Geofly Lab Publications

Publications

2024

  • Alexander, S. E., Yang, B., Hussey, O., & Hicks, D. (2023). Examining the Externalities of Highway Capacity Expansions in California: An Analysis of Land Use and Land Cover (LULC) Using Remote Sensing Technology. Mineta Transportation Institute Publications DOI: 10.31979/mti.2023.2251

2023

  • Yang, B., Hawthorne, T.L., Aoki, L.R., Beatty, D.S., Domke, L.K., Copeland, T., Eckert, G.L., Graham, O.J., Harper, L., Hessing-Lewis, M., Rappazzo, B., & Hovel, K.A., et al. (2023). Low-Altitude UAV Imaging Accurately Quantifies Eelgrass Wasting Disease from Alaska to California. Geophysical Research Letters DOI: 10.1029/2022GL101985
  • Aoki, L.R., Yang, B., O.J. Graham, C. Gomes, B. Rappazzo, T.L. Hawthorne, J.E. Duffy, & D. Harvell. (2023). UAV high-resolution imaging and disease surveys combine to quantify climate-related decline in seagrass meadows. Oceanography 36(Supplement 1) DOI: 10.5670/oceanog.2023.s1.12
  • Shu, S., Yu, O.-Y., Schoonover, C., Liu, H., & Yang, B. (2023). Unmanned Aerial Vehicle-Based Structure from Motion Technique for Precise Snow Depth Retrieval—Implication for Optimal Ground Control Point Deployment Strategy. Remote Sensing, 15(9), 2297. DOI: 10.3390/rs15092297
  • Graham, O.J., Stephens, T., Rappazzo, B., Klohmann, C., Dayal, S., Adamczyk, E.M., Olson, A., Hessing-Lewis, M., Eisenlord, M., Yang, B., Burge, C., Gomes, C., & Harvell, D. (2023). Deeper habitats and cooler temperatures moderate a climate-driven seagrass disease. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 378:20220016 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2022.0016
  • Tran, M. T., & Yang, B. (2023). Using Thermal Remote Sensing to Quantify Impact of Traffic on Urban Heat Islands during COVID. Mineta Transportation Institute Publications (2023). DOI: 10.31979/mti.2023.2207

2022

  • Yang, B., Liu, H., Kang, E.L., et al. (2022). Traffic restrictions during the 2008 Olympic Games reduced urban heat intensity and extent in Beijing. Nature Communications Earth & Environment, 3:105 DOI: 10.1038/s43247-022-00427-4
  • Hawthorne, T.L., Toohy, K.R., Yang, B., Graham, L., Lorenzo, E.M., Torres, H., McDonald, M., Rivera, F., Bouck, K., & Walters, L.J. (2022). Mapping Emotional Attachment as a Measure of Sense of Place to Identify Coastal Restoration Priority Areas. Applied Geography, 138, 102608. DOI: 10.1016/J.APGEOG.2021.102608
  • Aoki, L.R., Rappazzo, B., Beatty, D.S., … & Yang, B., et al. (2022). Disease surveillance by artificial intelligence links eelgrass wasting disease to ocean warming across latitudes. Limnology and Oceanography. DOI: 10.1002/lno.12152
  • Geng, H., Jin, Z., Yao, J., Zhang, H., Hu, Z., Yang, B., Guo, Y., et al. (2022). Efficient Routing Protection Algorithm Based on Optimized Network Topology. Computers, Materials & Continua, 72(3), 4525–4540. DOI: 10.32604/cmc.2022.027725
  • Beatty, D.S., Aoki, L.R., … & Yang, B., et al. (2022). Predictable Changes in Eelgrass Microbiomes with Increasing Wasting Disease Prevalence across 23° Latitude in the Northeastern Pacific. mSystems, 7(1), e00224-22. DOI: 10.1128/msystems.00224-22

