Remote sensing of earth's energy budget: Synthesis and review

S Liang, D Wang, T He, Y Yu - International Journal of Digital Earth, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
The Earth's climate is largely determined by its energy budget. Since the 1960s, satellite
remote sensing has been used in estimating these energy budget components at both the …

Surface albedo and reflectance: Review of definitions, angular and spectral effects, and intercomparison of major data sources in support of advanced solar irradiance …

CA Gueymard, V Lara-Fanego, M Sengupta, Y Xie - Solar Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
This study defines albedo and reflectance in the context of solar applications. It examines
the main sources of surface albedo data that can be used to help solar irradiance modeling …

A global map of planting years of plantations

Z Du, L Yu, J Yang, Y Xu, B Chen, S Peng, T Zhang… - Scientific data, 2022 - nature.com
Plantation is an important land use type that differs from natural forests and affects the
economy and the environment. Tree age is one of the key factors used to quantify the impact …

Soil moisture content retrieval from Landsat 8 data using ensemble learning

Y Zhang, S Liang, Z Zhu, H Ma, T He - ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry …, 2022 - Elsevier
Although detailed spatial and temporal distribution of soil moisture is crucial for numerous
applications, current global soil moisture products generally have low spatial resolutions (25 …

Using deep-learning to forecast the magnitude and characteristics of urban heat island in Seoul Korea

JW Oh, J Ngarambe, PN Duhirwe, GY Yun… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Urban heat island (UHI), a phenomenon involving increased air temperature of a city
compared to the surrounding rural area, results in increased energy use and escalated …

Estimating 10-m land surface albedo from Sentinel-2 satellite observations using a direct estimation approach with Google Earth Engine

X Lin, S Wu, B Chen, Z Lin, Z Yan, X Chen, G Yin… - ISPRS Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Land surface albedo plays an important role in controlling the surface energy budget and
regulating the biophysical processes of natural dynamics and anthropogenic activities …

[HTML][HTML] Estimating fractional snow cover in vegetated environments using MODIS surface reflectance data

X Xiao, T He, S Liang, X Liu, Y Ma, S Liang… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Advances in snow-cover mapping techniques have resulted in more accurate estimation of
fractional snow cover (FSC) in areas with no vegetation; however, vegetation interference …

Measured and satellite-derived albedo data for estimating bifacial photovoltaic system performance

B Marion - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
The albedo of the ground surface is an important factor in the cost-effectiveness of a bifacial
photovoltaic (PV) system. To improve the availability of reliable albedo data, datasets of …

Review of land surface albedo: variance characteristics, climate effect and management strategy

X Zhang, Z Jiao, C Zhao, Y Qu, Q Liu, H Zhang… - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
Surface albedo plays a controlling role in the surface energy budget, and albedo-induced
radiative forcing has a significant impact on climate and environmental change (eg, global …

Impacts of forest loss on local climate across the conterminous United States: Evidence from satellite time-series observations

Y Li, Y Liu, G Bohrer, Y Cai, A Wilson, T Hu… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Forest disturbances alter land biophysics. Their impacts on local climate and land surface
temperature (LST) cannot be directly measured by comparing pre-and post-disturbance …