of the Shanghai metro tunnels113
Validation and calibration of partitioned integral ocean wave parameters from co-polarized synthetic aperture radar data113
A machine learning model to estimate ambient PM2.5 concentrations in industrialized highveld region of South Africa112
Satellite observed delaying effects of increased winds on spring green-up dates111
Satellite observed quick shift events of the wind jet over the South China Sea in summer and its impacts on the ocean circulation110
Assessment of ocean wave spectrum using global Envisat/ASAR data and hindcast simulation110
Retrieving global single-layer liquid cloud thickness from OCO-2 hyperspectral oxygen A-band108
Extracting flowering phenology from grassland species mixtures using time-lapse cameras107
Automatic detection and classification of low-level orographic precipitation processes from space-borne radars using machine learning106
Validation and analysis of Terra and Aqua MODIS, and SNPP VIIRS vegetation indices under zero vegetation conditions: A case study using Railroad Valley Playa106
Four-decades of sediment transport variations in the Yellow River on the Loess Plateau using Landsat imagery103
Editorial Board102
Global quasi-daily fractional vegetation cover estimated from the DSCOVR EPIC directional hotspot dataset101
Correcting laser scanning intensity recorded in a cave environment for high-resolution lithological mapping: A case study of the Gouffre Georges, France101
Global land characterisation using land cover fractions at 100 m resolution100
Editorial Board100
Information fusion for GNSS-R wind speed retrieval using statistically modified convolutional neural network99
SAR interferometry on full scatterers: Mapping ground deformation with ultra-high density from space99
Mapping global drought-induced forest mortality based on multiple satellite vegetation optical depth data99
On the effects of cloud water content on passive microwave snowfall retrievals97
Estimation of vertical plant area density from single return terrestrial laser scanning point clouds acquired in forest environments97
A novel identification method for unrevealed mesoscale eddies with transient and weak features-Capricorn Eddies as an example96
A novel semianalytical remote sensing retrieval strategy and algorithm for particulate organic carbon in inland waters based on biogeochemical-optical mechanisms95
Detecting the extreme hydrological events over China in 2022 using sparse GNSS and GRACE/GRACE-FO93
Assessing lead fraction derived from passive microwave images and improving estimates at pixel-wise level92
Editorial Board92
Ecosystems threatened by intensified drought with divergent vulnerability91
Exploring the potential of SAR and terrestrial and airborne LiDAR in predicting forest floor spectral properties in temperate and boreal forests91
Mapping multi-decadal wetland loss: Comparative analysis of linear and nonlinear spatiotemporal characterization89
Estimation of all-sky 1 km land surface temperature over the conterminous United States88
Improved detection of abrupt change in vegetation reveals dominant fractional woody cover decline in Eastern Africa86
Analytical framework based on thermodynamics to estimate spatially distributed surface energy fluxes from remotely sensed radiations86
TomoSense: A unique 3D dataset over temperate forest combining multi-frequency mono- and bi-static tomographic SAR with terrestrial, UAV and airborne lidar, and in-situ forest census86
Seasonally-decomposed Sentinel-1 backscatter time-series are useful indicators of peatland wildfire vulnerability85
Convolutional neural networks for satellite remote sensing at coarse resolution. Application for the SST retrieval using IASI85
Far-field bistatic scattering simulation for rice crop biophysical parameters retrieval using modified radiative transfer model at X- and C-band84
Habitat highs and lows: Using terrestrial and UAV LiDAR for modelling avian species richness and abundance in a restored woodland84
Predicting the liveability of Dutch cities with aerial images and semantic intermediate concepts83
An extended SW-TES algorithm for land surface temperature and emissivity retrieval from ECOSTRESS thermal infrared data over urban areas83
Polarimetric decomposition of microwave-band freshwater ice SAR data: Review, analysis, and future directions83
Estimating and mapping forest age across Canada's forested ecosystems83
Towards uninterrupted canopy-trait time-series: A Bayesian radiative transfer model inversion using multi-sourced satellite observations83
MERRA-2 reanalysis-aided sea fog detection based on CALIOP observation over North Pacific83
Detecting tree mortality using waveform features of airborne LiDAR82
Automated detection and tracking of medium-large icebergs from Sentinel-1 imagery using Google Earth Engine82
