OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Remote Sensing of Environment is 81. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	338
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	332
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]	317
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	260
Deriving leaf-scale chlorophyll index (CIleaf) from canopy reflectance by correcting for the canopy multiple scattering based on spectral invariant theory	244
Difference in seasonal peak timing of soybean far-red SIF and GPP explained by canopy structure and chlorophyll content	239
Examining partial-column density retrieval of lower-tropospheric CO2 from GOSAT target observations over global megacities	223
Seasonality of vegetation greenness in Southeast Asia unveiled by geostationary satellite observations	222
Global land characterisation using land cover fractions at 100 m resolution	215
Extracting flowering phenology from grassland species mixtures using time-lapse cameras	213
Indices enhance biological soil crust mapping in sandy and desert lands	210
A novel identification method for unrevealed mesoscale eddies with transient and weak features-Capricorn Eddies as an example	208
Joint exploitation of space-borne and ground-based multitemporal InSAR measurements for volcano monitoring: The Stromboli volcano case study	201
Downscaling canopy photochemical reflectance index to leaf level by correcting for the soil effects	200
Evaluating urban methane emissions from space using TROPOMI methane and carbon monoxide observations	195
Using time series of MODIS land surface phenology to model temperature and photoperiod controls on spring greenup in North American deciduous forests	166
A new fog and low stratus retrieval for tropical South America reveals widespread fog in lowland forests	156
A model based on spectral invariant theory for correcting topographic effects on vegetation canopy reflectance	154
Thermal infrared reflectance characteristics of natural leaves in 8–14 μm region: Mechanistic modeling and relationships with leaf water content	152
Generating high-resolution total canopy SIF emission from TROPOMI data: Algorithm and application	152
A PSI targets characterization approach to interpreting surface displacement signals: A case study of the Shanghai metro tunnels	146
Eutrophication state in the Eastern China based on Landsat 35-year observations	143
True global error maps for SMAP, SMOS, and ASCAT soil moisture data based on machine learning and triple collocation analysis	141
Recent change in ecosystem water use efficiency in China mainly dominated by vegetation greening and increased CO2	139
3D Monte Carlo surface-atmosphere radiative transfer modelling with DART	138

Gravity recovery from SWOT altimetry using geoid height and geoid gradient	138
A deep learning model for incorporating temporal information in haze removal	134
Characterization and prediction of InSAR-derived ground motion with ICA-assisted LSTM model	133
A parametric approach for global estimation of forest above-ground biomass with SMOS and SMAP L-band radiometer data	131
Entity-based image analysis: A new strategy to map rural settlements from Landsat images	130
Unsupervised object-based spectral unmixing for subpixel mapping	129
Mechanism and algorithm for addressing the impact of multiple scattering on surface elevation extraction in photon-counting LiDAR data	128
Persistent upwelling in the Mid-Atlantic Bight detected using gap-filled, high-resolution satellite SST	119
Estimating 1 km gridded daily air temperature using a spatially varying coefficient model with sign preservation	117
Semantic segmentation of water bodies in very high-resolution satellite and aerial images	116
Joint mapping of melt pond bathymetry and water volume on sea ice using optical remote sensing images and physical reflectance models	116
Estimation of summer pan-Arctic ice draft from satellite passive microwave observations	115
Automated detection and tracking of medium-large icebergs from Sentinel-1 imagery using Google Earth Engine	112
Deep-learning-based burned area mapping using the synergy of Sentinel-1&2 data	112
Field-scale dynamics of planting dates in the US Corn Belt from 2000 to 2020	111
World Settlement Footprint 3D - A first three-dimensional survey of the global building stock	110
Multipeak retracking of radar altimetry waveforms over ice sheets	109
