Remote sensing techniques in the investigation of aeolian sand dunes: A review of recent advances

Z Zheng, S Du, H Taubenböck, X Zhang - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Sand dunes are one of the most abundant aeolian landforms and play an important role in
understanding how aeolian environments evolve. Since the 1970s, remote sensing has …

Cyanobacterial biocrust induction: a comprehensive review on a soil rehabilitation-effective biotechnology

F Rossi, G Mugnai, R De Philippis - Geoderma, 2022 - Elsevier
The use of cyanobacteria as soil inoculants is a very promising biotechnological approach
that is receiving increasing scientific attention for its potential for soil degradation control …

Mapping biocrust distribution in China's drylands under changing climate

D Qiu, MA Bowker, B Xiao, Y Zhao, X Zhou… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Biological soil crusts (biocrusts) are widely distributed in global drylands and have multiple
significant roles in regulating dryland soil and ecosystem multifunctionality. However, maps …

Development of a new approach based on midwave infrared spectroscopy for post-consumer black plastic waste sorting in the recycling industry

O Rozenstein, E Puckrin, J Adamowski - Waste management, 2017 - Elsevier
Waste sorting is key to the process of waste recycling. Exact identification of plastic resin and
wood products using Near Infrared (NIR, 1–1.7 µm) sensing is currently in use. Yet, dark …

Moss-biocrusts strongly decrease soil surface albedo, altering land-surface energy balance in a dryland ecosystem

B Xiao, MA Bowker - Science of the Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Land surface albedo measures the degree to which the sun's radiation is absorbed or
reflected, and thus can be highly influential in global climate trends, local weather …

[HTML][HTML] Landscape ecology development supported by geospatial technologies: A review

H Yu, X Liu, B Kong, R Li, G Wang - Ecological Informatics, 2019 - Elsevier
Numerous technologies have contributed to the recent development of landscape ecology,
especially the geospatial technological advances constitute a revolution in landscape …

Estimating cotton water consumption using a time series of Sentinel-2 imagery

O Rozenstein, N Haymann, G Kaplan… - Agricultural water …, 2018 - Elsevier
Crop coefficient (K c)-based estimation of crop water consumption is one of the most
commonly used methods for irrigation management. Spectral modeling of K c is possible …

[HTML][HTML] Remote sensing for monitoring rangeland condition: current status and development of methods

A Retallack, G Finlayson, B Ostendorf, K Clarke… - Environmental and …, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper reviews the current status and development of remote sensing methods for
monitoring rangeland condition. Remote sensing offers ideal solutions for assessing …

Moss biocrusts regulate surface soil thermal properties and generate buffering effects on soil temperature dynamics in dryland ecosystem

B Xiao, S Ma, K Hu - Geoderma, 2019 - Elsevier
Biocrusts are promising ecosystem engineers in dryland ecosystems, but their effects on soil
temperature, which is the most important environmental factor of soil biological and …

Land degradability mapping using remote sensing data and soil chemical properties

AD Boloorani, M Bakhtiari, NN Samany, R Papi… - Remote Sensing …, 2023 - Elsevier
Selection of the most influential soil properties to land degradability (LDy) mapping and their
association is unclear. Accordingly, this study developed a geo-environmental modelling …