2021

  • Yang, B., Liu, H., Kang, E., Shu, S., Xu, M., Wu, B., Beck, R., Hinkel, K., & Yu, B. (2021) Spatio-temporal Cokriging method for blending and downscaling multi-scale remote sensing data. Remote Sensing of Environment. DOI:10.1016/j.rse.2020.112190
  • Yang, B., Tong, S., & Fan, R. (2021). Using high resolution images from UAV and satellite remote sensing for best management practice (BMP) analyses. Journal of Environmental Informatics. DOI:10.3808/jei.202000433
  • Beatty, D.S., Aoki, L.R., Graham, O.J., Yang, B. (2021). The future is big—and small: remote sensing enables cross-scale comparisons of microbiome dynamics and ecological consequences. mSystems, 6:e01106-21. DOI:10.1128/mSystems.01106-21
  • Xu, M., Liu, H., Beck, R., Lekki, J., Yang, B., Liu, Y., Shu, S., et al. (2021). Implementation Strategy and Spatiotemporal Extensibility of Multipredictor Ensemble Model for Water Quality Parameter Retrieval With Multispectral Remote Sensing Data. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. DOI:10.1109/TGRS.2020.3045921
  • Groner, M.L., Eisenlord, M.E., Yoshioka, R.M., …, Yang, B., et al. (2021) Warming sea surface temperatures fuel summer epidemics of eelgrass wasting disease. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 679:47-58. DOI:10.3354/meps13902
  • Shu, S., Liu, H., Beck, R.A., Frappart, F., Korhonen, J., Lan, M., Xu, M., Yang, B., & Huang, Y. (2021). Evaluation of Historic and Operational Satellite Radar Altimetry Missions for Constructing Consistent Long-term Lake Water Level Records. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, pp.1-40. DOI:10.5194/hess-2020-510
  • Wang, Z., Liu, L., Haberman, C., Lan, M., Yang, B., Zhou, H. (2021). Burglaries and entry controls in gated communities. Urban Studies, 1-13. DOI:10.1177/0042098020972636

2020

  • Yang, B.; Hawthorne, T.L.; Hessing-Lewis, M.; Duffy, E.J.; Reshitnyk, L.Y.; Feinman, M.; Searson, H. (2020) Developing an Introductory UAV/Drone Mapping Training Program for Seagrass Monitoring and Research. Drones (Journal Cover Story), 4, 70. DOI:10.3390/drones4040070
  • Yang, B., Liu, L., Lan, M., Wang, Z., Zhou, H., Yu, H. (2020). A spatio-temporal method for crime prediction using historical crime data and transitional zones identified from nightlight imagery. International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 1-25. DOI:10.1080/13658816.2020.1737701
  • Liu, L., Lan, M., Eck, J.E., Yang, B., Zhou, H. (2020) Assessing the Intraday Variation of the Spillover Effect of Tweets-Derived Ambient Population on Crime. Social Science Computer Review, December 2020. DOI:10.1177/0894439320983825
  • Shu, S., Liu, H., Frappart, F., Kang, E.L., Yang, B., Xu, M., Huang, Y., Wu, B., Yu, B., Wang, S., & Beck, R. (2020). Improving Satellite Waveform Altimetry Measurements With a Probabilistic Relaxation Algorithm. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. DOI:10.1109/TGRS.2020.3010184
  • Yu, H.; Liu, L.; Yang, B.; Lan, M. (2020) Crime Prediction with Historical Crime and Movement Data of Potential Offenders Using a Spatio-Temporal Cokriging Method. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 9, 732. DOI:10.3390/ijgi9120732
  • Shu, S., Liu, H., Beck, R., Frappart, F., Korhonen, J., Xu, M., Yang, B., Hinkel, K., Huang, Y., Yu, B. (2020). Analysis of Sentinel-3 SAR Altimetry Waveform Retracking Algorithms for Deriving Temporally Consistent Water Levels over Inland Lakes. Remote Sensing of Environment, 239, 111643. DOI:10.1016/j.rse.2020.111643
  • Sun, H., Cai, C., Liu, H., & Yang, B. (2020). A model for disaggregating microwave satellite soil moisture with land surface evapotranspiration products and gridded meteorological data. Remote Sensing. DOI:10.3390/rs12060980

