Remote Sensing of Environment

Papers
(The median citation count of Remote Sensing of Environment is 13. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)
ArticleCitations
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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) 1397
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]383
Arctic Sea ice leads detected using sentinel-1B SAR image and their responses to atmosphere circulation and sea ice dynamics316
Difference in seasonal peak timing of soybean far-red SIF and GPP explained by canopy structure and chlorophyll content290
A model based on spectral invariant theory for correcting topographic effects on vegetation canopy reflectance272
A parametric approach for global estimation of forest above-ground biomass with SMOS and SMAP L-band radiometer data257
Entity-based image analysis: A new strategy to map rural settlements from Landsat images252
Mechanism and algorithm for addressing the impact of multiple scattering on surface elevation extraction in photon-counting LiDAR data244
Joint mapping of melt pond bathymetry and water volume on sea ice using optical remote sensing images and physical reflectance models229
Estimation of summer pan-Arctic ice draft from satellite passive microwave observations190
Extracting flowering phenology from grassland species mixtures using time-lapse cameras185
3D Monte Carlo surface-atmosphere radiative transfer modelling with DART177
Unsupervised object-based spectral unmixing for subpixel mapping176
Correcting for the clumping effect in leaf area index calculations using one-dimensional fractal dimension173
Persistent upwelling in the Mid-Atlantic Bight detected using gap-filled, high-resolution satellite SST171
Exploring spectral and phylogenetic diversity links with functional structure of aquatic plant communities169
Indices enhance biological soil crust mapping in sandy and desert lands166
Thermal infrared reflectance characteristics of natural leaves in 8–14 μm region: Mechanistic modeling and relationships with leaf water content164
UrbanWatch: A 1-meter resolution land cover and land use database for 22 major cities in the United States163
Gravity recovery from SWOT altimetry using geoid height and geoid gradient162
Learning spectral-indices-fused deep models for time-series land use and land cover mapping in cloud-prone areas: The case of Pearl River Delta161
True global error maps for SMAP, SMOS, and ASCAT soil moisture data based on machine learning and triple collocation analysis161
Mapping the first dataset of global urban land uses with Sentinel-2 imagery and POI prompt157
Recent change in ecosystem water use efficiency in China mainly dominated by vegetation greening and increased CO2155
A novel identification method for unrevealed mesoscale eddies with transient and weak features-Capricorn Eddies as an example147
Filling gaps in cloudy Landsat LST product by spatial-temporal fusion of multi-scale data145
A PSI targets characterization approach to interpreting surface displacement signals: A case study of the Shanghai metro tunnels136
Multi-source data analysis to assess the past and present kinematics of the Pisciotta Deep-Seated Gravitational Slope Deformation (southern Italy)135
Modeling the start of frozen dates with leaf senescence over Tibetan Plateau134
A new fog and low stratus retrieval for tropical South America reveals widespread fog in lowland forests132
Multipeak retracking of radar altimetry waveforms over ice sheets132
Automated detection and tracking of medium-large icebergs from Sentinel-1 imagery using Google Earth Engine128
Estimating 1 km gridded daily air temperature using a spatially varying coefficient model with sign preservation127
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 TGRA126
Examining partial-column density retrieval of lower-tropospheric CO2 from GOSAT target observations over global megacities126
Evaluating urban methane emissions from space using TROPOMI methane and carbon monoxide observations123
Generating high-resolution total canopy SIF emission from TROPOMI data: Algorithm and application123
World Settlement Footprint 3D - A first three-dimensional survey of the global building stock121
Mapping smallholder cashew plantations to inform sustainable tree crop expansion in Benin121
BESSv2.0: A satellite-based and coupled-process model for quantifying long-term global land–atmosphere fluxes120
Eutrophication state in the Eastern China based on Landsat 35-year observations118
Multi-decadal analysis of high-resolution albedo changes induced by urbanization over contrasted Chinese cities based on Landsat data114