Air pollution scenario over Pakistan: Characterization and ranking of extremely polluted cities using long-term concentrations of aerosols and trace gases	108
Correcting for the clumping effect in leaf area index calculations using one-dimensional fractal dimension	108
UrbanWatch: A 1-meter resolution land cover and land use database for 22 major cities in the United States	107
Geographically and temporally weighted neural network for winter wheat yield prediction	106
Mapping smallholder cashew plantations to inform sustainable tree crop expansion in Benin	105
senSCOPE: Modeling mixed canopies combining green and brown senesced leaves. Evaluation in a Mediterranean Grassland	104
Exploring spectral and phylogenetic diversity links with functional structure of aquatic plant communities	104
BESSv2.0: A satellite-based and coupled-process model for quantifying long-term global land–atmosphere fluxes	101
Multi-source data analysis to assess the past and present kinematics of the Pisciotta Deep-Seated Gravitational Slope Deformation (southern Italy)	100
Arctic Sea ice leads detected using sentinel-1B SAR image and their responses to atmosphere circulation and sea ice dynamics	100
Modeling the start of frozen dates with leaf senescence over Tibetan Plateau	99
Filling gaps in cloudy Landsat LST product by spatial-temporal fusion of multi-scale data	96
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	95
Benefits of fully focused SAR altimetry to coastal wave height estimates: A case study in the North Sea	95
Multi-decadal analysis of high-resolution albedo changes induced by urbanization over contrasted Chinese cities based on Landsat data	95
Ozone profiles without blind area retrieved from MAX-DOAS measurements and comprehensive validation with multi-platform observations	94
Deep learning solver unites SDGSAT-1 observations and Navier–Stokes theory for oceanic vortex streets	94
An adaptive spatiotemporal tensor reconstruction method for GIMMS-3g+ NDVI	94
Robust retrieval of soil moisture at field scale across wide-ranging SAR incidence angles for soybean, wheat, forage, oat and grass	91
Radar altimeter waveform simulations in Antarctica with the Snow Microwave Radiative Transfer Model (SMRT)	90
Extrapolation of electromagnetic pointing error corrections for Sentinel-1 Doppler currents from land areas to the open ocean	89
Monitoring volcanic CO2 flux by the remote sensing of vegetation on Mt. Etna, Italy	88
A new Multivariate Drought Severity Index to identify short-term hydrological signals: case study of the Amazon River basin	88
CloudS2Mask: A novel deep learning approach for improved cloud and cloud shadow masking in Sentinel-2 imagery	88
Estimating river discharge across scales with a novel regional gauging method driven by Sentinel satellite data	86
Evaluating the performance of airborne and spaceborne lidar for mapping biomass in the United States' largest dry woodland ecosystem	86
This is MATE: A Multiple scAttering correcTion rEtrieval algorithm for accurate lidar profiling of seawater optical properties	86
Improving the combined use of reflectance and thermal channels for ocean and coastal cloud detection for the Sea and Land Surface Temperature Radiometer (SLSTR)	86
Coupling physical constraints with machine learning for satellite-derived evapotranspiration of the Tibetan Plateau	86
A moisture-based triangle approach for estimating surface evaporative fraction with time-series of remotely sensed data	86
Mountain snow depth retrievals from customized processing of ICESat-2 satellite laser altimetry	85
The influence of surface canopy water on the relationship between L-band backscatter and biophysical variables in agricultural monitoring	85
Spatio-temporal variability of water use efficiency and its drivers in major forest formations in India	84

SDGSAT-1 nighttime light data improve village-scale built-up delineation	83
Reconstruction of long-term high-resolution lake variability: Algorithm improvement and applications in China	83
Novel algorithms for pair and pixel selection and atmospheric error correction in multitemporal InSAR	83
A machine learning-based accuracy enhancement on EUMETSAT H-SAF H35 effective snow-covered area product	82
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	82
Unoccupied aerial system (UAS) Structure-from-Motion canopy fuel parameters: Multisite area-based modelling across forests in California, USA	82
STARS: A novel gap-filling method for SDGSAT-1 nighttime light imagery using spatiotemporal and spectral synergy	81