2019

  • Yang, B., Hawthorne, T., Torres, H., Feinman, M. (2019). Using Object-Oriented Classification for Coastal Management in the East Central Coast of Florida: A Quantitative Comparison between UAV, Satellite, and Aerial Data. Drones, 3(3), 60. DOI:10.3390/drones3030060
  • Yang, B., Tong, S., & Fan, R. (2019). Sharpening land use maps and predicting the trends of land-use change using high-resolution airborne image: a geostatistic approach. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 79, 141-152. DOI:10.1016/j.jag.2019.03.010
  • Zhou, H., Liu, L., Lan, M., Yang, B., Wang, Z. (2019) Assessing the Impact of Nightlight Gradients on Street Robbery and Burglary in Cincinnati of Ohio State, USA. Remote Sensing, 11, 1958. DOI:10.3390/rs11171958
  • Sun, H., Cai, C., Liu, H., & Yang, B. (2019). Microwave and Meteorological Fusion: A method of Spatial Downscaling of Remotely Sensed Soil Moisture. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 12(4), 1107-1119. DOI:10.1109/JSTARS.2019.2901921
  • Xu, M., Liu, H., Beck, R., Lekki, J., Yang, B., Shu, S., et al. (2019). Regionally and Locally Adaptive Models for Retrieving Chlorophyll-a Concentration in Inland Waters From Remotely Sensed Multispectral and Hyperspectral Imagery. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 57(7), 4758-4774. DOI:10.1109/TGRS.2019.2892899

2018 and before

  • Beck, R., Xu, M., Zhan, S., Johansen, R.A., Liu, H., Tong, S., Yang, B., Shu, S., et al., (2018). Comparison of satellite reflectance algorithms for estimating turbidity and cyanobacterial concentrations in productive freshwaters using hyperspectral aircraft imagery and dense coincident surface observations. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 45(3), 413-433. DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2018.09.001
  • Xu, M., Liu, H., Beck, R., Lekki, J., Yang, B., Shu, S., et al., (2018). A spectral space partition guided ensemble method for retrieving chlorophyll-a concentration in inland waters from Sentinel-2A satellite imagery. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 45(3), 454-465. DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2018.09.002
  • Johansen, R., Beck, R., Nowosad, J., Nietch, C., Xu, M., Shu, S., Yang B., et al. (2018) Evaluating the portability of satellite derived chlorophyll-a algorithms for temperate inland lakes using airborne imagery and dense surface observations. Harmful algae, 76, 35-46. DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2018.05.001
  • Beck, R., Xu, M., Zhan, S., Liu, H., Johansen, R.A., Tong, S., Yang, B., et al. (2017). Comparison of Satellite Reflectance Algorithms for Estimating Phycocyanin Values and Cyanobacterial Total Biovolume in a Temperate Reservoir Using Coincident Hyperspectral Aircraft Imagery and Dense Coincident Surface Observations. Remote Sensing, 9(6), p.538. DOI: 10.3390/rs9060538
  • Beck, R., Zhan, S., Liu, H., Tong, S., Yang, B., Xu, M., et al. (2016). Comparison of satellite reflectance algorithms for estimating chlorophyll-a in a temperate reservoir using coincident hyperspectral aircraft imagery and dense coincident surface observations. Remote Sensing of Environment, 178, 15-30. DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2016.03.002
  • Beck, R. A., Hinkel, K. M., Eisner, W. R., Whiteman, D., Arp, C. D., Machida, R., Yang, B., et al. (2013). Contrasting historical and recent breakup styles on the Meade River of Arctic Alaska in the context of a warming climate. American Journal of Climate Change, 2(2), DOI:10.4236/ajcc.2013.22016
  • Zhang, W. G., Yang, B., Ding, R., & Hu, Y. Q. (2010). Design of High-Speed Decoder for New High-Speed Bus. Applied Mechanics and Materials, 20, 958-962. DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.20-23.958

CONFERENCE PAPERS

  • Liu, H., Yang, B., & Kang, E. (2015, July). Cokriging method for spatio-temporal assimilation of multi-scale satellite data. In 2015 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS) (pp. 3314-3316). IEEE. DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2015.7326527
  • Yang, B., & Zhang, W. (2011, October). Intelligent learning system based on HMM model. In 2011 IEEE. Fourth International Symposium on Knowledge Acquisition and Modeling (pp. 490-492). DOI: 10.1109/KAM.2011.133

More conference proceedings and colloquium talks can be found here.