Diurnal variation in the near-global planetary boundary layer height from satellite-based CATS lidar: Retrieval, evaluation, and influencing factors82
Unsupervised machine learning detection of iceberg populations within sea ice from dual-polarisation SAR imagery82
SCCD: A slicing algorithm for detecting geomorphic changes on topographically complex areas based on 3D point clouds81
Simultaneous estimation of leaf directional-hemispherical reflectance and transmittance from multi-angular canopy reflectance80
A high-resolution record of surface melt on Antarctic ice shelves using multi-source remote sensing data and deep learning80
Multipeak retracking of radar altimetry waveforms over ice sheets79
Automatic mapping of 500 m daily open water body fraction in the American continent using GOES-16 ABI imagery78
Correction of photochemical reflectance index (PRI) by optical indices to predict non-photochemical quenching (NPQ) across various species78
Retrieval of ground, snow, and forest parameters from space borne passive L band observations. A case study over Sodankylä, Finland77
Impact of atmospheric dryness on solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence: Tower-based observations at a temperate forest77
Mapping vegetation canopy height across the contiguous United States using ICESat-2 and ancillary datasets76
The critical role of cross-polarized backscatter in understanding L-band PolSAR data in forested and urban environments76
Monitoring of chlorophyll content in local saltwort species Suaeda salsa under water and salt stress based on the PROSAIL-D model in coastal wetland76
Assessment of Sentinel-6 SAR mode and reprocessed Jason-3 sea level measurements over global coastal oceans75
Avian diversity across guilds in North America versus vegetation structure as measured by the Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI)74
Late summer northwestward Amazon plume pathway under the action of the North Brazil Current rings74
Evaluating the utility of hyperspectral data to monitor local-scale β-diversity across space and time74
Reconstructing Tibetan Plateau lake bathymetry using ICESat-2 photon-counting laser altimetry74
Evaluation of Himawari-8/AHI land surface reflectance at mid-latitudes using LEO sensors with off-nadir observation74
Arctic Sea ice leads detected using sentinel-1B SAR image and their responses to atmosphere circulation and sea ice dynamics74
Sensitivity of Sentinel-1 C-band SAR backscatter, polarimetry and interferometry to snow accumulation in the Alps73
Spaceborne high-spectral-resolution lidar ACDL/DQ-1 measurements of the particulate backscatter coefficient in the global ocean73
Monitoring Earth's atmosphere with Sentinel-5 TROPOMI and Artificial Intelligence: Quantifying volcanic SO2 emissions72
Stratified burn severity assessment by integrating spaceborne spectral and waveform attributes in Great Xing'an Mountain71
A novel inequality-constrained weighted linear mixture model for endmember variability71
Estimating effects of wind and waves on the Doppler centroid frequency shift for the SAR retrieval of ocean currents71
Spatio-temporal remotely sensed indices identify hotspots of biodiversity conservation concern70
Derivation of PM10 mass concentration from advanced satellite retrieval products based on a semi-empirical physical approach70
Joint exploitation of space-borne and ground-based multitemporal InSAR measurements for volcano monitoring: The Stromboli volcano case study69
Opaque voxel-based tree models for virtual laser scanning in forestry applications68
Identifying the effects of chronic saltwater intrusion in coastal floodplain swamps using remote sensing68
Impact of scene-specific enhancement spectra on matched filter greenhouse gas retrievals from imaging spectroscopy68
A novel technique for ship wake detection from optical images68
Wind speed and mesoscale features drive net autotrophy in the South Atlantic Ocean68
Detection of petroleum hydrocarbons in continental areas using airborne hyperspectral thermal infrared data (SEBASS)68
Automatic calving front extraction from digital elevation model-derived data67
Gravity recovery from SWOT altimetry using geoid height and geoid gradient67
Near-daily monitoring of surface temperature and channel width of the six largest Arctic rivers from space using GCOM-C/SGLI66
“Old” is not precise enough: Airborne laser scanning reveals age-related structural diversity within old-growth forests66
Indices enhance biological soil crust mapping in sandy and desert lands66
Spatio-temporal distribution of sea-ice thickness using a machine learning approach with Google Earth Engine and Sentinel-1 GRD data66
Persistent upwelling in the Mid-Atlantic Bight detected using gap-filled, high-resolution satellite SST66
Towards tree-based systems disturbance monitoring of tropical mosaic landscape using a time series ensemble learning approach65
