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Scientific maps should reach everyone: The cblindplot R package to let colour blind people visualise spatial patterns (2023)
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Rocchini, D., Nowosad, J., D'Introno, R., Chieffallo, L., Bacaro, G., Gatti, R. C., …Thouverai, E. (2023). Scientific maps should reach everyone: The cblindplot R package to let colour blind people visualise spatial patterns. Ecological Informatics, 76, Article 102045. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2023.102045

Maps represent powerful tools to show the spatial variation of a variable in a straightforward manner. A crucial aspect in map rendering for its interpretation by users is the gamut of colours used for displaying data. One part of this problem is lin... Read More about Scientific maps should reach everyone: The cblindplot R package to let colour blind people visualise spatial patterns.

Deep Feature and Domain Knowledge Fusion Network for Mapping Surface Water Bodies by Fusing Google Earth RGB and Sentinel-2 images (2023)
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Zhou, P., Li, X., Foody, G. M., Boyd, D. S., Wang, X., Ling, F., …Du, Y. (2023). Deep Feature and Domain Knowledge Fusion Network for Mapping Surface Water Bodies by Fusing Google Earth RGB and Sentinel-2 images. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 1-1. https://doi.org/10.1109/LGRS.2023.3234306

Mapping surface water bodies from fine spatial resolution optical remote sensing imagery is essential for the understanding of the global hydrologic cycle. Although satellite data are useful for mapping, the limited spectral information captured by s... Read More about Deep Feature and Domain Knowledge Fusion Network for Mapping Surface Water Bodies by Fusing Google Earth RGB and Sentinel-2 images.

Global and Local Assessment of Image Classification Quality on an Overall and Per-Class Basis without Ground Reference Data (2022)
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Foody, G. M. (2022). Global and Local Assessment of Image Classification Quality on an Overall and Per-Class Basis without Ground Reference Data. Remote Sensing, 14(21), Article 5380. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14215380

Ground reference data are typically required to evaluate the quality of a supervised image classification analysis used to produce a thematic map from remotely sensed data. Acquiring a suitable ground data set for a rigorous assessment of classificat... Read More about Global and Local Assessment of Image Classification Quality on an Overall and Per-Class Basis without Ground Reference Data.

Double down on remote sensing for biodiversity estimation: a biological mindset (2022)
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Rocchini, D., Torresani, M., Beierkuhnlein, C., Feoli, E., Foody, G. M., Lenoir, J., …Ricotta, C. (2022). Double down on remote sensing for biodiversity estimation: a biological mindset. Community Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s42974-022-00113-7

In the light of unprecedented planetary changes in biodiversity, real-time and accurate ecosystem and biodiversity assessments are becoming increasingly essential for informing policy and sustainable development. Biodiversity monitoring is a challeng... Read More about Double down on remote sensing for biodiversity estimation: a biological mindset.

The spectral species concept in living color (2022)
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Rocchini, D., Santos, M. J., Ustin, S. L., Féret, J. B., Asner, G. P., Beierkuhnlein, C., …Lenoir, J. (2022). The spectral species concept in living color. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 127(9), Article e2022JG007026. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JG007026

Biodiversity monitoring is an almost inconceivable challenge at the scale of the entire Earth. The current (and soon to be flown) generation of spaceborne and airborne optical sensors (i.e., imaging spectrometers) can collect detailed information at... Read More about The spectral species concept in living color.

Assuring the quality of VGI on land use and land cover: experiences and learnings from the LandSense project (2022)
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Foody, G., Long, G., Schultz, M., & Olteanu-Raimond, A. (2022). Assuring the quality of VGI on land use and land cover: experiences and learnings from the LandSense project. Geo-Spatial Information Scienc, 27(1), 16-37. https://doi.org/10.1080/10095020.2022.2100285

The potential of citizens as a source of geographical information has been recognized for many years. Such activity has grown recently due to the proliferation of inexpensive location aware devices and an ability to share data over the internet. Rece... Read More about Assuring the quality of VGI on land use and land cover: experiences and learnings from the LandSense project.

Citizen science for Earth Observation (Citzens4EO): understanding current use in the UK (2022)
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Boyd, D. S., Foody, G. M., Brown, C., Mazumdar, S., Marshall, H., & Wardlaw, J. (2022). Citizen science for Earth Observation (Citzens4EO): understanding current use in the UK. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 43(8), 2965-2985. https://doi.org/10.1080/01431161.2022.2076574

The role of Earth observation (EO) data in addressing societal problems from environmental through to humanitarian should not be understated. Recent innovation in EO means provision of analysis ready data and data cubes, which allows for rapid use of... Read More about Citizen science for Earth Observation (Citzens4EO): understanding current use in the UK.

Monitoring high spatiotemporal water dynamics by fusing MODIS, Landsat, water occurrence data and DEM (2021)
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Li, X., Ling, F., Foody, G. M., Boyd, D. S., Jiang, L., Zhang, Y., …Du, Y. (2021). Monitoring high spatiotemporal water dynamics by fusing MODIS, Landsat, water occurrence data and DEM. Remote Sensing of Environment, 265, Article 112680. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2021.112680

Monitoring the spatiotemporal dynamics of surface water from remote sensing imagery is essential for understanding water's impact on the global ecosystem and climate change. There is often a tradeoff between the spatial and temporal resolutions of im... Read More about Monitoring high spatiotemporal water dynamics by fusing MODIS, Landsat, water occurrence data and DEM.

Detection of spatial and temporal patterns of liana infestation using satellite-derived imagery (2021)
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Chandler, C. J., van der Heijden, G. M., Boyd, D. S., & Foody, G. M. (2021). Detection of spatial and temporal patterns of liana infestation using satellite-derived imagery. Remote Sensing, 13(14), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13142774

Lianas (woody vines) play a key role in tropical forest dynamics because of their strong influence on tree growth, mortality and regeneration. Assessing liana infestation over large areas is critical to understand the factors that drive their spatial... Read More about Detection of spatial and temporal patterns of liana infestation using satellite-derived imagery.

Tracking small-scale tropical forest disturbances: Fusing the Landsat and Sentinel-2 data record (2021)
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Zhang, Y., Ling, F., Wang, X., Foody, G. M., Boyd, D. S., Li, X., …Atkinson, P. M. (2021). Tracking small-scale tropical forest disturbances: Fusing the Landsat and Sentinel-2 data record. Remote Sensing of Environment, 261, Article 112470. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2021.112470

Information on forest disturbance is crucial for tropical forest management and global carbon cycle analysis. The long-term collection of data from the Landsat missions provides some of the most valuable information for understanding the processes of... Read More about Tracking small-scale tropical forest disturbances: Fusing the Landsat and Sentinel-2 data record.