Air pollution scenario over Pakistan: Characterization and ranking of extremely polluted cities using long-term concentrations of aerosols and trace gases113
Characterization and prediction of InSAR-derived ground motion with ICA-assisted LSTM model110
Seasonality of vegetation greenness in Southeast Asia unveiled by geostationary satellite observations109
Geographically and temporally weighted neural network for winter wheat yield prediction107
Semantic segmentation of water bodies in very high-resolution satellite and aerial images107
A deep learning model for incorporating temporal information in haze removal105
Downscaling canopy photochemical reflectance index to leaf level by correcting for the soil effects104
Deep-learning-based burned area mapping using the synergy of Sentinel-1&2 data102
Deriving leaf-scale chlorophyll index (CIleaf) from canopy reflectance by correcting for the canopy multiple scattering based on spectral invariant theory102
Field-scale dynamics of planting dates in the US Corn Belt from 2000 to 2020101
Monitoring volcanic CO2 flux by the remote sensing of vegetation on Mt. Etna, Italy100
Improving the combined use of reflectance and thermal channels for ocean and coastal cloud detection for the Sea and Land Surface Temperature Radiometer (SLSTR)100
Spatio-Temporal reconstruction to fill spatial gaps in global satellite vegetation optical depth products99
Radar altimeter waveform simulations in Antarctica with the Snow Microwave Radiative Transfer Model (SMRT)98
Consistent metropolitan boundaries for the remote sensing of urban land98
Evaluating the performance of airborne and spaceborne lidar for mapping biomass in the United States' largest dry woodland ecosystem97
A machine learning-based accuracy enhancement on EUMETSAT H-SAF H35 effective snow-covered area product96
Spatio-temporal variability of water use efficiency and its drivers in major forest formations in India96
Reappraisal of SMAP inversion algorithms for soil moisture and vegetation optical depth95
Leveraging Landsat-8/-9 underfly observations to evaluate consistency in reflectance products over aquatic environments95
SDGSAT-1 nighttime light data improve village-scale built-up delineation93
A new Multivariate Drought Severity Index to identify short-term hydrological signals: case study of the Amazon River basin93
Deep learning solver unites SDGSAT-1 observations and Navier–Stokes theory for oceanic vortex streets93
CloudS2Mask: A novel deep learning approach for improved cloud and cloud shadow masking in Sentinel-2 imagery93
Coupling physical constraints with machine learning for satellite-derived evapotranspiration of the Tibetan Plateau93
A novel global snow depth retrieval method considering snow metamorphism and forest influence93
Towards accurate mapping of forest in tropical landscapes: A comparison of datasets on how forest transition matters91
A generalized framework for drought monitoring across Central European grassland gradients with Sentinel-2 time series91
Corrigendum to “Characterizing satellite-derived freeze/thaw regimes through spatial and temporal clustering for the identification of growing season constraints on vegetation productivity” [Remote Se91
Analyzing GOES-R ABI BRDF-adjusted EVI2 time series by comparing with VIIRS observations over the CONUS90
Estimating river discharge across scales with a novel regional gauging method driven by Sentinel satellite data89
Robust retrieval of soil moisture at field scale across wide-ranging SAR incidence angles for soybean, wheat, forage, oat and grass88
Extrapolation of electromagnetic pointing error corrections for Sentinel-1 Doppler currents from land areas to the open ocean87
On the ambiguity removal of wind direction derived from space-borne SAR imagery using deep learning87
Millimeter to centimeter scale precision water-level monitoring using GNSS reflectometry: Application to the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, China86
STARS: A novel gap-filling method for SDGSAT-1 nighttime light imagery using spatiotemporal and spectral synergy85
Unoccupied aerial system (UAS) Structure-from-Motion canopy fuel parameters: Multisite area-based modelling across forests in California, USA84
This is MATE: A Multiple scAttering correcTion rEtrieval algorithm for accurate lidar profiling of seawater optical properties84
A moisture-based triangle approach for estimating surface evaporative fraction with time-series of remotely sensed data84
Mountain snow depth retrievals from customized processing of ICESat-2 satellite laser altimetry83
Mapping inundated bathymetry for estimating lake water storage changes from SRTM DEM: A global investigation82