Coastal morphology from space: A showcase of monitoring the topography-bathymetry continuum65
An adaptive atmospheric correction algorithm for the effective adjacency effect correction of submeter-scale spatial resolution optical satellite images: Application to a WorldView-3 panchromatic imag65
Quantifying Surface Melt and Liquid Water on the Greenland Ice Sheet using L-band Radiometry65
Special issue on remote sensing of greenhouse gas emissions65
Seasonality and directionality effects on radar backscatter are key to identify mountain forest types with Sentinel-1 data65
Detection of Xylella fastidiosa in almond orchards by synergic use of an epidemic spread model and remotely sensed plant traits64
Cross-calibration of MODIS and VIIRS long near infrared bands for ocean color science and applications64
Simulating snow-covered forest bidirectional reflectance by extending hybrid geometric optical–radiative transfer model64
What lies beneath: Vertical temperature heterogeneity in a Mediterranean woodland savanna63
Dynamic emergent leaf area in tidal wetlands: Implications for satellite-derived regional and global blue carbon estimates63
Improving extraction phenology accuracy using SIF coupled with the vegetation index and mapping the spatiotemporal pattern of bamboo forest phenology62
Spatial and temporal deep learning methods for deriving land-use following deforestation: A pan-tropical case study using Landsat time series62
Assessing the upper elevational limits of vegetation growth in global high-mountains61
Impacts of ignorance on the accuracy of image classification and thematic mapping60
Interference-sensitive coastal SAR altimetry retracking strategy for measuring significant wave height60
Mangrove species mapping in coastal China using synthesized Sentinel-2 high-separability images59
MDINEOF: A scheme to recover land surface temperatures under cloudy-sky conditions by incorporating radiation fluxes59
Retrieval of oceanic chlorophyll concentration from GOES-R Advanced Baseline Imager using deep learning59
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]58
Corrigendum to “Unpacking the drivers of diurnal dynamics of sun-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF): Canopy structure, plant physiology, instrument configuration and retrieval methods” [Remote Sen58
Thermal unmanned aerial vehicles for the identification of microclimatic refugia in topographically complex areas58
Learning the variations in annual spectral-temporal metrics to enhance the transferability of regression models for land cover fraction monitoring58
Editorial Board57
A machine learning scheme for estimating fine-resolution grassland aboveground biomass over China with Sentinel-1/2 satellite images57
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) 157
Three-dimensional and long-term landslide displacement estimation by fusing C- and L-band SAR observations: A case study in Gongjue County, Tibet, China57
Quantum yield for sun-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (ΦF) captures rice plant dynamics under interplant competition57
Improved tropical cyclone wind speed estimation for microwave altimeter using machine learning56
Field-scale dynamics of planting dates in the US Corn Belt from 2000 to 202056
InSAR monitoring of creeping landslides in mountainous regions: A case study in Eldorado National Forest, California56
Enhancing individual tree mortality mapping: The impact of models, data modalities, and classification taxonomy55
Mapping forest in the Swiss Alps treeline ecotone with explainable deep learning55
Evaluating the role of solar-induced fluorescence (SIF) and plant physiological traits for leaf nitrogen assessment in almond using airborne hyperspectral imagery55
High-resolution satellite imagery reveals a recent accelerating rate of increase in land evapotranspiration55
Predicting subsurface thermohaline structure from remote sensing data based on long short-term memory neural networks55
Deriving exclusion maps from C-band SAR time-series in support of floodwater mapping55
Detecting early winter open-water zones on Alaska rivers using dual-polarized C-band Sentinel-1 synthetic aperture radar (SAR)55
Utilizing unsupervised learning, multi-view imaging, and CNN-based attention facilitates cost-effective wetland mapping54
Quantifying uncertainties in nighttime light retrievals from Suomi-NPP and NOAA-20 VIIRS Day/Night Band data54
Evaluating urban methane emissions from space using TROPOMI methane and carbon monoxide observations54
Discriminative feature constraints via supervised contrastive learning for few-shot forest tree species classification using airborne hyperspectral images54
MethaNet – An AI-driven approach to quantifying methane point-source emission from high-resolution 2-D plume imagery54
Estimating 1 km gridded daily air temperature using a spatially varying coefficient model with sign preservation54
Colour remote sensing of the impact of artificial light at night (II): Calibration of DSLR-based images from the International Space Station54
Multi-decadal analysis of high-resolution albedo changes induced by urbanization over contrasted Chinese cities based on Landsat data54
Mapping smallholder cashew plantations to inform sustainable tree crop expansion in Benin53
Monitoring global cement plants from space53
A study of annual tree-wise LiDAR intensity patterns of boreal species observed using a hyper-temporal laser scanning time series53
An AI approach to operationalise global daily PlanetScope satellite imagery for river water masking53
Net fluxes of broadband shortwave and photosynthetically active radiation complement NDVI and near infrared reflectance of vegetation to explain gross photosynthesis variability across ecosystems and 52
Introducing emissivity directionality to the temperature-emissivity separation algorithm52
Multi-sensor satellite imagery reveals spatiotemporal changes in peatland water table after restoration52
Analyzing surface deformation throughout China's territory using multi-temporal InSAR processing of Sentinel-1 radar data52
Filling gaps in cloudy Landsat LST product by spatial-temporal fusion of multi-scale data51
Estimating the water-leaving albedo from ocean color51
Quantification of wetland vegetation communities features with airborne AVIRIS-NG, UAVSAR, and UAV LiDAR data in Peace-Athabasca Delta51
Global coastal geomorphology – integrating earth observation and geospatial data51
Monitoring temperate forest degradation on Google Earth Engine using Landsat time series analysis51
Tracking annual changes in the distribution and composition of saltmarsh vegetation on the Jiangsu coast of China using Landsat time series–based phenological parameters51
Deep-learning-based burned area mapping using the synergy of Sentinel-1&2 data50
Vertical distribution of subsurface phytoplankton layer in South China Sea using airborne lidar50
Cloud identification and property retrieval from Himawari-8 infrared measurements via a deep neural network50
A novel index for robust and large-scale mapping of plastic greenhouse from Sentinel-2 images50
Accurate estimation of lake levels by the spatio-temporal modeling of satellite altimetry data50
Direct use of large-footprint lidar waveforms to estimate aboveground biomass50
Performance of OLCI Sentinel-3A satellite in the Northeast Pacific coastal waters50
A knowledge-based, validated classifier for the identification of aliphatic and aromatic plastics by WorldView-3 satellite data50
Multiparametric sea state fields from synthetic aperture radar for maritime situational awareness50
Evaluation of historic and new detection algorithms for different types of plastics over land and water from hyperspectral data and imagery49
A hybrid model to predict nitrogen concentration in heterogeneous grassland using field spectroscopy49
Fractional vegetation cover ratio estimated from radiative transfer modeling outperforms spectral indices to assess fire severity in several Mediterranean plant communities49
Combining CloudSat/CALIPSO and MODIS measurements to reconstruct tropical convective cloud structure49
Predicting air quality via multimodal AI and satellite imagery49
Spatial variability in melting on Himalayan debris-covered glaciers from 2000 to 201349
Evaluating TROPOMI and MODIS performance to capture the dynamic of air pollution in São Paulo state: A case study during the COVID-19 outbreak49
Evaluation of satellite and reanalysis estimates of surface and root-zone soil moisture in croplands of Jiangsu Province, China49
Quality control and crop characterization framework for multi-temporal UAV LiDAR data over mechanized agricultural fields48
Towards a standardized, ground-based network of hyperspectral measurements: Combining time series from autonomous field spectrometers with Sentinel-248
Examining partial-column density retrieval of lower-tropospheric CO2 from GOSAT target observations over global megacities48
SAR and InSAR data linked to soil moisture changes on a temperate raised peatland subjected to a wildfire48
Competition between biogeochemical drivers and land-cover changes determines urban greening or browning48
Semantic segmentation of water bodies in very high-resolution satellite and aerial images47
Forest aboveground biomass in the southwestern United States from a MISR multi-angle index, 2000–201547
Fine-scale leaf chlorophyll distribution across a deciduous forest through two-step model inversion from Sentinel-2 data47
Air pollution scenario over Pakistan: Characterization and ranking of extremely polluted cities using long-term concentrations of aerosols and trace gases47