A new approach for 2-D and 3-D precise measurements of ground deformation from optimized registration and correlation of optical images and ICA-based filtering of image geometry artifacts81
Benefits of fully focused SAR altimetry to coastal wave height estimates: A case study in the North Sea81
Phytoplankton composition from sPACE: Requirements, opportunities, and challenges81
Ozone profiles without blind area retrieved from MAX-DOAS measurements and comprehensive validation with multi-platform observations81
Net primary production in the Labrador Sea between 2014 and 2022 derived from ocean colour remote sensing based on ecological regimes80
Detection and characterization of coastal tidal wetland change in the northeastern US using Landsat time series80
A unified deep learning framework for urban functional zone extraction based on multi-source heterogeneous data80
Distinguishing forest types in restored tropical landscapes with UAV-borne LIDAR78
Novel algorithms for pair and pixel selection and atmospheric error correction in multitemporal InSAR78
Phenology-based classification of invasive annual grasses to the species level78
An adaptive spatiotemporal tensor reconstruction method for GIMMS-3g+ NDVI76
The urban morphology on our planet – Global perspectives from space76
Machine learning-based generation of high-resolution 3D full-coverage aerosol distribution data over China using multisource data75
Reconstruction of long-term high-resolution lake variability: Algorithm improvement and applications in China75
The influence of surface canopy water on the relationship between L-band backscatter and biophysical variables in agricultural monitoring74
Assessing a soil-removed semi-empirical model for estimating leaf chlorophyll content74
A review of statistical methods used for developing large-scale and long-term PM2.5 models from satellite data74
From parcel to continental scale – A first European crop type map based on Sentinel-1 and LUCAS Copernicus in-situ observations73
Predicting plant biomass and species richness in temperate grasslands across regions, time, and land management with remote sensing and deep learning73
Spectral-temporal traits in Sentinel-1 C-band SAR and Sentinel-2 multispectral remote sensing time series for 61 tree species in Central Europe72
Evolution of geodetic mass balance over the largest lake-terminating glacier in the Tibetan Plateau with a revised radar penetration depth based on multi-source high-resolution satellite data72
ESTIMET: Enhanced and Spatial-Temporal Improvement of MODIS EvapoTranspiration algorithm for all sky conditions in tropical biomes72
Changes in GEDI-based measures of forest structure after large California wildfires relative to pre-fire conditions72
Practical recommendations and limitations for pushbroom hyperspectral imaging of tree stems72
Transfer learning in environmental remote sensing72
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Tracking states and transitions in semiarid rangelands: A spatiotemporal archetypal analysis of productivity dynamics using wavelets72
Soil moisture content estimate with drying process segmentation using shortwave infrared bands71
Generating 5 km resolution 1981–2018 daily global land surface longwave radiation products from AVHRR shortwave and longwave observations using densely connected convolutional neural networks70
Remotely sensed habitat diversity predicts species diversity on coral reefs70
An atmospheric influence correction method for longwave radiation-based in-situ land surface temperature70
Accurate mean wave period from SWIM instrument on-board CFOSAT70
Bridging the gap between airborne and spaceborne imaging spectroscopy for mountain glacier surface property retrievals69
Examining CNN terrain model for TanDEM-X DEMs using ICESat-2 data in Southeastern United States69
Co-registration accuracy between Landsat-8 and Sentinel-2 orthorectified products69
An integrated method for angular and temporal reconstruction of land surface temperatures68
Satellite solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence and near-infrared reflectance capture complementary aspects of dryland vegetation productivity dynamics68
Tropical cyclone signatures in SAR ocean radial Doppler Velocity68
Deriving anisotropic correction for upwelling radiance from PACE's multi-angle polarimetry67
Coupling ecological concepts with an ocean-colour model: Phytoplankton size structure67
Mapping large-scale pantropical forest canopy height by integrating GEDI lidar and TanDEM-X InSAR data67
Impact of vegetation phenology on anisotropy of artificial light at night - Evidence from multi-angle satellite observations66