Toward consistent change detection across irregular remote sensing time series observations47
Downscaling canopy photochemical reflectance index to leaf level by correcting for the soil effects47
World Settlement Footprint 3D - A first three-dimensional survey of the global building stock47
Characterization and prediction of InSAR-derived ground motion with ICA-assisted LSTM model47
Exploring Sentinel-1 backscatter time series over the Atacama Desert (Chile) for seasonal dynamics of surface soil moisture47
Satellite-derived quantification of the diurnal and annual dynamics of land surface temperature47
Mapping invasive alien species in grassland ecosystems using airborne imaging spectroscopy and remotely observable vegetation functional traits47
Uncertainty of city-based urban heat island intensity across 1112 global cities: Background reference and cloud coverage46
Geographically and temporally weighted neural network for winter wheat yield prediction46
A neural network-based method for satellite-based mapping of sediment-laden sea ice in the Arctic46
Benchmarking algorithm changes to the Snow CCI+ snow water equivalent product46
Using radiant intensity to characterize the anisotropy of satellite-derived city light at night46
Crop specific algorithms trained over ground measurements provide the best performance for GAI and fAPAR estimates from Landsat-8 observations46
Correcting for the clumping effect in leaf area index calculations using one-dimensional fractal dimension45
CRYSTAL: A novel and effective method to remove clouds in daily nighttime light images by synergizing spatiotemporal information45
Retrieval of ocean optical and plankton properties with the satellite Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP) sensor: Background, data processing, and validation status45
The first global soil moisture and vegetation optical depth product retrieved from fused SMOS and SMAP L-band observations45
Background noise model of spaceborne photon-counting lidars over oceans and aerosol optical depth retrieval from ICESat-2 noise data45
A novel entropy-based method to quantify forest canopy structural complexity from multiplatform lidar point clouds45
Nationwide native forest structure maps for Argentina based on forest inventory data, SAR Sentinel-1 and vegetation metrics from Sentinel-2 imagery45
An approach to estimating forest biomass while quantifying estimate uncertainty and correcting bias in machine learning maps45
Global burned area mapping from Sentinel-3 Synergy and VIIRS active fires44
Bayesian inversion of GPR waveforms for sub-surface material characterization: An uncertainty-aware retrieval of soil moisture and overlaying biomass properties44
First mapping of polarization-dependent vegetation optical depth and soil moisture from SMAP L-band radiometry44
A practical two-step framework for all-sky land surface temperature estimation44
Inventorying ponds through novel size-adaptive object mapping using Sentinel-1/2 time series44
OPTRAM-ET: A novel approach to remote sensing of actual evapotranspiration applied to Sentinel-2 and Landsat-8 observations44
Satellite detection of canopy-scale tree mortality and survival from California wildfires with spatio-temporal deep learning44
Is spectral pixel-to-pixel variation a reliable indicator of grassland biodiversity? A systematic assessment of the spectral variation hypothesis using spatial simulation experiments44
Estimating runoff from pan-Arctic drainage basins for 2002–2019 using an improved runoff-storage relationship44
A trained Mask R-CNN model over PlanetScope imagery for very-high resolution surface water mapping in boreal forest-tundra44
The value of hyperspectral UAV imagery in characterizing tundra vegetation44
A Bayesian approach for remote sensing of chlorophyll-a and associated retrieval uncertainty in oligotrophic and mesotrophic lakes43
Building damage assessment for rapid disaster response with a deep object-based semantic change detection framework: From natural disasters to man-made disasters43
Estimation of biomass burning emissions by integrating ICESat-2, Landsat 8, and Sentinel-1 data43
Mapping temperate forest tree species using dense Sentinel-2 time series43
Surface Biology and Geology imaging spectrometer: A case study to optimize the mission design using intrinsic dimensionality42
Using time series of MODIS land surface phenology to model temperature and photoperiod controls on spring greenup in North American deciduous forests42
Retrieval of chlorophyll fluorescence from a large distance using oxygen absorption bands42
The PRISMA imaging spectroscopy mission: overview and first performance analysis42
Reliability of using vegetation optical depth for estimating decadal and interannual carbon dynamics42
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