Intercomparison of global foliar trait maps reveals fundamental differences and limitations of upscaling approaches66
Monthly mapping of forest harvesting using dense time series Sentinel-1 SAR imagery and deep learning65
Quantifying uncertainty in high resolution biophysical variable retrieval with machine learning65
Addressing critical influences on L-band radar backscatter for improved estimates of basal area and change65
Retrieving bbp and POC from CALIOP: A deep neural network approach65
Mapping Annual Urban Evolution Process (2001–2018) at 250 m: A normalized multi-objective deep learning regression65
Long-term ice mass changes in Greenland and Antarctica derived from satellite laser ranging64
Fractional cover mapping of wildland-urban interface fuels using Landsat, Sentinel 1 and PALSAR imagery64
Refined InSAR tropospheric delay correction for wide-area landslide identification and monitoring64
First lunar-light mapping of nighttime dust season oceanic aerosol optical depth over North Atlantic from space64
Quantifying tropical forest structure through terrestrial and UAV laser scanning fusion in Australian rainforests63
Lighting characteristics of public space in urban functional areas based on SDGSAT-1 glimmer imagery:A case study in Beijing, China63
A hyperspectral view of the nearshore Mississippi River Delta: Characterizing suspended particles in coastal wetlands using imaging spectroscopy63
First TanSat CO2 retrieval over land and ocean using both nadir and glint spectroscopy62
The 21 July 2020 Shaziba landslide in China: Results from multi-source satellite remote sensing62
Solar photovoltaic module detection using laboratory and airborne imaging spectroscopy data62
An advanced soil organic carbon content prediction model via fused temporal-spatial-spectral (TSS) information based on machine learning and deep learning algorithms62
The QAA-RGB: A universal three-band absorption and backscattering retrieval algorithm for high resolution satellite sensors. Development and implementation in ACOLITE62
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Cross-city matters: A multimodal remote sensing benchmark dataset for cross-city semantic segmentation using high-resolution domain adaptation networks61
Establishing the global isoscape of leaf carbon in C3 plants through the integrations of remote sensing, carbon, geographic, and physiological information60
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Low-amplitude brittle deformations revealed by UAV surveys in alluvial fans along the northwest coast of Lake Baikal: Neotectonic significance and geological hazards60
Understanding temperature variations in mountainous regions: The relationship between satellite-derived land surface temperature and in situ near-surface air temperature60
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Characterizing dynamics of built-up height in China from 2005 to 2020 based on GEDI, Landsat, and PALSAR data59
A full-level fused cross-task transfer learning method for building change detection using noise-robust pretrained networks on crowdsourced labels58
Uncertainty quantification for forest attribute maps with conformal prediction and k58
A river runs through it: Robust automated mapping of riparian woodlands and land surface phenology across dryland regions58
Daily estimation of gross primary production under all sky using a light use efficiency model coupled with satellite passive microwave measurements58
Characterization of Tajogaite volcanic plumes detected over the Iberian Peninsula from a set of satellite and ground-based remote sensing instrumentation57
CascadeDumpNet: Enhancing open dumpsite detection through deep learning and AutoML integrated dual-stage approach using high-resolution satellite imagery57
Spatial-temporal evolution of landslides spanning the impoundment of Baihetan mega hydropower project revealed by satellite radar interferometry57
A deep learning method for generating gap-free FAPAR time series from Landsat data57
Machine learning forecast of surface solar irradiance from meteo satellite data57
The retrieval of aerosol optical properties based on a random forest machine learning approach: Exploration of geostationary satellite images57
Exploring the potential of Aeolus lidar mission for ocean color applications57
Soil moisture as an essential component for delineating and forecasting agricultural rather than meteorological drought56
Validation of the hot-spot model with terrestrial laser scanning56
Inter-comparison of melt pond products from optical satellite imagery56
Quantify and account for field reference errors in forest remote sensing studies56
Phase unwrapping of SAR interferogram from modified U-net via training data simulation and network structure optimization56
Statistical uncertainty analysis-based precipitation merging (SUPER): A new framework for improved global precipitation estimation56
Impact of microwave observations on the estimation of Arctic sea surface temperatures56
A three-step semi analytical algorithm (3SAA) for estimating inherent optical properties over oceanic, coastal, and inland waters from remote sensing reflectance55
The many shades of red tides: Sentinel-2 optical types of highly-concentrated harmful algal blooms55
Accurate reconstruction of satellite-derived SST under cloud and cloud-free areas using a physically-informed machine learning approach55
Mapping fine-scale building heights in urban agglomeration with spaceborne lidar55
Satellite canopy water content from Sentinel-2, Landsat-8 and MODIS: Principle, algorithm and assessment55
How much inundation occurs in the Amazon River basin?55
Mapping center pivot irrigation systems in global arid regions using instance segmentation and analyzing their spatial relationship with freshwater resources54
Urbanization-induced spatial and temporal patterns of local drought revealed by high-resolution fused remotely sensed datasets54
Bushfire recovery at a long-term tall eucalypt flux site through the lens of a satellite: Combining multi-scale data for structural-functional insight54
Continuity between NASA MODIS Collection 6.1 and VIIRS Collection 2 land products54
Kilometer-level glyoxal retrieval via satellite for anthropogenic volatile organic compound emission source and secondary organic aerosol formation identification54
Estimate of daytime single-layer cloud base height from advanced baseline imager measurements54
Nonlinear effects of surface soil moisture changes on vegetation greenness over the Tibetan plateau53
Mapping urban construction sites in China through geospatial data fusion: Methods and applications53
Quantifying the sensitivity of L-Band SAR to a decade of vegetation structure changes in savannas53
High-frequency time series comparison of Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 satellites for mapping open and vegetated water across the United States (2017–2021)53
Improving retrieval of leaf chlorophyll content from Sentinel-2 and Landsat-7/8 imagery by correcting for canopy structural effects53
Multimodal aircraft flight altitude inversion from SDGSAT-1 thermal infrared data53
Croplands intensify regional and global warming according to satellite observations53
Hidden becomes clear: Optical remote sensing of vegetation reveals water table dynamics in northern peatlands53
3D radiative transfer modeling of structurally complex forest canopies through a lightweight boundary-based description of leaf clusters53
Pakistan's 2022 floods: Spatial distribution, causes and future trends from Sentinel-1 SAR observations53
A global-scale intercomparison of Triple Collocation Analysis- and ground-based soil moisture time-variant errors derived from different rescaling techniques53
Remote sensing of dissolved CO2 concentrations in meso-eutrophic lakes using Sentinel-3 imagery53
Non-destructive estimation of individual tree biomass: Allometric models, terrestrial and UAV laser scanning52
Remote sensing of diverse urban environments: From the single city to multiple cities52
Rainfall-caused water film on canopy surface biases remotely-sensed vegetation greenness52
Canopy height estimation from PlanetScope time series with spatio-temporal deep learning52
Very high resolution canopy height maps from RGB imagery using self-supervised vision transformer and convolutional decoder trained on aerial lidar52
Integrating InSAR and non-rigid optical pixel offsets to explore the kinematic behaviors of the Lanuza complex landslide52
Burned area detection and mapping using time series Sentinel-2 multispectral images52
A global analysis of the temporal availability of PlanetScope high spatial resolution multi-spectral imagery52
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Unveiling coastal change across the Arctic with full Landsat collections and data fusion51
Conjugating remotely sensed data assimilation and model-assisted estimation for efficient multivariate forest inventory51
Sun-induced chlorophyll fluorescence is more strongly related to photosynthesis with hemispherical than nadir measurements: Evidence from field observations and model simulations51
Tracking the source direction of surface mass loads using vertical and horizontal displacements from satellite geodesy: A case study of the inter-annual fluctuations in the water level in the Great La51
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Improved generality of wheat green LAI models through mitigation of the effect of leaf chlorophyll content variation with red edge vegetation indices51
Training sensor-agnostic deep learning models for remote sensing: Achieving state-of-the-art cloud and cloud shadow identification with OmniCloudMask50
Topographic controls on active microwave behavior of mountain snowpacks50
Slip surface, volume and evolution of active landslide groups in Gongjue County, eastern Tibetan Plateau from 15-year InSAR observations50
Trends of ambient O3 levels associated with O3 precursor gases and meteorology in California: Synergies from ground and satellite observations50
Mitigating the directional retrieval error of solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence in the red band50
Extended aerosol and surface characterization from S5P/TROPOMI with GRASP algorithm. Part II: Global validation and Intercomparison49
Remote sensing of sun-induced chlorophyll-a fluorescence in inland and coastal waters: Current state and future prospects49
Mapping forest canopy fuel parameters at European scale using spaceborne LiDAR and satellite data49
Seasonal patterns of spectral diversity at leaf and canopy scales in the Cedar Creek prairie biodiversity experiment49
Revolutionizing crop phenotyping: Enhanced UAV LiDAR flight parameter optimization for wide-narrow row cultivation49
Climate change and shallow aquifers - Unravelling local hydrogeological impacts and groundwater decline-induced subsidence49
A remote sensing model for coral recruitment habitat49
An advanced change detection method for time-series soil moisture retrieval from Sentinel-149
Two-stage downscaling and correction cascade learning framework for generating long-time series seamless soil moisture48
Improved assessment of post-fire recovery trajectory of forests in Amazon's protected areas48
Estimating leaf mass per area with leaf radiative transfer model48
Detection of wet snow in the Arctic tundra from time-series fully-polarimetric RADARSAT-2 images48
A multi-frame deformation velocity splicing method for wide-area InSAR measurement based on uncontrolled block adjustment: A case study of long-term deformation monitoring in Guangdong, China48
A robust and flexible satellite aerosol retrieval algorithm for multi-angle polarimetric measurements with physics-informed deep learning method48
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Improving the capability of D-InSAR combined with offset-tracking for monitoring glacier velocity48
A dual-branch network for crop-type mapping of scattered small agricultural fields in time series remote sensing images47
How to consider the effects of time of day, beam strength, and snow cover in ICESat-2 based estimation of boreal forest biomass?47
Satellite observed aboveground carbon dynamics in Africa during 2003–202147
Improved tropical deep convective cloud detection using MODIS observations with an active sensor trained machine learning algorithm47
Changes in glacier surface temperature across the Third Pole from 2000 to 202147
Uncertainty estimates in the NISAR high-resolution soil moisture retrievals from multi-scale algorithm47
Continuous Sargassum monitoring across the Caribbean Sea and Central Atlantic using multi-sensor satellite observations47
Regional-scale cotton yield forecast via data-driven spatio-temporal prediction (STP) of solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF)47
Multi-grain habitat models that combine satellite sensors with different resolutions explain bird species richness patterns best47
Temporal expansion of the nighttime light images of SDGSAT-1 satellite in illuminating ground object extraction by joint observation of NPP-VIIRS and sentinel-2A images46
Evaluation of runoff variability in transboundary basins over High Mountain Asia: Multi-dataset merging based on satellite gravimetry constraint46
Arctic shrub expansion revealed by Landsat-derived multitemporal vegetation cover fractions in the Western Canadian Arctic46
Conterminous United States Landsat-8 top of atmosphere and surface reflectance tasseled cap transformation coefficients46
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Modeling 3D radiative transfer for maize traits retrieval: A growth stage-dependent study on hyperspectral sensitivity to field geometry, soil moisture, and leaf biochemistry45
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Improving water level monitoring in small to medium-sized rivers: An enhanced footprint filter-based conditional threshold retracker approach45
Benchmarking downscaled satellite-based soil moisture products using sparse, point-scale ground observations45
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